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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1191674" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]Obama’s new executive order will kill the 110-year-old Civilian Marksmanship Program[/h]The White House announced on Thursday that it intends to “ban almost&nbsp; all re-imports of military surplus firearms to private entities” through&nbsp; executive order, which would effectively shut down the 110-year-old&nbsp; Civilian Marksmanship Program.
 In a <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/29/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence" target="_blank">Fact Sheet</a>&nbsp; published on Whitehouse.gov today referencing the upcoming executive&nbsp; order the ban on importing military weapons is designed to “keep&nbsp; military-grade firearms off our streets.” Exceptions for import may be&nbsp; allowed for museums.
 The CMP tightly controls the importation of obsolete military&nbsp; weapons. The program was created by the U.S. Congress as part of the&nbsp; 1903 War Department Appropriations Act with the purpose of allowing&nbsp; civilians to hone their marksmanship skills, should they later be called&nbsp; into military service.There are no data indicating any of the weapons involved in homicide&nbsp; were imported surplus military rifles. According to the Federal Bureau&nbsp; of Investigation’s homicide crime statistics, rifles accounted for only&nbsp; 323 deaths out of 12,664 homicides in 2011, the most recent data set&nbsp; provided by the FBI.Read more:&nbsp; <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/obamas-new-executive-order-will-kill-the-110-year-old-civilian-marksmanship-program/#ixzz2dPChIRjQ" target="_blank">Obama’s new Executive Order will kill the 110 year old Civilian Marksmanship Program | The Daily Caller</a>

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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1191674, member: 12952"] [h=1]Obama’s new executive order will kill the 110-year-old Civilian Marksmanship Program[/h][LEFT][COLOR=#000000]The White House announced on Thursday that it intends to “ban almost all re-imports of military surplus firearms to private entities” through executive order, which would effectively shut down the 110-year-old Civilian Marksmanship Program. In a [URL="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/29/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence"]Fact Sheet[/URL] published on Whitehouse.gov today referencing the upcoming executive order the ban on importing military weapons is designed to “keep military-grade firearms off our streets.” Exceptions for import may be allowed for museums. The CMP tightly controls the importation of obsolete military weapons. The program was created by the U.S. Congress as part of the 1903 War Department Appropriations Act with the purpose of allowing civilians to hone their marksmanship skills, should they later be called into military service. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]There are no data indicating any of the weapons involved in homicide were imported surplus military rifles. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s homicide crime statistics, rifles accounted for only 323 deaths out of 12,664 homicides in 2011, the most recent data set provided by the FBI.[LEFT][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [url=http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/obamas-new-executive-order-will-kill-the-110-year-old-civilian-marksmanship-program/#ixzz2dPChIRjQ]Obama’s new Executive Order will kill the 110 year old Civilian Marksmanship Program | The Daily Caller[/url] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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