Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Century Arms Zastava N-PAP AK-47 Semi Auto Rifle 7.62x39mm

Century Arms Zastava N-PAP AK-47 Semi Auto Rifle 7.62x39mm 16" Barrel Stamped Receiver 30 Round Magazine Wood Stock RI2087-N
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Brand: Century International Arms RI2087-N
Item: 11-0136641
UPC: 787450220782

The Century Arms Zastava N-PAP is made in the same factory that produced top quality rifles in Yugoslavia. The N-PAP is based on the M70B1 and M70AB2 versions derived from the M70 rifle. The N-PAP displays the original military finish of this fine rifle with the oiled wood stock and hand guard. This rifle features a one year manufacturers warranty.

Specifications and Features:
Yugoslavian Made M70B1/M70AB2 N-PAP
7.62x39mm Caliber Rifle
Stamped Receiver
16.25" Barrel
M21 Scope Accessory Rail
Slant Muzzle Brake
Oiled Wood Furniture
30 Round Magazine
Designed to accommodate 30 round double stack magazines
Overall Length 36.25"
Weight Without magazine 7.7lbs
1:10" Twist Rate
One Year Manufacturers Warranty
922r compliant

Note: The difference between O-PAP and N-PAP is that the O-PAP has the bulged trunnion on the receiver the N-PAP does not.

C39 Semi Automatic Pistol 7.62x39mm

C39 Semi Automatic Pistol 7.62x39mm 11.38" Barrel 30 Round Capacity Polymer Grip Black HG3083-N
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Brand: Century International Arms HG3083-N
Item: 7-GHG3083N
UPC: 787450221031

Century International Arms Inc. has been North America's largest importer of surplus and new firearms and accessories for 50+ years. Century International Arms Inc. is well known importing outstanding Rifles, Pistols, and Shotguns for collectors and shooters alike. Not only do Century International Arms Inc firearms look great; they actually shoot and function outstanding. Next time you are in the market to replace your favorite firearm consider all of your options… you will be hard pressed to beat Century International Arms Inc.

The C39 Pistol is 100% made in the good old U.S.A.! The new bird cage muzzle brake and "shark fin" front sight, gives the small package a sexy new look. An ergonomic pistol grip, high-tech poly furniture, and our proprietary quad rail gives an incredibly cool appearance that just oozes strength, quality and style. Other features include machined from 4140 ordnance quality steel, integrated gas block and front sight, M16 style birdcage compensator and a front and rear sling mount. Perfect for home protection, or a fun day of inexpensive shooting at the range, the C39 pistol is a trusty tool that is ready when you are.

Specifications and Features:
Item: HG3083-N
Integrated gas block and front sight
4140 ordnance quality steel
Takes all standard AK type magazines
Comes with two U.S. made 30 round magazines
Barrel: 11.375"
Overall: 21.375"
Weight: 6.14 lbs.
Comes with a 1 year manufacturer's warranty!
Condition: New

I.O Inc. M214 AK-47 7.62x39

I.O Inc. M214 AK-47 7.62x39 16" Barrel 30 Rounds Synthetic Fixed Stock Full Length Quad Rail Phantom Flash Hider Gas Block Front Sight Combo 30 Rounds Black IOIN1010
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Brand: I.O. Inc. IOIN1010
Item: 10-0140426
UPC: 896187002438

The AK-47 is one of the most reliable firearms that have ever been built. Now you can get that reliability with excellent build quality with the I.O Inc. M214 AK-47. This Americanized version of the AK-47 features a Picatinny quad rail, a CNC machined scope mount rail and extra long magazine release. Every assault rifle option known can be fitted to this rifle.

Specification and Features:
7.62x39
16" barrel
30 Rounds
Full length quad rail
Phantom flash hider
Gas block/front sight combo
Recoil buffer
Fully heat treated receiver
Foam lined hard case
Bolt hold open
Nitrided barrel
Made from brand new parts
Polymer furniture
Extra long mag release
New trigger group for smoother action

American Tactical Imports Omni Hybrid AR-15 Semi Auto Rifle

American Tactical Imports Omni Hybrid AR-15 Semi Auto Rifle .223 Rem/5.56 NATO 16" Barrel 30 Rounds Optics Read Polymer Furniture Collapsible Stock Black ATIGOMNIHA556
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Brand: American Tactical Imports ATIGOMNIHA556
Item: 7-GOMNIHA556
UPC: 813393017018

The ATI Omni Hybrid features a patent pending inter-lock hammer and trigger pin retainment system preventing movement from the hammer and trigger pin during firing. The OMNI Hybrid features a patent pending over-molded metal insert which reinforces the buffer tube housing and rear takedown pins. Omni Hybrid rifles are chambered in 5.56mm NATO and are capable of shooting the lower power .223 Remington.

Specifications and Features:
American Tactical Imports AR-15 Semi Auto Rifle ATIGOMNIHA556
5.56mm NATO (accepts .223 Remington)
16" Barrel
Melonite coated bore
1:7" twist rate
Standard A2 birdcage
Muzzle threaded 1/2x28
Metal Reinforced polymer lower receiver
Inter-lock hammer and trigger pin re-tainment system
Built to military specifications
Enhanced trigger guard
Beveled magazine well
Carbine Length gas system
Polymer handguard
Collapsible stock
Optics ready platform
30 round magazine
Overall length 32.5" Collapsed
Overall Length 36.25" Extended
Overall Weight 6.25lbs
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DPMS Oracle Semi Auto Rifle .223 Rem/5.56 NATO

DPMS Oracle Semi Auto Rifle .223 Rem/5.56 NATO 16" Barrel 30 Rounds Polymer Grip Collapsible Stock Black Finish
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Brand: DPMS 60531
Item: 7-G0238
UPC: 884451002383

Specifications and Features:
Action: Semi Auto
Caliber: .223 Remington/5.56x45 NATO
Capacity: 30 Rounds
Barrel: 16" Lite Contour with A2 Flash Hider (Birdcage)
Twist Rate: 1/9 Right Hand Twist
Operation: Gas Operated Rotating Bolt
Upper: A3 Style Flat Top, Forged, Hard Coat Anodized Teflon Coated Black
Lower: Forged, Hard Coat Anodized Teflon Coated Black
Stock: Pardus Carbine Stock
Handguards: GlacierGuards, Oval Carbine Length
Sights: None
Weight: 6.6 lb's
Overall Length: 36.45"
Finish: Black
Whether you are buying your first AR rifle, or need an affordable yet accurate plinking gun, the Panther Oracle is for you. Built to bridge the gap between the Sporting and Tactical markets, this introductory level carbine features a 16” light contour barrel, an A3 Upper receiver with Picatinny Rail, heat dissipating GlacierGuards and a collapsible, six-position Pardus buttstock. Altogether, it weighs in at only 6.6 lbs.

The flat top A3 upper allows the shooter to mount the optic of their choice the Picatinny Rail. The 16” barrel, although light, provides plenty of velocity for most sporting and tactical applications. The Pardus stock makes this carbine comfortable for any shooter.

"Assault Weapons" and "Large" Magazines

In 1988, after handgun prohibition groups realized that their 14-year effort to get handguns banned had failed, the Violence Policy Center (VPC), led by an anti-handgun activist, recommended that they adopt “assault weapons” as a “new topic” to “strengthen the handgun restriction lobby.”
In 1994, Congress “banned” the manufacture and importation of “assault weapons,” most of which were general-purpose rifles like the AR-15, and “large” ammunition magazines, defined as those that held more than 10 rounds. However, hundreds of thousands of nearly identical firearms were made in the U.S. and an estimated 50 million “large” magazines were imported while the “ban” was in effect, leading the VPC to call the law a “fictional ban,” a “charade” and a “joke.”
The “fictional ban” expired in 2004 and the numbers of the previously “banned” firearms and magazines have increased at a rate even greater than when the “ban” was in effect. The firearms and magazines are commonly used for defensive purposes, training, sports and hunting. Violent crime has continued to decline and in 2013 the nation’s murder rate fell to possibly an all-time low. Cynically, gun control supporters now call for a ban that is not fictional, and that applies to more types of firearms.

"Assault Weapons" and "Large" Magazines Fact Sheet

Firearms that gun control supporters call “assault weapons” and ammunition magazines that they call “large” are certainly among the arms that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear. They are among the arms that are most useful for the entire range of defensive purposes, and they are “in common use” for defensive purposes, a standard articulated by the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).1 This is true, regardless of which of gun control supporters’ ever-expanding definitions of “assault weapons” one uses.2
General-purpose rifles, such as the AR-15, are the most popular rifles in the United States for home protection and defensive skills-based firearm training and marksmanship competitions,3 and they’re increasingly popular among hunters.4 Ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are standard equipment for many handguns and rifles designed for defensive purposes, and they’re commonly used in defensive skills-based firearm training and sports.5
More “Assault Weapons” and “Large” Magazines, Less Crime. Since 1991, when violent crime hit an all-time high, the nation’s total violent crime rate has decreased 51 percent, to a 43-year low, including a 54 percent decrease in the murder rate, to possibly an all-time low.6 In this time frame, Americans have bought over 150 million new firearms,7 including millions of so-called “assault weapons,” and so many tens of millions of “large” magazines that it seems pointless to attempt a count.
Different Guns, Same Old Tune. In the 1970s, gun control supporters predicted that crime would rise unless Congress banned all handguns.9 In the 1980s, they said the same thing about compact, small-caliber handguns.10 In the 1990s, it was “assault weapons” and “large” magazines.11 Now it’s all semi-automatic shotguns, all detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles, comparable handguns and various fixed-magazine rifles.12 However, without those bans, violent crime has been cut by more than half since 1991.13
Study for Congress and Follow-Up Studies. The congressionally-mandated study of the federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” concluded that “the banned guns were never used in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders” before the ban, and the ban’s 10-round limit on new magazines wasn’t a factor in multiple-victim or multiple-wound crimes.14 A follow-up study concluded that “AWs [assault weapons] and LCMs [large capacity magazines] were used in only a minority of gun crimes prior to the 1994 federal ban,” “relatively few attacks involve more than 10 shots fired,” and “the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement.”15 Another follow-up study found “gunshot injury incidents involving pistols [many of which use magazines that hold more than 10 rounds] were less likely to produce a death than those involving revolvers [which typically hold five or six rounds]” and “the average number of wounds for pistol victims was actually lower than that for revolver victims.”16

Background

History of Semi-Automatic Firearms. Semi-automatic firearms were introduced in the 19th century. The first semi-automatic rifle was introduced in 1885, the first semi-automatic pistol in 1892, and the first semi-automatic shotgun in 1902.17 Semi-automatics account for 20-25 percent of the 320 million privately-owned firearms in the United States today and the percentage is rising, because semi-automatics account for about half of the 10-15 million new firearms bought annually.18
How Semi-Automatics Operate. Semi-automatics fire only one shot when the trigger is pulled—like revolvers, bolt-actions, lever-actions, pump-actions, double-barrels and all other types of firearms except fully-automatics (machine guns).19 Thus, semi-automatics cannot “spray fire” and they’re not designed to be fired “from the hip.”20 They aren’t “high-powered,”21 there are no devices that convert them into machine guns legally,22 they aren’t equipped with “grenade launchers” and “rocket launchers,”23 and they certainly aren’t “weapons of mass destruction.”24
Origin of the Issue. The most popular semi-automatic firearm that gun control supporters call an “assault weapon,” the general-purpose AR-15 rifle, was introduced in 1963, but gun control supporters didn’t decide to call semi-automatic firearms “assault weapons” until 1984.25 Gun control activists began campaigning against “assault weapons” in the 1980s, after they realized that their previous campaign to get handguns banned had failed.26 In 1988, handgun ban activist Josh Sugarmann recommended to other gun control groups:
[A]ssault weapons . . . will . . . strengthen the handgun restriction lobby . . . . [H]andgun restriction consistently remains a non-issue with the vast majority of legislators, the press, and public. . . . Assault weapons . . . are a new topic. The weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. . . . Efforts to restrict assault weapons are more likely to succeed than those to restrict handguns.27
The Bans Begin. Sugarmann also recommended that the BATFE adopt guidelines to prohibit the importation of “assault weapons.” The following year, the BATFE banned the importation of 43 models of “assault-type” semi-automatic rifles that it had previously approved for importation.28 California banned “assault weapons” in 1989, and New Jersey banned “assault firearms” in 1990. With the unanimous support of New Jersey’s squirrel population, that state’s ban included the Marlin Model 60 .22 caliber squirrel rifle, which an anti-gun New Jersey politician called a “people-killing machine.” Both states allowed owners to register and keep banned guns already owned, but only about 10 percent of owners complied with the registration requirement.29 Several other states subsequently banned “assault weapons,” “assault pistols,” and/or “large” magazines.30
Clinton Weighs In. President Bill Clinton campaigned for a federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.,), saying people “can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.”31 Crime reports and felon surveys showed that “assault weapons” were used in only 1-2 percent of violent crimes, and in the 10 preceding years murders committed without guns outnumbered those with “assault weapons” by about 37-to-1.32 Nevertheless, Feinstein’s “ban” on new manufacture of “assault weapons” and magazines that hold 11 or more rounds was imposed from 1994 to 2004. 
Democrats Lose the House. In the November 1994 elections, some of the Democrats who supported the ban were voted out of office and Republicans took control of Congress. Clinton said, “The fight for the assault weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.”33
The “Ban” That Didn’t. Gun control supporters were shocked to discover that the Clinton/Feinstein “ban” allowed the “banned” firearms, including over 730,000 AR-15s, to still be made, and allowed the importation of over 50 million magazines that held more than 10 rounds.34 Six months after the “ban” took effect, CBS 60 Minutes’ ran a story titled “What Assault Weapons Ban?,” in which Leslie Stahl reported, “Assault weapons are still . . . . sold by the thousands.” Calling 1994 “the best year for the sales of assault weapons ever,” Stahl dismissed as “a good applause line” President Clinton’s claim that the ban reduced the number of “assault weapons.”35 Disgusted, the radically anti-gun Violence Policy Center described the “badly flawed ban” as a “joke,” a “charade,” and a “fictional ban,” and said “you cannot argue with a straight face that the ban has been effective” at banning guns.36

Pushing for an Expanded Ban. As the scheduled 2004 expiration of the “fictional ban” approached, gun control supporters campaigned to have the ban not only extended, but also expanded, the Brady Campaign calling California’s ban the “model for the nation.”37 In fact, California’s murder rate had increased every year for five years after its 1989 ban, 26 percent overall, while in the rest of the country murder increased 10 percent, and during the first five years after California expanded its ban in 2000, the state’s murder rate increased 10 percent, compared to a five percent decrease in the rest of country.38

Nevertheless, in 2013 Feinstein introduced the biggest proposed gun and magazine ban in American history.39 Whereas her 1994 “ban” merely required firearm manufacturers to omit one or more external attachments from certain semi-automatic firearms during the manufacturing process, her 2013 bill would have banned the manufacture of the same firearms altogether, as well as banned the manufacture of other firearms not addressed in the 1994 legislation. Her 2013 bill would have banned the manufacture of any semi-automatic shotgun or detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifle that had any “characteristic that can function as a grip,” as well as various fixed magazine rifles and self-defense handguns, and prohibit anyone from selling or otherwise transferring a magazine that holds 11 or more rounds. The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Million Mom March have proposed that pump-action firearms be banned as “assault weapons” too.40

Notes:
1. See the Court’s decision. The Court said that “the inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right,” which is “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation,” with said weapons including “all instruments that constitute bearable arms.” It struck down D.C.’s handgun ban, saying the “handgun ban amounts to a prohibition of an entire class of ‘arms’ that is overwhelmingly chosen by American society for that lawful purpose” [of self-defense]. Explaining its deference to the firearm preferences of the American people, the Court cited its decision in U.S. v. Miller (1939, see Second Amendment Law Library or Cornell Univ.), in which it said that the Second Amendment protects the right to arms that have a “reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia” and, citing the decision of the Tennessee Supreme Court in Aymette v. State (1840), arms that are “part of the ordinary military equipment,” and arms that could be used to “contribute to the common defense.” Further, the Miller Court said that citizens called into militia service were expected to appear “bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time.”
2. Gun control supporters have tried to add more types of firearms to their lists of guns they want banned as “assault weapons.” For example, the federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” of 1994-2004, authored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), defined “assault weapons” to include detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles having two or more external attachments, and comparable shotguns and handguns. But, in 2013, Feinstein proposed S. 150, which, because of the bill’s definition of “pistol grip,” would have banned firearms regardless of their number of external attachments, as well as certain fixed-magazine semi-automatic rifles. Other gun control supporters have proposed that pump-action shotguns and pump-action rifles should be banned as “assault weapons” too. (Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, LCAV Model Law to Ban Assault Weapons, 2004, and Donna Dees-Thomases and Carolynne Jarvis, “Why wait to tackle gun violence: Germany’s timely action should serve as example for America,” Detroit Free Press, Aug. 8, 2002.)
3. AR-15s are by far the most commonly used rifle for defensive firearm training conducted by Costa Ludus, CSAT, CTT Solutions, Defense Training Int’l, EAG Tactical, Gunsite, Insights, Vickers Tactical, Viking Tactics, Thunder Ranch, TMACS and many others schools. AR-15s are the dominant rifles in “Three-Gun,” “Two-Gun,” U.S. Carbine Association, and similar competitions centered on defensive firearm skills.
4. While originally designed to use .223 Remington, a small caliber similar to the .222 Remington varmint-hunting cartridge, new AR-15 models have been designed to use other calibers, such as .308 Winchester, 6.5mm Grendel, 6.8 SPC and .300 Blackout. With modern projectiles, all such calibers are suitable for hunting deer and similar game.
5. As examples, standard magazines designed for the ubiquitous Glock 17 9mm pistol hold 17 rounds, and comparable magazines for Beretta and SIG pistols hold between 15-20 rounds, while standard magazines for the AR-15 and comparable rifles hold 20 or 30 rounds.
6. Trend through 2013, the most recent year of data available. See the FBI UCR Data Tool for crime data for years prior to 2013 and FBI Uniform Crime Reports Section, Crime in the United States 2013, Violent Crime Table 4 for 2013. Annual FBI national crime reports prior to those posted on the FBI’s website are on file with NRA-ILA. See also Claude Fischer, A crime puzzle, The Public Intellectual, May 2, 2011.
7. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Reports and Firearm Commerce in the United States 2014. For a projection of the number of new firearms purchased in 2013 and 2014, compare the BATFE to FBI, NICS Firearm Background Checks: Year, by State/Type (second through fifth yellow-header columns).
8. Magazines: According to gun control supporter Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who sponsored the federal “assault weapons” and “large” magazine “ban” when he was in the House of Representatives, 50 million “large” magazines were imported during the 10 years the “ban” was in effect. (Schumer press release, “Schumer Moves to Renew Federal Ban on Assault Weapons,” May 8, 2003.) Magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are standard-equipment, supplied with millions of semi-automatic pistols and rifles manufactured and sold each year.
9. In the 1970s, the Brady Campaign (then the National Council to Control Handguns) predicted: “There are now 40 million handguns owned by private individuals in the United States—about one gun for every American family. At the present rate of proliferation, the number could build to 100 million by the year 2000 (which isn’t as far off as you think). The consequences can be terrible to imagine—unless something is done.” (NCCH pamphlet, “There is now a nationwide, full-time, professional organization to battle the gun lobby!,” no date, circa 1975.) In 1979, renamed Handgun Control, Inc., the group updated its prediction, saying, “Right now over 50 million HANDGUNS flood the houses and streets of our nation. . . . HANDGUN production and sales are out of control. . . . If we continue at this pace, we will have equipped ourselves with more than 100 million HANDGUNS by the turn of the century. One hundred million HANDGUNS. Will we be safer then?” (HCI pamphlet, “By this time tomorrow, 24 Americans will be murdered,” circa 1979 or 1980.)
10. In the early 1980s, the National Coalition to Ban Handguns said “rifles and shotguns serve a sporting purpose. . . . It is the concealable handgun that threatens and intimidates the citizens of this country—not the rifle and not the shotgun.” (NCBH pamphlet, “20 Questions and Answers,” circa 1981.)
11. For example, in 1989, the Brady Campaign (then known as Handgun Control, Inc.) said that “assault weapon” ban legislation introduced in the Senate, “will stop the importation, sale, and domestic manufacture of these killing machines.” (HCI fund-raising mailer, no date, on file with NRA-ILA.) In 1994, after the federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” passed the Senate, the Brady Campaign said “We Want a Nationwide Ban on These Weapons of Destruction!,” calling it “an Important Tool in the Fight Against Crime.” (HCI ad urging passage of the House version, H.R. 3527, introduced by then-Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Roll Call, April 18, 1994.) Just before the “ban” expired in 2004, the Brady Campaign said, “The threat is so immediate and deadly that state and local governments should rapidly enact local laws to restrict assault weapons in case Congress and President Bush fail to renew and strengthen the federal law. . . . With the Federal Assault Weapon Ban set to expire on September 13, 2004, the safety and security of our communities is in jeopardy. . . . The imminent expiration of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban poses a serious public safety threat to local communities across America as deadly weapons like the AK47 (sic) could again flood our streets.” (Brady Campaign, “Assault Weapons Threaten Our Safety and Security,” 2004 version.)
12. See note 2, S. 150, and NRA-ILA S. 150 Fact Sheet.
13. Note 6.
14. Jeffrey A. Roth, Christopher S. Koper, “Impact Evaluation of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994, Urban Institute, March 13, 1997.
15. Christopher S. Koper, “An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003,” Report to the National Institute of Justice, June 2004.
16. Reedy and Koper, “Impact of handgun types on gun assault outcomes,” Injury Prevention, Sept. 2003.
17. Rifle, a Mannlicher; pistol, a Schoenberger; shotgun, the Browning Auto-5.
18. See note 7, BATFE.
19. See, for example, the definition of “semiautomatic rifle” under federal law, 18 USC 921(a)(28).
20. Violence Policy Center, Bullet Hoses: Semiautomatic Assault Weapons—What Are They? What’s So Bad About Them, Ten Key Points about What Assault weapons Are and Why They Are So Deadly, point 8.
21. Semi-automatic rifles and shotguns use the same ammunition as many other rifles and shotguns, and semi-automatic handguns use ammunition that is shaped differently at the cartridge case base, as compared to revolver ammunition, but which is comparable in power. For example, the standard .223 Remington cartridge, for which the AR-15 is designed, has a muzzle energy of approximately 1,280 ft.-lbs., as compared to the most popular deer hunting cartridge, .30-’06 Springfield, at approximately 2,800 ft.-lbs.
22. In 2013, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), promoting her gun ban bill, S. 150 (see note 2), said that she looked at publications in 1993 and 2012, that guns today are “more sophisticated and technologically advanced,” and that “there are even devices which can be put in them legally, which make them fully-automatic.” (C-Span, Senators Feinstein and Blumenthal React to NRA, Dec. 21, 2012, beginning at 8:53.) The claim is false. Federal law prohibits converting a firearm to fire fully-automatically.
23. Feinstein’s S. 150 (see note 2) defined a semi-automatic rifle as an “assault weapon” if it had a “grenade launcher” or a “rocket launcher,” but this was entirely for propaganda purposes, as such devices are restricted under the National Firearms Act and obviously not part of a semi-automatic firearm.
24. Promoting her federal “assault weapon” and “large” magazine “ban” of 1994-2004, Feinstein said “[W]eapons of war have no place on the streets of our communities. . . . [W]e need to classify semiautomatic weapons as those of mass destruction.” (Congressional Record, July 29, 1993.)
25. The Brady Campaign has implied that the “gun industry” invented the term “assault weapon” in 1986. (Brady Campaign, “The Assault Weapons Ban: Frequently Asked Questions,” (eighth question), a version no longer on the group’s website, but on file with NRA-ILA.) However, in 1984, when the group was known as Handgun Control, Inc., it referred to a rifle as an “‘assault’ weapon” in a newspaper ad. (Handgun Control, Inc., “Within the Next 50 Minutes Another One of Us Will Be Murdered By a Handgun,” copy on file with NRA-ILA.)
26. In 1974, two anti-handgun groups were formed, the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, the name of which states the group’s purpose, and the National Council to Control Handguns, the purpose of which was explained by its leader, Nelson Shields, in 1976. Shields said, “The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition—except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors—totally illegal.” (Richard Harris, “A Reporter At Large: Handguns,” The New Yorker, July 26, 1976.) See also Molly Ball, How the Gun Control Movement Got Smart, Atlantic, February 7, 2013: Gun control supporters’ “major policy goals were to make handguns illegal and enroll all U.S. gun owners in a federal database.”
27. Violence Policy Center, “Assault Weapons and Accessories in America,” chapter 2 and “Conclusion.”
28. Federal law requires that the Attorney General, by delegation, the BATFE, to approve the importation of firearms that are “particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes,” a constitutionally dubious standard since the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (see note 1) that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for defensive purposes. In 1989, the BATF (as the agency was then known) recognized that “sporting purposes” included target shooting, but took the curious position that “target shooting” meant only “organized marksmanship competition,” such as the NRA’s National Rifle Championships and the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s National Trophy Matches, but not recreational target practice, “plinking” or “combat-type competitions.” Furthermore, BATF ignored the portion of the law requiring approval of the importation of firearms that are readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
29. California’s ban prohibited new sales, but allowed people to keep “assault weapons” already owned, if they registered them within a year-long amnesty. When the amnesty expired, only about two percent of the 300,000 “assault weapons” estimated to be in California had been registered. (Seth Mydans, “California Gun Control Law Runs Into Rebellion,” New York Times, Dec. 24, 1990; Sandy Harrison, “Few guns registered under new law: deadline nears on assault rifles,” Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 26, 1990; Carl Ingram, “Senate Favors More Time for Assault Guns Firearms,” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 1991.) The amnesty was extended, but few additional registrations ensued. New Jersey’s registration amnesty period was largely ignored as well. (Wayne King, “New Jersey Law to Limit Guns Is Being Ignored,” New York Times, Oct. 26, 1991.)
30. Hawaii, 1992; Connecticut, 1993, expanded in 2013; Maryland, “assault pistols in 1994, expanded to “assault weapons” in 2013; Massachusetts, 1998; New York, 2000, expanded in 2013. Several of these states and Colorado limit magazine capacity.
31. Ann Devroy, “President Rebukes Rifle Association; Group’s Opposition to Virginia, New Jersey Gun Controls Criticized,” Washington Post, March 2, 1993, p. A9.
32. FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports.
33. “A Conversation with President Bill Clinton, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jan. 14, 1995.
34. The 1994 “ban” merely prohibited the manufacture of various firearms with their full complement of standard external attachments, such as a pistol-type grip, adjustable-length stock or flash suppressor, while allowing the same firearms to be made if limited to only one of those attachments. The Christian Science Monitor noted, “gun manufacturers only had to make minor changes to weapons in order to comply with the ban.” (Editorial, “What, Assault Rifles Are Back?,” Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 14, 2004.) For the magazines, see note 8.
35. December 5, 1995.
36. Violence Policy Center press release, “Senate-Passed Assault Weapons ‘Ban’ Will Do Little to Keep Assault Weapons Off Our Streets: Violence Policy Center (VPC) Warns: “Political Victory’ Will Not Adequately Protect Police, Public,” March 2, 2004; R. Montgomery, “Clock ticking on assault gun ban: Flaws put extension in doubt,” Kansas City Star, May 2, 2004, p. A1.) VPC’s Tom Diaz wrote, “The 1994 law, however, was deeply flawed. At the outset, the law . . . exempted millions of semiautomatic assault weapons by ‘grandfathering’ all such firearms legally owned as of the date of enactment. . . . Moreover, most of the design characteristics by which new production or imports were to be defined as banned assault weapons were simply a laundry list of superficial cosmetic features that had nothing to do with the weapons’ most deadly functional features. The gun industry quickly and easily evaded the 1994 law by making slight, cosmetic changes to the supposedly banned firearms. . .By the time the 1994 law expired by its sunset provision in 2004, there were actually many more types and models of assault weapons legally on the civilian market than before the law was passed.” (Tom Diaz, The Last Gun, Violence Policy Center and Tom Diaz, The New Press, 2013, p. 163.)
37. Brady Campaign’s “Assault Weapons in America: Military Guns in Civilian Hands” (no date, removed from Brady’s website, but on file with NRA-ILA) and “Assault Weapons: Mass Produced Mayhem,” Oct. 2008, p. 20.
38. Note 6, FBI UCR Data Tool.
39. See note 2 and NRA-ILA S. 150 Fact Sheet.
40. Law Center Against Violence (now Legal Community Against Gun Violence), “Banning Assault Weapons: A Legal Primer for State and Local Action,” April 2004, p. 49. “Million Mom March” founder Donna Dees-Thomases and Carolynne Jarvis propose a pump-action ban in “Why wait to tackle gun violence: Germany’s timely action should serve as example for America,” Detroit Free Press, Aug. 8, 2002.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Hunting in Arkansas: Eight Animals to Hunt in the Summer

Arkansas is a popular destination for hunting. As the Arkansas visitor's website notes, the state "is well populated by a wide variety of Arkansas wildlife found on several million acres of public lands." The "Natural State," as it is nicknamed, maintains an active hunting program for visitors and residents alike.

However, Arkansas doesn't allow much hunting in the summer, when the animals are fattening up for the difficult winter months. Here's what you can legally hunt in summer in Arkansas during the 2015 to 2016 season – and it isn't much, mostly "varmints."

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Be sure to check with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission before planning an excursion. The areas open to hunting change according to wildlife populations and other criteria. A few regulations to keep in mind include: no hunting from a moving motorized vehicle, whether on land or in the air. You may not hunt from boats. You are not allowed to use drugs, poisons, or booby traps while hunting. You can not hunt any animals that are running to escape fire or flood. Here is a list of the animals that can be hunted during the summer in the state of Arkansas.

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  • Bobcat - Bobcat season is September 1st to the end of February (and during turkey season, which is generally in the spring).
  • Coyote - You may trap coyotes from August 1st to March 31, and you may hunt them from July 1 to the end of February and, as with bobcat, during the brief and variable turkey season.
  • Crow - Crow hunting is allowed from September 1st to February 21st, but only Thursday through Monday.
  • Muskrat, Beaver, and Nutria -The beaver, muskrat, and nutria hunting season runs from September 1st to March 31st.
  • Rabbit -Rabbit season begins September 1st, just before the end of summer, and continues through the end of February.
  • Squirrel -Squirrels don't get much rest in Arkansas as the hunting season for squirrels covers nearly the entire year, from May 1st to the end of February.