CT Bill to Ban Large Cap Magazines March 2011

[sassedbygov]

Sate of Connecticut General Assembly - Raised Bill No. 1094
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3773
*03773_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by: They don't say. I wonder why?

AN ACT BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES.

Hearing held March 23, 2011

From the Connecticut Defense League alert:

ANTI-GUN Bill SB1094

This bill will ban the possession of ANY magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds.

If this bill passes, law-abiding gun owners will have to begin SURRENDERING their magazines by July, or face CONFISCATION by the state police and a FELONY CHARGE.

This proposal not only bans the sale of these magazines, but would make possession of one a FELONY.

Own a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds, TURN IT IN or BE CHARGED WITH A FELONY!

Yes, you read that correctly

The bill is found here:
AN ACT BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES.

I will emphasize that this proposed bill would make possession after July 1,2011 a felony regardless of when the magazine was purchased.

The Constitution clearly prohibits laws being enacted that would make a citizen guilty of a crime retroactively that was previously not a crime. It seems to me this is the governments favorite rule to break.

[S&W645]

Section 9 of Article III of the Constitution prohibits Congress from doing it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

Section 10 of Article 1 prohibits states from doing so.

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

Some lawyer in your state can make some big money on this one if it gets thru.

[fuhr52]

Next we will only be able to buy medications one pill at a time. We must do something to stop people from overdosing.

[S&W645]

Next we will only be able to buy medications one pill at a time. We must do something to stop people from overdosing.

Hey now, no messing with my guns or pills.

[Grognard Gunny]

What do they do for an encore? Ban mags of 8? 6? (All revolvers?) (Bye the bye, does this proposed "ban" include rifle mags?)

I have an idea..... any supposed "Legislator" that proposes any legal machinations that flies in the face of the Bill of Rights are subject to instant, automatic recall, without recourse or ex post facto "benefits" (such as "pension").

Since the Bill of Rights are essentially "Citizen's Rights", said recall hearings will be conducted by Citizen's Courts, chosen by random from voting lists. No "judge", only a jury of 13, majority carries and "lisence to operate" limited to Bill of Rights violations only.

Us citizens gotta protect ourselves somehow, eh? Seems we can no longer expect our "representatives" to follow our lead or represent our interests vis-a-vis "BIG GOVERNMENT".

GG

[handgonnetoter]

Oooohh Poo, here we go againnnnnn.

[CathyInBlue]

Technicly, this would not be an Ex Post Facto Law. An Ex Post Facto Law would be if you sold your high-cap mags now, then the law went into effect and they tried you for possessing them in the past. Passing a law which bans the possession by the general public of any physical object is idiotic on its face, but there's nothing in the Constitution that explicitly prohibits it, except the 2nd Amendment, ironicly.

[sassedbygov]

Technicly, this would not be an Ex Post Facto Law. An Ex Post Facto Law would be if you sold your high-cap mags now, then the law went into effect and they tried you for possessing them in the past. Passing a law which bans the possession by the general public of any physical object is idiotic on its face, but there's nothing in the Constitution that explicitly prohibits it, except the 2nd Amendment, ironicly.

Mere possession of a 10+ round magazine will be retroactively illegal upon the date prescribed in the law regardless of purchase date.

[BC1]

My God, they're turning into NY.

Gun laws need to be made by those who shoot. Through years of experience, law abiding shooters can reload in a split second. It's the perp who they need to worry about and he's not abiding by the law anyway.

[Grognard Gunny]

It's an epidemic of NE U.S. Liberalization disease! (I KNEW it would prove to be catching!) LOL!

GG