It’s a never ending battle against our Second Amendment rights. While that state of Minnesota offers a gorgeous wilderness landscape, the political landscape is abysmal. Fraud and anti-ICE issues aside, Democrats are once again looking to restrict the weapons their constituents can legally posses. The government seems to have a knack for identifying guns which scare them and makes them feel the need to ban them.
The latest attack comes from Rep. Emma Greenman. She has recently proposed HF 4081, to curtail possession of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons.Yes, another ban on semi-auto rifles because of attachments or capabilities they may have.
“Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon” means:
(1) any of the following firearms:
(i) Avtomat Kalashnikov (AK-47) semiautomatic rifle type;
(ii) Beretta AR-70 and BM-59 semiautomatic rifle types;
(iii) Colt AR-15 semiautomatic rifle type;
(iv) Daewoo Max-1 and Max-2 semiautomatic rifle types;
(v) Famas MAS semiautomatic rifle type;
(vi) Fabrique Nationale FN-LAR and FN-FNC semiautomatic rifle types;
(vii) Galil semiautomatic rifle type;
(viii) Heckler & Koch HK-91, HK-93, and HK-94 semiautomatic rifle types;
(ix) Ingram MAC-10 and MAC-11 semiautomatic pistol and carbine types;
(x) Intratec TEC-9 semiautomatic pistol type;
(xi) Sigarms SIG 550SP and SIG 551SP semiautomatic rifle types;
(xii) SKS with detachable magazine semiautomatic rifle type;
(xiii) Steyr AUG semiautomatic rifle type;
(xiv) Street Sweeper and Striker-12 revolving-cylinder shotgun types;
(xv) USAS-12 semiautomatic shotgun type;(xvi) Uzi semiautomatic pistol and carbine types; or
(xvii) Valmet M76 and M78 semiautomatic rifle types;
While they explicitly call out specific weapons, they were kind enough to include any similar weapons made by the same manufacturer.
But don’t worry. If you already own one of these evil devices, you can beg the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for permission to keep it. It’s quite magnanimous of them. So what happens if you fail to comply? Well, you’re in luck. You get to face felony charges.
(a) A person who violates subdivision 2 or 4, paragraph (a) or (g),
is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or
to payment of a fine of not more than $25,000, or both.(b) A person who knowingly violates subdivision 4, paragraph (b), (c), (d), or (f), is
guilty of a gross misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation
is guilty of a felony.
The bill is in its early stages. Now is the perfect time to start lighting up those switchboards and filling email inboxes.
