What Biden won’t tell you is that AR-15-style rifles are also rarely used in crimes. The latter, unless there were some form of carve-out, could mandate that American gun owners pay a $200 federal tax for every high-capacity magazine they currently own. These requirements could also apply for all “high-capacity magazines” a gun owner possesses, assuming the gun owner chooses not to participate in any proposed buy back program. regulate possession of existing assault weapons. How? Due to these requirements, such weapons are rarely used in crimes. However, the new Biden plan against the AR-15 goes so much further. All of this is detailed on Biden’s campaign website, which states in bullet-point form (emphasis in original): Regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act. Sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. 2nd AmendmentPoliticsAR-15Joe BidenMachine GunNational Firearms Act. The article links out to a Giffords Law Center memorandum, explaining the effect: Currently, the National Firearms Act requires individuals possessing machine guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles to undergo a background check and register those weapons with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). I have read the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy, and I hereby agree to those terms. For purposes of clarity, I consent to Athlon's collection, storage, processing, and transfer of my Personal Data and Non-Personal Data (as defined in the Privacy Policy) for the purpose of signing up for the email newsletter. Individuals must also pay a $200 transfer tax, an amount that has not changed since the NFA was established in 1934. With another explosion of gun sales in 2020, concealed carriers grew by nearly 20... by Personal Defense World / Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Kahr Firearms Group Launches New Auto-Ordnance Trump 1911s, Stevens 320 Thumbhole Security: Defense Shotgun Gets New Stock, Shield Sights RMS2: Stronger, Improved Reflex Mini Sight Unveiled, Timney Releases CZ Scorpion Trigger With Pull Weights Under 3 Pounds, Apex Tactical FN 509 Slide: 5-Inch Upgrade Includes RMR Optic Cut, 1791 Gunleather Optic-Ready Holsters Now Fit Glock G43x, G48 Pistols, WATCH: Miami Mom Grabs Pistol, Defends Family From Armed Intruders, Vietnam War Veteran Cites War Experience, Holds Gun on Intruder, REPORT: Concealed Carriers Grow Nearly 20 Million During Trump Term, 5 Pro Tips to Shoot a Small Semi-Auto Pistol More Effectively, Accurately, WATCH: Master the Pistol Draw Stroke With Team SIG Sauer’s Max Michel, SCCY DVG-1: The 9mm Pistol That Puts 10+1 in a Sub-$300 Package, regulate possession of existing assault weapons, rifles of any kind in less than 5 percent of shootings. The above paragraph on Biden’s website links to a memorandum from former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ Giffords Law Center that calls for the regulation of “assault weapons” under the National Firearms Act (NFA). Biden’s gun plan changes the way the government would regulate AR-15s, wrote AWR Hawkins of Breitbart News. Currently, the National Firearms Act requires individuals possessing machine-guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles to undergo a background check and register those weapons with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In addition to the $200 tax, owners of guns that are deemed “assault weapons,” under Biden’s view of the NFA, could also be required to register these weapons with federal authorities, submit their finger prints and photograph, and potentially submit to an FBI background check. “Although the statutory definitions vary, magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition are generally considered ‘large capacity’ magazines,” Giffords Law Center notes. How? Due to these requirements, such weapons are rarely used in crimes. Biden will also institute a program to buy back weapons of war currently on our streets.

It takes nine or 10 months. Buy back the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines already in our communities. Biden also won’t tell you that government research into the Clinton gun ban of the 1990s showed it had no significant effect on violent crime. Harris has openly embraced gun confiscation through what she called “mandatory buyback” programs; it’s a nonsensical term since the government can’t “buy back” something it never owned.