Plan to disarm the citizens of the United States of America
USA TIMELINE,
1860? (This is from memory guys from a article written by Neal Know about 1984)
When the metallic cartridge guns first came out, Anti-Gunners rallied to try to get those guns restricted to LE and Military ONLY.
Newpaper reports of the time:
Splits hot lead like Mount Vesuvius.
Luckily persons back THEN knew the intent of the 2nd Amendment was that civilians be armed at the SAME LEVEL as the government troops.
If the Anti-Gunners had been successful= No metallic cartridges for civilians... No Colt Single Action, Henry, Winchester 94, etc...
1934 NFA is passed = A $200 tax for each NFA item is levied (About $3,400+ in today's money) Congress could not BAN them, so they TAXED them.
1968
1986- This is the BIG ONE, and the lays the groundwork for the END of the 2nd Amendment. (Really)
Firearm Owners Protection Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1986 the Hughes amendment (a poison pill) was added to the Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA). What it did was to BAN new production (transferable) Class III items.
For the first time the production of a whole class of weapons were (and are) BANNED. Banned in that no new Class III NFA Firearms can be made that can be owned by civilians. On the flip side of this is LE and the Military are free to order as MANY as they want.
What is very disturbing is for civilians TECHNOLOGY is FROZEN at 1986 levels. (Think about the 18xx metallic cartridge attempted ban)1986 also banned allot of spare parts IIRC, over the years more and more restrictions have been put into place to restrict spares.
Why is the 1986 Hughes ban important:
Since 1934 there has been (1) documented case of a NFA registered weapon being used in a crime out of several hundred thousand+ items in the NFA registry. Crime was committed by a off-duty Police Officer.
1- in Several hundred thousand+ items.. Those are pretty good odds!
*Other references put it @ZERO occurances from 9134- to the 1986 BAN.
Fact= If they can ban a item that statistically isn't a problem they can ban anything.
Fact= Anyone here seen Star-Trek, Star-Gate, Buck Rogers type weapons on the sci-fi channels /movies?
A hundred years ago today's weapons were Buck-Rogers" materal, 10-20-40 years from now LE and Military will have those types of weapons and more than likely IF you are allowed to own a firearm at that point you will NOT be allowed to own anything that is of the same lethality.
That's a big problem.
One side (government) will be armed to the teeth with weapons that can shoot thru 10 feet of concrete, that have infrared imagining, Sound tracking, motion tracking built in, etc .. the other side with 22 Short caliber if they are armed at all...
*1986 Hughes Class II BAN
Note that LE and the Military can still get whatever items they want, no $200 tax per item. CHEAP.
Whatever was in the registry in 1986 is "Transferable), rare and it priced accordingly.
Over time due to attrition the pool of transferable items will drop each year making them too valuable to shoot.
.
USA TIMELINE,
1860? (This is from memory guys from a article written by Neal Know about 1984)
When the metallic cartridge guns first came out, Anti-Gunners rallied to try to get those guns restricted to LE and Military ONLY.
Newpaper reports of the time:
Splits hot lead like Mount Vesuvius.
Has more firepower than a whole regiment of soldiers.
A man armed with one of these weapons cannot be taken.
These arms have NO SPORTING USE.
A man armed with one of these weapons cannot be taken.
These arms have NO SPORTING USE.
Luckily persons back THEN knew the intent of the 2nd Amendment was that civilians be armed at the SAME LEVEL as the government troops.
If the Anti-Gunners had been successful= No metallic cartridges for civilians... No Colt Single Action, Henry, Winchester 94, etc...
1934 NFA is passed = A $200 tax for each NFA item is levied (About $3,400+ in today's money) Congress could not BAN them, so they TAXED them.
1968
1986- This is the BIG ONE, and the lays the groundwork for the END of the 2nd Amendment. (Really)
Firearm Owners Protection Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1986 the Hughes amendment (a poison pill) was added to the Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA). What it did was to BAN new production (transferable) Class III items.
For the first time the production of a whole class of weapons were (and are) BANNED. Banned in that no new Class III NFA Firearms can be made that can be owned by civilians. On the flip side of this is LE and the Military are free to order as MANY as they want.
What is very disturbing is for civilians TECHNOLOGY is FROZEN at 1986 levels. (Think about the 18xx metallic cartridge attempted ban)1986 also banned allot of spare parts IIRC, over the years more and more restrictions have been put into place to restrict spares.
Why is the 1986 Hughes ban important:
Since 1934 there has been (1) documented case of a NFA registered weapon being used in a crime out of several hundred thousand+ items in the NFA registry. Crime was committed by a off-duty Police Officer.
1- in Several hundred thousand+ items.. Those are pretty good odds!
*Other references put it @ZERO occurances from 9134- to the 1986 BAN.
Fact= If they can ban a item that statistically isn't a problem they can ban anything.
Fact= Anyone here seen Star-Trek, Star-Gate, Buck Rogers type weapons on the sci-fi channels /movies?
A hundred years ago today's weapons were Buck-Rogers" materal, 10-20-40 years from now LE and Military will have those types of weapons and more than likely IF you are allowed to own a firearm at that point you will NOT be allowed to own anything that is of the same lethality.
That's a big problem.
One side (government) will be armed to the teeth with weapons that can shoot thru 10 feet of concrete, that have infrared imagining, Sound tracking, motion tracking built in, etc .. the other side with 22 Short caliber if they are armed at all...
*1986 Hughes Class II BAN
Note that LE and the Military can still get whatever items they want, no $200 tax per item. CHEAP.
Whatever was in the registry in 1986 is "Transferable), rare and it priced accordingly.
Over time due to attrition the pool of transferable items will drop each year making them too valuable to shoot.
.
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