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The SPOTLIGHT 
March 7, 1994

DRACONIAN GUN RESTRICTIONS PLANNED BY CONTROL GROUP
The new Brady law is only the first step toward total gun confiscation.
By Mike Blair

Handgun Control, Inc., headed by Sarah Brady, the most powerful of the anti-gun organizations lobbying for new firearms laws across the nation, has initiated a "five-year plan" for disarming the American people. The SPOTLIGHT has learned that at a meeting on December 29 in California, leaders of Handgun Control met to discuss the plan, which includes some of the most draconian anti-gun laws ever proposed in Congress or any of the individual states.

HERE'S WHAT'S COMING

Here is a list of some of the proposals that came out of the meeting in California and which Handgun Control hopes can be achieved within five years:

* National licensing of all handgun purchases.
* Strict licensing for all firearms, whether handguns or not.
* Taking "a workable idea from Great Britain," the states would be required to issue strict licenses for possession and require license be signed by at least three public officials: i.e., the police chief, the city attorney and the mayor, for example. All individuals must prove to the signers that they require a firearm. This would be attached to any legislation requiring purchasers to show a need for a firearm.
* An arsenal license to keep more than five guns and 250 rounds of ammunition. The arsenal licensing fee is to be at least $300, with a cap of $1,000. Money collected would be used to defray "immense medical costs directly attributed to these deadly weapons." No arsenal licensing would be permitted in counties with populations of more than 200,000.
* Requirement of a federally-approved storage safe for all guns. A revenue source could be derived from mandatory inspection and licensing of all safes. Each safe would be registered with a specific serial number and the serial numbers and types of weapons stored within it would be on file with federal and state authorities. Unannounced inspections would insure that all declared weapons would be properly stored. All safe licenses would have an additional yearly fee to offset the cost of the spot inspections.
* A ban on the manufacturing of firearms in counties with populations greater than 200,000.

ASSAULT OF GUNS

* Extending the ban (now before Congress) on so-called "assault weapons" to include any firearm that even remotely resembles a military weapon. The ban would ultimately be expanded to include "high-powered air guns" and "paintball weapons."
* The banning of carrying a firearm anywhere but home or at a target range or in transit to one or the other.
* The elimination of a category for guns considered antiques for guns considered antiques, collectors' items or curios, placing them in the same category as other banned firearms.
* The banning of any ammunition that has been in service by a recognized military force after 1945.
* The banning of any quantity of black or smokeless powder that would constitute more than the equivalent of 100 rounds of ammunition.
* The banning of possession of explosive powders of more than one kilogram at any one site.
* A national license for ammunition. A special form would be forwarded to a new federal office to track those who are purchasing to much ammunition.
* A ban on the purchase and possession of ammunition re-loading components.
* National registration of ammunition buyers, the fees of which would go toward a nationwide database of ammo buyers, with a possible background check to eliminate purchase of dangerous ammo by felons or mental patients.
* The requirement of special storage safes to keep ammunition and the licensing of such safes. Again, unannounced spot inspections could be conducted by federal officials.
* The restriction of gun ranges to counties with populations of less than 200,000 and the licensing of all ranges.

TAXES (OF COURSE)

* A tax of $85 per visit by a shooter to a gun range, which would be in addition to regular membership fees. 
* A waiting period for the rental of pistols at firing ranges.
* A ban on all "gun shows."
* The banning of all "military reenactments," such as re-enactments of Revolutionary War and Civil War battles.
* Making unlawful the assembly of more than four armed individuals.
* The beginning of a ban on hunting on all public lands.
* Required fingerprinting and photographing of all gun owners and these and other records of gun owners would be made public.
* Random police checks, like the current "sobriety checks" on automobile drivers, to locate firearms.
* A ban on all realistic replicas/toy guns or non-firearms capable of being rendered realistic.

Not stopping at this point, the gun grabbers are also looking ahead to 15 years, by which time the following would be accomplished:

* A ban on all "militaria," including military clothing, camouflage clothing etc.
* Allowing for those who produce television or motion pictures depicting violence to be held financially accountable for any acts of violence that may result from someone being influenced by them.
* The total elimination of all arms from society, with the exception of the military.

 

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