https://webster.house.gov/pres...8E-A24E-B8C72EDC3463

Webster CoSponsors Bill to Close Loophole in National Firearms Act

Washington, DC - Florida Congressman Daniel Webster (R-Clermont) joined Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) in introducing the No Backdoor Gun Control Act. This legislation would remove “Any Other Weapon” (AOW) from the definition of a firearm under the National Firearms Act (NFA), ensuring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) could not use the AOW section to violate Americans’ Second Amendment rights. This is especially important should legislation that removes short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns (SBRs, SBSs) from the NFA be enacted. Closing this loophole is an important step forward in reining in the ATF.

“The right to safe and responsible firearms ownership is part of America’s Constitution and continues to contribute to individual and public safety,” said Rep. Webster. “I will not stand by and allow the ATF and DOJ to attack our Constitutional rights and target law-abiding citizens.”

“The federal government has no business taxing and registering privately owned firearms with a catch-all term like ‘Any Other Weapon’ or AOW. With the Biden Administration weaponizing definitions from the draconian National Firearms Act of 1934 to ban as many as 40,000,000 lawfully acquired guns like AR-15s, Rep. Chip Roy’s repeal of federal AOW regulations could not come at a better time,” said Aidan Johnston, Director of Federal Affairs, Gun Owners of America.

The No Backdoor Gun Control Act:

Removes AOWs from the definition of a firearm under the NFA
Ensures that AOW owners are treated as having met requirements of state licensing laws that reference the NFA
Requires the DOJ to destroy AOW registration records
The legislation is cosponsored by Reps. Lauren Boebert (CO-03), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Ted Budd (NC-13), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Marjorie Taylor Green (GA-14), Ken Buck (CO-04), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Matt Rosendale (MT-at-Large), Jody Hice (GA-10) Ralph Norman (SC-05), Scott Perry (PA-10), Alex X. Mooney (WV-02), Randy Weber (TX-14), Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Bob Good (VA-05), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Thomas Massie (KY-04), Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), and Mary Miller (IL-15) and supported by Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the National Association of Gun Rights (NAGR).

Sounds good to me. Are there any negatives to this bill that I'm not seeing?

Also, will this come up for vote with the current Congress or after the mid-term elections?

Bills like this get proposed all the time. The only negative is that is has no chance of passing or being signed under the current makeup of Congress and the White House. Maybe after the mid-terms, but even then, I don't see Biden signing it.

Just put it in front of him and say that someone wants an autograph.

He won’t know the difference

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Unless they bury it deep in a D spending bill it has zero chance of becoming law, we'll need a R DC to get anything done, and even then it's tough...

Can we just stop it with this BS please. I've known Dan Webster for almost ten years. He's a very nice guy, but one of the weakest people I've ever met. This bill is nothing more than wading around the edges of NFA. It seeks to simply claw back a tiny portion of NFA. I've hammered Dan (and others) numerous times in the past that 'NFA' is the problem. It's BS on steroids and it needs to go. But Dan doesn't have the stones to put that bill forward. And comically, that bill would end the very same way this one will, with the Dem's killing it. But at least we wouldn't be tiptoeing around the real issue. The current Dem party in Washington is not going to allow a single gun bill to pass that loosens or removes any current controls over guns, especially not anything related to NFA.

So a short barreled shotgun would instead be registered as an SBR?

$5 stamp becomes a $200 stamp?

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Can we just stop it with this BS please. I've known Dan Webster for almost ten years. He's a very nice guy, but one of the weakest people I've ever met. This bill is nothing more than wading around the edges of NFA. It seeks to simply claw back a tiny portion of NFA. I've hammered Dan (and others) numerous times in the past that 'NFA' is the problem. It's BS on steroids and it needs to go. But Dan doesn't have the stones to put that bill forward. And comically, that bill would end the very same way this one will, with the Dem's killing it. But at least we wouldn't be tiptoeing around the real issue. The current Dem party in Washington is not going to allow a single gun bill to pass that loosens or removes any current controls over guns, especially not anything related to NFA.

I have no opinion on everything else other than the strategy of tiny claw backs. It doesn't need to be all or nothing and usually with those alternatives, the results end up being nothing. Rome wasn't built in a day and, if you look at how the liberal policies that are in place today, they weren't implemented overnight. It was a step-by-step, wherever-they-can-advance progression that got things to where they are now.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Can we just stop it with this BS please. I've known Dan Webster for almost ten years. He's a very nice guy, but one of the weakest people I've ever met. This bill is nothing more than wading around the edges of NFA. It seeks to simply claw back a tiny portion of NFA. I've hammered Dan (and others) numerous times in the past that 'NFA' is the problem. It's BS on steroids and it needs to go. But Dan doesn't have the stones to put that bill forward. And comically, that bill would end the very same way this one will, with the Dem's killing it. But at least we wouldn't be tiptoeing around the real issue. The current Dem party in Washington is not going to allow a single gun bill to pass that loosens or removes any current controls over guns, especially not anything related to NFA.

I have no opinion on everything else other than the strategy of tiny claw backs. It doesn't need to be all or nothing and usually with those alternatives, the results end up being nothing. Rome wasn't built in a day and, if you look at how the liberal policies that are in place today, they weren't implemented overnight. It was a step-by-step, wherever-they-can-advance progression that got things to where they are now.

Part of the point I was making is that 'no' bill of this type, regardless what's in it, is going anywhere with this Congress and president. As such, set precedent for what you do put forth now (i.e. a complete repeal of NFA) so when the GOP does have control of the House, Senate, and presidency, that bill can simply be brought back up. And if 'any' negotiations are entertained, they can negotiate backward from a complete repeal instead of trying to claw back bits and pieces here and there. Its about damn time for the Republicans to grow a pair, stand up straight, and do something 'real' for a change, instead of continuing to hide under their desks while blaming the bad ole Dem's for everything that's wrong.

I see it as a futile gesture. IMO, "Miller" should have brought down the NFA at that time, but didn't. It should have confirmed that weapons useful to the military are those that are protected by 2A.

flashguy

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
National Association of Gun Rights (NAGR).

Apologies, but the first thing that came to mind when I saw this was the South Park episode.

And I agree with bigwagon, this doesn't have a snowball's chance of passing in this Congress.

It would be nice though.