Just got off the phone with an industry professional who is pretty wired into things. Here's what he's hearing:


  1. Obama has been told not to expect much action from congress on an AWB.
  2. Obama has decided to take unilateral action and issue several EO's.
    • An EO defining large capacity feeding devices as destructive devices under the NFA. Beta Mags, belts, drums, etc. Unsure if they will go for 30 round AR mags. Some talk of limiting it to capacities > 50. This would likely be ruled unlawful but we're looking at two years of litigation and possibly a change on SCOTUS before it gets there.
    • There will be a NFA amnesty restricted to registering these devices. This will require serialization and other required markings. How do you serialize a Browning 30 cal belt?
    • They want to make this mag ban a wedge issue for the 2014 mid terms.
    • There will be other EO's banning importation of standard capacity mags, belts and drums.

  3. They are hoping - even banking on - a few cold dead hands types to take up arms against them. They want the fight so they can try to split the gun rights groups and voting block into "extremists" radicals and the hunters and sporting clays types.



I hope I am wrong.