Ammo Grab

[nevadadave]

Somebody sent me this email. It sounds pretty scary so I thought I would post it here to see if anyone here was better informed as to the validity of this topic. Anybody???


>>> > Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns?
>>> > Well, it seems that his minions and 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 manufacturer for 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 handloaded
>>> > ammo.) They will also charge a .05 cent tax on every round, so
>>> > every 50-round 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.To find more about the anti-gun group that is
>>> > sponsoring this legislation and the specific legislation for each
>>> > state Click Below. They THINK they have found an easier way to get
>>> > our guns.... I sure hope NOT!!!
>>> >
>>> >Click here: Legislation
>>> >http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

[nrakid88]

I sure hope this is a steamy pile of fear mongering BS. Anywho I doubt something this staunchy would pass

[djleisure]

Reminds me of a classic Chris Rock comedy bit that goes - "Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders."

Not very relevant, but funny.

[tmuller]

Thought the same thing (Chris Rock bit) when I first heard this.

"Man he must have really PO'd someone, they put like $10K worth of lead in his a**"

[Librarian]

Yes, that keeps showing up. Unless I missed one, the last time that came up in CA was SB 357, until it was gutted and amended into something else on Aug 14, 2006.

[yellowfin]

They tried it in Mississippi and a few other states. Trust me, there are some of the same weirdos elsewhere as there are here, only there they get beat back into their corner like we wish we could do here.

[andrewj]

Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1, 2011 (Including handloaded ammo.)

Looks like July 1, 2011 will be the busiest range day in US history

[kurac]

That sounds totally enforcable, if it ever passes, when all of the LEO's are busy chasing ammo it will give the terrorists a better opportunity for another attack.

[bohoki]

ive been casting boolits

and i save my brass

i often worry about them going after primer and powder and it seems whenever anybody hints at that there is a short term buying frenzy and shortages

[Rob454]

So what are they gonna do go house to house and search everyone for ammo? yeah I see that happening. The goverment cant stop a poor illegal from coming across a border but they will crack down on guns.
There are plenty of illegal things and there arent enough cops in the country to sit there and search every single house in the US. Im sure everyone will jsut give up their ammo right away

[TheBest]

Looks like July 1, 2011 will be the busiest range day in US history

June 30, 2011 since they have to be destroyed by July 1st.

[nick]

So what are they gonna do go house to house and search everyone for ammo? yeah I see that happening. The goverment cant stop a poor illegal from coming across a border but they will crack down on guns.
There are plenty of illegal things and there arent enough cops in the country to sit there and search every single house in the US. Im sure everyone will jsut give up their ammo right away

The government doesn't want to stop a poor illegal from coming across the border. It's not as hard to organize, if itreally wanted to do so.

Now, it probably will really want to get the ammunition

[11Z50]

I am worried about this approach to gun control. That's why I buy ammo and stay prepared.

[aklon]

Remember how they said that if you didn't register your AW then they'd come looking for it?

Well, so many people didn't register that the state decided it would be wiser just to let that sleeping dog lie and forgot about going door-to-door like some folks said they would.

I think the same thing would happen with this "serial number on bullets" nonsense. The day will come and go, the people will still have gobs of ammunition, and once again government will pretend everything's okay.

[rayra]

I sure hope this is a steamy pile of fear mongering BS. Anywho I doubt something this staunchy would pass

lol wut? It already has, in several states, including OURS. And that fat murderous gasbag Ted Kennedy even proposed a Federal bill that was a direct repetition of this serialization scam.

The two seattle liberals at the foul dark heart of it filed a patent on the vague idea of it, then used their other patent-derived riches* to hire a lobbyist to push the idea so that laws would be passed driving paying customers to their door.

* these two jerks were nobody property managers in the Seattle area until the figured out a way to keep skateboarders from thrashing on their property. They stole / appropriated the idea of the metal obstacles installed on escalators to keep people from sliding down the central portion and 'invented' similar such obstacles to be installed on curbs and such. Patented their idea and got rich. Then they turned around and looked for a way to repeat the patent-lottery and discovered the ammo serialization scam and set about putting this anti-gun weapon in their fellow liberals' hands.