When people talk about banning Saturday Night Specials or Assault Rifles or what ever-what they really mean is YOUR GUNS-ALL OF THEM. Even your BB guns.

MASSACHUSETTS
On Thursday, November 9, a proposal was introduced before the New Bedford City Council to ban future sales of air guns, require licensing for existing air guns, and require that existing air guns be painted fluorescent colors. If approved, the proposal would be sent to the State House as legislation to affect the entire Commonwealth. On November 8, 2006 the Boston Globe published a story that announced the intentions of New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes to push for a statewide ban of BB guns and pellet guns. "If the requested legislation is passed, future tragedies . . . will be reduced or averted because there will be fewer legal pellet guns, BB guns, and no replicas that could be mistaken for the real thing," said Gomes. According to the article a "recovering" drug addict drew a pellet gun on two police officers that had entered a crack house. The officers fired their guns, killing the drug addict. While this is certainly a tragedy for everyone involved,
especially the officers, the Commonwealth should not be passing legislation banning lawful property based on an incident that occurred between police and drug addicts in a crack house. As expected, the measure was sent to the Appointments and Briefings Committee and will have a public hearing sometime in December. Banning the lawful use and ownership of air guns is not an appropriate response to reduce crime in New Bedford. NRA is urging all of our New Bedford members to contact their city councilors and ask them not to punish law-abiding citizens for something that happened in a crack house. The New Bedford City Council can be contacted by phone at (508) 979-1455, fax (508) 979-1451, or visit http://www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us/governmt/council/2006/CounMain1.htm for email contact information. We also urge all NRA members in the Commonwealth to contact their legislators and tell them that confiscating air guns from law-abiding citizens is not the way to start off a new
legislative year. HELP DEFEND THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN THE BAY STATE! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY! For further contact information please use the "Write Your Representative" feature found at www.NRAILA.org.

ban air guns are they nuts. i learn how to handle a rifle with a bb gun. but it is ok to be in a crack house with crack. things are messed up.

I'm sure that the crack-dealer would have taken the trouble to paint his airgun orange, in compliance with the law and thus prevent the entire 'tragedy'.

What the wigs don't seem to realize, is that criminals aren't going to bother with compliance with ANY gun law.

Instead of enforcing existing laws, they want to bring restrictive legislature that infringes on all of our rights, making decent people criminals with the sweep of a pen.

I wonder if they bothered to enact a study to see what percentage of privately-owned airguns are ever used during the commission of a crime?

I would hazard to guess that it would be a tiny fraction of one percent.

Amazing...
Skillet

Skillet,

One thing you soon discover talking to these people is they really don't care if banning guns reduces crime or not ( it does not).

They don't like guns and don't want you to have one (although they often own one and plan to keep it) and/or don't think criminals should be held responsible for their actions and focus on the 'bad' gun instead (take away the gun, melt it down and turn the crook loose-problem solved).

They learned in the 1960's you can't ban all guns at once and are willing to ban a few at a time until they are all illegal (even BB guns).

Gary

What can you expect out a bunch of Dumb Democrates

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF POLITICIANS AND ULTRA LIBERAL STATES LIKE New Jersey WHERE AIR GUNS HAVE BEEN BANNED SINCE 1934,ONLY AFTER PASSING AN ID CARD LAW IN 1966 WERE AIR GUNS ALLOWED TO BE SOLD,BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERED FIRE-ARMS, A SEPARATE PISTOL PERMIT IS REQUIERED FOR EACH GUN. IT COULD TAKE UP TO 4 WEEKS TO GET ONE,AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THAT SAME PERMIT CAN BE USED TO BUY A REAL POWDERFIREARM LIKE A .44 MAG. ETC.THEY WILL NEVER STOP TRYING THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TOTAL BANS ON ALL GUNS,ONCE THEY GET AN AIR GUN BAN THEY WILL SPILT THE VARIOUS GUN GROUPS,LIKE IN NEW JERSEY THE SKEET SHOOTERS AND BOWMAN WHO SAY I DON'T NEED A HAND GUN OR A RIFLE SO THEY SIT SMUGGLY BACK AND ALLOWED THE STATE TO BAN CROSS BOWS WITHOUT EVEN A HEARING AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT.Sorry I'M ON A SOAP BOX BUT I FEEL STRONG WHEN I WAS LIVING IN HARSH STATE OF NJ, Where gun owners are second class citizens.DON'T LET IT HAPPEN IN YOUR STATE,ONCE THEY GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR IT'S ALL OVER",THANK GOD I'M OUT OF NEW JERSEY,I FOUND THE WORSE STATES ARE,NEW JESEY,NEW YORK,MARYLAND,CONN.MASS,ILL.MICH.WISC.RI,AND OF COURSE LAST BUT NOT LEAST" THE ULTIMATE KING OF GUN BANNERS THE NUTTY CRAZY STATE OF CALIFORNIA,WHICH IF YOU READ THEIR LAWS, ARE MORE SOCILAIST THAN EUROPE OR THE UK

Michael,

You are right.

Too many people don't realize what can happen until the bans have been passed.

Others don't care as long as 'their' guns are not being banned.

They can't see that they will be next on the list until all the guns are gone.

Another threat is the license or permit.

How would you like to pay $10 or $100 for each (air)gun you own EVERY year?

Or have to PROVE to someone that you NEED a gun.

Gun owners need to stick together to defend their rights.

Gary

Now I have heard it all. I was 11 years old when I got my first Daisy, and was taught to handle and rules of a rifle from my father. I can't even believe passing a law so childish, stupid, and un-called for. That's almost as bad as comming to a Gun fight, with a pocket knife. Her we can carry a side arm, however it has to be out in open view, NOT concelled. Better pack up and move out of that stupid state, or get a new Governor.