Dem Seeks to Strip Soldiers of Private Guns
Many of those bravely on patrol in Iraq and Afghanistan are under the age of 21. Many of our youth put their lives on the line for us every single day.
Yet Rep. Jackson-Lee of Texas has introduced federal legislation that would make it illegal for these brave men and women to own a handgun — or even the ammunition for a handgun.
Section 922(x) of title 1 of the United States Code currently reads:
(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile –
(A) a handgun; or
(B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun.(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who is a juvenile to knowingly possess –
(A) a handgun; or
(B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun.
The Democrat gun-grabber from Texas wants to radically expand this to include “assault” weapons and big, bad magazines and to ban law-abiding, voting age adults from exercising their Second Amendment rights.
H. R. 256 reads (in part):
Section 922(x) of title 18, United States Code, is amended–
(1) in paragraph (1)–
(A) by striking `juvenile’ and inserting `person who is less than 21 years of age’;
(B) by striking `or’ at the end of subparagraph (A);
(C) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a semicolon; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
`(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon; or
`(D) a large capacity ammunition feeding device.’;
(2) in paragraph (2)–
(A) by striking `a juvenile’ and inserting `less than 21 years of age’;
(B) by striking `or’ at the end of subparagraph (A);
(C) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a semicolon; and
(D) by inserting at the end the following:
`(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon; or
`(D) a large capacity ammunition feeding device.’;
This is just one of the anti-gun legislation that has been proposed this year (see the NRA-ILA fact sheet for more).
It still stuns me when I see that a person who swore to uphold the constitution would even consider such a thing, but that is what we are up against. Every day, there are those that nibble away at our rights.
That is why you should be a member of the NRA, the GOA, the JPFO and your state-level gun lobby (in Tennessee, that is the TFA).
Damnit, people, pry open your wallet and support our rights!
Paragraph 3 of section 922(x) creates an exception is the person has the prior written consent of a parent of guardian. Since emancipated 18-21 year olds are their own guardians, couldn’t they just circumvent the law by writing a letter that says, “I hereby grant my consent for me to possess a hangun”?
“…ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun”
So, that covers what, exactly?
.25 and .32 ACP?
I feel safer already.
Talk about feel-good, do-nothing crap.
I think it is about time we give young adults their due, pass a law that states “If you are old enough to vote for your President, you are old enough to own a handgun.”
Let the lefties scream about that one for awhile.
I can bet the possibility of that law being passed would garner alot of young people to vote in the next election.
I believe that the Dems screaming “they are not mature enough!” would make alot of young adults
think “Hey, wait a second. I’m mature enough to vote for Democrat, but not mature enough to own a handgun?”…It would make them think more clearly about politics and their 2ND Amendment rights.
Kalvin Bentley
GySgt USMC Retired
Fact: No man-made law has ever stopped anything from happening.
Fact: The only reason laws are enacted, is so that some politician can say s/he ‘did something.’
Fact: Laws – in the largest sense – serve no purpose except to circumscribe certain activities. In almost all cases, those activities harm no one, save the one who engages in those activities.
Fact: The very best law – which isn’t actually a law – is the one which states, that if you harm another person’s life, liberty, and/or property, you shall be held to account.
Fact: The only real purpose for almost all law, is to ignore enforcing it until it is convenient, and then employ it against those you happen to not like, or when it is expedient. Tyrants love lots of law, for it allows them to equivocate at length.
Those who make hateful law, are filled with hate.
Those filled with hate are miserable people.
Misery loves company.
OK I will keep it clean and civil”you can have it when you” you know the rest