Subverting the Constitution one administrative Rule/Regulation at a time ...
Unfortunately, the progressive party, the democrats, has become the party of participle-parsing lawyers who write their own loopholes into laws and obtain from the courts that which they cannot obtain at the ballot box. Primarily because it is usually anti-America and runs counter to common sense.
Now we are faced with another round of gun-grabbing rulemaking designed to subvert the Constitution’s Second Amendment by making gun ownership unnecessarily difficult and costly for the average American. Never you mind the fact that the government wants you to be dependent on the government and thus is willing to sacrifice your God-given right to self-defense while enabling the thugs and criminals who have no respect for the law and don’t obtain their weapons in a lawful manner.
It appears that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, unlike the other agencies (FAA, FCC) who promote the industries they regulate , wants to keep you from purchasing weapons in order to bring about a progressive utopia like that found in Mexico, Cuba and other socialist/communist nations.
So you need to step up to the plate and take action now …
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From the Firearms Coalition Take Action to Stop Pending Gun Ban (Washington, DC, March 22, 2011) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is seeking public comment on their recent “study” on the importability of certain shotguns. It is critical that rights supporters express their objections to this “study” and its pending implementation in no uncertain terms. A strong showing of opposition can help to stiffen the spines of members of Congress and a poor showing will absolutely be pointed to as proof that people support expanded importation bans. Comments need to be clearly opposed to expanding import bans and, most importantly, they must be submitted in a timely fashion. Intending to send a comment, but never actually getting around to it, does no one any good. The comment period is open now through the end of April. Comments can be submitted via email to shotgunstudy@atf.gov or by fax to (202) 648-9601. Below is a sample comment you can paraphrase or simply cut and paste into your own email: Subject: I Oppose Further Restrictions on Shotgun Imports. I strongly oppose further restrictions on the importation of shotguns and disagree with the findings in the ATF shotgun study. The constitutional authority for import restrictions based on a vague “Sporting Purpose Test” is highly suspect in light of the recent Heller and McDonald Supreme Court decisions and the Court’s previous decision in Miller. Under the definitions contained in this study, virtually all pump-action and semi-auto shotguns would be banned because all of them are capable of accepting a magazine – box or tube – capable of holding more than 5 rounds. This and other characteristics determined to be “military” in the study are utilitarian and often significantly enhance a gun’s usefulness, particularly for people with disabilities. Denying access to certain designs or features can effectively serve to disarm (for personal defense and sporting purposes) vast numbers of disabled veterans and others with disabilities resulting in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are a variety of popular and growing sports which utilize shotguns with “military” features. These guns are dominant in USPSA, IDPA, IPSC and other popular shooting sports. Refusing to recognize these sports as they relate to shotguns based on the implications such recognition might have on rifle and pistol importability is disingenuous at best. Applying import restrictions does little more than increase costs and complicate compliance for US shooters and gun owners. Foreign manufacturers remove features and adapt their firearms to comply with US import restrictions and then US shooters modify the firearms back to the desired, original configurations. This can be expensive and legally dangerous since failing to comply with obscure provisions of the laws related to altering imported firearms can result in unintended commission of multiple felonies which carry serious penalties. ATF should shelve all plans to implement any of the findings of this study. Respectfully submitted, # # # Everyone who cares about overreaching government bureaucracy should immediately send an email to shotgunstudy@atf.gov including the above points. Cutting and pasting from this article is encouraged. Participation is much more important than originality or eloquence. One of the most important things about this ATF “study” and proposed shotgun importation ban is that it lays the groundwork for much broader, general shotgun restrictions. Importation is not the only place where federal gun laws apply this unconstitutional “sporting purpose test,” it is also found in the National Firearms Act (NFA), the laws dealing with machineguns and destructive devices. Under the NFA, any firearm with a bore greater than .5 inch is a “destructive device” – in the same category as mortars and Howitzers. The only exception is for “shotguns which the secretary finds are generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes.” If the secretary (in this case Attorney General Eric Holder) finds that certain shotguns are not importable because they are unsuitable for sporting purposes he must then explain why virtually identical guns, with the same features, are considered suitable for sporting purposes with regard to the NFA. How can he declare them non-sporting on the one hand and not declare identical guns as non-sporting on the other? There can be no doubt that the Brady Bunch and other gun control zealots will be asking that question loudly if ATF and Holder move forward with current import restriction plans. If these proposed rules for shotgun importation are not stopped now, virtually every pump-action and semi-auto shotgun in existence could be banned – not just from importation, but from possession or transfer. The guns would fall under the same harsh restrictions currently applicable to machineguns. Please do not delay taking action on this. Your voice matters. Send your comments to shotgunstudy@atf.gov and cc your email to both of your US Senators and your Representative. Please also add info@FirearmsCoalition.org in your cc so we can get an idea of how much response is being generated. Please forward this alert to your friends and post it or a link to www.FirearmsCoalition.org on blogs and forum sites. Those familiar with The Firearms Coalition know that we do not traffic in hype or fear-mongering. We do not cry wolf unless there is really a wolf in the camp - and folks, there is a wolf in the camp! Take action NOW! This is just the beginning of this fight and it is important that we bring everything we've got into the first round. Send your comments to shotgunstudy@atf.gov. Include copies to your elected servants in Washington and cc info@FirearmsCoalition.org. This Alert and much more is available at www.FirearmsCoalition.org where you can opt in or out of receiving these Alerts and The Firearms Coalition’s bi-monthly newsletter, The Knox Hard Corps Report. Copyright © 2010 Neal Knox Associates – The most trusted name in the rights movement. Permission to reprint granted with inclusion of this copyright statement and www.FirearmsCoalition.org. |
Bottom line …
The progressives are out to tax or criminalize almost every human activity that cedes power to the individual and assures that the collective cannot simply declare themselves to be the rulers of our nation. The Second Amendment was written to protect Americans from governmental tyranny, self-defense was a given at that point in time … not to protect the rights of Americans to hunt or to punch paper targets.
While I do not believe that anyone should have the right to possess a personal nuclear weapon or anti-aircraft missile for self-defense, more restrictive gun rules and regulations are severely eroding both our Nation’s ability to respond to local emergencies as well governmental tyrannies.
The simple fact is that the first responders, the police, fire and medical people are unlikely to be of any assistance in a true emergency. And unlike Japan, many of our inner cities are more likely to see looting and the highjacking of your emergency supplies than not.
Many of the democrat-run cities have clearly demonstrated what happens when progressive politicians want to disarm the populace for their own personal protection and the protection of the political system which has gone awry. These crime-infested, corrupt, decaying hell-holes are not improved by gun control laws – they are diminished by such laws because honest, law-abiding citizens cannot protect themselves from those who would deprive them of their lives, liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.
Where do you stand?
-- steve
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