Friday, August 30, 2013

Obama’s new executive order will kill the 110-year-old Civilian Marksmanship Program


 

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 Fact Sheet 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 distribution 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.

2 comments:

  1. When are the people of this great nation going to get sick of this Obama and remove him by force or impeachment??? He is killing this great nation and everything we stand for

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