AWB 2022 debate


"(t) (1) Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, it shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed under this chapter to transfer a grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken custody of the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon for the purpose of complying with subsection (s). Upon taking custody of the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon, the licensee shall comply with all requirements of this chapter as if the licensee were transferring the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon from the licensee’s inventory to the unlicensed transferee."

"This provision was not included in the 1994 assault weapons ban; it is one of the important differences between the new bill and the previous ban...

I expect that the requirement that an FFL is part of every transfer will incentivize current owners to trade in their guns to the FFL directly rather than go through the inconvenience of finding a private buyer and meeting up at an FFLs location. The rule should give FFLs more bargaining power in what they will pay for trade-ins…

…as a commodity rapidly increases in price, it attracts not only speculators, but also thieves. A potential thief would rather abscond with diamonds than thumbtacks, so the grandfathered guns in our scenario would become an irresistible target for thieves
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if we think most criminals are poor, and not very resourceful (not consistently successful in their crimes and/or frequently get caught), then criminals would be disproportionately disarmed by a substantial price increase, at least in terms of the grandfathered guns, and the guns would be mostly in the hands of wealthier law-abiding citizens."

Silly speculations from a Law Professor. First, he assumes people will follow the law and only transfer the subject firearms through FFLs. Then he ruminates on how criminals will react to the supply/demand change by targeted theft of the subject firearms.

Apparently, he is unaware of the very low compliance rate to firearms bans, registrations and mag limits.
 
So when are the door to door confiscations happening? Beto and Hogg must be salivating at this point.
 

View: https://twitter.com/Smith_WessonInc/status/1559209562858717187

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