Why is Rimfire exempt? (From AWB - it isn't, always)

[wobbleside]

I'm actually really curious why our insensible, irrational and illogical overlords legislators even bothered leaving rimfire weapons exempt from our AWB laws.


Is there any particular reason or precedent for it?

[CSACANNONEER]

Rimfires are NOT exempt from handgun or shotgun AW laws. Rimfires were not exempt from the now sunsetted Federal AW ban. As far as CA Aw laws go, I have always wondered why rimfires were expressly exempt from Ca Rifle AW laws.

[mdimeo]

It's because they ban what they can get the votes to ban now. If they can't ban A+B+C because too many people like C, they'll ban A+B, and hope to come back for C later.

Same reason every anti-gunner, ever, has loudly claimed to support the rights of hunters and sportsmen.

[Quiet]

They wouldn't have gotten enough votes to pass it out of the legislature, if it included rimfire rifles.

[jeffyhog]

Any exemption for rimfire is temporary. Don't be fooled.

[Socalz]

Any exemption for rimfire is temporary. Don't be fooled.

This!

[Wiz-of-Awd]

Stop it, just stop it.

You're F-ing with my upcoming rimfire AR build...

A.W.D.