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publius42 · April 15, 2018, 05:30 AM

https://legislature.vermont.gov/asse...Unofficial.pdf

The latest VT bill talks about transfers of firearm "ownership" in relation to background checks.

This seems to me to do away with the concerns about transfers of possession and what constitutes constructive possession. Doesn't matter as long as ownership doesn't change.

This is in contrast to Senator Feinstein's latest effort at regulating "assault weapons." It requires background checks for transfers of possession with a few exemptions. One such exception is for target shooting "in a licensed target facility or established range."

My wife's Ruger 10-22 has a telescoping stock, so it's an assault weapon under her bill. We've been shooting in my back yard for decades. Does that make it an established range?

April 15, 2018, 05:30 AM	#203
publius42 Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2002 Posts: 1,936	https://legislature.vermont.gov/asse...Unofficial.pdf The latest VT bill talks about transfers of firearm "ownership" in relation to background checks. This seems to me to do away with the concerns about transfers of possession and what constitutes constructive possession. Doesn't matter as long as ownership doesn't change. This is in contrast to Senator Feinstein's latest effort at regulating "assault weapons." It requires background checks for transfers of possession with a few exemptions. One such exception is for target shooting "in a licensed target facility or established range." My wife's Ruger 10-22 has a telescoping stock, so it's an assault weapon under her bill. We've been shooting in my back yard for decades. Does that make it an established range?