Several Wyoming lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to protect gun-owners from any potential federal firearm ban. The “Firearms Protection Act” bill, introduced this week, would make any federal law banning semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of gun magazines unenforceable within the state’s boundaries.RELATED - Hotel Employee With Gun Thwarts Robbery
Anyone trying to enforce a federal gun ban could face felony charges under the proposal. It also includes a provision allowing the Wyoming Attorney General’s office to defend any state resident against any federal firearm ban.
I don't like these somewhat unexciting facially contradictory state statutes people pass. For something like this, I would rather see the state get real smarmy and offer a tax deduction or something for completion of a firearm safety course and legal purchase of a gun. It is a much cheekier way to tell Washington what they can do with gun control.
A hotel clerk with a gun may have thwarted a robbery Friday morning (January 4th).
Investigators say just before 1:00 AM, two African American males entered the Quality Inn at the corner of North Poplar and F Streets in Casper, with their faces concealed.
One of the suspects told the clerk it was a hold-up, making a gun gesture with his hand.
The clerk then pulled a gun from her lunchbox and pointed it at the suspects, who then fled
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I don't like these somewhat unexciting facially contradictory state statutes people pass. For something like this, I would rather see the state get real smarmy and offer a tax deduction or something for completion of a firearm safety course and legal purchase of a gun. It is a much cheekier way to tell Washington what they can do with gun control.
You do have to take a hunter safety course to get a hunting license in Wyoming.
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Exact model that I have. I prefer the short barrel similar to what Arnold used in The Terminator over the long barrel that you see in gangster movies. Short barrel also makes it easier to use it one-handed.
NRA senses agenda advancement and attack on 2nd A, not sincere interest in discussion.
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Not that there was ever much doubt, but the National Rifle Association bluntly declared on Thursday that it would not cooperate with any White House drive for gun control in the aftermath of the elementary school slaughter in Newtown, Conn. “We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment,” the powerful lobbying group said in a statement after talks with Vice President Joe Biden.
"While claiming that no policy proposals would be 'prejudged,' this task force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners—honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans," the NRA said. "It is unfortunate that this administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation's most pressing problems." Biden has been leading a task force with the job of coming up with recommendations for battling what President Barack Obama calls an epidemic of gun violence across America. The vice president is due to present his recommendations to Obama on Tuesday after a range of discussions with gun-violence victims groups, law enforcement officials, organizations that represent gun owners, and officials from the entertainment industry. Obama has already pressed Congress to renew the assault weapons ban and take up new restrictions on owning large-capacity magazines—two steps the NRA opposes.
"We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen," the organization said. "Instead, we will now take our commitment and meaningful contributions to members of Congress of both parties who are interested in having an honest conversation about what works—and what does not."
The statement appears to leave open the possibility that the NRA could (maybe) support tighter restrictions to keep guns out of the hands of Americans who already cannot legally own them. But the NRA's description of what it was ready to talk about with Biden did not include gun control. "We attended today's White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals," the group said. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/n...-politics.html
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I don't think a ban affecting domestic manufacturers could be enacted by executive order. Perhaps I'm mistaken there, but typically gun control executive orders have been directed at the import market.
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