New Federal regs proposed banning surplus imports

[jonah7]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ol-measures-targets-military-surplus-imports/

I need to see the details on this, and what it exactly would prevent. If it goes through get ready for panic buying in the surplus market.

 

[Wheel Gun]

Finally, Glorious Leader is stemming all the crimes and mass murders committed by these surplus military weapons. [thinking] Wait, has that ever happened once?

 

[cmhbob]

I was coming over to post on the same thing.

Here's a Houston Chronicle article on the idea, complete with obligatory photo of Gabby Giffords: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/...bama-offers-new-gun-control-steps-4770412.php

Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.

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One new policy will end a government practice that lets military weapons, sold or donated by the U.S. to allies, be reimported into the U.S. by private entities, where some may end up on the streets. The White House said the U.S. has approved 250,000 of those guns to be reimported since 2005; under the new policy, only museums and a few other entities like the government will be eligible to reimport military-grade firearms.

The Obama administration is also proposing a federal rule to stop those who would be ineligible to pass a background check from skirting the law by registering a gun to a corporation or trust. The new rule would require people associated with those entities, like beneficiaries and trustees, to undergo the same type of fingerprint-based background checks as individuals if they want to register guns.

Emphasis is mine on the boogeyman quote.

 

[uncle money bags]

Im sure they will find some example to point to. They are so arrogant in their ignorance.

I would also like to see some examples of someone who has used a trust to circumvent gun laws keeping ineligible persons from owning a scary gun. It is an outright lie that background checks are not performed on trust members.

 

[foghorn918]

All street criminals have trusts.......right?

 

[Nimaro]

All street criminals have trusts.......right?

Reminded me of this

 

[pistolpete2002]

Here's a yahoo article on it.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-offers-gun-control-steps-135409085--politics.html

 

[farmerbyron]

Importing arms to Muslim terrorists is fine but allowing 50 year old guns back home to the us is not good.

How long before this takes effect? Surely there will be court cases and injunctions to the trust crap.