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And yet we just narrowly defeated the Assault Weapons Ban domestically here in the U.S., yet the Executive Branch is using their authority to circumvent a Federal Law that is on the books, which is exactly why we have three branches of government, to create checks and balances. Why is this here on the blog? Well........ I'm seeking to bring to the readers' (all zero of you) attention some of the dangers that I see with doing this.
1. We have not learned our lesson of what happens when we back a certain militant Islamic group and supply them with weapons (Afghanistan in the 1980's against Russia funneling through Saudi Arabia). In the early part of the Afghanistan war, the primary source of weapons that the Talibs used against NATO forces were those acquired back in the 1980's. After the Mujahideen kicked the Russians out of their home country, these weapons simply did not get returned to Saudi Arabia or the U.S., they kept them and after used them to fight the Northern Alliance led by Massoud and instituted their own Sharia regime. Was it better than the Russian occupation? I am not going to start that debate.
2. Besides the no accountability and the tracking of weapons issue, we are giving the rebels what Dianne Feinstein considers true "Assault Rifles". My educated guess surplus M-16's and select-fire AK's/RPK's/PKM's purchased surplus outside the U.S. to funnel through another middle east country. That is we the American People learned the CIA was doing in Libya; it was a drop off point to ship out these weapons. I do think that's another contributing factor to why the Benghazi attack happened.
The most interesting thing I see out of all of this is the fact that President Obama just recently signed an executive order stopping the sale of Curio & Relic weapons by the federal government to collectors for personal collections citing that this is a way for criminals to acquire weapons by circumventing background checks and straw purchasers by them for prohibited purchasers, but yet our country will send fully automatic rifles to a rebel group in a heavily militant Islamic country with no guarantee of where these weapons will end up in say a decade from now. Here is the other illogical thing about banning government C&R weapon sales. For a weapon to be C&R eligible it has to meet certain requirements:
1. It must be 50 years or older OR
2. It must be on the approved C&R list, such as Soviet era SKS's, 9x18 Makarovs (CZ 82's) and more.
This is how many have acquired surplus M1 Garands or M1A carbines, but yet I can't recall mass shootings committed with these collector weapons. Coming down to it was just another power play by the Executive Branch trying to circumvent the 2nd Amendment again. While I will admit that there are full auto C&R weapons, the prices of these are in the 5 figure price range. A fully automatic Thompson SMG will go for anywhere from 13k-30k, and it still must have a tax stamp paid for and be registered just like any other full auto in the NFA registry. I think it is cheaper for a felon to grind down the sear on a 400$ AK built from a flat and have an inexpensive bullet hose. Criminals are not going to abide by the gun laws we already have on the books, so why are we restricting the sale of Curio and Relic weapons to individuals who already play by the rules? It is just another power play, and I find it very interesting that the Fed will support the overthrowing of another government in a civil war by supplying untraceable full auto weapons purchased with tax payer money, but yet they try extremely hard to regulate and restrict an American civilian's guaranteed Constitutional right to own a firearm. Since 1934 the Federal government has slowly been chipping away at our 2nd Amendment rights. Within less than 24 hours, President Obama has already started campaigning for more gun control in the wake of today's DC shooting, which I may add has some of the strictest gun control policies in the country, but yet that did not stop a mass shooting in a government building, which is standard to be a "Gun Free Zone"; it is sad that the anti-gunners are using tragedies to campaign for the systematic disarmament of the American people. Some readings are linked at the bottom to show you the reader how the Federal government has been restricting the 2nd Amendment since the 1934 National Firearms Act. God bless, and stay safe.
-Andy
National Firearms Act
1968 GCA
The Hughes Amendment
Note: (look for the Hughes Amendment in the 1986 FOPA link)
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