Any status on the 50cal ban Bill?

 

Last I heard it was sitting somewhere, and the Sponsors were upset because the muzzleloading community wouldn't leave them alone.....

when talking to the SP a little while back they said something about it not going through... i dont know if they meant at that time.. or ever..

Read a little blurb about the muzzleloading community in NYS getting all fired up because of the same thing. Supposedly there was a rider attached exempting muzzleloaders, but can't seem to find it.

That will not go through the state the state makes too much money off of 50 cal muzzle loader,

thats alot of unsold deer permits it would put fish and game in bankrupcy.

Good point Ken, however I do not think the Brainchildren in Trenton care about where the money comes from. They will raise taxes somewhere else to cover the shortfall. The only thing that works is to threaten their cushy job.

i think part of the problem is the way it was presented......initialy they were worried about some terrorist shooting down a plane with a .50 then the realized that the way it was presented it applied not only to 50bmg,50ae,500s&w,50gi and basically anything in a .50 caliber.......that's one way to put a whole lot of rifles and handguns on the ban list.......i think it was pulled.......

i think part of the problem is the way it was presented......initialy they were worried about some terrorist shooting down a plane with a .50 then the realized that the way it was presented it applied not only to 50bmg,50ae,500s&w,50gi and basically anything in a .50 caliber.......that's one way to put a whole lot of rifles and handguns on the ban list.......i think it was pulled.......

 

And they claim that only the 50cal BMG is the target.

 

They must really view use as @$$holes.

 

I found a bunch of NYS gun rights blogs, and they mentioned that the rider attached to their 50cal ban, only targets centerfire firearms.

 

This 50cal ban is really a way to shake a hornets nest......

i think part of the problem is the way it was presented......initialy they were worried about some terrorist shooting down a plane with a .50 then the realized that the way it was presented it applied not only to 50bmg,50ae,500s&w,50gi and basically anything in a .50 caliber.......that's one way to put a whole lot of rifles and handguns on the ban list.......i think it was pulled.......

 

And they claim that only the 50cal BMG is the target.

 

They must really view use as @$$holes.

I found a bunch of NYS gun rights blogs, and they mentioned that the rider attached to their 50cal ban, only targets centerfire firearms.

 

This 50cal ban is really a way to shake a hornets nest......

 

 

Nail.............. Head

 

After all the Hoopla they PROMISED they would change it to exempt any and all Black Powder arms, to appease the Hunters and reenactors...and when the Bill ent to the assembly it was in it's original form. The ONLY Amazing thing was how many idiots were actually surprised that the politicians lied about it.

This is clearly a camel nose under the tent issue.

 

They figure they target a small minority of gun owners without a big lobby group and set a precedent that they can legislate on caliber size. After that, the camel is in the tent crapping all over everything including anything larger than .17hm2.

 

Lets face it, no one has ever held up a bank with a .50 bmg. I imagine someone would notice the 30lb weapon in hand when they walked in.

 

Besides, if you can afford to own and shoot a .50bmg, there's no chance you're going to rob a bank.

They figure they target a small minority of gun owners without a big lobby group and set a precedent that they can legislate on caliber size. After that, the camel is in the tent crapping all over everything including anything larger than .17hm2.

 

 

It's all about banning an entire class of firearms, across all boards. By banning 50cal's, you ban muzzleloaders, cowboy long range, any loads of anything else that I'm not even aware of. Yup, nothing like banning ancient technology.

 

As far as I know, only the CA 50cal ban targets the 50BMG, all others go after everything.

I have a .50BMG round sitting on top of my armoir that Anthony from GunForHire gave me last time I saw him. I don't see the point in outlawing it, as anyone using .50BMG in the commission of the crime is obviously batshit crazy and should have been locked up long ago.