Posted by Brian in Oregon on Wednesday, October 03, 2001 at 4:44PM :
In Reply to: Re: Senate Bill 1438 has passed. . . posted by George on Wednesday, October 03, 2001 at 3:24PM :
What this section means:
This bill would be a blank check for buraucrats to arbitrarily decide if an ex-military item, be it a gun, vehicle, airplane, tank, radio, clothing, tent, boots - you name it - presents a "threat" to the public, or has safety issues, etc. If the item in question does, then the bureaucrat can look and see what the CURRENT demil spec is for such an item, and REQUIRE YOU under penalty of a FELONY to demil your own property in the same manner AT YOUR EXPENSE AND WITHOUT RESTITUTION (ie - you won't get paid the value of your property).
Example - The M151 MUTT (a Jeep-like vehicle) was required to be first torched in two, then later in quarters. A few were never torched, but most on the civilian market are rewelds. Even worse the M151A2's were ordered crushed, totally flat. A bureaucrat could, at the behest of DOT, require all civilian owned M151's be demilled to current specs. That means you'd have to drive over your M151 with a bulldozer to comply, you would not get reimbursed, and you would have to pay for all expenses to rent the bulldozer. Or, if you own an ex-military weapon, deactivated or live, you could be required to cut or torch it into two pieces and never be allowed to put them back together for even display as a dummy weapon.
Would it affect a 1941 WC, M37 or a PW that was formerly in military service? The answer is - Who knows? If a bureaucrat were to determine that ALL ex-military vehicles posed a threat to the public, then the answer is - yes. Note the bill has no statue of limitations.
The bottom line is - it is better to call and complain (and I've given the names and numbers in a post further down this string) than it is to let this crap pass and fight it later. We have several groups behind it now, all unified: gunowners, military vehicle owners, aircraft enthusiasts, military radio collectors, and so on. Once it passes, it will only be individual niche groups fighting their little section one at a time.
UNITED WE STAND. DIVIDED WE FALL.
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