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In reply to the discussion: White House Petition: Ban the AR-15 from Civilian Ownership [View all]PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. What happens when you ban a specific model of weapon, the case of the TEK-9...
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEC-9
After the Cleveland School massacre, the TEC-9 was in California's list of banned weapons. To circumvent this, Intratec rebranded a variant of the TEC-9 as the TEC-DC9 from 1990 to 1994 (DC standing for "Designed for California" . The most noticeable external difference between the TEC-9 and the later TEC-DC9 is that rings to hold the sling were moved from the side of the gun with the cocking handle, to a removable stamped metal clip in the back of the gun. The TEC-9 and TEC-DC9 are otherwise identical.[citation needed]
The TEC-9 and, eventually, TEC-DC9 variants were listed among the 19 firearms banned by name in the USA by the now expired 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB).[5] This ban caused the cessation of their manufacture, and forced Intratec to introduce a newer model called the AB-10, a TEC-9 Mini without a threaded muzzle/barrel shroud and limited to a 10-round magazine instead of a 20- or 32-round magazine. However, it accepted the standard capacity magazines of the pre-ban models.
The TEC-9 and, eventually, TEC-DC9 variants were listed among the 19 firearms banned by name in the USA by the now expired 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB).[5] This ban caused the cessation of their manufacture, and forced Intratec to introduce a newer model called the AB-10, a TEC-9 Mini without a threaded muzzle/barrel shroud and limited to a 10-round magazine instead of a 20- or 32-round magazine. However, it accepted the standard capacity magazines of the pre-ban models.
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What happens when you ban a specific model of weapon, the case of the TEK-9...
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#1
Credit where it's due. It would have at least as much impact as the petition to build a Death Star.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#9
The Assault Weapons Ban wasn't found to be unconstitutional and it banned specific weapon models.
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#5
Assume a Democrat is elected and appoints a liberal replacement for Scalia. Do you think the newly
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#13
Indeed. As Heller was a 5-4 decision a liberal justice replacing Scalia could swing the court
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#14
Just signed. Even if this may be pointless, it sends a message to some in congress and the senate.
Laser102
Jun 2016
#23
At this point it would be like trying to ban human slaves from civilian ownership
IronLionZion
Jun 2016
#26
I must have misunderstood your post, I thought you were answering for yourself...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#72
No, just people who buy devices DESIGNED to kill a lot of humans relatively efficiently
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#75
I'm sure many confederates owned several slaves without mistreating any of them
IronLionZion
Jun 2016
#42
You have the ability to kill a lot of people efficiently relatively speaking though
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#70
Strawman, I said devices I could care less what they are if its designed to kill a lot of humans...
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#78
I have faith in people just not wackos, that's the difference between us... I want a high filter
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#80
I disagree with the NRA and punk ass'd legislators on that account, it''s not long or difficult ...
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#82
Strawman, didn't say they did... I said regulations... I'm correct and right on that account
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#86
Well, when everyone I know who does competition says it's crap, I'm going with that.
HuckleB
Jun 2016
#98
Bullshit amateur psychoanalysis aside, that's the elephant in the room for confiscation advocates.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2016
#58
Now if only we cound get someone on board for the mental help programs being proposed right now...
Matt_R
Jun 2016
#115
Yeah, there will be violent resistance ... some harsh language... obscene gestures and pictures...
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#71
What we need is a new constitutional amendment to repeal the 2A and ban all guns.
LonePirate
Jun 2016
#31
Exactly! The real problem is that people have guns. That's why gun violence rates are so high in
hughee99
Jun 2016
#96
A vague law is a bad law; it's unenforceable. Our laws rely on precision of language. But when
Brickbat
Jun 2016
#36
I see opinion and no resolve to have anything other than having an opinion. eom
Festivito
Jun 2016
#111