lovmuffin -> RE: Piers or Alex Jones... (1/12/2013 2:51:14 PM)
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ORIGINAL: lovmuffin Tazzy, just because a SC decision might uphold a ban doesn't make it constitutional. 4 of the justices would uphold a ban I'm afraid. From what I can tell as of now though, gun control measures being proposed are highly unlikely to make it into law. I went back to find out about the California issue. We spoke with Nathan Barankin, Director of Communications for the California Attorney General office, who informed us that this recent SKS gun ban issue arises from an unresolved legal definition. California was one of the first states to pass a ban on so-called "assault weapons," which included the SKS rifle -- but only if the rifle had a detachable magazine. Rifles with fixed, non-removable magazines were exempt from this confiscation order, but those with removable magazine had to be recorded ("registered") and turned over to government authorities. Many owners of fixed-magazine SKS rifles later converted them to removable-magazine models. At the time, the Attorney General (who is not the current AG) wrote a letter to these gun owners assuring them that these rifles were perfectly legal and not subject to the gun confiscation order. In 1996, a man owning one of these converted rifles was arrested in Santa Clara County and prosecuted by the District Attorney for possessing an illegal firearm. The case wound its way to the state Supreme Court where a decision was finally handed down: yes, indeed, these rifles are illegal, the court said. This ruling created instant criminals. Barankin told Y2KNEWSWIRE, "So what we had in 1997 was, by judicial ruling, a law that says all these people who had been informed that these weapons were legal were now suddenly felons." http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/californiademandsaksrifles.htm I will wait for you to read this because I have many more questions. Ok I read it, what's your question ?
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