Revolution draws nigh

Senator Diane Feinstein has announced plans to introduce a bill in the Senate on Day 1 of session for 2013, the objective of which is to ban so-called "high capacity" magazines. I call these magazines "standard capacity" because they are generally the standard used for their respective firearms.

Who came up with the arbitrary 10-rounds, anyways? And why???

Of course, news has already leaked of Feinstein's plan to put in place an even more stringent gun ban than was had in 1994. The two most notorious parts of this soon-to-be-introduced ban, in my opinion, are the targeting of specific gun models, and the "evil features" changes.


Gun Models targeted:
In addition to the models banned in the 1994 bill:
AR15's
AK47's
TEC9's
UZIs

The proposed ban would also target:
M1 Carbine
SKS
Mini 14

The SKS and M1 Carbine are rifles created over 70 years ago. To be sure, there are more recently manufactured models (though few under the age of 40), but the technology is nearly a century old! The technological design of the Mini 14 is substantially similar to the M1 Carbine.

Also, the last time any of these rifles was used in a named mass killing was the Mini 14, used in 1986 in a shootout with FBI agents.


Evil Features
The most notable change from the proposed legislation, when compared to the 1994 ban, is that we would change the definition of a "semi-automatic assault-rifle" to any that has one "evil feature" (it had been two evil features in 1994), more features were added, as well:
Detachable magazine 
Folding / telescoping stock
Pistol grip
Bayonet mount
Flash suppressor
Muzzle threading that would enable the attachment of a flash suppressor
Grenade launcher mount
Forward grips (newly added to proposed legislation)
Rocket launcher mount (newly added to proposed legislation)


Other exceptions from the 1994 legislation
The new bill would require the registration of all firearms that would be covered under this ban that are currently owned. These firearms cannot be transferred to others, ever. In the event of death, or if the owner becomes ineligible to own them (often this can happen for something as "heinous" as missing a child-support payment!), then the firearm is forfeited to the government.


Hypocrite!
Oh, did you know that Feinstein carries a gun!


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