this popped in my mail this afternoon
some of it is a repeat but still worth reading...
dZ
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Your Guns on Line Senate Conferees May Vote Monday
Washington Post calls for Confiscation
Registration Meant Confiscation in England, Australia & Canada
Registration is the one think that makes confiscation possible.
The only reason the anti gun politicians can steal the guns is
that they have a record of firearms ownership. GET BETWEEN
THESE RECORDS AND YOUR GOVERNMENTS ANY WAY
YOU CAN.
Keep up the pressure. Defeat the anti gun provisions including
the "registration" of sales to the Juvenal Justice Bill. You are
advised to call your Senators and congressperson at the
following toll-free numbers
US Capitol Switchboard
1-888-449-3511
For the latest happening at NRA contact
www.2ndamendment.net
For legislative updates contact
www.nealknox.com and go to
"Scripts from the Firearms Coalition Legislative Update Line"
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Senate Conferees Vote Monday? By Neal Knox
There are rumbles on the Hill that the Senate will vote Monday
on a motion to appoint conferees to the Juvenile Justice bill,
which has a string of significant new gun restrictions.
Sen. Bob Smith (I-N.H.) has a "hold" on the appointment, which
means only that he wishes to object if there's a request for
unanimous consent. Senate courtesy dictates that if a Senator
has a hold on a bill the leadership will notify him or her as to
when the issue will be brought up, allowing the Senator to be
there to prevent passage by unanimous consent and/or to begin
a filibuster. With a vote, his hold would make no difference
procedurally, though it could ruffle a few feathers since the
Senate often allows a hold to block all action,
particularly if there's a tight schedule as there is now.
Sen. Smith, who last week resigned from the Republican party,
and doesn't have a lot of chits with the Republican leadership,
has said he will filibuster the appointments -- which might delay
the conferee appointments but is unlikely to block them for more
than a few days if there's a push to get conferees appointed.
Overturning a filibuster requires a "cloture" vote of 3/5ths of the
Senate, or 60 votes. If Sen. Smith begins a filibuster to prevent
a vote, notice of a filibuster-ending cloture vote can be "laid
down" and the cloture vote could be taken after three days,
putting a time limit on further debate.
Considering the fact that S.254 passed 73-25, in theory there
should be 60 votes to allow the bill to proceed to conference, but
you never know in the Senate. It will be interesting to see who
votes against shutting off debate, if the cloture vote does occur.
You can bet it will include some anti-gunners who don't like the
underlying juvenile bill, and want to keep "gun control" on the
front burner as a campaign issue. Usually the additional hours of
debate time isn't taken.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) offered a surprise amendment to
the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations bill.
It adds another category of firearms prohibited purchaser,
someone who the seller knows or has reason to know is
physically impaired due to drinking alcohol.
It was accepted by Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) after a colloquy in
which Sen. Boxer said she was not proposing to put
breathalyzer machines in K-Marts. Sen. Craig, I'm told, only
saw the amendment 15 or 20 minutes before, and with that
clarification let it go.
While it sets up one more hook, it would have been hard to find
any Senate votes against it, as presented and described. Fact
is: No Senator wants to face an election ad proclaiming "He
voted that it was okay to sell guns to drunks."
The dram shop rules, which allow bartenders to be held liable
if they sell booze to an obvious drunk, would certainly apply to
anyone who sold a firearm to someone clearly under the
influence of booze, drugs or ranting fury. So Boxer's
amendment was unnecessary; but like any gun law, it can be
misused.
THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE HOUSE
FROM CONCURRING WITH THE BOXER PROPOSAL
DURING CONFERENCE.
WASHINGTON POST CALLS FOR CONFISCATION! By Neal
Knox
A Washington Post editorial recapped the gun positions of the
various Presidential candidates, saying "Mr. (Bill) Bradley
comes closest to getting a grip on this country's gross national
proliferation of concealable weapons. He calls for registration of
all handguns."
But, the Post declared, "No presidential candidate has yet
come out for the most effective proposal to check the terror of
gunfire: a ban on the general sale, manufacture and ownership
of handguns as well as assault-style weapons."
Now they've spelled out what they want: English-style
confiscation of all privately owned handguns and military-look
semi-auto rifles.
Fine. At least they're being honest. Let's have a general
debate on that issue. And I sure hope that they can get a string
of candidates willing to acknowledge that confiscation is
precisely
where they intend to take their step-by-step "reasonable gun
laws."
CONFISCATION IN CANADA by Neal Knox
The Toronto mayor says Canada's "reasonable" gun laws,
and the newest law that all firearms in the country be registered,
aren't enough. He wants handguns totally banned in his city.
In scripture according to Knox, found in the first book of Gun
Week, 1966, "The only purpose of gun registration is gun
confiscation."
CONFISCATION IN ENGLAND AND AUSTRIALIA by: "Nancy"
I strongly urge you to watch the 15 minute advertisement that
the NRA has been running at 7:30 in the morning on TNN for
the last several weeks. I suggest that you tape it, for you will
might well want to show it some of your friends who do not
believe that the antigun folks want all of your guns and you
actually view the sight of it happening in England and Australia.
You can watch as the citizens who guns were outlawed relate
their indignation at having to surrender their handgun,
semiautomatic and pump rifles and shotguns. Weapons that
had been handed down through the generations of there
families. You will hear the female antigun leader saying that
guns have to been confiscated and she does not saying that
they are going to stop at the present point of confiscation.
You can watch a Browning Auto-5 shotgun being sawed into
pieces. You can watch these folks saying that they waited for
someone to tell the truth, that it did not happen and how they
wish they had it do over again. This is not somebody telling you
what they think happened or what could happen, you can see
where it has happened and how the antis will never be satisfied
until ALL guns are confiscated. It is sad, but we don't have to let
it happen here.
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