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Originally Posted by olddoc
It looks like the fox is trying to take a different route into the henhouse.
Senate Bill 2286 recently died in committee in the state of Mississippi. If passed this bill would have required serial encoding of all ammunition produced or sold in the state. It also would have required disposal of all non encoded ammunition by 1 Jan 2010!
This all apparently falls under the larger umbrella of the Ammunition Accountability Act. On one of their websites, their motto is "saving lives one bullet at a time".
If this ever passes, it will probably make ammunition unafordable by most, not to mention the issues it poses to 2nd ammendment rights ( protection of freedom) and privacy issues.
This is currently underway in other states. I would encourage everyone to check their local legislation and make sure this is not silently making its way onto the books in their area.
Health and safety to all.
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Copied below from another site. thought it would be interesting to add to what is already posted.
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To ALL,
This must be put out to ALL Local, STATE, and FEDERAL Legislators. This Legislation must be stopped. Please insure this is sent to every Hunter, Gun Collectors and Recreational Shooter.
The Second Amendment MUST be respected and not rewritten by the left as they have done to American History. Our ability to Self Defense MUST be respected.
This post will be before 25,000 individuals within 24 hours. Keep it going until this attack on Americans is stopped.
John C.
Redding, CA
Look it up on snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/ammunition.asp
Ammunition Accountability Legislation.
Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns? Well, it seems that his allies in the anti-gun world have no problem with taking your ammo!
The bill that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois and Indiana ) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacture a data base of all ammunition sales. So they will know how much you buy and what calibers. Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009 unless the ammunition is coded.
Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1, 2011. (Including hand loaded ammo.) They will also charge a .05 cent tax on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50 or more!
If they can deprive you of ammo they do not need to take your gun!
This legislation is currently pending in 18 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington.
Send to your friends in these states AND fight to stop this Bill from being passed!!!
To find more about the anti-gun group that is sponsoring this legislation and the specific legislation for each state, go to:
http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm