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H.R. 1791, The Fairness in Firearm Testing Act (5 comments ↓)
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
- This bill, or a similar bill, was reintroduced in the current Congress as H.R. 1923, The Fairness in Firearm Testing Act.
H.R. 1791 would require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition.
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DJK
May 19, 2008, 9:55am (report abuse)What I want to know is why WOULDN'T you want them to film their tests? Doesn't it seem that if they film it their will be better oversight and less of a chance that they'll manipulate the outcome for their own ends? Vis a vis the Olofson case???
DJK - fixed typos
May 19, 2008, 10:02am (report abuse)DJK
What I want to know is why WOULDN'T you want them to film their tests? Doesn't it seem that if they film them there will be better oversight and less of a chance that they'll manipulate the outcome for their own ends? Vis a vis the Olofson case???
SGF
July 19, 2008, 8:13am (report abuse)Seems like a no-brainer to document all tests. If somebody is guilty, this is stronger evidence. If he is innocent, then everybody wants to exculpate him.
Joey
July 19, 2008, 1:04pm (report abuse)Every cop in the country has a camera in his cruiser, but the primary firearms regulatory body for the country has no cameras or procedures.
ATF sez:
1. a shoestring is a machine gun.
2. a double barrel shotgun that fires 2 barrels with one pull of the trigger: a machine gun.
Fact, not fiction, folks. Straight from ATF's mouth.
Defender
July 20, 2008, 10:19pm (report abuse)If the ATF disdains the Bill of Rights itself, I doubt a law requiring them to obey the law that requires them to obey the law will make a difference. Defund, disband, prosecute, imprison.