Carolyn McCarthy bill tougher than Clinton-era law

[bossy22]

The fiercest gun-control advocate in Congress released the text of a bill she plans to introduce next week that would outlaw high-capacity magazines like the one a gunman used to shoot 20 people in a matter of seconds in Arizona this weekend.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy’s (D-N.Y.) bill also goes further than than the assault weapon ban that expired in 2004, outlawing the sale or transfer of clips that hold more than ten rounds, even those obtained before the law takes effect, according to a copy of the bill obtained by POLITICO.



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So what happens when i die? My magazines become property of the government?

In reality these questions don't matter because i doubt this thing will even get a comittee conference let alone a vote on the floor

[Pancho Sanza]

1. the kind of knee-jerk panaceas she and a few other big city idiots are proposing

are pretty much certain to lose us votes and maybe even the senate and presidency.

[bossy22]

2. it may not

if it dies quickly and quietly....sort of like HR 1022 from a few years back

[Pancho Sanza]

9. Yes, you're right...I should have said if they passed or even got a lot of traction.

:hi:

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

3. I believe the government would HAVE to allow for transfer of a legally held item.

This basically amounts to a ban. If the government is going to do this I believe they would have to offer just compensation (market value) for the item(s) in question.

Plus banning 10 round mags is stupid. Why 10 rounds? Seems a bit arbitrary. Standard capacity for most modern pistols is 12-19 rounds and 30 rounds for most popular intermediate caliber rifles. I believe any magazine limitations which exist for police officers' defense should be equal to magazine limitations for civilians' defense.

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[Glassunion]

5. Text of her bill. I stand corrected.

There is nothing in the text about banning the "thing that goes up". And it is referred to as a "magazine" in the text, not a "clip". Would have been a great loophole if it was defined as a clip.

http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/uploads/mccarthy-magazine_bill.pdf

[bossy22]

7. Why do retired law enforcement get to keep magazines that

are only good for killing many people as quickly as possible?

double standard anyone?

[Glassunion]

8. They are our superior, we are supplicants to them.

Remember that. All citizens are equal, some of us are just more equal than others.

Edited: Repeatedly for spelling. Keyboard is still wet from earlier mishap.

[Katya Mullethov]

11. They skate on paying carry permit taxes in a lot of states

Probably all of them . Can they vote twice ?

[RSillsbee]

6. Well Hell,

Let's just all run right out and vote for Palin. It would be the same result.


If I must :sarcasm:

[kudzu22]

10. McCarthy's bill is DOA

Pardon my violent rhetoric :-)

It's really embarrassing the way she trots out this stupid bill every two years, usually after the first mass shooting of the year.