Ammo Accountability Act

[Gator]

According to www.truthorfiction this is TRUTH.

Subject: Ammunition Accountability Act

Ammunition Accountability Act

Remember how Barack Hussein Obama said that he wasn't going to take
your guns? Well, it seems that his minions and allies in the anti-gun
world have no problem with taking your ammo!

The bill that is being pushed in 18 states (including TN, Illinois and
Indiana ) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacture, a
data base of all ammunition sales. So they will know how much you buy
and what calibers. Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009
unless the ammunition is coded.

Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1,
2011. (Including handloaded ammo.) They will also charge a .05 cent tax
on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50
or more! If they can deprive you of ammo they do not need to take your
gun!

Please give this the widest distrib ution possible and contact your
Reps!

It's the ammo, not the guns...
I've said for a long time that they wouldn't go for your guns, they'd
go for your ammo... guns have a Constitutional protection. Ammo does
not. A list of states where this legislation is pending is in the final
paragraph. Not in CO yet, they'll go where the pansies are first.

Heads up to all of you who swore to defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign AND domestic. Let your state
Legislatures know that we do not want this bill passed, and petition
them to vote no on this bill. We should keep after them until the bill
is closed by bombarding them with e-mails, phone calls, and letters.

Get to all your politicians to get to work and NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!!
The 2008 Legislative session has begun, and the Ammunition
Accountability Act is being introduced across the country. Below is a
list of states where legislation has already been introduced:

Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington.

 

[Fishin Fool]

The Ammunition Accountability Act is real, but the e-mail is a hoax. All sponsored AAA Legislation came up in 2007 and 2008 and none even made it to a vote.

Here is what happened to AAA legislation in the 18 states it came up (info was either obtained via phone calls to state legislatures or use of state Web sites):

Alabama Senate Bill 541: It was indefinitely postponed in House of origin. It will not pass and would have to be reintroduced.

Arizona House Bill 2833: It never got heard in any committee. Never voted on. It would have to be reintroduced.

California Senate Bill 997: SB997 has no Info on it, and died in committee. SB1471 passed and is now known as the "Crime Gun Identification Act of 2007." It was authored by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) and was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can read the final bill here. The bill is in regard to handguns and microstamping, not ammunition. It also has no wording in it that would indicate that citizens would need to turn in their guns. It could also be rendered moot depending on the technology. It is not a part of the AAA agenda.

Connecticut Raised Bill 603: The bill was raised and had a public hearing. No action was taken. Bill would need to be re-introduced.

Hawaii House Bill 2392, Hawaii Senate Bill 2020, Hawaii Senate Bill 2076: All bills were deferred to the judiciary with no further action taken. Bill would need to be reintroduced.

Illinois House Bills 4258, 4259, 4269, 4349. Illinois Senate Bill 1095: All bills referred to Rules Committee. No other actions were taken.

Indiana House Bill 1260: Was sent to committee and not acted on again. It would need to be reintroduced.

Kentucky House Bill 715: Was withdrawn.

Maryland House Bill 517: No copy of the report. It didn't pass. Would need to be reintroduced.

Mississippi Senate Bill 2286: Died in Committee.

Missouri Senate Bill 1200: Referred to Judiciary. Would need to be reintroduced.

New Jersey Assembly Bill 2490: Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. Would need to be reintroduced.

Pennsylvania House Bill: Referred to the Judiciary on Feb. 5, 2008. No other action taken.

Rhode Island Senate Bill 2742: Committee recommended measure be held for further study. It would need to be reintroduced.

South Carolina Senate Bill 1259: Was referred to a subcommittee with no further action taken. Would need to be reintroduced.

Tennessee House Bill 3245, Tennessee Senate Bill 3395: Both were sent to the judiciary committee with no other action taken. Would need to be reintroduced.

Washington House Bill 3359: Was referred to the Judiciary with no other action taken. Would need to be reintroduced.

Ammunitionaccountability.org: This Web site was last update on Dec. 3, 2008.

Conclusion: The Ammunition Accountability Act (AAA) was introduced in 18 state legislatures in 2007 and 2008. It didn't pass in any form nor even make it to a vote. California's "Crime Gun Identification Act of 2007" does not involve ammunition and is not part of the AAA. While the e-mail points out that the bills are "pending," that is false. No AAA bills are currently pending from the list the AAA Web site provided.

The AAA made little to no headway in 2007 or 2008, and there is no reason to believe it would in 2009, if it were to be reintroduced, which as of yet it hasn't. The AAA e-mail has gained traction due to fears by gun owners that it was something new, and that Obama has a part in it somehow, which he doesn't. These are introduced STATE laws, which Obama has no control over, these are not federal laws. In addition, most of these laws were introduced in 2006 and 2007, long before Obama was even elected. While concerned gun owners could keep an eye out for future AAA bills, at this point, the issue is a non-issue. The e-mail is a politically motivated hoax.

The Truthorfiction.com:
Angus McClellan, a spokesperson from the National Rifle Association Institute For Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), told truthorfiction.com that the bills are real, pending and will "likely die at the end of the sessions."

According to an NRA-ILA web site, this was a process that was recommended in 1969 by President Lyndon B. Johnson's National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence to provide "a system of giving each gun a number and the development of some device to imprint this number on each bullet fired from the gun."

Those who support the encoding process hope that it will aid law enforcement to solve crimes but the NRA-ILA's concern is that the underlying "real purpose is to price handguns beyond the reach of many Americans, by requiring firearms to be made with the gadgetry necessary to create the markings, or to ban handguns by requiring that they 'micro-stamp' more consistently than is technologically possible."

McClellan told truthorfiction.com that as of January 2009 they have been successful in preventing passage of this legislation but there is a chance of its passage in California or one of the New England states. He also said that this issue "remains at the top of our list of legislative priorities. We'll keep everyone posted on our website and in our magazines if they try to seriously pursue passage in any state, or in the U.S. Congress."

Note that the proposed legislation was recommended in 1969 by Lyndon Johnson, NOT Obama. You should also note that the spokesman for the NRA said that the bills would likely die.

 

[EricM]

Thanks Terry!!! emoThumbsup

 

[Gator]

FF, THANKS much for clearing this up.

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[Fishin Fool]

Gator - 1/16/2009 11:51 PM

FF, THANKS much for clearing this up.

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No problem my friend. Hopefully this bill will never come up again.