A Dangerous Assault On Our Second Amendment Rights
By BOB HARRIS
Outdoors and Free
Friday, September 21, 2007
The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is warning firearms owners about U.S. House Resolution 2640. It is a very dangerous and far-reaching assault on our Second Amendment rights, threatened since the Democrats gained control of Congress. Congress is authorizing 750 million dollars to make a substantial expansion to the instant background check database. This new money will be used to collect and store YOUR very personal information, including medical records.
HR 2064 will allow shrinks (psychologists and psychiatrists) and bureaucrats to decide who can and who can’t own and possess firearms. Currently under the National Instant Check System
(NICS), a person becomes a prohibited person, regarding firearms possession, when that person is "adjudicated a mental defective by a court". HR 2640 removes your due process rights and greatly expands the definition of a "prohibited person" to anyone who, in the opinion of any shrink or government bureaucrat, could possibly be a danger to oneself or another. Under HR 2640, you won’t even be able to call a witness on your behalf. In fact, there won’t even be a hearing! |
The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition is warning firearms owners about U.S. House Resolution 2640. It is a very dangerous and far-reaching assault on our Second Amendment rights, threatened since the Democrats gained control of Congress. Congress is authorizing 750 million dollars to make a substantial expansion to the instant background check database. This new money will be used to collect and store YOUR very personal information, including medical records.
HR 2064 will allow shrinks (psychologists and psychiatrists) and bureaucrats to decide who can and who can’t own and possess firearms. Currently under the National Instant Check System
(NICS), a person becomes a prohibited person, regarding firearms possession, when that person is "adjudicated a mental defective by a court". HR 2640 removes your due process rights and greatly expands the definition of a "prohibited person" to anyone who, in the opinion of any shrink or government bureaucrat, could possibly be a danger to oneself or another. Under HR 2640, you won’t even be able to call a witness on your behalf. In fact, there won’t even be a hearing! |
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Many of our great service men and women would be prohibited from owning a firearm if, when returning from serving our country, they are labeled "dangerous" because of a visit to a doctor for stress. We all know that our great service men and women see and experience situations that may continue to give them nightmares. Are these events good reasons to permanently ban firearms ownership for these individuals? They just finished serving our nation and now they may be barred from even owning the firearms they used to defend this great nation.
This was tried by the former Clinton administration. The names of 83,000 veterans were sent to NICS to become prohibited persons. Under HR 2640, these 83,000 veterans would be banned along with thousands more. This is ludicrous. I know veterans who have fought in both Korea and Vietnam. They have had battle stress, but they own guns and hunt. There have been no problems with them.
According to Jonathan R. Evans, President of the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition, Inc., of Milford, N.H., HR 2640 also expands the list of "prohibited persons" by allowing shrinks to decide who is a danger. Mr. Evans stated, "We already know that many professionals in the psychiatric field believe that a firearm in the hands of any American is dangerous and therefore no person should be allowed to have them. You can imagine the utter chaos this legislation will create."
Mr. Evans further stated, "Any medical professional could also make a similar determination. We already know that many pediatricians believe that in any household a firearm is dangerous, even if they are properly stored. Senior citizens who have trouble balancing their checkbooks could become prohibited persons under a finding of ‘disability’ or ‘incapacity’. Closet anti-gun politicians love legislation such as this. So far, politicians have hidden behind voice votes on this bill. HR 2640 is a Trojan horse. It sounds justified on the outside with promises of keeping mental defectives from having firearms. But, a closer look at the details of this bill reveals a huge
expansion of those who will become a prohibited person. It is an expansion that could potentially include most law-abiding American citizens."
Washington insiders believe that we will be fooled by their veiled attempts to totally ban firearms ownership. This bill has already passed the U. S. House of Representatives and is expected to be voted on in the Senate soon! This is why you need to contact your U.S. Senators, John Sununu and Judd Gregg, today. It will be the only chance we have to stop this erosion of our Second Amendment rights. The New Hampshire Firearms Coalition suggests using the pre-written letter below to the Senators:
Dear Senator:
Please do not allow gun control to pass on your watch. Gun owners do not want to expand the "Instant Check" (NICS) system. We want to repeal it. It is simply wrong to penalize U.S. citizens by eliminating due process and assuming that they are guilty until proven innocent. I encourage you to lead a Republican filibuster of the viciously anti-gun Leahy bill, the Senate version of HR 2640, which the House passed.
The anti-gun zealots relentlessly push to prohibit more citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right. Your fight against the Leahy bill will prove that you are committed to the Second Amendment of our Constitution. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Send your letters to: Senator Judd Gregg, 393 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510 and to: Senator John Sununu, 111 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510.
In addition, you might want to consider becoming a member of the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition. You can write and request a membership application form. Their address is P.O. Box 7182, Milford, N.H. 03055-7182. Or, go to their website at:
www.nhfc-ontarget.org. The NHFC’s mission is to represent the interests of law-abiding New Hampshire firearms owners. They do not compromise and have no allegiance to any political party or other interest group. Their only allegiance is to their members and to the integrity of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and to Article 2-a of the New Hampshire Constitution.
The NHFC arms itself with the facts. They work to educate legislators, reporters, editors and public officials about our individual civil rights to keep and bear arms. They monitor and inform their members about firearm related state and national legislation. They represent you at legislative hearings. They are ready to defend the individual firearm-owner, the hunter, the
dealer, the shooting club and the firearms manufacturer. With that said, don’t forget to write your letters to our two U.S. Senators today. |
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Bob Harris can be reached via e-mail at:
outwriter2@aol.com
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