"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 8/22/13 7:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
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On Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:59:27 PM UTC-5, John H wrote:
Beautiful gun. Nice price.



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John (Gun Nut) H.


For that price?

YES!

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I really like some of the Kimber handguns although I've never fired
one. Unfortunately, the people's republic of Massachusetts has
determined that none of Kimber's models are worthy of being
determined
to be MA compliant and it's therefore not possible for to buy one,
new
or used.

Meanwhile, mini-me (Patrick Duval, Governor) has sponsored proposed
legislation to further limit what may be owned or done in MA with
regard
to firearms. Included in the proposed changes to MA General Laws
a

1. Limit of one firearm purchase per resident, per month. The
purchase of more than one firearm within a 30 day period will be a
felony,
punishable by 2.5 years in prison for the buyer.

2. Previously grandfathered magazine clips that hold 11 or more
rounds
(standard Glock mag) must be legally disposed of within one year.
Only 7 round magazines will be permitted.

3. Require gun license applicants to disclose their mental health
histories.

4. Prohibit assault style firearms from being stored in homes.

5. Ban all high-capacity ammunition magazines, grandfathered or
new,
including .22lr.

6. Require gun owners to purchase liability insurance.

7. Tighten access to high-powered rounds of ammunition. (whatever
*that* means).

8. Mandate buyers to undergo background checks before purchasing
weapons
at gun shows.

9. Require private gun sales to occur at the business of a licensed
dealer so that the sale can be tracked electronically.

10. Several more that create more "crimes" for owning a prohibited
gun, prohibited magazine, prohibited kind of ammo, and anything
else they can dream up and get passed.

Status:

The bill was filed in February, 2013 and is currently making the
rounds
through the various required hearings before going to the capital
for a
vote.




Sounds pretty good to me.

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Of course.

I can understand the reasoning of some, but not all of the proposed
law changes.

To my knowledge, MA would be the first state to require liability
insurance to own a firearm, if approved. Doesn't make sense to me.
How does having liability insurance make gun ownership safer to the
general public? Basically, it says, "If I am negligent and you get
hurt or killed, don't worry ... I am insured."

Some of the others are just plain dumb and for effect only. Private
sales are already required to be electronically filed here. You do
it on-line and the state has a record of the transaction. Why do we
now have to pay a fee to a licensed dealer to record a private sale?

What set this off in my mind was doing some research for a friend of
mine. His wife just purchased a pre-ban Clock. Came with two,
eleven round magazines. Under the proposed legislation, pre-ban
mags of 10 rounds or less will be allowed. Post ban magazines are
currently limited to seven rounds. If approved, she is legally
obligated to transfer her 11 round mags out of state or prove that
they have been destroyed by some form of not yet disclosed procedure.