Well Folks,

WE are going to be probably be faced with new and strong gun ownership regulation. The current list that the federal government was to make illegal for civilian possession starts with all hand guns, goes on to any "assault" weapons, box magazine type of rifles and shootguns. Here the list that I have seen:

THE SECOND AMENDMENT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT DUCK HUNTIN
IT IS ALL ABOUT PROTECTION "FROM" THE GOVERNMEN
Rifles (or copies or duplicates)
M1 Carbine
Sturm Ruger Mini-14
AR-15
Bushmaster XM15
Armalite M15
AR-10
Thompson 1927
Thompson M1
AK
AKM
AKS
AK-47
AK-74
ARM
MAK90
NHM 90
NHM 91
SA 85
SA 93
VEPR
Olympic Arms PCR
AR70
Calico Liberty
Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU
Fabrique National FN/FAL
FN/LAR, or FNC
Hi-Point20Carbine
HK-91
HK-93
HK-94
HK-PSG-1
Thompson 1927 Commando
Kel-Tec Sub Rifle
Saiga
SAR-8
SAR-4800
SKS with detachable magazine
SLG 95
SLR 95 or 96
Steyr AU
Tavor
Uzi
Galil and Uzi Sporter
Galil Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle ( Galatz )
Pistols (or copies or duplicates)
Calico M-110
MAC-10
MAC-11, or MPA3
Olympic Arms OA
TEC-9
TEC-DC9
TEC-22 Scorpion, or AB-10
Uzi
Shotguns (or copies or duplicates)
Armscor 30 BG
SPAS 12 or LAW 12
Striker 12
Streetsweeper. Catch-all category (for anything missed or new designs)
A semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and has
(i) a folding or telescoping stock
(ii) a threaded barrel
(iii) a pistol grip (which includes ANYTHING that can serve as a grip, se
below)
(iv) a forward grip; or a barrel shroud
Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that can accept more tha
10 rounds (except tubular magazine .22 rim fire rifles)
A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept
detachable magazine, and has
(i) a second pistol grip
(ii) a threaded barrel
(iii) a barrel shroud o
(iv) can accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip, an
(v) a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 1
rounds
A semiautomatic shotgun with
(i) a folding or telescoping stock
(ii) a pistol grip (see definition below)
(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine or a fixed magazine capacit
of more than 5 rounds, an
(iv) a shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

If you want to keep you guns, writing, calling or emailing your senators and congressman would be a great beginning to let them know how you feel. Then join the National Rifle Association if you are not a membeer.

As that we use firearms for hunting and varmit control, we do a real need to have firearms.

Jerry Smith,PhD
Somerton, Ohio