Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Continued from previous entry.


These are still definitions in the Assault Weapon Ban bill.
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.
Section 921(a) of Title 18 is where definitions are found to empower the law. Language is important in law. Words on paper matter when the law is well written without loopholes. Senator Feinstein is an excellent legislator. 
(a) In General.--Section 921(a) of title 18 (click here), United States Code, is amended--
WUM. (right)


``(II) IZHMASH Saiga AK. (below)
``(III) MAADI AK47 and ARM. (below on sale online for by private party for $725.00 (click here)
That one was more difficult to find. A lot of the websites seeking to oppose the bill lump these weapons together under AK47. They are and they aren't. These are variants of the AK47.

You ready for this? Some of the private gun sale sites list social media as a place to 'friend'. Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, etc. Amazing.
``(IV) Norinco 56S, 56S2, (below)
Type 56 assault rifle - It was produced by State Factory 66 between 1956 and 1973, then by Norinco from 1973 onwards. (click here)


84S, and 86S (86S is below)
The letter S means short. Some of this series have been discontinued in production.
I'll end this for today. I'll start here tomorrow.
I've listened to the reports about the Boston attacks. The heroism was astonishing. I have no doubt there will be a Boston Marathon next year, but, more than likely it will be tempered with a memorial exercise of some kind.
``(V) Poly Technologies AK47 and AKS

``(ii) All AR types, including the following:
``(I) AR-10.
``(II) AR-15.
``(III) Armalite M15 22LR Carbine.
``(IV) Armalite M15-T.
``(V) Barrett REC7
``(VI) Beretta AR-70.
``(VII) Bushmaster ACR.
``(VIII) Bushmaster Carbon 15.
``(IX) Bushmaster MOE series.
``(X) Bushmaster XM15.
``(XI) Colt Match Target Rifles.
``(XII) DoubleStar AR rifles.

Continued from previous entry.

These are still definitions in the Assault Weapon Ban bill.
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.
Section 921(a) of Title 18 is where definitions are found to empower the law. Language is important in law. Words on paper matter when the law is well written without loopholes. Senator Feinstein is an excellent legislator. 
(a) In General.--Section 921(a) of title 18 (click here), United States Code, is amended--
AKS - Below - The stock is removable. It can be held in the hand as a pistol.


ARM, (below)
MAK90, (below - note the thumb hole in the stock - pistol grip)
MISR (below - it sold online for $450.00)
NHM90, (below, sold online for $700.00)
NHM91, (below, for sale online for $1000.00)
Rock River Arms LAR-47, (below with scope) Night scopes can be purchased for many of these weapons,too.
SA85,(below) Does any state in the USA allow hunting at night time? Would anyone actually trust hunting at night or in the dark with these weapons? I mean for real. This is ridiculous.
SA93, (below - I love the 'green' touch in the picture. It must be a special for green terrorists. Doe they shoot trees for sport? I don't think so. Trees don't bleed. They don't run. No excitement.)
Vector Arms AK-47, (below)





VEPR, (below)
Caliber: 5.45x39 mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 702 mm
Barrel length: 415 mm
Weight: 3.45 kg empty
Rate of fire: 600-650 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds



 WASR-10, (right) Wassenaar Arrangement Semiautomatic Rifles (more commonly referred to as theWASR series rifles) (click here)

and

Continued in next entry.
 They are operating UNDER THE RADAR. 

The Right Wing Anti-abortionists have operated under the radar for a very long time, ie: Eric Rudolph. He is in prison. I suggest someone talk to him. The other nutcase is in prison, too. The idiot that murdered an abortion doctor that Right Wing nuts on FOX called "Tiller the Baby Killer." Check their visitor logs.

I strongly suggest the USA get better radar.

Continued from previous entry.

These are still definitions in the Assault Weapon Ban bill.
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.
Section 921(a) of Title 18 is where definitions are found to empower the law. Language is important in law. Words on paper matter when the law is well written without loopholes. Senator Feinstein is an excellent legislator. 
(a) In General.--Section 921(a) of title 18 (click here), United States Code, is amended--
I already covered (D) (i) through (iii) in the previous entry and only serves as a reference here.






``(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following:
``(i) A threaded barrel.
``(ii) A second pistol grip.
``(iii) A barrel shroud.
``(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip

Both these pictures are glocks. The picture on the left is an intact profile of a glock. The picture on the right is a cutaway view.
The pistol grip is where the firing hand goes. The firing hand is the hand the gunman/woman uses when pulling the trigger. The grip is obvious because it has indentations designed into it for the comfort and 'steadfastness' of the grip. Guns have a kick back after they are fired. The finger grips make it easier to hang onto the gun once it is fired, too.
In both these pictures the 'detachable magazine' is in the hand grip. But, the third picture to the left are detachable magazines / clips outside the hand grip of the gun. When this Amendment becomes law the extended clips will become illegal. What the gun industry will do is make the grips longer in some guns so at least ten rounds can be carried in the grip of the gun.
``(v) A semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.
Senator Feinstein already knows the gun industry has dupped the laws of the USA. So, the guns that were automatic weapons cannot be modified and sold to be semi-automatics.
``(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
This provision outlaws any 'design' which puts a permanent grip on a gun exceeding 10 rounds / bullets / shot / ammunition. In other words a grip cannot load in any other manner that provides more than ten rounds in a semi-automatic weapon. 
Shotguns load at the bottom and don't have a clip. That semi-automatic shotgun cannot hold any more than ten rounds even though it loads from the bottom. She is a great legislator.
``(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has any 1 of the following:
I think I went through many of these. Not a forward grip or revolving cylinder.
``(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable stock.
``(ii) A pistol grip.
``(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds.
``(iv) The ability to accept a detachable magazine.
``(v) A forward grip.
This is a good example of a forward grip. This is not just a forward grip, it is a Mako Tactical AR-15 Folding Vertical Foregrip Textured Black FGGS, to be specific. I think FGGS is a manufacturer (click here it is available on Amazon). 
This makes the weapon an assault weapon AFTER MANUFACTURE. All these attachments are made as modifications to the weapon to make it easier to handle providing greater killing power. This is going to be made illegal. No hunter uses this. To the left is a forward grip on a glock. Below right is a glock turned into an assault weapon by ADD ONS in the market place. I think of these add ons as paraphernalia, similar to drug paraphernalia. It can be purchased anywhere. It is why drug enforcement agencies consider drug paraphernalia as guilty to possession of INTENT.
 Getting the picture of the daunting nature of this effort by Senator Feinstein. This ban was not written overnight. This is years and years of research and knowing exactly how to move the safety of the American people forward.
``(vi) A grenade launcher or rocket launcher.
``(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
Amazing isn't it? The gun industry is so manipulative. If they can dismantle a law they will do it in a minute.
``(H) All of the following rifles, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof:
``(i) All AK types, including the following:
``(I) AK,(click here)
AK47, (below)


AK47S,(below right)




AK-74, (below)






AKM, 
(also known as Kalashnokpv AKM - this picture is a USA military in Iraq)
You'll excuse me while I walk around a bit. Thank you.
Thought Bubble:
The Right Wing and Criminals in this instance are better armed then law enforcement excluding Swat Teams (maybe) and not they have equal capacity of the USA military, including National Guard. I remind this is illegal under the USA Constitution. I remind this only exists in our society because of political pressure.

Continued in entry above, thank you.

Example of 'muzzle velocity' in relation to accuracy. This antique gun was used in war. War. Not hunting.




The Caliber of a gun is determined by the 'diameter' of the bullet / shot / ammunition. The word sounds very much like the word caliper. Caliper is a noun. Below right is an actual caliper.


The caliber of a gun is measured in mm. 

So, when a gun is identified as a 45 or 38 it is an OLDER measurement. When a gun collector states he has a 45 it is 45 hundredths of an inch.

Why is a 45 better than a 38? Because the 45 can hold more FIRING POWDER and increase the trajectory of the bullet / shot / ammunition. The more powder, the more higher / accurate the 'muzzle velocity.'

Today, there are many guns measured in mm (millimeters). ie: 9mm which is used by most law enforcement officers in 2013.  

Every one mm = 0.0393701 inch. 

A 9mm is a little less than a 36 caliber. A 9mm is 0.354 inch diameter. Rounded out it is .35 inch (stated it is 35 hundredths of an inch). The 9mm holds less gun powder than a 38 or 45.
Some of the explosion in the chamber of the 9mm handgun goes into putting the next bullet in the chamber; ie: semi-automatic. The muzzle velocity of a 9mm is at least 390 meters per second but with as much as 435 meters per second. The muzzle velocity of a 38 is 679 meters per second but with as much as 980 meters per second. The variation in the speed is due to the type of powder in the ammunition / bullet /shot.

The reason the 9mm is preferred in police work over a 38 is the rapid fire capacity of the gun, not necessarily the lethality or accuracy of it. Okay?

That will help round out the understanding of the 'dynamics' of the guns limited by the Assault Weapons Ban Bill.

The bomb at Centennial Park had shrapnel, too.

Posted 7/23/2006 8:57 PM ET

The party was in full swing (click here) when the Atlanta Olympics blew up. The idea, the confessed bomber would say years later, was to bring down the Games and embarrass the U.S. government for legalizing abortion. The terrorist act would be so shocking and visible that it would echo through history....

...It would take the feds almost two years to clear up the mess. Jewell would be exonerated. A zealot named Eric Robert Rudolph, with other bombings and bloodshed on his resume, would be charged....

The evidence so far points to the Right Wing. I just does. To me it does. 

The stress Richard Jewell was under was enough to make his diabetes worse, too. Absolutely the truth. Diabetes is susceptible to stress. The man was hero. he saved people's lives that day. 

updated 9:17 a.m. EDT, Thu August 30, 2007
...Jewell, 44, died of natural causes (click here) at his home in Woodbury, Georgia, according to Meriwether County Coroner Johnny Worley.
Jewell had been suffering from diabetes and kidney failure since February, Worley said....

That man faced two years of charges. That is a lot of stress compounding itself on an innocent man day after day. Shame on everyone.


TITLE IV--ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Assault Weapons Ban of 2013''.
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.
Section 921(a) of Title 18 is where definitions are found to empower the law. Language is important in law. Words on paper matter when the law is well written without loopholes. Senator Feinstein is an excellent legislator. 
(a) In General.--Section 921(a) of title 18 (click here), United States Code, is amended--
Existing Law
(29) The term “handgun” means-
(A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and
(B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.

New Law - This is the new paragraph 30. The old paragraph 30 was already repealed in 2000.
(1) by inserting after paragraph (29) the following:
``(30) The term `semiautomatic pistol' (click here for Wikipedia which migh help some to understand the terms) means any repeating pistol that--
``(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round; and
Semi automatic is a self refilling gun. It fires a round and immediately replaces the fire round with the next round in the clip. The 'semi' comes from the fact the trigger has to be pulled to discharge the round 'at the ready.' It is not far from an automatic weapon. Semis were adapted after the automatic weapons were made. Is there any doubt these weapons were not suppose to exist either? Law Enforcement has to chronically step up the arms they carry in defense of the public due to these adaptations. The 'step up' is expensive and requires taxpayer dollars including the training that goes along with the new weaponry. At one time a six shooter was all that was necessary in the USA. We can thank the NRA and their gun manufacturer cronies for increased gun violence and taxpayer spending to keep up with manipulation of the weapons. Why do they get away with doing this to people? Money, it is always money and plenty of it.
``(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge
Paragraph 31 doesn't exist in the old law either. So this is to fill in the gap in the law that currently exists.
``(31) The term `semiautomatic shotgun' means any repeating shotgun that--

Winchester Repeating Arms (click here)


Recently Gun Test magazine pitted three popular lightweight bolt-action rifles chambered in 308 Winchester. The Winchester Model 70 walked away with an ‘A’ rating. The Gun Test editors were instantly attracted to what they described as “…near perfection… .” Other adjectives the editors used in describing the Model 70 were”…superlative...” and “…flawless… .” Read the full article by clicking below.








``(A) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round; and
``(B) requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.''; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(36) The term `semiautomatic assault weapon' (click here for Wiki - it states Assault Weapon is a political and legal term. These terms are not PRODUCT NAMES. You may or may not be able to walk into a gun shop and ask for an assault weapon(s).Semiautomatic is included in the description to reinforce that the definition applies to assault weapons.) means any of the following, regardless of country of manufacture or caliber of ammunition accepted:
``(A) A semiautomatic rifle (click here - the definition is important. It has a wide range of guns within this single designation) that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following:
``(i) A pistol grip. (click here)
``(ii) A forward grip.(click here - Wiki has it listed as vertical pistol grip)
The legality of vertical foregrips on pistols in the United States is unclear. In the United States, firearms are categorized by the National Firearms Act and firearms manufactured with specific features are subject to restrictions and controls. In the case of a vertical forward grip on a pistol, the law does not explicitly define such a feature as belonging to any category.

This is amazing (click here for CAA pistol grips from a company called LA Police Gear. I hope this is not sincere gear from LA police.) Got to love it. Any criminal can purchase this to place on their gun, so they come to LA Police Gear to do it. Only in America.

``(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable stock. (click here)

This item is getting some real play in the 'gun community.' It must be a big deal. While a gun stock is important for holding a rifle, it is not necessary to be detached, telescoping or folding. Those are modifications that manipulate rifles into the use of an assault rifle.

``(iv) A grenade launcher or rocket launcher. The language is fairly obvious. But Wiki has an interesting entry (click here titled RPG 7).
``(v) A barrel shroud. (Oh, I don't want to be hurt while I am killing others - click here)
``(vi) A threaded barrel.
Threaded barrels have a "screw" threading on the end of the barrel to accept suppressors and silencers.
``(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubular device (click here and look to subheading TUBULAR - click here) designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition (click here).
The facts are obvious. The gun industry picks apart the legislation and then adapts their products to fall outside of the law. So, Senator Feinstein is including all the adaptations that have manipulated the law. The gun industry gives me no reason to respect them. They seek to circumvent the law all the time. They believe the ability to kill is more important than life. 
Interesting conversation (click here):
NO magazine, except a .22 rim fire TUBULAR magazine, may hold more than 10 rounds if it was made after the ban. Period. End. A magazine is NOT an evil feature, a detachable magazine is just what makes the evil features matter on a semi automatic rifle. You can purchase pre ban magazines though if you find them, in whatever capacity you wish.
Again, you CANNOT go purchase a newly manufactured magazine, other than for a tube fed .22 rim fire, which holds more than 10 rounds AT ALL.
The tubular magazines weren't banned I'm guessing because they're slow to load, and if it was limited to 10 rounds, that would mean only 10 .22 shorts, which would mean almost no .22lr ammo.
They have no respect for the law. It is all about money. Why should I respect these people if they don't respect the law of the land?








``(C) Any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun.
Exactly. I stated this before. The gun industry took the ban on automatic weapons and found a way to make one just as deadly.
A short barreled rifle is one of the basis of the assault weapon industry. I am going to discuss that briefly even though it is not mentioned here. The legality of these 'short barreled' guns are debatable in many instances, but, they are 'the fun guns.'
In the day of Bonnie and Clyde when automatic weapons ruled the streets in the USA, the OTHER gun of choice was the Sawed-Off Shotgun. They are lighter, more easily maneuvered, easily loaded and more adaptable for urban warfare. Their barrels are short compared to most shot guns used in hunting. Why would that be? 
Short-barreled rifle (click here)
Guns used in hunting are for accuracy. Long distance accuracy. A hunter has to  'sight' the 'game animal' and then shoot accurately to bring home dinner. Right? So, the longer barrels DELIVER the bullet/shot/ammunition with more accuracy. It overcomes 'drift' of the bullet to make the target. In other words, hunters have to overcome physics of gravity and wind resistance to kill the game animal. A long barrel on a gun provides greater accuracy to 'delivering' the bullet/shot/ammunition. If one knows anything about the Revolutionary War and the guerrilla warfare carried out by the colonists, the rifles they used had very long barrels. The reason was for greater accuracy.
These LONG GUNS are heavy and sometimes difficult to hold at a level against the shoulder. If a person can't hold the gun to the shoulder it difficult to 'site' the target.
In hunting there are also dogs used to drive the game from under cover. Sometimes the dogs are retrievers that bring back the game to the hunter. No one wants to shoot the dog.
Now, when a short barrel exists on a gun that means the gunman/gunwoman has no interest in accuracy so much as delivering the ammunition at point blank range. These short barreled guns, be they shotguns or rifles, have one purpose and it has nothing to do with hunting. Absolutely nothing to do with hunting. These short barrel guns are for crime. It is just that simple. The gun industry can argue these guns are coveted by collectors, that is true. HOWEVER, there simply aren't that many collectors, legitimate collectors, in the USA compared to the number of the short barreled guns 'on the street' and 'being sold.' There is absolutely no correlation between short barreled guns and hunting. NONE. Short barreled guns are about killing. Usually killing people and require dearly little accuracy to do it. That is why automatic weapons were easily banned when shotguns were not.
Remember that. It is an important point that HONORS gun control.

Continued in entry above.

S.Amdt.711 to S.649

The Amendment is sponsored by Senator Diane Feinstein. 

Co-sponsors are Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senator Richard Durbin, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Al Franken, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Carl Levin, Senator Tom Harkin, Senator John D. Rockefeller, Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Thomas R. Carper, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Senator Robert Menendez, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Senator Brian Schatz, Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Senator Mazie K. Hirono, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator William M. "Mo" Cowan.

There are no amendments to the Amendment noted, but, there is a resolution attached. This is divided along party lines so citizens should write then Congressperson to ask they vote for this amendment.

The resolution attached is below:

[Page S2598]
SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

SENATE RESOLUTION 96--RECOGNIZING THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOYMENT WEEK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH

Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted the following resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

S. Res. 96

Whereas National Student Employment Week offers the University of Minnesota Duluth the opportunity to recognize students who work while attending college;

Whereas the University of Minnesota Duluth is committed to increasing awareness of student employment as an educational experience for students and as an alternative to financial aid;

Whereas there are nearly 1,500 student employees at the University of Minnesota Duluth;

Whereas the University of Minnesota Duluth recognizes the importance of student employees to their employers; and

Whereas National Student Employment Week is celebrated the week of April 8 through 12, 2013: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the celebration of National Student Employment Week at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

My suggestion is for National Student Employment Week be resubmitted to a Labor Department bill if this Amendment fails.

This is legislative language to submit the Amendment.

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED

(Senate - April 11, 2013)

...submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 649, to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table....submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 649, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.

The text of the Amendment is lengthy, so it best to divide it into several entries on this blog. There are specific weapons listed. Rather than posting pictures of the weapons on the blog, I'll try to provide a link to every weapon listed.

There is no description submitted to date.

This is the beginning of the bill, it contains a description and purpose.

[Pages S2598-S2618]

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

SA 711. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Levin, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reed, Mr. Carper, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Cowan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 649, to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

TITLE IV--ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

The text follows.