Gas Operated Semi Automatic Firearm Exclusion Act

Fortunately, this thing has no chance of becoming law - see the full story at The Reload:

There's so much more weird stuff in the bill, but I will leave all those bits to the more politically oriented folks.

Text of the bill here:

Relevant definitions:

(40) The term ‘gas-operated’, with respect to a semi-automatic firearm, means any firearm that harnesses or traps a portion of the high-pressure gas from a fired cartridge to cycle the action using --

(A) a long stroke piston, where gas is vented from the barrel to a piston that is mechanically fixed to the bolt group and moves to cycle the action;

(B) a short stroke piston, where gas is vented from the barrel to a piston that moves separately from the bolt group so that the energy is imparted through a gas piston to cycle the action;

(C) a system that traps and vents gas from either the barrel or the chamber to directly strike or impinge the bolt, bolt carrier, or slide assembly, to unlock and cycle the action;

(D) a hybrid system that combines elements of a system described in subparagraph (C) with a system described in subparagraph (A) or (B) to capture gas vented from the barrel to cycle the action;

(E) a blowback-operated system that directly utilizes the expanding gases of the ignited propellant powder acting on the cartridge case to drive the breechblock or breech bolt rearward; or

(F) a recoil-operated system that utilizes the recoil force to unlock the breech bolt and then to complete the cycle of extracting, ejecting, and reloading.

[rooster]

“The wording in the bill does not match the name of the bill”
Ah, so a bill

[wlfrgue]

It’s another “Save the puppies” bill with the “We save puppies by drowning them in the lake” clause, but people only read the title

[davidsolomon]

Politicians lying about what’s in the bill? How odd.

[johndoe]

Most all gun bills are blanket attempts to take out as many as they can. You do a great job. Thank you for all you do. Always learn something from you.

[mattl]

The government: "Don't worry, we only want to ban gas operated semiautomatic guns, and well, all the others too. "

[Ki_Adi_Mundi]

So...literally just like every single bill that ever passed in Congress ever. Got it.

[coachjonjiujitsu]

Dammit. If Ian is on this, it's serious.

[momar]

I guess the powder turning into a gas does operate every semi-autimatic firearm

[halorap]

You know you done fucked up when apolitical Ian is making a statement about it.

[pavlov]

It should be illegall to deceptively name a bill.

[alexdemoya]

The Patriot Act was anything but patriotic.

[Ticklestein]

The fact that the acronym spells out “GOSAFE” should tell you enough, it’s a “PATRIOT” thing.

If the acronym makes a nice sounding word, it’s an evil bill.

[pyronuke]

Trying to ban all semi autos is like trying to ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol; if only there was a major event in this nation's history that would foreshadow how it might go down...

[samirdaric]

DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR As a Bosnian man I cannot emphasize enough how important it is not to give up your weapons! Protect your freedom, protect your loved ones! ✌️🇧🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇺🇸🇭🇷

[curly__]

You should contact your representative and see if they will let you testify to Congress what this bill would mean. If Brandon Herrera can do it, you should be able to do it...

[DasHugh]

We need a common sense act banning all gas operated Politicians. 😂

[horehoundbasedcandy]

If your bill is so scummy, that you’ve got Ian to mention anything political on YouTube, you’ve REALLY f***ed up!

[thepoliticalgunnut]

You know its bad when Ian has to get involved to tell us the bad news.

[memoriaz.]

"Politicians Not Banning Anything They Think Is Scary For 5 Minutes" Challenge (Impossible)

[lzxray]

They have no idea how guns operate, neither do their staff and interns.