The Draft Bill, Amended

[rhull1971]

Handguns, not pistols. Not the same.

Semi-automatic handgun = pistol Although I get what you were implying.

 

[foxtrapper]

I guess Froshy and Co hate PS90's, huh?

 

[Brooklyn]

This. During the showdown between Cruz and Feinswine, she flat out stated that legislators don't have to worry about the constitutionality of what they propose and pass.

Which is good, because it will cause judicial conservatives to feel more free to disregard difference to the legislature.

It is a problem, but it has a solution --More active courts. This is not good, but it also has a solution -- more activist voters

Win hearts and minds, and when that does not work make good enemies.

 

[Ouhuzo]

I tried to open the attachment way back in #1 but can't for some reason. The computer tries, then makes a sound then aborts (no message why). Is there a trick to this?

 

[fire_medic]

I know they were trying to get 22 rim fire pistols to be exempted from the assault pistol portion of the bill and that failed. Will 22 pistols with threaded barrels be assault pistols? I know that in the initial reading of the bill any pistol with a threaded barrel was. Will these be grandfathered as well as the so called assault rifles.?

 

[Mobile]

In the draft posted on the first page, the threaded pistol barrel provision is struck out, as is the forward pistol grip feature.

 

[ddeanjohnson]

I know they were trying to get 22 rim fire pistols to be exempted from the assault pistol portion of the bill and that failed. Will 22 pistols with threaded barrels be assault pistols?

No. The definitions of banned weapons at this point, if I didn't miss some amendment, are as follows:

-- A semiautomatic pistol would be a banned "assault" weapons only if it has a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds; this applies to both rimfire and centerfire. (On March 29, an amendment to exempt rimfire was rejected by the committee after Delegate Dumais said, mistakenly, that rimfire weapons were already exempted.)

-- A semiautomatic centerfire rifle would be a banned assault weapon if it is on the current list of 45 regulated assault rifles ((Public Safety Article Section 5-101(R)), or is deemed to be a "copy" of one of these; OR if it met any one of these three tests: (1) Has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds; (2) has an overall length of less than 29 inches; or (3) has any two of the following three attributes: (i) folding stock, (ii) grenade or flare launcher, or (iii) flash suppressor. A semiautomatic rimfire rifle would never be an "assault" weapon.

-- A semiautomatic shotgun would be a banned "assault" weapon if it had either a folding stock or a revolving cylinder.