Dangerous gun control bill in US Senate
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:09 amHR 2640 is the most dangerous far-reaching assault on your Second Amendment Rights since the Democrats gained control of Congress!
Congress is authorizing $750 million to make a substantial expansion to the instant background check database -- the very system that is violating our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. This new money will be used to collect and store your personal information including your medical records.
HR 2640 will allow shrinks (psychologists and psychiatrists) and bureaucrats to decide who can own and possess firearms. Currently under the National Instant Check System (NICS) a person becomes a prohibited person, regarding firearms possession, when that person is "adjudicated a mental defective," "by a Court." HR 2640 removes your due process rights, and greatly expands the definition of a "prohibited person" to anyone who, in the opinion of any shrink or government bureaucrat, could possibly be a danger to oneself or another. For example, under HR 2640 you won't be able to call witnesses on your behalf; in fact, there won't even be a hearing.
Many of our great service men and women would be prohibited from owning firearms, if, when returning from serving our country, they are labeled "dangerous" because of a visit to doctor for stress. We all know that our great service men and women see and experience situations that may continue to give them nightmares. Are these events good reasons to permanently ban firearms ownership for these individuals? They just finished serving our country and now they may be barred from even owning the firearms they used to defend this great nation. This was tried by the Clinton administration; the names of 83,000 veterans were sent to NICS to become prohibited persons. Under HR 2640 these 83,000 veterans would be banned as well as thousands more.
HR 2640 also expands the list of "prohibited persons" by allowing shrinks to decide who is a "danger". We already know that many "professionals" in the psychiatric field believe that a firearm in the hands of any American is dangerous and therefore no person should have them. You can imagine the utter chaos this legislation will create!
Any medical "professional" could also make a similar determination. We already know that many pediatricians believe that any household with firearms is "dangerous," even if they are properly stored. Senior citizens who have trouble balancing their checkbooks could become prohibited persons under a finding of "disability" or "incapacity.â€
Closet anti-gun politicians love legislation such as this. So far, politicians have hidden behind voice votes on this bill. HR 2640 is a Trojan horse. It sounds justified on the outside with promises of keeping “mental defectives†from having firearms, but a closer look at the details reveals a huge expansion in those who will become a prohibited person; an expansion that could potentially include most Americans.
Washington insiders think gun owners will be fooled by their veiled attempts to ban firearm ownership. They'll go to great lengths to silence the grassroots, and to absolve themselves of responsibility if it does pass (and becomes yet another tool to the gun banners).
Just witness the latest issue of the American Rifleman. They admit that gun owners are mad, and have been contacting them.
And then they attempt to justify their support of this bill by saying "Trust us".
Well, we don't trust them. And we certainly don't trust Cong. Carolyn McCarthy. Nor do we trust Sen. Patrick Leahy,
Take a look at what supporters of this bill are saying about it: http://www.nationalgunrights.org/othershr2640.shtml
This bill has already passed the House of Representatives with a sneaky voice vote and is expected to be voted on in the Senate soon! That is why we need you to contact your Senators today. This will be our only chance to stop this erosion of your rights!
P.S. Together we can stop the Washington insiders who want to eliminate private firearms ownership in the U.S.
What you can do:
1. Send the pre-written message (below) to both of your US Senators. Click here to e-mail your U.S. Senators.
2. Make an online donation to NAGR to help us fight this gun control monster.
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PRE-WRITTEN MESSAGE TO SENATORS:
Dear Senator,
Please don't allow gun control to pass on your watch. Gun owners don't want to expand the "Instant Check" (NICS), we want to repeal it. It is simply wrong to penalize US Citizens by eliminating due process and assuming they are guilty until proven innocent. I encourage you to stand against the anti-gun Leahy bill, the Senate version of HR 2640, which the House passed when leadership snuck it through . Anti-gun zealots relentlessly push to prohibit more citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right. Your fight against the Leahy bill will prove that you are committed to the Second Amendment.
Sincerely,
______________________________________________
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
National Association for Gun Rights
P.O. Box 7002
Fredericksburg, VA 22404
Website: www.NationalGunRights.org
Email: contact@nationalgunrights.org
Phone: (888) 874-3006 Toll-Free
Fax: (202) 351-0578
Congress is authorizing $750 million to make a substantial expansion to the instant background check database -- the very system that is violating our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. This new money will be used to collect and store your personal information including your medical records.
HR 2640 will allow shrinks (psychologists and psychiatrists) and bureaucrats to decide who can own and possess firearms. Currently under the National Instant Check System (NICS) a person becomes a prohibited person, regarding firearms possession, when that person is "adjudicated a mental defective," "by a Court." HR 2640 removes your due process rights, and greatly expands the definition of a "prohibited person" to anyone who, in the opinion of any shrink or government bureaucrat, could possibly be a danger to oneself or another. For example, under HR 2640 you won't be able to call witnesses on your behalf; in fact, there won't even be a hearing.
Many of our great service men and women would be prohibited from owning firearms, if, when returning from serving our country, they are labeled "dangerous" because of a visit to doctor for stress. We all know that our great service men and women see and experience situations that may continue to give them nightmares. Are these events good reasons to permanently ban firearms ownership for these individuals? They just finished serving our country and now they may be barred from even owning the firearms they used to defend this great nation. This was tried by the Clinton administration; the names of 83,000 veterans were sent to NICS to become prohibited persons. Under HR 2640 these 83,000 veterans would be banned as well as thousands more.
HR 2640 also expands the list of "prohibited persons" by allowing shrinks to decide who is a "danger". We already know that many "professionals" in the psychiatric field believe that a firearm in the hands of any American is dangerous and therefore no person should have them. You can imagine the utter chaos this legislation will create!
Any medical "professional" could also make a similar determination. We already know that many pediatricians believe that any household with firearms is "dangerous," even if they are properly stored. Senior citizens who have trouble balancing their checkbooks could become prohibited persons under a finding of "disability" or "incapacity.â€
Closet anti-gun politicians love legislation such as this. So far, politicians have hidden behind voice votes on this bill. HR 2640 is a Trojan horse. It sounds justified on the outside with promises of keeping “mental defectives†from having firearms, but a closer look at the details reveals a huge expansion in those who will become a prohibited person; an expansion that could potentially include most Americans.
Washington insiders think gun owners will be fooled by their veiled attempts to ban firearm ownership. They'll go to great lengths to silence the grassroots, and to absolve themselves of responsibility if it does pass (and becomes yet another tool to the gun banners).
Just witness the latest issue of the American Rifleman. They admit that gun owners are mad, and have been contacting them.
And then they attempt to justify their support of this bill by saying "Trust us".
Well, we don't trust them. And we certainly don't trust Cong. Carolyn McCarthy. Nor do we trust Sen. Patrick Leahy,
Take a look at what supporters of this bill are saying about it: http://www.nationalgunrights.org/othershr2640.shtml
This bill has already passed the House of Representatives with a sneaky voice vote and is expected to be voted on in the Senate soon! That is why we need you to contact your Senators today. This will be our only chance to stop this erosion of your rights!
P.S. Together we can stop the Washington insiders who want to eliminate private firearms ownership in the U.S.
What you can do:
1. Send the pre-written message (below) to both of your US Senators. Click here to e-mail your U.S. Senators.
2. Make an online donation to NAGR to help us fight this gun control monster.
________________________________________________________
PRE-WRITTEN MESSAGE TO SENATORS:
Dear Senator,
Please don't allow gun control to pass on your watch. Gun owners don't want to expand the "Instant Check" (NICS), we want to repeal it. It is simply wrong to penalize US Citizens by eliminating due process and assuming they are guilty until proven innocent. I encourage you to stand against the anti-gun Leahy bill, the Senate version of HR 2640, which the House passed when leadership snuck it through . Anti-gun zealots relentlessly push to prohibit more citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right. Your fight against the Leahy bill will prove that you are committed to the Second Amendment.
Sincerely,
______________________________________________
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
National Association for Gun Rights
P.O. Box 7002
Fredericksburg, VA 22404
Website: www.NationalGunRights.org
Email: contact@nationalgunrights.org
Phone: (888) 874-3006 Toll-Free
Fax: (202) 351-0578