Questions/answers from Vivky Fords office re: EU ban

[Blackstuff]

I honestly don't know how with a straight face they have fighting terrorism as the context/#1 priority of this legislation with the way it is written now. I've drawn the short straw at work and will be working til closing on Friday so I guess i'll be spending the day firing off emails.

This little doozy seems to have slipped passed everyone too (not that it applies to the UK);

"semi-automatic long firearms (i.e. firearms that are originally intended to be fired from the shoulder) that can be reduced to a length of less than 60cm without losing functionality by means of a folding or telescoping stock or by a stock that can be removed without using tools;"

[IainWR]

This little doozy seems to have slipped passed everyone too (not that it applies to the UK);

"semi-automatic long firearms (i.e. firearms that are originally intended to be fired from the shoulder) that can be reduced to a length of less than 60cm without losing functionality by means of a folding or telescoping stock or by a stock that can be removed without using tools;"

Actually, it already applies in Great Britain - S5(8) Firearms Act 68 has the same effect. For the purposes of subsection (1)(aba) and (ac) above, any detachable, folding, retractable or other movable butt-stock shall be disregarded in measuring the length of any firearm.

[Blackstuff]

I was referring to the proposed ban not affecting us, as its already in place.

[HALODIN]

When I said "If I've read that correctly," I was hinting the document seems to contradict itself. At one point it says this is a future amendment and then proceeds to inform the reader it's been banned. It's not written very clearly. If I was a betting man, I'd say the mag and other bans noted below are pending further support from MEP's.

What do you call....
A ban of dangerous semi-automatic firearms. These include automatic firearms transformed into semi-automatic firearms, long semi-automatic firearms of length less than 60cm, long semi-automatic firearms with loading devices of more than 10 rounds, and short semi-automatic firearms with a loading device of more than 20 rounds.


Plus there is a bit further down that says about 21 rounds fitted without reloading etc

[Gazza]

The trick of creating chaos and then seizing power under the pretense of putting things back in order is a tried and true method of deception and manipulation. It's the meaning behind the Latin motto: ORDO AB CHAO meaning ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.