Whenever a crime involving a firearm occurs, the anti-gun extremists drag out the same old arguments that only MORE gun control can make you safe. But what happens when the firearm doesn’t fall into the proper ‘evil’ category? You’d think this would be a problem, but in gun control fantasy land, this is an opportunity to open a whole new strategy of pointless regulations.
The case in point is the public assassination of Charlie Kirk. The left controlled media attempted to deflect attention away from the motivation of the perpetrator, putting out such preposterous fantasies such as it was a stray bullet from right wing supporters celebratory shooting into the air or a shot of that distance could only have been a military/right wing trained sniper.
True to form, the anti-gun extremists began calling for more gun control even before the deceased’ body was cold and the firearm in question was identified and recovered. They demanded universal background checks, red flag laws, assault weapon bans, and to eliminate campus carry and open carry laws. But then, it turns out the firearm used was just an old hunting rifle.
You would think that would be a problem for Gun Control, Inc., but instead it just presented an opportunity to ban the new evil, sniper (hunting) rifles.
Hunting has always been a target of the anti-gun extremists. While consistently saying they are not trying to ban common hunting rifles, implying they are the only thing protected by the Second Amendment, they simultaneously target everything to do with hunting. This has included ever increasing restrictions on where, when and how you can hunt, bans on lead ammunition, bans on specific calibers or types of ammunition, and steadily increased hunting license fees and ammunition taxes. The goal has always been to make hunting so restricted and expensive that fewer and fewer people would participate in hunting, eventually eliminating wildlife conservation and the tradition of hunting.
From the information available now, it appears the firearm used in this attack was a sporterized Mauser 98, converted to 30-06. This would have been a common post war conversion from a German-made military surplus into a US compatible hunting rifle. It also appears the assassin’s firearm was owned at some point by the perpetrator’s grandfather. The full details have yet to be released.
A couple of notes about hunting rifles. They are usually larger calibers and more powerful than the so-called “high power assault weapons” customarily villainized by the anti-gun extremists and are usually equipped with scopes. They could be semi-automatic, bolt, level or pump action. An accurate 200-yard shot, exclaimed by the liberal press as being an impossible shot over TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, is fairly common for your average hunter.
So what to do? This wasn’t a handgun, so-called ‘assault weapon’, or a concealed carry firearm. And since the gun control activists have always said they don’t want to take away anyone’s hunting rifle, how do they turn this into a new push for more gun control?
The first strategy is what the Second Amendment community has been warning about for years. They won’t come after hunting rifles. They will reclassify them as high caliber ‘sniper rifles’ and say they are too dangerous for the public to own.
The next is an adaptation of the ghost gun laws. This particular firearm may, or may not have a serial number if it was produced an/or imported before 1968. Without at serial number the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives) cannot conduct a “trace” on it.
Is a trace critical to solving the crime committed using the firearm? The vast majority of the time, no. It’s more often used to determine other crimes like firearm trafficking or illegal possession by prohibited persons.
Since old, non-serialized firearms can’t be traced in the normal way, that means they’ll have to be serialized and registered. The mechanism to do this is already there in the ‘ghost gun’ laws where self-made firearms must be assigned a state issued serial number, engraved and registered. Yes, registered. But you knew that already.
That brings up universal background checks so that the ownership and movements of every firearm in the country can be monitored and controlled.
And finally, we have mandatory safe storage laws. Again, the facts of the case have not been released yet, but if in fact the grandfather’s rifle was taken and used without permission, then whomever owned it at the time would be made liable, even if the firearm was stolen from them.
In case you think all this is wild conspiracy theory thinking, all these things have previously been brought up by the gun control extremists. The wording and approach are already being shopped and refined in test markets around the country.
Does it matter if this, or any firearm, is classified as a hunting rifle or sniper rifle? Of course not. There is no dilemma. The anti-gun extremists want to ban them all. They just know they have to properly frame their gun grab scheme so the uneducated masses will think they are doing something in the interest of public safety. They just needed a triggering event to get the gun control ball rolling using the sickening mantra of “Never let a good crisis go to waste”.
What does this mean for hunters, target, competition and recreational shooters and collectors? Up until now you’ve been able to sit on the sidelines and say none of this crazy gun control stuff impacts you. Not any longer! It’s headed your way, and lot sooner than you think.
What should you do? That’s the easy part. STOP ELECTING PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS!!
Bob
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