The following is something I wrote to have printed up and hand out at hunter sight-ins and gun shops before the election. If anyone has any advice or corrections, I'd appreciate hearing them.
GUN OWNERS: WHAT'S IN STORE UNDER GORE
1. Licensing. Al Gore has promised to require purchasers of handguns to pass a government-run test, to be fingerprinted, photographed and licensed. Why? Why treat honest citizens like criminals when he knows full well that criminals won’t get licensed? Gun owners in New York and California have learned about licensing the hard way, as they wait weeks and even months to get their licenses, and have the fees increase to the point where the average working man can’t afford it. Gore is taking his orders from Handgun Control Inc and trying to implement a strategy that worked so well in Great Britain, Canada and Australia: require licensing, then raise the fees to the point where few people can afford the licenses. Then, when crime still hasn’t fallen, require gun owners to register their guns. Then, when that doesn’t stop crime, confiscate the registered guns.
2. Further gun bans. Gore has promised to ban “assault weapons.” Is he looking to expand upon the list of rifles and shotguns that were banned in the 1994 crime bill? Or is he looking to confiscate the AR15’s, SKS’s, M1’s and other guns that were grandfathered in under the bill? Last September, on Larry King Live, Gore even said he would favor banning 9 millimeter and .380 caliber handguns.
3. Gun Shows. Gore has promised to close the “gun show loophole.” You and I know there is no loophole. Every licensed dealer at a gun show has to do the same background checks that a gun store does. Gore’s plan would effectively end the private sales of guns. Want to sell a gun to your friend? You’ll have to go through the background check and waiting period. And, despite the fact that the Brady Law requires that all records of a transaction be destroyed once the background check has been completed, the Clinton/Gore administration has been violating the law by keeping those records in an FBI database.
4. Registration. Gore has promised to enact what he calls “supertracing” of guns by the BATF. This is a backdoor way of registering guns by requiring the manufacturer to record the name of the dealer who
purchased a gun along with the name of the citizen who finally bought it, and supply these names to the BATF.
5. The Emerson Case. Last year a Dr. Emerson was arrested in Texas for violating a little-known provision of the 1994 Crime Bill called the Lautenberg amendment. Emerson’s case went before a federal judge who declared that the amendment violated Emerson’s Second Amendment rights. The Clinton/Gore administration appealed that decision and the appeal is now before the 5th Circuit Court of appeals. The case may well go to the Supreme Court, where a definitive decision on the Second Amendment may finally be made. In the first few days of arguments at the 5th Circuit Court, attorneys for the Clinton/Gore Justice Department stated that it is the position of the Clinton/Gore administration that the only people who have a right to own guns are members of the National Guard, and only when those guardsmen are on active duty!
6. The Supreme Court. The next president will appoint as many as four new Supreme Court justices to replace those who will be retiring in the next couple of years. Can we afford to have justices who will rule that the only people who have a right to own guns are the National Guard?
This election is the most important one that gun owners have ever faced. Al Gore has made it clear that he stands with Handgun Control and other groups in their effort to eventually disarm America.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GUNS, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LET AL GORE BE ELECTED!
VOTE, AND MAKE SURE YOUR GUN OWNER FRIENDS VOTE FOR GUN RIGHTS!
Dick
Want to send a message to Bush? Sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/monk/petition.html and forward the link to every gun owner you know.
GUN OWNERS: WHAT'S IN STORE UNDER GORE
1. Licensing. Al Gore has promised to require purchasers of handguns to pass a government-run test, to be fingerprinted, photographed and licensed. Why? Why treat honest citizens like criminals when he knows full well that criminals won’t get licensed? Gun owners in New York and California have learned about licensing the hard way, as they wait weeks and even months to get their licenses, and have the fees increase to the point where the average working man can’t afford it. Gore is taking his orders from Handgun Control Inc and trying to implement a strategy that worked so well in Great Britain, Canada and Australia: require licensing, then raise the fees to the point where few people can afford the licenses. Then, when crime still hasn’t fallen, require gun owners to register their guns. Then, when that doesn’t stop crime, confiscate the registered guns.
2. Further gun bans. Gore has promised to ban “assault weapons.” Is he looking to expand upon the list of rifles and shotguns that were banned in the 1994 crime bill? Or is he looking to confiscate the AR15’s, SKS’s, M1’s and other guns that were grandfathered in under the bill? Last September, on Larry King Live, Gore even said he would favor banning 9 millimeter and .380 caliber handguns.
3. Gun Shows. Gore has promised to close the “gun show loophole.” You and I know there is no loophole. Every licensed dealer at a gun show has to do the same background checks that a gun store does. Gore’s plan would effectively end the private sales of guns. Want to sell a gun to your friend? You’ll have to go through the background check and waiting period. And, despite the fact that the Brady Law requires that all records of a transaction be destroyed once the background check has been completed, the Clinton/Gore administration has been violating the law by keeping those records in an FBI database.
4. Registration. Gore has promised to enact what he calls “supertracing” of guns by the BATF. This is a backdoor way of registering guns by requiring the manufacturer to record the name of the dealer who
purchased a gun along with the name of the citizen who finally bought it, and supply these names to the BATF.
5. The Emerson Case. Last year a Dr. Emerson was arrested in Texas for violating a little-known provision of the 1994 Crime Bill called the Lautenberg amendment. Emerson’s case went before a federal judge who declared that the amendment violated Emerson’s Second Amendment rights. The Clinton/Gore administration appealed that decision and the appeal is now before the 5th Circuit Court of appeals. The case may well go to the Supreme Court, where a definitive decision on the Second Amendment may finally be made. In the first few days of arguments at the 5th Circuit Court, attorneys for the Clinton/Gore Justice Department stated that it is the position of the Clinton/Gore administration that the only people who have a right to own guns are members of the National Guard, and only when those guardsmen are on active duty!
6. The Supreme Court. The next president will appoint as many as four new Supreme Court justices to replace those who will be retiring in the next couple of years. Can we afford to have justices who will rule that the only people who have a right to own guns are the National Guard?
This election is the most important one that gun owners have ever faced. Al Gore has made it clear that he stands with Handgun Control and other groups in their effort to eventually disarm America.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GUNS, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LET AL GORE BE ELECTED!
VOTE, AND MAKE SURE YOUR GUN OWNER FRIENDS VOTE FOR GUN RIGHTS!
Dick
Want to send a message to Bush? Sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/monk/petition.html and forward the link to every gun owner you know.