GOA Alert: URGENT!

[Lambo]

URGENT ALERT!!!

"Anti-gun Zealots Trying To Ram Disarmament Bill Through Senate -- Immediate action required "

Gun Owners of America
E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
Tuesday, September 25, 2007


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.

But these two New York Democrats are currently planning to roll over gun owners with H.R. 2640 -- legislation which would bar you from owning guns if:
* You are a battle-scarred veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; or

* As a kid, you were diagnosed with ADHD

Not to mention the fact that your ailing grandfather could have his entire gun collection seized, based only on a diagnosis of Alzheimer's (and there goes the family inheritance).

Gun owners have been desperately fighting this bill for several 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.

Sen. Schumer is pushing hard to pass this legislation -- dubbed the Veterans Disarmament Act -- so he is circulating an "agreement" which would waive the Senate rules in order to bring up and pass the bill.

This agreement could come about in the next few hours or the next couple of days!

This agreement is extremely diabolical, as it would eliminate the
ability of pro-gun senators to offer amendments which would clean up
the legislation... and would grease the skids for immediate passage!

But there is good news: In order for Schumer's "agreement" to
prevail, he must get "unanimous consent." This means that just ONE
single senator can block it.

ACTION: Please contact your two U.S. Senators RIGHT AWAY and urge
them to OBJECT to Senator Chuck Schumer's "unanimous consent
agreement" to steamroll H.R. 2640, the McCarthy anti-gun bill.

You can use the pre-written message below and send it as an e-mail by
visiting the GOA Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone and fax numbers
are also available).

----- Pre-written letter -----

Dear Senator:

Currently, anti-gun zealot Chuck Schumer is trying to get "unanimous
consent" to steamroll the Senate in connection with Carolyn
McCarthy's anti-gun bill, H.R. 2640.

If this bill is passed, an American would be barred from owning guns
if:

* He is a U.S. veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder;
or

* As a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD in connection with the IDEA
program.

Not to mention the fact that an ailing grandfather could have his
entire gun collection seized, based only on a diagnosis of
Alzheimer's from a Medicare home health provider (and there goes the
family inheritance).

Gun owners don't support this legislation, better known as the
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."

Please place a hold on the McCarthy bill and object to any unanimous
consent agreement to discharge the bill.

Sincerely,

__________________________________________

[Sebastian]

GOA has pretty much come unhinged over HR2640, and most of what they are saying about it is really far off-base.

It's been covered extensively. My latest is here. Clayton Cramer here and here

Not to mention Dave Hardy.

[cas]

I have a bridge I want to sell you over lake Erie then. If you think this is pro-gun your are insane. Look at WHO sponsors this crap. . If you trust your Government to protect your God Given Rights , I have a gold mine to sell you.
This PUTS all the power to say or put you on a NO GUN LIST . Exactly LIKE the NO FLY LIST . The new NICS or whatever it is called is GUN REGISTRATION . Since the NRA is sponsoring this crap , it has SHOWN the NRA's true colors and it AINT RED, WHITE & FREEKING BLUE

[Sebastian]

Wow, all those colors and bold fonts have made me see the light. Clearly you are correct.

[Mtbkski]

All I can say is this.

Give them an inch, and they will ram the rest of the bullsh*t down our throats next week.

After the Post Tramatic, who goes next.... Where does it stop..... Those that got medical Discharges from the service? Those that were dishonorably discharged from the service. Those who have failed to pay parking tickets.

(No bold print or colors used to scare anyone. At least not on this one. But it was centered to catch your attention.)

[Sebastian]

I appreciate the lack of bold, large fonts and colors there Actually, I think the "give an inch" argument is a pretty good one. Even though I think this is us giving and inch and them giving two inches, they are still touting this as a victory in public.

PTSD suffers won't necessarily be disabled under this bill. This bill adds a lot of safeguards that currently don't exist, that should actually make it harder for federal agencies to put veterans into the system as being persons prohibited from owning a firearm.

People who are dishonorably discharged are already barred from owning a firearm. You typically have to do something pretty bad to get a dishonorable discharge.

[cas]

Well what kills me is people volunteer to surrender their natural GOD given rights. Rights cannot be taken by any Government as Government ONLY is granted Privleges by us. Think it is about time for WE THE PEOPLE to withdrawl complete from anything the Governments(corporations) do . Tell them suckers to more taxes for you. Get yourself self reliant and be done with them all till death.

[Sebastian]

Nobody is volunteering to surrender anything. This bill chips away a few of the mental health restrictions in the Gun Control Act of 1968 by restricting when federal agencies may declare someone a person prohibited from owning a firearms, and demanding of both state and federal government that mechanisms be put in place for restoration of rights. f you have a mental health adjudication today, it's a life long ban. This bill makes it possible to clear your name. How is that a bad thing?

Do you have any specific arguments as to why HR2640 is what GOA claims it is, or don't you?