douglasschuckert
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As many of you all are aware of a new law, currently on the docket and being heavily considered, there are many more that are not.
What law am I referencing do you ask? It’s now being called:
“H.R. 1022 Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007”.
The short, long, and in-between of this law will not only reenact the original Assault Weapons Ban, the ban that plagued all law abiding citizens, but also add additional constraints that will:
1. Make it illegal to own any weapon capable of being adapted to accept a forward grip (all your AR’s, AK’s, and even weapons with light accessory rails). This also includes your NFA items as well… So you can say goodbye to your $16,000.00 MP5 and your suppressors…... Your SBR’s and SBS’s. Your DD’s. AND YOUR STOCKED Type 1 ITEMS THAT USE A THUMBHOLE!!!
2. Make it illegal to have a rifle with a detachable magazine (as this could be used as a forward grip and contain greater than 10 rounds).
3. Make all simi-auto shotguns illegal (including the receivers) (so not all you can use is (some) pump actions, SxS or O/U’s).
4. Ban any weapon that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine or is capable of accepting more than 10 rounds (including the round in the chamber). Yes this does include .22LR’s.
5. On top of the man ‘named’ items the first ban made illegal, this one adds an additional 46 items to the list!
6. This would also ban and make illegal to possess the magazines and accessories that the Clinton ban allowed, and all the items made between the sunset of the previous ban, and this new one! Guess what? You know that AR15 you put $1,600.00 into last year? You now have to destroy it! You can’t keep it, you cant sell it, you have to turn it in or destroy it!!!!
7. AND THIS BAN IS BEING MADE WITHOUT A SUNSET!!!!!!!!!!! ITS PERMANENT!!!!!!
We are looking at a serious assault on our constitutional rights! We are watching, before our very eyes, a governmental shift from a true democracy to a dictatorship! The only difference being instead of having ONE dictator, we now have many.
Why is our government refusing to see the actual numbers and statistics? Why are they refusing to see that the national murder average is down by 41% since 1991? Why are they failing to see that CRIMINALS DO NOT OBEY LAWS! If the criminals obeyed the laws, then they wouldn’t be criminals, would they? Why are they continuously going after the very freedom of the law-abiding citizen all-the-while allowing extreme freedom to the criminals?
Why are we, as the general populous of this great nation, NOT standing up for our rights? Why are we simply allowing our government to run-amuck with our freedoms? Why are we NOT honoring our founding fathers and making a stand?
Why do we feel it’s treasonous to say ‘NO’ and back up our decision with our government? Our founding fathers did it… they were and ARE patriots!
We ARE AMERICANS! We stand for freedom, integrity, honor, trust, and goodness! We are the example the rest of the world looks up to and watches! We are the single most influential country in the entirety of this planet!
What message are we sending when we enact draconian laws such as this, that say “freedom isn’t really free after all”? That say, we don’t care about the criminals, but we want to affront the law abiding citizen(s)!
Do they think that this law, as with the Clinton Ban, did or will do anything to take the ‘Assault Weapons’ out of the hands of the criminals? If they do, I for one want to see a 3rd party metric that substantiates the validity and the success of the first ban because EVERYTHING I’ve read or seen over the past 13 years has been to the contrary!
No one has been able to show me, in 13 years, ANYTHING that shows that these type of gun laws have actually done what their ‘proposed’ intention was to do… I’ve seen an increase of crime rate because of these bills, I have seen criminals committing crimes with baned items, still getting a minor slap on the wrist, while a non-criminal citizen gets nailed to a wall when they infract the ban.
Do they not understand that these laws, do not take the guns out of the hands of the criminals, but in truth open up the law abiding citizen to a greater danger? Because the bad people out there know, that the lawful citizens are now unarmed and have hence become “easy pick’ens”.
I for one will not allow my government to infringe on my rights! I AM a veteran of this country’s Military! I AM A law abiding citizen that LOVES his nation! I am a MAN of purpose, integrity, and resolve!
I have served this nation with PRIDE, DISTINCTION, HONOR, INTEGRITY, GRATITUDE, and IMMENSE SACRIFICE! I have given MANY sacrifices so that we, the common man, can and do have FREEDOM, and I find this above law to be extremely offensive to EVERYTHING that I have sacrificed, EVERYTHING that I have LOST while serving… AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE, AS WE SPEAK, DIEING FOR!!!!!!!!
I AM OFFENDED THAT WE HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT THINKS THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. THAT REFUSES TO USE COMMON SENSE. THAT FEELS IT OK TO DISHONOR ME AND MY FAMILY! TO DISREGARD THE LIVES OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS, WITH SUCH GREAT ABANDON! WITH LAWS SUCH AS THIS!
My wife is active duty. She is serving with all she has. She, as do I, love this nation with all that we are! We almost lost one of our children in service to this nation (if you want to know, ask). This should say a lot to our patriotism. If I am willing to put my country above that of my children, then there is NO ONE on this planet that is more to their country than my wife and I!
To be slapped in the face like this, to be told that my sacrifices, my blood, my sweat, my tears, mean this little to the people of this nation that they would allow the enactment of laws that strip away the VERY freedom that I am willing to die for! That I am willing to sacrifice my very family for!! It shames and offends me greatly!
We, as Americans, have the right, not only written in our constitution, but honored by our founding fathers, AND EXPECTED of us to:
1. STAND UP TO OUR GOVERNMENT.
2. DEMAND REFORM, away from limiting the law-abiding citizen, and limit the criminals. Instead of banning these items, make the legal system less friendly to first time offenses, repeat offenders, and career criminals!
3. We need to limit the Legal Process away from allowing criminals to appeal time and time again, convictions for offences they have been found guilty of.
4. We need to make prison a place of extreme displeasure. A place that strikes fear into the hearts of EVERYONE so it actually deters crime. (How can other countries have populations 3 times our numbers and have crime rates less than ours?)
What law am I referencing do you ask? It’s now being called:
“H.R. 1022 Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007”.
The short, long, and in-between of this law will not only reenact the original Assault Weapons Ban, the ban that plagued all law abiding citizens, but also add additional constraints that will:
1. Make it illegal to own any weapon capable of being adapted to accept a forward grip (all your AR’s, AK’s, and even weapons with light accessory rails). This also includes your NFA items as well… So you can say goodbye to your $16,000.00 MP5 and your suppressors…... Your SBR’s and SBS’s. Your DD’s. AND YOUR STOCKED Type 1 ITEMS THAT USE A THUMBHOLE!!!
2. Make it illegal to have a rifle with a detachable magazine (as this could be used as a forward grip and contain greater than 10 rounds).
3. Make all simi-auto shotguns illegal (including the receivers) (so not all you can use is (some) pump actions, SxS or O/U’s).
4. Ban any weapon that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine or is capable of accepting more than 10 rounds (including the round in the chamber). Yes this does include .22LR’s.
5. On top of the man ‘named’ items the first ban made illegal, this one adds an additional 46 items to the list!
6. This would also ban and make illegal to possess the magazines and accessories that the Clinton ban allowed, and all the items made between the sunset of the previous ban, and this new one! Guess what? You know that AR15 you put $1,600.00 into last year? You now have to destroy it! You can’t keep it, you cant sell it, you have to turn it in or destroy it!!!!
7. AND THIS BAN IS BEING MADE WITHOUT A SUNSET!!!!!!!!!!! ITS PERMANENT!!!!!!
We are looking at a serious assault on our constitutional rights! We are watching, before our very eyes, a governmental shift from a true democracy to a dictatorship! The only difference being instead of having ONE dictator, we now have many.
Why is our government refusing to see the actual numbers and statistics? Why are they refusing to see that the national murder average is down by 41% since 1991? Why are they failing to see that CRIMINALS DO NOT OBEY LAWS! If the criminals obeyed the laws, then they wouldn’t be criminals, would they? Why are they continuously going after the very freedom of the law-abiding citizen all-the-while allowing extreme freedom to the criminals?
Why are we, as the general populous of this great nation, NOT standing up for our rights? Why are we simply allowing our government to run-amuck with our freedoms? Why are we NOT honoring our founding fathers and making a stand?
Why do we feel it’s treasonous to say ‘NO’ and back up our decision with our government? Our founding fathers did it… they were and ARE patriots!
We ARE AMERICANS! We stand for freedom, integrity, honor, trust, and goodness! We are the example the rest of the world looks up to and watches! We are the single most influential country in the entirety of this planet!
What message are we sending when we enact draconian laws such as this, that say “freedom isn’t really free after all”? That say, we don’t care about the criminals, but we want to affront the law abiding citizen(s)!
Do they think that this law, as with the Clinton Ban, did or will do anything to take the ‘Assault Weapons’ out of the hands of the criminals? If they do, I for one want to see a 3rd party metric that substantiates the validity and the success of the first ban because EVERYTHING I’ve read or seen over the past 13 years has been to the contrary!
No one has been able to show me, in 13 years, ANYTHING that shows that these type of gun laws have actually done what their ‘proposed’ intention was to do… I’ve seen an increase of crime rate because of these bills, I have seen criminals committing crimes with baned items, still getting a minor slap on the wrist, while a non-criminal citizen gets nailed to a wall when they infract the ban.
Do they not understand that these laws, do not take the guns out of the hands of the criminals, but in truth open up the law abiding citizen to a greater danger? Because the bad people out there know, that the lawful citizens are now unarmed and have hence become “easy pick’ens”.
I for one will not allow my government to infringe on my rights! I AM a veteran of this country’s Military! I AM A law abiding citizen that LOVES his nation! I am a MAN of purpose, integrity, and resolve!
I have served this nation with PRIDE, DISTINCTION, HONOR, INTEGRITY, GRATITUDE, and IMMENSE SACRIFICE! I have given MANY sacrifices so that we, the common man, can and do have FREEDOM, and I find this above law to be extremely offensive to EVERYTHING that I have sacrificed, EVERYTHING that I have LOST while serving… AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE, AS WE SPEAK, DIEING FOR!!!!!!!!
I AM OFFENDED THAT WE HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT THINKS THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. THAT REFUSES TO USE COMMON SENSE. THAT FEELS IT OK TO DISHONOR ME AND MY FAMILY! TO DISREGARD THE LIVES OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS, WITH SUCH GREAT ABANDON! WITH LAWS SUCH AS THIS!
My wife is active duty. She is serving with all she has. She, as do I, love this nation with all that we are! We almost lost one of our children in service to this nation (if you want to know, ask). This should say a lot to our patriotism. If I am willing to put my country above that of my children, then there is NO ONE on this planet that is more to their country than my wife and I!
To be slapped in the face like this, to be told that my sacrifices, my blood, my sweat, my tears, mean this little to the people of this nation that they would allow the enactment of laws that strip away the VERY freedom that I am willing to die for! That I am willing to sacrifice my very family for!! It shames and offends me greatly!
We, as Americans, have the right, not only written in our constitution, but honored by our founding fathers, AND EXPECTED of us to:
1. STAND UP TO OUR GOVERNMENT.
2. DEMAND REFORM, away from limiting the law-abiding citizen, and limit the criminals. Instead of banning these items, make the legal system less friendly to first time offenses, repeat offenders, and career criminals!
3. We need to limit the Legal Process away from allowing criminals to appeal time and time again, convictions for offences they have been found guilty of.
4. We need to make prison a place of extreme displeasure. A place that strikes fear into the hearts of EVERYONE so it actually deters crime. (How can other countries have populations 3 times our numbers and have crime rates less than ours?)
