September 16, 2000
Dear friend of liberty,
Senator Jack Reed (RI) introduced S. 2099 in the U.S. Senate on February
24, 2000. Senators Charles Schumer (NY) and Frank Lautenberg (NJ) are
cosponsors of the bill.
S. 2099 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the
registration of all handguns, both newly-purchased and currently-owned
handguns, with the federal government. Current owners would be
required to register their handguns by submitting an application with
a photograph and fingerprints and pay a tax within one year after the
enactment of S. 2099. The information submitted by owners of handguns
would be kept in a central-government database known as the National
Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Any law-abiding citizen who owns a handgun and does not want to be
tracked by this government database had better carefully read the
"Transfer Rule" section of this bill, which states he or she "shall
register such handgun"..."upon the transfer of such handgun before
such 1 year anniversary date." In other words, you will be required
to register handguns you no longer own.
Gotcha!
Gun makers would be assessed a $50.00 tax per gun manufactured.
This on the manufacturer, as do all such taxes on the production
of goods, will be passed on to the consumer as an increase in the
purchase price.
S. 2099 is currently in the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. We need
to make sure that S. 2099 doesn't make it out of committee.
Even though S. 2099 has only two cosponsors, it is, nonetheless, a
pending bill. As I wrote in my last update, anything is possible during
the last weeks of a congressional session. Therefore, we need to tell
our U.S. senators we are aware of S. 2099 and that we strongly
oppose it.
Go to http://www.thelibertycommittee.org and click on S. 2099 in the
Self Defense section, then click on Take Action Here! to express your
opinion about S. 2099 to your two U.S. senators.
Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee http://www.thelibertycommittee.org
SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE directions:
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Your Senator Needs to Hear Your Opposition to Gun Owner Registration
-- Pre-written letter included below
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org
(Tuesday, September 12, 2000) -- You may have heard of S. 2099, the
National Handgun Registration Bill, which has been introduced by U.S.
Senator Jack Reed (D) of Rhode Island.
This bill, if passed, would treat all handguns like machine guns for
purposes of federal law.
This means that ALL HANDGUNS, EVEN IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY OWNED,
would have to be registered with the federal government.
A. License Existing Handguns Like Cars
Handgun owners would have to receive a license from the government
if they are to continue to own their handguns. They would have to
submit an application, together with fingerprints and a handgun tax.
This information would be compiled into a national handgun registry.
Currently, S. 2099 is bottled up in the Senate Finance Committee.
We need to ensure that it stays there. While this bill is probably
"dead in the water," one strong round of gun owner activism will
nail the coffin lid down tight and keep S. 2099 from surfacing in
the final days of the 106th Congress.
B. ACTION: Contact Your Senator By Email Or By Phone
(1-800-648-3516)
You are on the "all" list for GOA alerts. If you live in one of the
states below, please contact your Finance Committee senator and let
him know you oppose S. 2099.
Please insist that he tell you his position on national handgun
registration and on this bill. Tell him that you don't want a
generalized letter on gun control or the Second Amendment. You want
to know whether he supports or opposes S. 2099. Period.
Here's the list of the pivotal Finance Committee senators:
DELAWARE: Sen. Bill Roth comments@roth.senate.gov
TENNESSEE: Sen. Fred Thompson senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov
MONTANA: Sen. Max Baucus max@baucus.senate.gov
NEVADA: Sen. Richard Bryan senator@bryan.senate.gov
LOUISIANA: Sen. John Breaux senator@breaux.senate.gov
NORTH DAKOTA: Sen. Kent Conrad senator@conrad.senate.gov
NEBRASKA: Sen. Bob Kerrey qmail@kerrey-cms.senate.gov
VIRGINIA: Sen. Chuck Robb senator@robb.senate.gov
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
S. 2099, which is currently before the Senate Finance Committee,
would impose national handgun registration.
All handgun owners -- current and prospective -- would be required
to be licensed by the federal government. They would have to submit
fingerprints and pay a gun tax.
Please let me know that you oppose S. 2099. Please do not send me a
generalized response concerning your position on handgun control or
the Second Amendment in general.
Rather, I am interested in knowing whether you support or oppose
S. 2099. Period.
Thank you in advance for letting me know where you stand on this
critical issue.
Sincerely,
**************
Do not reply directly to this message.
To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web.
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"those who sacrifice
liberty for security deserve neither"
Dear friend of liberty,
Senator Jack Reed (RI) introduced S. 2099 in the U.S. Senate on February
24, 2000. Senators Charles Schumer (NY) and Frank Lautenberg (NJ) are
cosponsors of the bill.
S. 2099 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the
registration of all handguns, both newly-purchased and currently-owned
handguns, with the federal government. Current owners would be
required to register their handguns by submitting an application with
a photograph and fingerprints and pay a tax within one year after the
enactment of S. 2099. The information submitted by owners of handguns
would be kept in a central-government database known as the National
Firearms Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Any law-abiding citizen who owns a handgun and does not want to be
tracked by this government database had better carefully read the
"Transfer Rule" section of this bill, which states he or she "shall
register such handgun"..."upon the transfer of such handgun before
such 1 year anniversary date." In other words, you will be required
to register handguns you no longer own.
Gotcha!
Gun makers would be assessed a $50.00 tax per gun manufactured.
This on the manufacturer, as do all such taxes on the production
of goods, will be passed on to the consumer as an increase in the
purchase price.
S. 2099 is currently in the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. We need
to make sure that S. 2099 doesn't make it out of committee.
Even though S. 2099 has only two cosponsors, it is, nonetheless, a
pending bill. As I wrote in my last update, anything is possible during
the last weeks of a congressional session. Therefore, we need to tell
our U.S. senators we are aware of S. 2099 and that we strongly
oppose it.
Go to http://www.thelibertycommittee.org and click on S. 2099 in the
Self Defense section, then click on Take Action Here! to express your
opinion about S. 2099 to your two U.S. senators.
Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee http://www.thelibertycommittee.org
SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE directions:
To SUBSCRIBE, please go to http://www.thelibertycommittee.org and click Join.
Your Senator Needs to Hear Your Opposition to Gun Owner Registration
-- Pre-written letter included below
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org
(Tuesday, September 12, 2000) -- You may have heard of S. 2099, the
National Handgun Registration Bill, which has been introduced by U.S.
Senator Jack Reed (D) of Rhode Island.
This bill, if passed, would treat all handguns like machine guns for
purposes of federal law.
This means that ALL HANDGUNS, EVEN IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY OWNED,
would have to be registered with the federal government.
A. License Existing Handguns Like Cars
Handgun owners would have to receive a license from the government
if they are to continue to own their handguns. They would have to
submit an application, together with fingerprints and a handgun tax.
This information would be compiled into a national handgun registry.
Currently, S. 2099 is bottled up in the Senate Finance Committee.
We need to ensure that it stays there. While this bill is probably
"dead in the water," one strong round of gun owner activism will
nail the coffin lid down tight and keep S. 2099 from surfacing in
the final days of the 106th Congress.
B. ACTION: Contact Your Senator By Email Or By Phone
(1-800-648-3516)
You are on the "all" list for GOA alerts. If you live in one of the
states below, please contact your Finance Committee senator and let
him know you oppose S. 2099.
Please insist that he tell you his position on national handgun
registration and on this bill. Tell him that you don't want a
generalized letter on gun control or the Second Amendment. You want
to know whether he supports or opposes S. 2099. Period.
Here's the list of the pivotal Finance Committee senators:
DELAWARE: Sen. Bill Roth comments@roth.senate.gov
TENNESSEE: Sen. Fred Thompson senator_thompson@thompson.senate.gov
MONTANA: Sen. Max Baucus max@baucus.senate.gov
NEVADA: Sen. Richard Bryan senator@bryan.senate.gov
LOUISIANA: Sen. John Breaux senator@breaux.senate.gov
NORTH DAKOTA: Sen. Kent Conrad senator@conrad.senate.gov
NEBRASKA: Sen. Bob Kerrey qmail@kerrey-cms.senate.gov
VIRGINIA: Sen. Chuck Robb senator@robb.senate.gov
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
S. 2099, which is currently before the Senate Finance Committee,
would impose national handgun registration.
All handgun owners -- current and prospective -- would be required
to be licensed by the federal government. They would have to submit
fingerprints and pay a gun tax.
Please let me know that you oppose S. 2099. Please do not send me a
generalized response concerning your position on handgun control or
the Second Amendment in general.
Rather, I am interested in knowing whether you support or oppose
S. 2099. Period.
Thank you in advance for letting me know where you stand on this
critical issue.
Sincerely,
**************
Do not reply directly to this message.
To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web.
www.ccops.org www.jbs.org
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"those who sacrifice
liberty for security deserve neither"
