GOA ALERT--McCarthy Gun-Grab Moves to Senate

Washington, DC (TLS). The U.S. House of Representatives rammed through the McCarthy-Dingell-NRA gun control bill without even as much as a recorded vote. Republicans were caught off-guard, having not been notified of the impending vote.

Thus, the bill moves to the Senate, where gun-grabbers such as Ted Kennedy, 'Little Chucky' Schumer, John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Harry Reid will do everything in their power to pass the measure. If successful, President Bush is expected to sign the bill into law.

Apparently the gun-grabbers successfully used the Cho Seung-Hui massacre at Virginia Tech to seize the PR and make a case for more gun control. Our side failed to short-circuit that process by aggressively showing the public that this mass-murder happened in a GUN-FREE ZONE.

In attempting to go after insane persons, preventing them from obtaining firearms, the powers that be in Washington would like to kill all the babies in order to prevent one sick baby from spreading germs. The bill as it stands also includes U.S. Veterans who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Additionally, if you have ever been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ADD, or any number of other treatable emotional disorders, you will be prevented from purchasing a firearm. If you have ever had domestic difficulty involving the police, you will be prevented from purchasing a firearm. If you have ever used corporal punishment to discipline your children, you will be prevented from purchasing a firearm.

But that's not all. Your name will entered into a national database, indicating that you are NUTS, mentally defective, 'mentally ill,' and therefore unfit to own a gun.

So you see, in order to prevent a few truly insane persons from buying guns, our illustrious elected representatives in Washington are lumping LOTS of people into that category, for no other good reason than to take guns away from them!

And THAT is why this bill is NOT about Cho Seung-Hui and the Virginia Tech massacre! This is about gun control, pure and simple. And as I said last week, go ahead and drop 'em, bend over, and grab 'em, for we are about to be screwed in the you-know-what by Congress, the NRA, and President Bush.

Here is the GOA's alert and a plan of action:
http://www.gunowners.org/a061807.htm

Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/19/07

Washington, DC (TLS). Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Gun Owners of America has this important alert about the McCarthy-NRA gun-grab moving from the House to the Senate, plus an extensive analysis on H.R. 2640:
http://www.gunowners.org/a061807.htm

Front Sight, Press has an entire array of gun news today, all listed on the sight...give it a look:
http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/news-from-the-sight-m1911-volume-257/

Alphecca has an interesting assessment of the apparent failure of Australia's tough gun control laws:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=251

Alphecca also provides a brief review of John Lott's book, 'Freedomnomics'--a very enlightening read:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=249


Armed and Safe calls attention to an anti-gun bigot who spouts nutty nonsense on his blog:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/do-people-actually-get-paid-for-this.html

Armed and Safe also provides an update on the push by counties in Illinois to condemn the gun-grab trend in Chicago:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2007/06/illinois-freedom-train-still-gathering.html

The Bitch Girls blog that an Italian hunting trip just might be in order:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=6969

Snowflakesinhell give his opinion about H&K's PDW:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=872

Snowflakesinhell also provides info concerning the Pennsylvania Attorney-General's clarification about out-of-state carry permits for non-residents in that state:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=868

The Volokh Conspiracy has more on the meaning of the term 'free state' in the Second Amendment:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_06_10-2007_06_16.shtml#1181968608

GOA Issues Urgent Alert on H.R. 297

Washington, DC (TLS). Gun Owners of America (GOA), the only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington, has issued an urgent alert concerning the progress of the Dingell-McCarthy Bill (H.R. 297).

GOA says now is the time to contact your Washington representatives to get this bill defeated.

Carolyn McCarthy, the co-sponsor, never saw a gun-grab measure she did not like. And this time, she has managed to bring aboard some unexpected allies, such as a few Republicans and the NRA, which has stated it supports passage of the measure.

However, the bill will prevent millions of law-abiding citizens from purchasing firearms and will add yet one more plank of government control over an individual right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Read the full story, along with a sample letter to send to your elected officials here:
http://www.gunowners.org/a051607.htm