HB030 (Assault Weapons Ban)

[chemist308]

Does everyone realize there is stuff in HB030 (the state version of the assault weapon ban) that will force registration? I was just re-reading it, and I didn't catch this on the first read but it requires gun registration of grandfathered guns, and allows the state police to charge a fee--like HB760!

An excerpt from HB030

Quote:
27 (2) Unless the person is prohibited by law from
28 possessing a firearm, immediately registers the assault
29 weapon with the Pennsylvania State Police pursuant to
30 regulations adopted for such purpose by the commissioner.
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1 (3) Safely and securely stores the assault weapon
2 pursuant to regulations adopted for such purpose by the
3 commissioner.
4 (4) Annually renews both the registration and the
5 background check.--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 The Pennsylvania State Police may charge a fee for each
2 registration and for each registration renewal ...

This is nuts. If allowed to pass, to follow this is going to be a felony. There are parts that read so much like 760 it's not even funny. This could just be step 1 for complete registration--a back-up plan for failing 760.

[danp]

This has been discussed elsewhere extensively so I'm locking this thread.