"Kill the McCarthy Gun Grab!"

[jowgafist]

Gun Owners of America has alerted you on a couple of occasions to a
massive gun control bill that is currently working its way through
Congress.

H.R. 1415, introduced by New York anti-gun liberal Carolyn McCarthy
(D), authorizes nearly $1 billion to the states to vastly expand upon
the unconstitutional gun laws already on the books.

(McCarthy, whose husband was killed by a lunatic who attacked dozens
of unarmed commuters on a Long Island train, ran for Congress on a
campaign to ban guns.)

McCarthy and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) first introduced this bill
in 2002 after a tragic shooting at a Long Island Catholic church. We
have come to expect that people like McCarthy and Schumer will always
try to exploit tragedy for political gain.

What is surprising, however, is how close this bill is to becoming
law under congressional leadership that claims to be pro-gun. It
already passed the House once, in October of 2002, but was killed in
the senate when GOA teamed up with former Sen. Bob Smith (R-NH) to
block the bill.

There are many good pro-gun members on the committee who are being
fed misinformation. They're being told that this is a harmless bill
that will simply make the Brady law work more efficiently.

H.R. 1415 is anything but harmless. The billion dollars will be used
to computerize and make available to the federal government millions
of state records that could include state tax returns, employment
records, library records (we've already seen how these have been
deemed relevant to terrorism investigations), DMV, hospital, mental
health and some misdemeanor records -- all in the name of making sure
you're not prohibited from owning a gun.

In all, this bill allows for an enormous data dump from the states to
the federal government, at the same time laying the infrastructure
for even more gun control in the future. . . . H.R. 1415, perhaps the
most massive expansion of gun control since the Brady bill passed in
1993, is not a bill that should be supported by pro-gun
conservatives. . . "

VCDL members and others should take action ASAP at:

http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm

to email your representative to "Kill the McCarthy Gun Grab!"

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[QKShooter]

It is not good to have that much detailed and specific information about individual American citizens in one searchable data base for any reason.

[Lew]

Just sent my email. Who else is with me?

[Zundfolge]

So basically this thing seeks to do an end run around the 1986 FOPA?

[farronwolf]

Here is a link to the actual bill so that you all can read it and make an informed decision for yourself about what the bill says or will do. The title of the bill is NICS Improvement Act of 2005.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/.../~c1095hbvS7::

[Lew]

I received a reply from my Congressman today... Here is a cut and paste from his email.



September 8, 2006

Mr. Lewis Pratt
*** Edit out Road
Wiscasset, Maine 04578

Dear Mr. Pratt:

Thank you for contacting me about restrictions on gun
ownership. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.

Law-abiding citizens in this country have a constitutional
right to own guns. In Maine, hunting is a tradition that is
important to Maine people and vital to our economy. I support the
right to bear arms, and I believe in a state's sovereign right to
establish its own gun laws. I do support federal restrictions on the
ownership, possession, or use of firearms by convicted felons,
persons arrested for domestic violence, and the mentally ill.

Again, thank you for contacting me. I will keep your views
in mind when considering legislation on this subject that comes
before the House.





Sincerely,


Tom Allen
Member of Congress



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