Tester moves to protect combat veterans’ trophy firearms

[shadowrider]

(U.S. SENATE) – Senator Jon Tester, Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, is urging federal officials to allow American combat veterans to legally register firearms they acquired on the field of battle.

American veterans who acquired certain types of weapons during combat under rules of military conflict—guns known as “trophy” firearms—are often unable to legally register the weapons, which means those veterans could be charged with illegal possession of firearms.

Tester introduced bipartisan legislation earlier this year to open a 90-day period for veterans and their families to register firearms for legal ownership—guns acquired during World War II and the Korean War, when servicemembers were allowed to legally acquire relic firearms. The bill would apply specifically to machineguns and other automatic firearms, and would not impact more common trophy weapons like bolt-action rifles or semi-automatic pistols, which do not need to be registered.

http://tester.senate.gov/Newsroom/pr_062111_trophyguns.cfm

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[aikoaiko]

2. a very reasonable proposal from a member of the Democratic party.

I hope this flushes out some StG 44s.

[Bold Lib]

3. My only problem with this is that it seems to be more of

some citizens being more equal than others again. We need another blanket amnesty just as the law says can be done from time to time as deemed necessary.

[ileus]

4. Sounds like great legislation.....hope it passes.

[jwirr]

5. Good. As the archivist of a museum that put together a beautiful

veterans memorial room we were given artifacts from the American Legion in our community to display. This is just an extension of the historical preservation of artifacts.