The guns to be included in the upcoming proposed Democrat federal gun ban will include the following:
1. Any semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and has:
(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
(ii) a threaded barrel,
(iii) a pistol grip (which includes ANYTHING that can serve as a grip, see below),
(iv) a forward grip;
(v) a barrel shroud.
2. Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds (except tubular magazine .22 rimfire rifles).
3. Any semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine, and has:
(i) a second pistol grip,
(ii) a threaded barrel,
(iii) a barrel shroud or
(iv) can accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip,
(v) a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds.
4. Any semiautomatic shotgun with:
(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
(ii) a pistol grip (see definition below),
(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine or a fixed magazine capacity of more than 5 rounds,
(iv) a shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
Frames or receivers for the above guns are also included in the ban, along with conversion kits. The Attorney General will receive carte blanche to ban guns at will. Under the proposal, the U.S. Attorney General can add any "semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney General."
Note that Obama's pick for the office of Attorney General (Eric Holder, confirmation hearing set for January 15, 2009) wrote a brief in the Heller case supporting the position that individual citizens have no right to have any working firearm in their own home.
Leaked portions of the proposed ban says the following: "there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event." In plain English this means that ANY firearm ever obtained by federal officers or the military or any firearm based on a military design is not suitable for the public.
That presumption can be challenged only by suing the federal government over each firearm it decides to ban, in a court it runs with a judge it pays. This virtually dismisses the principles of the Second Amendment. The last part is particularly clever, stating that a firearm doesn't have a sporting purpose just because it can be used for a sporting purpose. And of course, the "sporting purpose" test is a rights infringement with no constitutional or historical support whatsoever, invented by domestic enemies of the right to keep and bear arms to further their cause of disarming the innocent.
If these near-total bans aren't enough, the most dangerous part may be the phrase "pistol grip" because: "The term 'pistol grip' means a grip, a thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip." In other words, any semi-auto long gun with a grip (that's ALL semi-auto long guns) would be banned under the proposal.
Take a look at the following sites for additional information:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6376
I will post additional information as I obtain it. I am also working on an article concerning a course of action should this proposed gun ban become law.