Petition-Repeal 1986 Hughes Amendment

[ROMEOHOTEL]

Add your name to the petition to repeal this law.

The 1986 Hughes amendment (as part of the Firearm Owners Protection Act) is an unconstitutional ban that limits law abiding citizens from owning fully automatic weapons that were manufactured past May 19, 1986.

Select fire weapons are already very heavily regulated under the 1934 National Firearms Act which requires you to register your gun and submit a tax stamp. Since 1934 there have only been 2 known homicides committed with a legally owned fully automatic firearm and one of them was caused by a police officer.

This law does nothing to prevent crime and it raises the price of legal automatic weapons to a ludicrous price due to supply and demand. Repealing the unconstitutional Hughes amendment will restore our second amendment rights that have been under attack for a very long time.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/repeal-1986-hughes-amendment

[Reecek]

Done


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[RandyD]

Just playing the role of devil's advocate, the antis will argue that the law prohibiting ownership has kept the criminal useage to just the two examples that the OP mentioned.

[TimRB]

Just playing the role of devil's advocate, the antis will argue that the law prohibiting ownership has kept the criminal useage to just the two examples that the OP mentioned.

Fair enough, but recognize that the law didn't actually prohibit ownership--it simply made it more expensive. Back in 1934 a $200 tax stamp was probably considered prohibitively expensive. I don't know how many legally-owned automatic weapons are out there, but I have a hunch that the OP's argument is valid. Similar situation to banning 50BMG rifles even though no crimes have ever been committed with one (so far as I know).

Tim

[RandyD]

Fair enough, but recognize that the law didn't actually prohibit ownership--it simply made it more expensive. Back in 1934 a $200 tax stamp was probably considered prohibitively expensive. I don't know how many legally-owned automatic weapons are out there, but I have a hunch that the OP's argument is valid. Similar situation to banning 50BMG rifles even though no crimes have ever been committed with one (so far as I know).

Tim

That is a good explanation.

[kmas]

done

[sigstroker]

Can't imagine this gets anywhere. It will have zero effect on Californians because they can't buy any of this stuff anyway. Everyone in the Class III community opposes it, dealers and collectors alike, because it would suddenly make their $25,000 M16's worth about $1500.

[BigPimping]

Good luck with that petition.

[vliberatore]

Fair enough, but recognize that the law didn't actually prohibit ownership--it simply made it more expensive. Back in 1934 a $200 tax stamp was probably considered prohibitively expensive. I don't know how many legally-owned automatic weapons are out there, but I have a hunch that the OP's argument is valid. Similar situation to banning 50BMG rifles even though no crimes have ever been committed with one (so far as I know).

Tim

It made it prohibitively expensive

[thetaxman]

It made it prohibitively expensive

Relative term. There are way more people that can afford them than weapons available.

So not prohibitively expensive. The wait time is the biggest headache.

[CandG]

You've got to be kidding me... petition closed 2k signatures shy of 100k

[Maximus28]

Sad, only 2,200 short of 100k.