FCI Chastised

Recently a very good friend who I used to camp with in the California Mojave desert sent me an email asking for update information on the bill that Senator Feinstein had submitted to make the .50 BMG an NFA weapon that requires registration. His comments to me were to the effect, 'hey, we haven't heard anything from you guys over at FCI for awhile, what's up?' I apologize to 50Shooter and to everyone else for us not being a little more attentive to our duties. It's not that we aren't busy over here, but immediate legislative issues facing the fifty caliber community have gone the same way most other serious firearms related issues have. They're off the radar for now!! It is my supposition the presidential candidates have put the word out they don't want "Guns" on the table for debate during this coming presidential election cycle and have quietly put the word out to table those bills in several committees around the country until a better opportunity presents itself. So, since they started campaigning 21 months early some serious challenges to our sport have literally disappeared for awhile. That doesn't mean we're safe by any means, but it does mean we have some time to work on those states where we face serious challenges. And, that's what we've been doing.

However, being busy doesn't mean we can't take time out to communicate with our supporters and we will try to do a much better job of keeping everyone up to speed on what we know and hear. To answer 50Shooter's question S.1331, the "Long-Range Sniper Rifle Safety Act of 2007" is particularly onerous because the bill requires registering the .50 BMG as an NFA weapon like a machinegun. Feinstein is from a state that doesn't allow NFA weapons even though her bill calls for a 'grandfather clause' that should allow all current owners to register their guns legally. There are many other states that will not allow NFA weapons to be owned too and she knew that when she submitted her bill with the phrase, "it is not our intent to ban these guns"!!