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Senator John Kerry (a Massachusetts resident) illegally accepted the gift of a shotgun (of the type he wants to ban as an "assault weapon") from a resident of West Virginia on 6 September 2004!
Under the federal statutes 18 USC 922 (a)3 it is a felony for Kerry to have accepted this gift. Under 18 USC 922 (a) 5 it is illegal for the West Virginia resident to have given it to him. Details of the offenses are listed below taken from BATF's June 2000 report Following the Gun: Enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers.
Kerry voted for these gun control laws, so he should be expected to obey them. If he thinks they should not apply to him, then introduce a bill to repeal them for everyone!
Citations for the ban on the Remington 1100 as an "assault weapon" follow the trafficking section.
Illegal for unlicensed individual to receive gun from resident of another state, or to give to resident of another state
http://www.atf.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/pdf/following/append_a.pdf
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FOLLOWING THE GUN: ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS AGAINST FIREARMS TRAFFICKERS, page 47
APPENDIX AStatutes Relating to Firearms Trafficking
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Title 18, Section |
Makes it illegal for |
To |
Mental Element(s) |
Penalty, up to; Section |
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922(a)(3) |
Nonlicensee |
Transport or receive firearm obtained in another state into his state of residence |
Willfulness; not required to know he was breaking a specific law, but must have had bad purpose or motive |
5 years; § 924(a)(1)(D) |
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922(a)(5) |
Nonlicensee |
Deliver firearm to unlicensed person whose residence is in a state different from transferor’s |
Willfulness; plus knowing or having reasonable cause to believe transferee resided in another state |
5 years; § 924(a)(1)(D) |
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Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms June 2000
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[Note- several other unrelated offenses have been deleted from the table]
KERRY WANTS TO BAN The Remington 1100 shotgun as an "assault weapon" in S. 1421 which he cosponsored on November 21, 2003
Senator Lautenberg introduced S. 1421 on July 17, 2003 " A bill to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes"
Text is available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1431:
John Kerry signed as a cosponsor on November 21, 2003
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN01431:@@@N
The bill states (in part):
"Section 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(30) The term `semiautomatic assault weapon' means any of the following:
[(A) through (G) deal with various rifles and pistols]
(H) A semiautomatic shotgun that has--
(i) a folding or telescoping stock;
(ii) a pistol grip;
(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine; or
(iv) a fixed magazine capacity of more than 5 rounds."
Definitions:
"(42) PISTOL GRIP- The term `pistol grip' means a grip, a thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip."
Above from the text of S.1421 at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1431:
NOT ONLY DOES KERRY ILLEGALLY
ACCEPT A GUN,
IT IS ONE HE WANTS TO BAN!
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Utah Shooting
Sports Council
Protecting Safe and Legal Gun Ownership
and Use
P.O. Box 1975, Layton, UT 84041-6975