Shotgun ban?

There's a move to ban importation - and possession - of certain "non-sporting" shotguns. Remember what happened with the "Street Sweeper" a few years ago? Maybe we are facing that again.

The BATFEIEIO is soliciting comments. Here's mine:

Hello,

I would like to make a couple points on the idea of banning certain shotguns.

First, under the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the firearms that are absolutely protected for possession by Americans are those in common use by the military. Both so-called "sawed-off" shotguns and shotguns with large magazines and pistol grips have been and are in common use by the military, so these weapons are explicitly protected by the Second Amendment. Any ban on or taxation of these weapons is therefore illegal.

Second, these weapons are largely in use for home defense by many Americans, and as self-defense is definitely an unalienable right, any ban or taxation of them would again be illegal, not to mention morally wrong.

Finally, the "sporting uses" rule for firearm importation is dead wrong, in the light of my first point. This is especially true when it comes to importing firearms originally sold or delivered by the US Government. Such arms are literally the property of America, and therefore, the property of the people of America. To prevent any such importation is wrong.

Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
Beloit, WI.