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White House eyes 'gun trust' loophole
FarmerRick:
Headline on Drudge Report this morning...
Obama offers new gun control steps
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-exclusive-obama-offers-new-gun-control-steps
WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.
Four months after a gun control drive collapsed spectacularly in the Senate, President Barack Obama added two more executive actions to a list of 23 steps the White House determined Obama could take on his own to reduce gun violence. With the political world focused on Mideast tensions and looming fiscal battles, the move signaled Obama's intent to show he hasn't lost sight of the cause he took up after 20 first graders and six adults were gunned down last year in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
One new policy will end a government practice that lets military weapons, sold or donated by the U.S. to allies, be reimported into the U.S. by private entities, where some may end up on the streets. The White House said the U.S. has approved 250,000 of those guns to be reimported since 2005; under the new policy, only museums and a few other entities like the government will be eligible to reimport military-grade firearms.
The Obama administration is also proposing a federal rule to stop those who would be ineligible to pass a background check from skirting the law by registering a gun to a corporation or trust. The new rule would require people associated with those entities, like beneficiaries and trustees, to undergo the same type of fingerprint-based background checks as individuals if they want to register guns.
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bkoenig:
And that's the end of CMP Garands. I hate him so very much.
RLMoeller:
:angry:
RobertH:
FBHO!
looks like i'm going 30cal suppressor shopping right meow! there's no way i'm getting myself and my wife fingerprinted.
on a side note, the article just mentions corps. will the same happen to trusts as well? and when does the 90 day comment start?
bkoenig:
--- Quote from: RobertH on August 29, 2013, 11:58:49 AM ---FBHO!
looks like i'm going 30cal suppressor shopping right meow! there's no way i'm getting myself and my wife fingerprinted.
on a side note, the article just mentions corps. will the same happen to trusts as well? and when does the 90 day comment start?
--- End quote ---
Yep, I've been holding off on another Form 1 but I think I'm going to have to put one in now.
This is going to send NFA wait times through the roof. Everyone who's been on the fence is going to be sending in forms.
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