An article by Alan Korwin, the owner of GunLaws.com, and author of After You Shoot: Your Gun’s Hot. The Perp’s Not. Now What? is currently making the rounds among groups of Americans who are afraid that their gun hoards are soon going to be confiscated by the recently re-elected Barack Obama. Advising his readers with legislative insights such as “The framework for legislation is always laid,” Korwin warns that the Democratic Party has a secret plan to ban the following list of firearms:

Rifles (or copies or duplicates):
M1 Carbine,
Sturm Ruger Mini-14,
AR-15,
Bushmaster XM15,
Armalite M15,
AR-10,
Thompson 1927,
Thompson M1;
AK,
AKM,
AKS,
AK-47,
AK-74,
ARM,
MAK90,
NHM 90,
NHM 91,
SA 85,
SA 93,
VEPR;
Olympic Arms PCR;
AR70,
Calico Liberty ,
Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU, Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, or FNC, Hi-Point20Carbine, HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, HK-PSG-1, Thompson 1927 Commando, Kel-Tec Sub Rifle; Saiga, SAR-8, SAR-4800, SKS with detachable magazine, SLG 95, SLR 95 or 96, Steyr AU, Tavor, Uzi, Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle ( Galatz ).
Pistols (or copies or duplicates):
Calico M-110,
MAC-10,
MAC-11, or MPA3,
Olympic Arms OA,
TEC-9,
TEC-DC9,
TEC-22 Scorpion, or AB-10,
Uzi.
Shotguns (or copies or duplicates):
Armscor 30 BG,
SPAS 12 or LAW 12,
Striker 12,
Streetsweeper. Catch-all category (for anything missed or new designs):
A semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and has:
(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
(ii) a threaded barrel,
(iii) a pistol grip (which includes ANYTHING that can serve as a grip, see below),
(iv) a forward grip; or a barrel shroud.
Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that can accept more than
10 rounds (except tubular magazine .22 rim fire rifles).
A semiautomatic pistol that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine, and has:
(i) a second pistol grip,
(ii) a threaded barrel,
(iii) a barrel shroud or
(iv) can accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip, and
(v) a semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds.
A semiautomatic shotgun with:
(i) a folding or telescoping stock,
(ii) a pistol grip (see definition below),
(iii) the ability to accept a detachable magazine or a fixed magazine capacity of more than 5 rounds, and
(iv) a shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
Frames or receivers for the above are included, along with conversion kits.

Is this for real? Is President Obama preparing with Democrats in Congress to rapidly ban a huge range of guns, now that he has been re-elected?

Don’t bet on it. Though gun nut web sites like as AmericanNationalMilita.com have published Korwin’s article within just the last few days, there are a few items in the article itself that expose it as a hoax to any politically-educated reader. First, the article asserts that “the Democrats have the votes to pass anything they want to impose upon us,” though in truth, the U.S. House of Representatives is now controlled by the Republican Party, and will continue to be in January 2013. Second, the article describes Eric Holder as Barack Obama’s “pick” for Attorney General of the United States, though Holder was confirmed as Attorney General years ago. Third, the article cites a CNN broadcast by Lou Dobbs as “proof” that the list of soon-to-be-banned guns is genuine. Lou Dobbs was forced off the air long ago for using his spot on CNN to promote absurd conspiracy theories without any evidence to back them up. The CNN video is from January, 2009.

It looks like the article by Alan Korwin, though it’s being promoted as fresh news, is actually just a clumsy rehash of propaganda concocted just after Barack Obama was elected President the first time. Korwin’s conspiracy theory was a hoax then, and it’s a hoax now.