Re: Armor Piercing ammunition

2013-01-23 Thread Paul Laska
Not being a lawyer, capable of considering placement of commas... My fear is that an authority could declare any such caliber armor piercing merely based upon its capability to be fired from a handgun and permeate soft armor. The wording of the statutes is less than clear, could it be construed

Gun control by executive order?

2013-01-23 Thread Jon Roland
Can the President get around the lack of gun control legislation by issuing executive orders? We have this from the NY Times, via Newsmax: Rep. Jackie Speier, Democrat of California, said Biden had informed lawmakers Monday that there are 19 independent steps

Re: Gun control by executive order?

2013-01-23 Thread Jason Goertz
First, Obama has issued the executive orders. Your snippet below is a couple of weeks old. I have not see the actual language. Here is a Slate article with a summary. http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/01/16/read_president_obama_s_new_proposed_executive_orders_and_legislation_on.html On

Re: Armor Piercing ammunition

2013-01-23 Thread Daniel D. Todd
It would be impossible to declare all ammo illegal. Rights must be exercisable and outlawing all ammunition would moot the right. This would be, on its face, unconstitutional. On Jan 23, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Paul Laska dactylographer...@gmail.com wrote: Not being a lawyer, capable of