Comments on: Assault Weapons Ban Letter

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:22:16 +0000

Kevin: you are right about the Gun Free School Zones Act, which was struck down in U.S. v. Lopez in 1995. However, I’m pretty sure Congress responded by passing another law just like it, with a similar if not identical name, which contains essentially the old law plus a bunch of gobbledyhook about how Congress “finds” that guns is school substantially affect interestate commerce. I don’t know if the subsequent law has ever been challenged, or for that matter, used.

To a large extent, it’s also irrelevant, as almost every state has a similar prohibition of its own.

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:15:23 +0000

AK-47s, AKMs, AK-74s, and AKSUs are not being made domestically. All of these are select-fire weapons, capable of full auto fire, and would therefore be subject to control under the NFA. That is, if they could be imported, or if the manufacture of new full auto weapons for civilian use hadn’t been outlawed by the FOPA of 1986.

What are being made are semi-automatic, Kalashnikov pattern rifles, under various names.

By: Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:21:21 +0000

Private parties can give or sell firearms to persons under the age of 18 in many jurisdictions.

It is lawful for an FFL to ship a repaired weapon directly to the owner of that weapon, even if shipping across state lines.

I thought the Gun Free School Zones Act had been overturned by SCOTUS because it overstepped the bounds of the Commerce Clause.

AK-47s and similiar foreign-made firearms are being made domestically now.

Point being, the NRA isn’t interested in full disclosure either when it might hurt their position.