Warning to KY gun owners---even antique guns aren't exempt

TedH71 · #1 09/16/13, 09:14 AM

Kentucky law makers slipped a bill through the senate making the installation of a tracking device or “Weapon RFID System” in ALL firearms mandatory by state law, even antique collector guns... By the beginning of next year it will be mandatory that all registered firearms within the state of Kentucky be implanted with a Weapon RFID System. Those who are found to be non-compliant by the deadline will face steep fines, jail time or even the loss of the firearm.

Hollowdweller · #2 09/16/13, 09:16 AM

Is this real? I can't imagine something like that passing in KY.

simi-steading · #3 09/16/13, 09:16 AM

Registered weapons.. so what are those.. do you have to register all guns in KY?

I don't have to register anything in VA.. didn't have to in IL either..

Hollowdweller · #4 09/16/13, 09:22 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Kentucky

Grumpy old man · #5 09/16/13, 09:23 AM

Move to Tn ,We have very pro gun politicians here .and why would anyone register their guns ?

JoePa · #6 09/16/13, 09:23 AM

Something doesn't sound right -

oth47 · #7 09/16/13, 09:27 AM

I read this on another forum a few days ago,sounds more like California than Kentucky.

TedH71 · #8 09/16/13, 09:30 AM

http://nationalreport.net/weapon-rfid-system-kentucky/

Stephen in SOKY · #9 09/16/13, 09:30 AM

AFAIK, our General Assembly isn't in session.

simi-steading · #10 09/16/13, 09:53 AM

Something isn't right.. So the gun laws there say you do not have to register your weapons, yet that bill says all registered weapons must have and RFID... sooo... guess I wouldn't have to put any RFID in any of my guns if I lived there since none would be registered..

Or.. is it bad reporting.. .OR, is it that politicians have no clue what they are doing...

I'm going with that last option..

TnAndy · #11 09/16/13, 10:11 AM

Sounds like spoof by a liberal writer.

One thing in the article was interesting:

The legislature seems to be inspired by Chicago Official, Alderman Willie Cochran, who approached his own city’s Committee On Public Safety back in January of this year with a similar idea. Cochran proposed it would be:

“Just like if your car gets stolen, OnStar can tell you where your car is. If your gun gets stolen, and you report it, we should be able to find that gun.”

Willie doesn't know much about RFID it would seem.

Yeah, OnStar can communicate over a long distance because it has a fairly decent transmitter and power source ( car battery ).

But RFID comes in two forms....active ( with a battery ) and passive (external power source/reader has to "ping" the chip to get it to reply).

Active transmit limits are around 300', and passive around 30'.

So unless that stolen gun passes by a reader within those limits ( and assuming the thief didn't remove or disable the chip ), then RFID isn't anything like OnStar.....and the odds of recovering a stolen gun are pretty low.

Darren · #12 09/16/13, 10:17 AM

It's bogus!

Stephen in SOKY · #13 09/16/13, 10:29 AM

This would be the Courier Journal's wet dream come true. Yet, there isn't a word about in their paper. Come on folks...........There's plenty of legitimate bad news to report without spreading this kind of absurdity.

simi-steading · #14 09/16/13, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen in SOKY

This would be the Courrier Journal's wet dream come true. Yet, there isn't a word about in their paper. Come on folks...........There's plenty of legitimate bad news to report without spreading this kind of absurdity.

Nut unhhh.... It's on the web.. it's gotta be true...

luvrulz · #15 09/16/13, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by TedH71

Kentucky law makers slipped a bill through the senate making the installation of a tracking device or “Weapon RFID System” in ALL firearms mandatory by state law, even antique collector guns... By the beginning of next year it will be mandatory that all registered firearms within the state of Kentucky be implanted with a Weapon RFID System. Those who are found to be non-compliant by the deadline will face steep fines, jail time or even the loss of the firearm.

This cannot be real for the state of Ky. If those of us living here in this area of Ky haven't heard this, and it hasn't been published or spoken of in our newspapers - how did it happen? Don't you think that someone would've spoken up??? Will ask my contact on the Senate... Or better yet, Rand Paul.... As for it happening? I think it's in Winchester, Ky... But surely not something statewide. We voted it down and had a huge blowout of our commissioner's in boxes.....

Ozarks Tom · #16 09/16/13, 12:19 PM

Methinks the odor of bovine excrement is in the air.

Steve in PA · #17 09/16/13, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by simi-steading

Nut unhhh.... It's on the web.. it's gotta be true...

Bonjour

Shadohart · #18 09/16/13, 03:04 PM

"The problem with Internet reporting, quotes and pictures lies in their accuracy." - Abraham Lincoln, US President

Bellyman · #19 09/16/13, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadohart

"The problem with Internet reporting, quotes and pictures lies in their accuracy." - Abraham Lincoln, US President

Ha ha, very funny. Didn't you know that the internet wasn't invented until Al Gore came on the scene.

Ol' Abe was a little before that...

Cash · #20 09/16/13, 05:07 PM

Kentucky doesn't require firearms registration, so I'm betting this is someone's lame attempt at satire or just flat out bogus.