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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
So in the wake of Newtown, Obama has used one of his Executive Order powers to ban the further re-importation of surplus M1 Garands and M1 Carbines from South Korea (because we all know how so many people are being shot by people using those each year). A real kicker to this though is that out of all the various guns Senator Feinstein sought to ban with her proposed Assault Weapons Ban, the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine were both exempted.
A petition has been filed at the White House website asking to rescind this EO. You can sign it here: LINK The White House has raised the number of signatures needed on a petition to garner an official response (up to 100,000). The petition has until September 28 to get about 95,000 additional signatures. Don't know if that is doable or not, but we should try! Spread this to all gun people.
This Executive Order could also possibly set a dangerous precedent. For example, if the President can just ban the import of guns because they are considered "military-style" guns, does this mean they could then ban the import of various other guns arbitrarily labeled as such? Some America gun manufacturers manufacture their guns overseas. Could the President ban the import of those? Plus whether the gun is military or not is irrelevant. |
In light of the Teleprompter Reader of the United States giving this "order" I purchased x2 more AR-15 lowers. (And when I make a purchase in Arizona of a pistol or rifle it doesn't get called into NICS because I have an Arizona CCW permit.
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