Long Gun Background Check
Question:
(snip) #Have you been reading your NRA mail at all? I have been getting little #postcards pre addressed to my congressmen in my American Hunter magazine #and other updates the NRA has been sending. They also included a very #vivid description about how this Brady Bill was supposed to unfold. I #was impressed by the postcard idea, they were complete with a brief #nasty-gram about gun grabbers and second amendment rights, all I had to #do was sign ‘em and stamp ‘em. The real wonder is that the NRA (ILA, PVF, whatever) has been doing so little of this, and started so late. The smaller, nimbler, tougher activist organizations have been doing more of it for years. I always figure the dues to GOA, VDCL, or whatever are worth it for that feature alone. There’s no way I can keep track of everything the Congress or the state legislature, or whoever is up to that I’m interested in, in time to contact my elected representative — not if I want to get anything else done. (Btw, other activist organizations, not related to guns, may do the same; I just wish I had one specifically for hunting that’d do it!) RR Neuswanger, PhD, NRA-E Fight spam, the cholesterol rrne (at) loc.gov of the Internet:see http://spam.abuse.net I speak for me. Only. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
Response:
#I just read in my local paper that starting December 1, 1998, any one #buying a rifle or shotgun will have to go through a criminal background #check. Apparently, this was part of the Brady Bill in- #acted in 1993. A provision in that bill called for a five year delay #before this particular provision was put into effect in order to provide #enough time to develop an instant background checking system so buyers #would not be unduly delayed in their purchase. Any one else heard about #this? The NRA certainly has been quite about it. Here’s a cut’n'paste from the BATF web page that contains the specific answer to your question: Q: What will change on November 30, 1998, when the interim provision of the Brady Act ends and the permanent provision becomes effective? A: The permanent provision of the Brady Act provides for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system (NICS) that a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) must contact before transferring any firearm to unlicensed individuals. The law requires that the permanent system be established not later than November 30, 1998. The following are the differences between the interim and permanent Brady Act provisions: 1) While the interim provision only applies to handguns, the permanent provision of the Brady Act will apply to all handguns and long guns, e.g., rifles and shotguns. http://www.atf.treas.gov/core/firearms/information/brady/q&anics.htm has more information on "NICS" and the Brady Law. If I remember correctly, this provision was one of the "NRA amendments" that enabled enactment of Brady in the first place. -jc- — Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
Response:
#I just read in my local paper that starting December 1, 1998, any one #buying a rifle or shotgun will have to go through a criminal background #check. Apparently, this was part of the Brady Bill in- #acted in 1993. A provision in that bill called for a five year delay #before this particular provision was put into effect in order to provide #enough time to develop an instant background checking system so buyers #would not be unduly delayed in their purchase. Any one else heard about #this? The NRA certainly has been quite about it. Here’s a cut’n'paste from the BATF web page that contains the specific answer to your question: Q: What will change on November 30, 1998, when the interim provision of the Brady Act ends and the permanent provision becomes effective? A: The permanent provision of the Brady Act provides for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system (NICS) that a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) must contact before transferring any firearm to unlicensed individuals. The law requires that the permanent system be established not later than November 30, 1998. The following are the differences between the interim and permanent Brady Act provisions: 1) While the interim provision only applies to handguns, the permanent provision of the Brady Act will apply to all handguns and long guns, e.g., rifles and shotguns. http://www.atf.treas.gov/core/firearms/information/brady/q&anics.htm has more information on "NICS" and the Brady Law. If I remember correctly, this provision was one of the "NRA amendments" that enabled enactment of Brady in the first place. -jc- — Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
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# I just read in my local paper that starting December 1, 1998, any one # buying a rifle or shotgun will have to go through a criminal # background check. Apparently, this was part of the Brady Bill in- # acted in 1993. A provision in that bill called for a five year delay # before this particular provision was put into effect in order to # provide enough time to develop an instant background checking system # so buyers would not be unduly delayed in their purchase. Any one else # heard about this? The NRA certainly has been quite about it. Have you been reading your NRA mail at all? I have been getting little postcards pre addressed to my congressmen in my American Hunter magazine and other updates the NRA has been sending. They also included a very vivid description about how this Brady Bill was supposed to unfold. I was impressed by the postcard idea, they were complete with a brief nasty-gram about gun grabbers and second amendment rights, all I had to do was sign ‘em and stamp ‘em. -Keith Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
Response:
I just read in my local paper that starting December 1, 1998, any one buying a rifle or shotgun will have to go through a criminal background check. Apparently, this was part of the Brady Bill in- acted in 1993. A provision in that bill called for a five year delay before this particular provision was put into effect in order to provide enough time to develop an instant background checking system so buyers would not be unduly delayed in their purchase. Any one else heard about this? The NRA certainly has been quite about it. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ To leave the Hunting listserv list, send a message with SIGNOFF HUNTING
