ObamaCare Has Revealed The Moral Bankruptcy Of The Senate
-- It's time for us for to repeat this loudly and often
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://gunowners.org/
Here's where we're at on socialized health care. The House and Senate have passed ObamaCare bills, but the two versions are very different. So, the bill can't go to the President until they iron out the differences.
Make no mistake about it. This legislation moves us down the road towards socialism, and it will result in even more gun owners being disqualified from owning firearms.
We need to regroup and renew our efforts to kill ObamaCare -- an outcome which is still very doable.
Now, repeat this phrase over and over: A MORAL CESSPOOL.
If we are going to defeat the anti-gun ObamaCare legislation, these words are going to have to be repeated millions of times over the next month.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
Why is this refrain so important? There are several reasons why, but consider this: Throughout this fight over ObamaCare, Senators have lied about guns... they've lied about the deficit... they've lied about the costs of health insurance premiums and how the bill will affect senior citizens. They have lied over and over to their constituents about all these issues.
That's why it's time that we tell Democrat Senators how corrupt their vote for ObamaCare really was. Obviously, they won't agree. So let each Senator make the argument that, "I am not a crook."
That argument never wins elections.
Already, Democrat Representatives and Senators are either switching parties or announcing their retirements. They know the American people are disgusted with the moral bankruptcy of the U.S. Congress -- a situation that has become obvious to anyone who watches the nightly news.
Consider the following despicable practices which were perpetrated in order to push ObamaCare through the Senate last month:
1. Lies
* For months, Senators claimed there were no anti-gun provisions in the ObamaCare legislation. But everyone knew they were lying. So last month, a provision was inserted into the Senate bill which claims to allay the concerns of gun owners -- but leaves the most important problem unremedied. If they weren't lying to begin with, then why try to fix what they claimed wasn't there?
* Senators are now insisting that the current Senate health bill protects the rights of gun owners, even though this version would still allow the BATFE and FBI to troll through the ObamaCare database for gun owners who would be disqualified because of their medical information. This could result in millions of Americans -- who are suffering from PTSD and other similar conditions -- being put into the NICS system and denied the right to buy firearms.
2. Bribes
* A $100 million bribe to treat Sen. Ben Nelson's state different from all others, in exchange for Ben Nelson's vote.
* A $100-300 million bribe to treat Sen. Mary Landrieu's state different from all others, in exchange for Mary Landrieu's vote.
* $10 billion for community health centers operated by groups similar to ACORN, in exchange for Sen. Bernie Sanders' vote.
* A bribe to Sen. Max Baucus in order to treat Libby, Montana, different from any other town.
* A bribe to Sen. Chris Dodd consisting of a $100 million medical center in Connecticut.
* Bribes to Sens. Kent Conrad, Brian Dorgan, Bill Nelson, etc., etc., etc.
* In fact, there are so many bribes in the Senate version of the ObamaCare bill that the bribe-meister himself, Majority Leader Harry Reid, publicly bragged that if your senator doesn't have a bribe in this bill, it "speaks poorly" of him.
3. Extortion
* Threats to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman's chairmanship because of his opposition to the government run "public option."
4. Fraud
* Senators are claiming that the Senate-passed version reduces the deficit, even though:
a. $247 billion of the bill's costs are being snuck through in separate legislation;
b. The "savings" rely on $465 billion of Medicare "cuts," which no one believed were achievable; and
c. The "savings" rely on making new taxes take effect 3-5 years before any of those tax monies are spent.
* Senators are claiming that the bill would make Medicare solvent -- but this claim can only be made by fraudulently double-counting the effects of the phony Medicare cuts.
* Senators are claiming that health care costs would be brought under control, when the government's own Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that costs would go up $245 billion.
* Senators are claiming that premiums would be brought under control, even though the Congressional Budget Office found that policies under the "exchange" (i.e., those policies which you would have to buy, under penalty of law) would be 10-13% more expensive than if Congress did nothing.
5. Secrecy
* The final version of the 2407-page bill wasn't revealed until less than 48 hours before Congress began voting on it.
Now that the Christmas holidays are behind us, we need to get back to work. Please take the time to contact your Senator, so that we can protect the rights of gun owners by defeating socialized medicine.
ACTION: Over the next month, the term "moral cesspool" needs to become part of the political lexicon. Below, you will find that two sample communications are attached -- one for Democrat Senators, the other for Republicans.
So please send your letter, and then get your relatives, your friends, your neighbors, your gun clubs, churches, etc., to do the same.
You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send a pre-written message to your Senators -- the appropriate e-mail will automatically be sent to your Senator, based on whether he or she is a Republican or Democrat.
----- Pre-written letter for Democrat Senators -----
Dear Senator:
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool, and you need to begin doing something about it before this whole country is sacrificed on the altar of the Senate's moral decay.
I am disgusted with the lies, bribes, and fraud which you have advocated by voting for the Senate ObamaCare legislation:
* Millions of American taxpayer dollars were spent in the states of Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu and Chris Dodd to obtain their votes. In fact, so many bribes were shelled out that the chief bribe-meister, Harry Reid, publicly bragged that if a senator doesn't have a bribe in this bill, it "speaks poorly" of him.
* The Senate bill was passed on the claim that the Reid bill reduces the deficit, even though:
a. $247 billion of the bill's costs are being snuck through in separate legislation;
b. The "savings" rely on $465 billion of Medicare "cuts," which no one believed were achievable; and
c. The "savings" rely on making new taxes take effect 3-5 years before any of those tax monies are spent.
* Senators claimed that health care costs would be brought under control, when the government's own Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that costs would go up $245 billion.
* Senators also claimed that premiums would be brought under control, even though the Congressional Budget Office found that policies under the "exchange" (i.e., those policies which you would have to buy, under penalty of law) would be 10-13% more expensive than if Congress did nothing.
There is still time to change course. I implore you to change your vote on ObamaCare.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written letter for Republican Senators -----
Dear Senator:
Thank you for voting against the ObamaCare fiasco.
For months, Senators claimed there were no anti-gun provisions in the ObamaCare legislation. But everyone knew they were lying. So last month, a provision was inserted into the Senate bill which claims to allay the concerns of gun owners -- but leaves the most important problem unremedied.
Some Democrat Senators are now claiming that the current Senate health bill protects the rights of gun owners, even though this version would still allow the BATFE and FBI to troll through the ObamaCare database for gun owners who would be disqualified because of their medical information. This could result in millions of Americans -- who are suffering from PTSD and other similar conditions -- being put into the NICS system and denied the right to buy firearms.
Bottom line: Please do everything in your power to kill the ObamaCare legislation. What can you, as a senator, do about this?
Please take away the incentive that the suicidal Democrats have for selling their votes on ObamaCare for posh nominations in the Obama administration after they are defeated at the polls or retire.
You can do this by announcing you will place a "hold" on the nominations of Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd, Brian Dorgan, and Michael Bennet -- nominations which will inevitably be made next year as a payoff for their votes on behalf of ObamaCare.
It's time that the bribes stopped, and you can make this happen.
Revealed The Moral Bankruptcy Of The Senate
-- It's time for us for to repeat this loudly and often
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://gunowners.org/
Here's where we're at on socialized health care. The House and Senate have passed ObamaCare bills, but the two versions are very different. So, the bill can't go to the President until they iron out the differences.
Make no mistake about it. This legislation moves us down the road towards socialism, and it will result in even more gun owners being disqualified from owning firearms.
We need to regroup and renew our efforts to kill ObamaCare -- an outcome which is still very doable.
Now, repeat this phrase over and over: A MORAL CESSPOOL.
If we are going to defeat the anti-gun ObamaCare legislation, these words are going to have to be repeated millions of times over the next month.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool.
Why is this refrain so important? There are several reasons why, but consider this: Throughout this fight over ObamaCare, Senators have lied about guns... they've lied about the deficit... they've lied about the costs of health insurance premiums and how the bill will affect senior citizens. They have lied over and over to their constituents about all these issues.
That's why it's time that we tell Democrat Senators how corrupt their vote for ObamaCare really was. Obviously, they won't agree. So let each Senator make the argument that, "I am not a crook."
That argument never wins elections.
Already, Democrat Representatives and Senators are either switching parties or announcing their retirements. They know the American people are disgusted with the moral bankruptcy of the U.S. Congress -- a situation that has become obvious to anyone who watches the nightly news.
Consider the following despicable practices which were perpetrated in order to push ObamaCare through the Senate last month:
1. Lies
* For months, Senators claimed there were no anti-gun provisions in the ObamaCare legislation. But everyone knew they were lying. So last month, a provision was inserted into the Senate bill which claims to allay the concerns of gun owners -- but leaves the most important problem unremedied. If they weren't lying to begin with, then why try to fix what they claimed wasn't there?
* Senators are now insisting that the current Senate health bill protects the rights of gun owners, even though this version would still allow the BATFE and FBI to troll through the ObamaCare database for gun owners who would be disqualified because of their medical information. This could result in millions of Americans -- who are suffering from PTSD and other similar conditions -- being put into the NICS system and denied the right to buy firearms.
2. Bribes
* A $100 million bribe to treat Sen. Ben Nelson's state different from all others, in exchange for Ben Nelson's vote.
* A $100-300 million bribe to treat Sen. Mary Landrieu's state different from all others, in exchange for Mary Landrieu's vote.
* $10 billion for community health centers operated by groups similar to ACORN, in exchange for Sen. Bernie Sanders' vote.
* A bribe to Sen. Max Baucus in order to treat Libby, Montana, different from any other town.
* A bribe to Sen. Chris Dodd consisting of a $100 million medical center in Connecticut.
* Bribes to Sens. Kent Conrad, Brian Dorgan, Bill Nelson, etc., etc., etc.
* In fact, there are so many bribes in the Senate version of the ObamaCare bill that the bribe-meister himself, Majority Leader Harry Reid, publicly bragged that if your senator doesn't have a bribe in this bill, it "speaks poorly" of him.
3. Extortion
* Threats to take away Sen. Joe Lieberman's chairmanship because of his opposition to the government run "public option."
4. Fraud
* Senators are claiming that the Senate-passed version reduces the deficit, even though:
a. $247 billion of the bill's costs are being snuck through in separate legislation;
b. The "savings" rely on $465 billion of Medicare "cuts," which no one believed were achievable; and
c. The "savings" rely on making new taxes take effect 3-5 years before any of those tax monies are spent.
* Senators are claiming that the bill would make Medicare solvent -- but this claim can only be made by fraudulently double-counting the effects of the phony Medicare cuts.
* Senators are claiming that health care costs would be brought under control, when the government's own Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that costs would go up $245 billion.
* Senators are claiming that premiums would be brought under control, even though the Congressional Budget Office found that policies under the "exchange" (i.e., those policies which you would have to buy, under penalty of law) would be 10-13% more expensive than if Congress did nothing.
5. Secrecy
* The final version of the 2407-page bill wasn't revealed until less than 48 hours before Congress began voting on it.
Now that the Christmas holidays are behind us, we need to get back to work. Please take the time to contact your Senator, so that we can protect the rights of gun owners by defeating socialized medicine.
ACTION: Over the next month, the term "moral cesspool" needs to become part of the political lexicon. Below, you will find that two sample communications are attached -- one for Democrat Senators, the other for Republicans.
So please send your letter, and then get your relatives, your friends, your neighbors, your gun clubs, churches, etc., to do the same.
You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send a pre-written message to your Senators -- the appropriate e-mail will automatically be sent to your Senator, based on whether he or she is a Republican or Democrat.
----- Pre-written letter for Democrat Senators -----
Dear Senator:
The U.S. Senate has become a moral cesspool, and you need to begin doing something about it before this whole country is sacrificed on the altar of the Senate's moral decay.
I am disgusted with the lies, bribes, and fraud which you have advocated by voting for the Senate ObamaCare legislation:
* Millions of American taxpayer dollars were spent in the states of Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu and Chris Dodd to obtain their votes. In fact, so many bribes were shelled out that the chief bribe-meister, Harry Reid, publicly bragged that if a senator doesn't have a bribe in this bill, it "speaks poorly" of him.
* The Senate bill was passed on the claim that the Reid bill reduces the deficit, even though:
a. $247 billion of the bill's costs are being snuck through in separate legislation;
b. The "savings" rely on $465 billion of Medicare "cuts," which no one believed were achievable; and
c. The "savings" rely on making new taxes take effect 3-5 years before any of those tax monies are spent.
* Senators claimed that health care costs would be brought under control, when the government's own Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that costs would go up $245 billion.
* Senators also claimed that premiums would be brought under control, even though the Congressional Budget Office found that policies under the "exchange" (i.e., those policies which you would have to buy, under penalty of law) would be 10-13% more expensive than if Congress did nothing.
There is still time to change course. I implore you to change your vote on ObamaCare.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written letter for Republican Senators -----
Dear Senator:
Thank you for voting against the ObamaCare fiasco.
For months, Senators claimed there were no anti-gun provisions in the ObamaCare legislation. But everyone knew they were lying. So last month, a provision was inserted into the Senate bill which claims to allay the concerns of gun owners -- but leaves the most important problem unremedied.
Some Democrat Senators are now claiming that the current Senate health bill protects the rights of gun owners, even though this version would still allow the BATFE and FBI to troll through the ObamaCare database for gun owners who would be disqualified because of their medical information. This could result in millions of Americans -- who are suffering from PTSD and other similar conditions -- being put into the NICS system and denied the right to buy firearms.
Bottom line: Please do everything in your power to kill the ObamaCare legislation. What can you, as a senator, do about this?
Please take away the incentive that the suicidal Democrats have for selling their votes on ObamaCare for posh nominations in the Obama administration after they are defeated at the polls or retire.
You can do this by announcing you will place a "hold" on the nominations of Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd, Brian Dorgan, and Michael Bennet -- nominations which will inevitably be made next year as a payoff for their votes on behalf of ObamaCare.
It's time that the bribes stopped, and you can make this happen.
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their plan to repeal the 2nd Amendment.
The Obama Administration has revealed its intention to
reinstate the so-called "assault" gun ban -- Step One of
their plan to repeal the 2nd Amendment.
Having already taken advantage of our country's current
economic woes to speed the largest, most pork-laden
spending spree in history through the Democrat-controlled
Congress, the Obama team is again using fear tactics to
impose bad policy.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced his desire to once
again deny law abiding Americans their 2nd Amendment rights
, using the ongoing violence in Mexico as justification.
Holder blames the legal availability of semi-automatic
rifles in the United States -- and their subsequent misuse
by foreigners committing crimes outside our borders -- on
our right to own these firearms. The Obama administration's
top law enforcement official then added that a new gun ban
"will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum."
The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed the individual's right to
firearm ownership just last year -- but now the Obama
Administration is again after our guns.
We cannot allow the rights of American citizens to be
denied because of the misdeeds of foreigners outside the
United States.
The mainstream media are clearly revealing their biased
support of infringing our right to buy and own firearms. In
an ABC News piece about Holder's gun ban announcement, a
recent State Department travel advisory is referenced which
warns visitors to Mexico of gun battles between government
troops and "cartels employing automatic weapons and
grenades."
American gun owners know that the "assault" gun ban has
nothing to do with these fully-automatic machine guns and
explosives, which are already unavailable to the general
public.
It is clear that the Obama Democrats are looking for any
excuse to once again threaten our freedoms. Their
nanny-state, Big Brother mentality has no place in our
Constitutional Republic. Don`t be fooled we are not the
only country that the bad boys can get automatic weapons
from.
gun owners beware
**** Alert *** Alert *** Alert ****
DEAR GUN OWNER
Because Barack Obama's campaign promise
not to take away our guns is a lie.
He's not even in office, yet he's fired the opening salvos in a war
against the future of the Second Amendment, our hunting and shooting traditions, and YOU.
Obama's FIRST attack on YOU : Appointing Illinois Congressman
Rahm Emanuel to be White House Chief of Staff. In Congress, Emanuel
earned an "F" rating from NRA, and while working in the Clinton Administration,
he was known as the "point man on gun control." He is an avowed enemy of the
Second Amendment and will wield enormous power in the battle for the future of our firearm freedoms.
Obama's SECOND attack on YOU : If Hillary Clinton is confirmed as Secretary of State,
she'll rip the Second Amendment right out of the Bill of Rights. She'll be our nation's top
diplomat with the power to determine whether the United Nations will pass,
and Obama will sign, a global gun ban treaty that will surrender our Second
Amendment rights and our national sovereignty.
Obama's THIRD attack on YOU : Nominating ex-Senator and former Majority
Leader Tom Daschle-an avowed enemy of NRA-to be Secretary of Health and
Human Services. NRA was responsible for defeating Daschle when he ran in
South Dakota for re-election to the Senate. If Daschle is confirmed, he could
hold the ultimate power to declare guns a "public health menace" and regulate
away our essential liberties.
Obama's FOURTH attack on YOU : Nominating Eric Holder to be Attorney
General. As former Assistant Attorney General, Holder was a key architect and
vocal advocate for the Clinton era's sweeping gun ban agenda. He supported
national handgun licensing, mandatory trigger locks, and ending gun shows as we know them.
Just recently, Holder opposed the District of Columbia's Heller decision
that declared the Second Amendment an individual right. Holder also called for
reviving the Clinton gun bans and, as Attorney General, would fight in court to
prevent the landmark Heller decision from being made applicable to state and local governments.
Worst of all, if Holder is confirmed as the nation's top law-enforcement
officer, he would control BATFE and wield enormous power to harass gun
owners and sue America's arms makers out of existence.
Obama's FIFTH attack on YOU : In the job application for the Obama
Administration, he made it clear that gun owners are second-class citizens
and told 80 million gun owners not to even bother applying for a job. In the
"White House Personnel Data Questionnaire" he asked:
"Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun? If so, provide
complete ownership and registration information. Has the registration ever
lapsed? Please also describe how and by whom it is used and whether it has
been the cause of any personal injuries or property damage."
This chilling notice to gun owners-that they are not welcome to serve in
his Administration-shows the deep hostility for Americans' Second Amendment
Freedoms that Obama and his Administration have in their hearts.
On its face, that question endorses gun registration-a mandate in only five
states in our nation-and buys into the anti-gun premise that firearms are inherently
dangerous and gun owners are prone to misusing them.
That's an outrageous mindset, especially for the President-elect whose
sworn duty will be to uphold the U.S. Constitution, including our right to keep and bear arms.
Obama CLEARLY wants to make gun registration the law of the land.
First for employees under his control...AND THEN FOR YOU.
Working with a Congress dominated by gun haters like Nancy Pelosi,
Dianne Feinstein, John Conyers, Henry Waxman, and Charles Schumer!!!
Rubbing salt in gun owner wounds is the Brady Campaign, which
just issued a completely bogus poll claiming that two-thirds of the Americans-i
ncluding 60% of all gun owners-favor gun registration, licensing of firearm
owners, and other sweeping restrictions on our firearm freedoms!
Add it all up and you have the potential
for a Second Amendment disaster that's unlike
any other NRA members have ever battled.
That's why we need the strongest possible commitment from EVERY
NRA member, starting today. That's why I'm hoping you'll validate your new
NRA membership card the moment you receive it.
Because our greatest strength is you.
Only by working with you can NRA hold the line against these threats
from every quarter. We are the one force that has the strength to keep
Americans free and our rights intact for future generations. With you at our
side, we will fight and we will prevail against all odds.
Thank you for your loyalty to NRA and the cause of Freedom.
Forward this E-Mail to Friends
and Urge Them to Join NRA Today!
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hey keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq
Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately -- illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida ..
.... not me -- I concentrate on solutions for the problems -- it's a win-win situation.
Think about this:
1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians ... it creates a hostile work environment.
Also, think about this ... if you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
It is time for America to speak up!
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Seeking to pick up the baton dropped by the ham-fisted Americans for Gun
Safety, the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) has arrived
on the scene to become the latest front group for the anti-gun movement
in America.
Our tireless efforts and resulting victories at the ballot box have made
it clear that openly campaigning against the Second Amendment is a
political loser.
The anti-gun groups have undertaken a concerted effort to mask their
long-term agenda, but only as a mark of pure, calculating political expedience.
It surprised no one when Handgun Control, Inc., decided to change its
name to the decidedly vague "Brady Campaign."
But the effort to paint the anti-gun agenda with the comfortable warmth
of "gun safety" rhetoric moved from tactical to strategic with the
formation of Americans for Gun Safety (AGS) in July 2000.
Funded solely by New York City dot-com billionaire Andrew McKelvey—
previously a member of the Handgun Control, Inc., board.....
the democratic and republican canidates must be made to answer one
question "do they support the 2nd amendment? and the right to bear Arms"
everyone thinks courting the younger generation vote is the way to go
but they forget how strong our vote is.
which ever one says yes to the 2nd amendment in no uncertain terms can
probably garner more than 40 million votes, but so far all canidates are
being extrmely quite on this issue,makes you wonder what their hidden
agenda is?Candidates who championed gun control in contested races
were nearly non-existent. but this was to be expected,if they don`t talk about
it-you won`t know they are against you.................
You must ASK the canidates
Even while we are busy defending our Second
Amendment rights against efforts to enhance the
Brady Law, there is a movement afoot to restrict
our First Amendment rights as well... a movement
that can make the defense of our liberties that
much harder.
You may have heard of this effort as the "Hush
Rush" bill or, just simply, as the Fairness
Doctrine. No matter how you look at it, however,
there is nothing fair about it.
You must ASK the canidates how they feel about the
2nd amendment,
they are being quiet on this for a reason
so ask or loose your rights again
Who does congress think they are?
the certainly don`t ask us before they
try to enact this stuff..they do what they want
no matter how we feel on a subject
URGENT ALERT!!!
Amendment rights against efforts to enhance the
Brady Law, there is a movement afoot to restrict
our First Amendment rights as well... a movement
that can make the defense of our liberties that
much harder.
Who does congress think they are?
the certainly don`t ask us before they
try to enact this stuff.
Rush" bill or, just simply, as the Fairness
Doctrine. No matter how you look at it, however,
there is nothing fair about it.
radically limit the type of information you hear
in the media and would greatly restrict access by
Gun Owners of America to the airwaves.
we had to depend on network news alone, one would
think that crime is out of control. Talk radio
has given Second Amendment supporters the
opportunity to present the data that more guns in
the hands of the public has actually lowered
crime.
309 to 115 for an amendment -- offered by pro-gun
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) -- to defund enforcement
of the unFairness Doctrine. This was a great
victory. But even though the amendment -- which
was added to a Federal Communication Commission
appropriation (HR 2829) -- was a victory for
supporters of the First Amendment, it does not
give lasting comfort to supporters of free
speech.
only to FCC actions in 2008. Since no one thinks
that the Commission would move to reimpose the
unFairness Doctrine until after 2008, what is
needed is enactment of S. 1748, the Broadcaster
Freedom Act which was introduced by Senator Norm
Coleman (R-MN).
as a way to squelch conservative's market-driven
dominance of talk radio. For example, Sen. James
Inhofe of Oklahoma reports overhearing a
conversation between Senators Hilary Clinton (NY)
and Barbara Boxer (CA). The two Senators were
complaining about conservatives' success in the
free market of ideas on radio and said "We've got
to have a balance. There's got to be a
legislative fix for this."
on free speech. Were folks like Senators Clinton
and Boxer truly interested in balance, they would
want to extend their unFairness Doctrine to the
Public Broadcasting System and the network news
programs, almost all of which tilt to the left.
to gag talk radio because Air America has
staggered into bankruptcy. Air America, which was
the left's failed attempt to compete with
conservative talk radio, has almost no audience.
It got its clock cleaned and has only itself to
blame. It should not be allowed to hide behind a
phony "Fairness Doctrine.
speech, not fairness. Free speech is a
constitutional doctrine; using the power of
government to mandate political "fairness" is a
socialist doctrine.
enlisted your aid in fighting so-called "gang"
legislation, which typically includes attempts to
apply federal RICO anti-racketeering statutes to
minor gun infractions -- thus harassing and
prosecuting otherwise law-abiding gun owners as
though they were Mafia bosses.
for such underhandedness.
your family, gun shop employees, or even church
bowling league would be considered an organized
"gang" and subjected to draconian prison
sentences if you did any of a number of things,
such as:
glovebox as you -- inevitably -- drive within
1,000 feet of a school, even if you didn't know
the school was there;
entrapped in a Bloomberg-style "sting" operation;
written letter of permission (which must be on
his actual person), even if you are standing
right behind him at the range the whole time; or,
names were illegally added to the Brady system by
President Clinton (or, presumably, one of the
thousands more who will be on the list if the
current Veterans Disarmament bill passes), if you
continued to possess a firearm.
which is quite large as bills go. Feinstein and
her anti-gun cronies will counter that the
situations listed above aren't enough -- you also
have to commit a crime of violence while engaging
in them.
themselves from carjackers or their businesses
from hold-ups are indicted by anti-gun
prosecutors merely for exercising their right to
self-defense. And what judge is going to say that
the "gun crimes" in those instances aren't crimes
of violence?
state that family members or gun shop employees
are "co-conspirators" or are "aiding and
abetting" actual criminals using guns.
what happens when prosecutorial powers are
enormously expanded. Take the original RICO Act
itself, for example. We were told that it was
needed to shut down the Mafia -- a tool to be
used in the fight against organized crime. But in
the years since its passage, the RICO Act has
become the overzealous prosecutor's version of
going nuclear... wrapping everything up in one
big package of conspiracy charges and twenty
years to life prison terms.
your two teenage boys could be treated like the
Gambino family just because you brandished your
firearm to scare away a carjacker... without
firing a shot! And prison terms of 10, 20, or
even all of your remaining years aren't right in
such instances, either!
It must be deleted, period. To our knowledge, the
entire Second Amendment community -- spearheaded
by GOA and the NRA -- is adamantly opposed to
Feinstein's scheme.
Capitol Hill about how to "handle" the problems
of S. 456 with a minimum of fuss. The most likely
scenario is that there would only be two
amendments allowed -- one Republican and one
Democratic. Once that is done, the Senate would
immediately proceed to a vote on the bill...
which may or may not be a recorded vote. Gun
owners should bear in mind that, regardless of
which politician is saying otherwise, there is NO
GUARANTEE that the Republican amendment would
even attempt to totally strike section 215. The
amendment might not help matters that much, and
might not pass anyway.
"roll of the dice" amendment vote is nothing more
than the usual smoke-and-mirrors designed to give
politicians cover from the wrath of a known
activist constituency.
Our position is firm and unalterable: section 215
must go away, now. The time to kill a snake is
before it strikes. And this snake could strike at
any time; a vote on final passage could occur as
early as this week.
Any individual senator can place a "hold" on a
particular piece of legislation until his or her
concerns are addressed; if the Leadership ignores
those objections, it becomes extremely difficult
to move the legislation forward. The "hold" is a
legislative tactic that we have used to great
advantage in the past. We need at least one
Senator to take that step and place a hold on S.
456.
your Senators a pre-written message asking them
to place a "hold" on S. 456 until such time as
section 215 is deleted from the bill.
URGENT ALERT!!!
Anti-gun Zealots Trying To Ram Disarmament Bill Through Senate
-- Immediate action required
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
You'd think that when rabid, anti-gun legislators like Sen. Charles
Schumer and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy join together to pass anti-gun
legislation, it would raise a few red flags.
gun owners with H.R. 2640 -- legislation which would bar you from
owning guns if:
Stress Disorder; or
entire gun collection seized, based only on a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's (and there goes the family inheritance).
months. You will remember that it passed in the House with an
unrecorded voice vote in June and was later passed out of the Senate
Judiciary Committee -- also without a recorded vote.
Veterans Disarmament Act -- so he is circulating an
"agreement" which
would waive the Senate rules in order to bring up and pass the bill.
couple of days!
ability of pro-gun senators to offer amendments which would clean up
the legislation... and would grease the skids for immediate passage!
prevail, he must get "unanimous consent." This means that just ONE
single senator can block it.
them to OBJECT to Senator Chuck Schumer's "unanimous consent
agreement" to steamroll H.R. 2640, the McCarthy anti-gun bill.
visiting the GOA Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone and fax numbers
are also available).
consent" to steamroll the Senate in connection with Carolyn
McCarthy's anti-gun bill, H.R. 2640.
if:
or
program.
entire gun collection seized, based only on a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's from a Medicare home health provider (and there goes the
family inheritance).
Veterans Disarmament Act. The Military Order of the Purple Heart is
opposed to it, having stated on June 18 of this year, that "For the
first time the legislation, if enacted, would statutorily impose a
lifetime gun ban on battle-scarred veterans."
consent agreement to discharge the bill.