You're right Tsubaki that it is the gunowner, and not the gun, which needs the license. I presume, however, that the gunowner would need a license for each qualifying firearm as defined in the act. I am not a gunowner (although I have no beef with law abiding persons owning guns whatsoever), so I am confused as to what qualifies as a qualifying firearm. The handgun part I understand, but the other part, i.e. "(ii) any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device", means nothing to me. Is the bill only aimed at machine gun type weapons or is the definition much broader? Would the definition apply to common hunting rifles and shotguns?
Curious as to what you folks think of lawsuits against the gun manufacturers. The City of Gary, Indiana recently sued gunmakers, and the suit survived a Motion to Dismiss. Gary is or used to be the "murder capitol of the United States", and I guess the powers that be in Gary partially blame the gun manufacturers. I, personally, think the lawsuit is BS
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02-04-2009, 04:21 PM
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