Does anybody know just how or why the year was picked as to which 12.6's will be allowed to handed down to our kids as a 12.7? Was this number just picked out of the hat by government? Was there a shift of some sort in how/where handguns were made? There must be some identical pistols that would be allowed to pass on and some that will not just based on their serial #, I would assume?
Inheritable 12.6 prohibs?
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This would be my guess as well, most likely had alot to do with it.
JohnC
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+3 as well
I agree that it is stupid but at least these otherwise 12(6) prohibs can be passed on, not like the rest of them which will eventually all be destroyed as the granfathered 12(6) people die off.
I have no idea why they chose the date but the reason for outlawing .25 and .32 handguns at least sounds logical: it was those two calibres which were responsible for most murders in the US before the law was passed. Small and cheap.
Of course it is. I said it "at least sounds logical". What I don't understand is why anyone would want one? (Aside from collectible antiques, of course.) Especially if Arne Boberg actually comes through.
Because they LABELLED those guns "Saturday Night Specials", and obviously evil (to them). They were the Hi Points of their era, meaning CHEAP.
The same way they are now labelling all "black", plastic, or semi auto rifles as ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Allan Rock and his gun grabb'n liberals used this tactic as a way of eventually disposing of a whole lot of guns without compensating the owners. This on top of regulating barrel length under 105mm as prohibited, knowing fair well that 4" barrrels are 102mm, exposes that bunch for what they truly are. We let our guard down and got nailed. Just shows how easy freedoms are lost and how difficult those freedoms are to gain back. Lessons for the future. .
Regarding the thread about .25s and .32s being responsible for deaths in the US, in the 1970s, two US sociologists did a study and published a book of the criminal use of firearms, by interviewing convicted felons in US prisons ("Armed and Considered Dangerous"). As far as I know, this is the only neutral, large-scale academic study of the criminal use of firearms in North America. Overwhelmingly, the convicts who used guns in crimes told the interviewers that the guns they wanted to use, and went to some effort to obtain, were the same guns the police had. They were revolvers of .38 caliber or greater, and pistols of 9mm or greater. And one of their findings was that criminals avoided civilians they thought were armed. The down side of that was that US civilians rarely lock up their guns, and gun criminals knew that by breaking into
houses when people weren't home, there was a good chance they'd be able to steal a gun they wanted.
It would be nice if such a study could be done here and the results publicized. And it would be good for the gun fraternity to recognize that the provisions of the law that mandate some minimal amount of safety training, and locking of guns away from ammunition, has value.
houses when people weren't home, there was a good chance they'd be able to steal a gun they wanted.
It would be nice if such a study could be done here and the results publicized. And it would be good for the gun fraternity to recognize that the provisions of the law that mandate some minimal amount of safety training, and locking of guns away from ammunition, has value.
