Sounds good- a political bone

[wbraswell]

HR. 2685, the Dept. of Defense Appropriations Act of 2016 has been passed by the House, and is now headed for the Senate. It has the following section:
Sec. 8017. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense in the current fiscal year or any fiscal year hereafter may be used to demilitarize or dispose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition components that are not otherwise prohibited from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe for further use.
I'm not sure how meaningful this is, but it sounds good to me.

 

[3dots]

I never liked hearing about any gun being destroyed. But, and far as funding in our military and government goes, save a penny, spend a dollar.

 

[venomballistics]

sounds good until we realize that only one department of the government gets this restriction.
While the DOD could not use its funds ... it would not apply to the department of the treasury, or agriculture, or even the CDC from funding said operations.

 

[Cyrano]

It says "demiliarize or dispose of'. How are we going to get them through CMP if they can't dispose of them?

 

[usm1rifle]

It says "demiliarize or dispose of'. How are we going to get them through CMP if they can't dispose of them?

BINGO! You're right.

 

[Harrison]

It says "demiliarize or dispose of'. How are we going to get them through CMP if they can't dispose of them?

You transfer them.

However, DOD has very few of the mentioned firearms. The big supply of M-1 Garands, carbines and assorted other firearms are from foreign nations that we gave them too. So. Korea probably has close to a million assorted M-1 rifles and carbines they have been trying to export back to us. Our Fed. Gov. won't let them. As far as our leaders are concerned, a 75 year old Garand is the same as a full auto AK47. Most probably would not be able to tell the difference.

 

[Buckingham]

Maybe it's a start to sanity.

 

[Harleystoo]

Clinton had most of the M14s cut up 20 yrs ago. Many of what we are seeing (as previously stated) coming out of CMP are from our allies.