Advertisements
Category Archives: 2nd Amendment Rights
Gun News …
Unable to Ban Guns, Lawmakers Want to Weaponize the ATF Against Gun Dealers: New at Reason
What’s a politician to do when it’s clear that people will vigorously resist attempts to restrict their lives? Well, you could empower government officials to arbitrarily punish anybody who might help them exercise their freedom. That’s……
NJ Governor Set To Sign Six Bills To Restrict Law-Abiding Citizens’ Gun Rights
It’s not enough for some states to be among the worst when it comes to their citizens’ civil liberties, particularly the right to keep and bear arms. No, for some they have to keep ramping up the restrictions every chance they get. In [Keep Reading]
Final pieces of the puzzle voiding the Second Amendment are ready to put in place
It’s no mystery to the majority of liberty-loving Americans that politicians of every political stripe have been working feverishly to find new ways to restrict or eliminate our constitutionally protected God-given rights. And there has been perhaps no greater effort in their politically correct but unconstitutional agenda than their attempts to void in word and/or deed our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Gun Control Activists Say They’re Planning a ‘Die In’ at Disney
It’s funny. Normally, taking children to Disney World keeps them from throwing hissy fits.
SAF founder Alan Gottlieb says anti-gun cities get an unseen advantage by often enjoying free legal help on gun issues. (Dave Workman) A little-known problem facing gun rights organizations is that the municipalities they sue often get free
POLITICO
Conference of Mayors passes resolutions favoring gun control 
The bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a series of resolutions calling for more gun control measures during the group’s annual meeting in Boston this week.
FOX BUSINESS
Credit service Intuit shuts down payments on all gun purchases
Judge Andrew Napolitano on Tuesday told FOX Business Opens a New Window. that credit card processor Intuit Opens a New Window. is within its rights to shut down payments on gun purchases.
THE HILL
Gun control is a sure way to hurt conservation efforts
Despite a unified effort by celebrities and politicians to usher in gun control legislation, the American public has responded by joining or donating to gun rights organizations in large numbers. Sportsmen comprising firearms enthusiasts and hunters believe a concerted attack on firearms is a concerted attack on their sporting lifestyle.
Quite A List of ‘Nobodies’
Whom really want to take your guns…
Lengthy read.
Well worth it.
It’s Been a Long Week, But Much has been Accomplished
It’s Been a Long Week, But Much has been Accomplished
We want to thank the entire GOA membership for taking action this week — and, especially, for calling the Oval Office.
I personally have been to the White House many times since Trump took office, and I am in contact with those who are hammering out gun policy on behalf of the President on a regular basis.
The White House clearly knows where GOA and its members stand. Your collective voice has been VERY LOUD indeed.
So we want to thank you for that.
And you should be encouraged that some media outlets are declaring that prospects for gun control are as “dim as ever.”
Because of your activism, the White House knows there is a significant chunk of the gun community that wants NO gun control … NO infringements … and, NO compromises.
Many of the public meetings with the President this week have involved efforts to pass gun control “lite.”
But the White House knows that GOA and it’s 1.5 million members are NOT supporting any gun control.
And they’re not the only ones.
I and other GOA staff have met with the chief sponsor of the Fix NICS bill in the Senate, John Cornyn of Texas.
We’ve told him that GOA members oppose this legislation — but that we are heartily on board with passing concealed carry reciprocity.
And this is key, because it’s the members of the legislature who will determine what goes into any bill that is sent to President Trump’s desk.
What encourages me is that when we go into these meetings, we have GOA’s membership standing behind us.
Capitol Hill offices are frequently telling us how “loud” our members are.
Again, I am grateful for that — because now we are facing a new, potential threat.
Up the pressure on your Congressmen by getting GOA’s pre-written postcards that are sent to all GOA Members. You can join Gun Owners of America today for only $20!
Congress considers adding gun control to spending bill
Washington’s Roll Call newspaper reports that congressmen are considering adding the Fix NICS gun ban bill to the annual spending bill, called the “Omnibus.”
This is a serious threat because the omnibus is most definitely a “must pass bill.”
This strategy is clever — from an anti-gun perspective — but it is not without its potential pitfalls.
Roll Call reports that the addition of Fix NICS — and nothing else — “would face steep resistance from Senate Democrats” because gun grabbers want far more gun control. And the bill would also be strongly opposed by pro-gun conservatives in the House.
On this latter point, you have played a significant role.
You will remember that GOA urged you in December to help us get cosponsors on the Rep. Ted Budd letter, which told Senators that if “Fix NICS” came back from the Senate without concealed carry reciprocity, it would not be considered.
Thankfully, there were dozens of congressmen who signed on to the Budd letter, and this has complicated efforts to get gun control passed — which is a good thing.
But more to the point: When the House leadership combined Fix NICS and concealed carry reciprocity into a “combo-bill” (H.R. 38) earlier this year, the House leadership promised us and its House members that Fix NICS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED unless reciprocity was added to it.
Having said this, it’s probably worth reminding the House leadership of their commitment to us.
And since this is the last alert of the week, let’s just remind them once more to say “no” to all gun control — and to keep their promises to uphold their oath of office.
NB Daily: Now They Like Him: Nets Tout Trump Siding With Dems on Gun Control
Now They Like Him: Nets Tout Trump Siding With Dems on Gun Control |
|
 |
In a nationally televised negotiation with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House Wednesday, President Trump appeared to back many liberal gun control proposals much to the delight of the liberal media. During their evening… |
ABC, NBC Celebrate Dick’s Sporting Goods Pulling ARs from Stores… Again
The liberal media were jubilant when news broke Wednesday morning that Dick’s Sporting Goods planned to stop selling AR-15’s at all their stores and would impose age restrictions on those looking to purchase a weapon. But what they were…
 |
 |
Disrespectful Matthews Compares Parkland Students to American Troops Winning World War I
A day after suggesting that defying the NRA could leave politicians assassinated like Anwar Sadat or Yitzhak Rabin, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews argued on Wednesday night that Parkland gun control student activists are just like…
Andrea Mitchell Fears ‘Crisis Will Pass’ Without Gun Restrictions
In an interview with anti-gun Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy on her Wednesday show, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell pressed the Democrat from the left and demanded stronger action on gun control. She fretted that soon “this crisis will pass”…
Chuck Todd: In the ‘90s, We Couldn’t Cover Bin Laden; Too Busy With Lewinsky
Cover Osama bin Laden in the ‘90s? Journalists were too busy with Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. That was the casual, lazy way in which Chuck Todd on Monday explained lack of journalistic alarm about the terrorist. Todd talked to actors Jeff…
14 Years Later, PBS Tries Out Another ‘Conservative’ Political Talk Show
The same network that touts just one regular “conservative” analyst, David Brooks — who many would argue isn’t even really a conservative — announced Wednesday that they were launching a “conservative” political talk show, debuting April 13.…
Looks like we’re making some headway…..
Pro-gun Senators are emboldened to fight for 2A Rights!
To recap: Democrats like Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein are teaming up with sell-out Republicans to enact a package which we call “The Second Amendment Infringement Act of 2018.”
That could be enacted as one bill or three bills, but it contains all of the elements for politicians who want to effectively repeal the Second Amendment, but don’t have the 3/4 of the states to change the Constitution. (See the accompanying chart.)
But as I suggested above, our grassroots support is emboldening pro-gun Senators on the Hill. According to the article that I cited earlier:
An attempt to bring up that bill with dispatch failed when Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, blocked a bid by GOP leadership to pass it without debate.
Kudos to Senator Lee and the several other pro-gun Senators who are backing him!
Now that the Senate is in recess for the rest of the week, it’s important to shift gears briefly and bombard the House with phone calls and emails.
Because remember, whatever gets passed in the Senate will get thrown back to the lower chamber.
Representatives will play a key role in battling gun control
The House took action last year, when congressmen passed a combo-bill combining “Fix NICS” with reciprocity.
GOA heartily supported the concealed carry portion, but strenuously opposed the “Fix NICS” part of the bill.
Having said that, the House leadership at that time promised their fellow members and us that, if “Fix NICS” came back from the Senate without reciprocity, it would not be considered.
Not only that, several dozen congressmen signed a letter authored by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) which reiterated the same point.
The letter was a terse message to the Senate, telling them that any “gun legislation” that comes back to the House, MUST HAVE CONCEALED CARRY REICPROCITY.
If the House sticks to its guns, so to speak, it will make it very difficult for Congress to pass the “Second Amendment Infringement Act.”
The reason is that Senate Democrats like Chuck Schumer have not been willing to give an inch in his demand for gun control — and nothing but gun control.
Some congressmen are beginning to wet their pants
GOA is hearing that some congressmen are already beginning to waver. Of course, we’ve been focusing our attention on the immediate battle — in the Senate.
So House members really haven’t been hearing from GOA members all that much … at least, not yet.
This is why we need to buck up the members of the House — especially Republicans.
The Assault on Our Gun Rights Begins…
Senate Leaders Prepare ‘Second Amendment Repeal Acts’
1. Please call your Senators — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) at (202) 224-3244, and Sen. Tina Smith (D) at (202) 224-5641 — and urge them to OPPOSE every word of gun control.
2. Remind them that they should be repealing gun free zones … arming teachers and principals who want to carry … and enacting concealed carry reciprocity!
3. You can also send an email to your Senators by clicking here.
Not a GOA member yet? We need you more than ever right now. You can join Gun Owners of America today for only $20!
URGENT ALERT: Another Round of Phone Calls/Emails are Desperately Needed!
If you were a cowardly politician who wanted to repeal the Second Amendment — by statute — because you couldn’t secure 3/4 of the states to amend the Constitution, what would you do?
First, you would pass generalized language that would allow any administration to ban entire classes of firearms by executive fiat.
Second, you would force states and agencies to send millions of names of innocent Americans to a national “gun ban list.”
Third, you would create a secret procedure to allow police to descend on your home and seize your guns, without giving you a chance to defend yourself in court.
You would, in short, pass the Second Amendment Repeal Acts of 2018 — a set of bills which are being prepared, in secret, by both Republican and Democrat senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
It is not clear whether the package would come to the Senate floor as one, two, or three bills. But, collectively, they should be better known as “The Second Amendment Repeal Acts of 2018.”
So please call your Senators — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) at (202) 224-3244, and Sen. Tina Smith (D) at (202) 224-5641. Urge them to OPPOSE every word of gun control.
And remind them that they should be repealing gun free zones … arming teachers and principals who want to carry … and enacting concealed carry reciprocity!
You can also send an email to your Senators by clicking here.
Up the pressure on your Congressmen by getting GOA’s pre-written postcards that are sent to all GOA Members. You can join Gun Owners of America today for only $20!
The Second Amendment Repeal Acts of 2018
GOA is hearing that the following gun control components will be included in this compromise legislation:
1. A Trojan Horse bump stock ban. The so-called “bump stock” ban that would outlaw anything which “accelerates the rate of fire of a semi-automatic firearm.”
We’ve already seen how this language would ban polished bolts, match triggers, and high-capacity magazines. Tripods and scopes also allow a shooter to fire accurately at an accelerated rate.
And, since pistol grips allow for faster and more accurate fire, any semi-automatic which has one could, under an anti-gun administration, also be banned. And also any semi-automatic handgun.
If you doubt this, ask yourself this question: Do you think, for a minute, that Barack Obama would not have done this, had he had this legislation available to him?
2. Background checks on steroids that would send millions of decent citizens into the NICS system.
The “Fix NICS” component would use a federal mandate and a $625,000,000 “bribe pot” to force the submission of millions of names — perhaps tens of million of names — of innocent Americans to NICS.
These submissions are not hypothetical: In every case, states like New York and agencies like Veterans Affairs already submit these names to NICS.
But, if every state and every agency were forced to follow New York’s and the VA’s lead, tens of millions of Americans would lose their right to keep and bear arms.
Thus, what if everyone in Social Security (old age), Medicare, and Medicaid could be disarmed, by a simple diagnosis, if they had Alzheimer’s, PTSD, ADHD, post partem depression, or OCD? Or a guardian to process their check?
What if every state followed Massachusetts’ lead and sent traffic ticket scofflaws to NICS.
What if every state sent its medical marijuana list to NICS, as Hawaii is doing?
What if every state followed New York’s SAFE Act, which coerced psychiatrists to send 30,000 of their patients to NICS?
What you would have is a nation disarmed — category by category.
Make no mistake about it: These liberals are casting a broader and broader net on innocent Americans.
And yet they were unable to stop people who passed background checks in Tucson, Aurora, San Bernardino, Charleston, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, and Parkland.
And they were unable to stop the Newtown shooter, who killed his mother and stole her guns.
3. Firearm Confiscation Orders. Finally, the “Second Amendment Repeal Act” is expected to have star-chamber procedure where police, relatives, neighbors, or government officials can get a secret (ex parte) order to take away your guns.
The procedure was devised by California, in coordination to billionaire Michael Bloomberg.
The first time you would know that your gun rights have been taken away is when police arrive to ransack your house and, if you resist, to arrest or kill you and your family.
This is already happening in repressive states, although, not surprisingly, the press doesn’t choose to report it.
And, although you have the right to an after-the-fact hearing, few victims have the money to hire the attorneys and expert witnesses necessary to take advantage of this option. Compounding the problem, judges are loath to second-guess themselves — and risk public condemnation.
Pro-gun legislation that WON’T be in this “compromise” bill
We suspect the Second Amendment Repeal Act will not contain the only idea which could effectively protect our children: the right of armed teachers to protect their students.
And it will definitely not have the Hudson reciprocity bill, which the House leadership promised us and its members would be part of any final gun package.
Thus, there will be a continuing succession of bloody media-generated school shootings.
Because the one thing we know for sure is that virtually every one of these mass shooters is primarily motivated by media fame.
And each successive failure of gun control will only generate additional calls for MORE GUN CONTROL.
There was an expression popular in the 1980’s: The sell-out Republicans are “feeding the alligator, in the hopes that it will eat them last.”
But if you’re wondering how this sell-out bill will play politically, check out the Saturday New York Times front-page sub-headline: “[Florida] Leaders Defy N.R.A., but Proposals Fail to Impress Protesters.”
Thus, these sell-outs are working hard to destroy the Republicans’ base, but will not mollify a single anti-gun voter in return.
So, again, please call your Senators — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) at (202) 224-3244, and Sen. Tina Smith (D) at (202) 224-5641.
Urge them to OPPOSE every word of gun control.
And remind them that they should be repealing gun free zones … arming teachers and principals who want to carry … and enacting concealed carry reciprocity!
You can also send an email to your Senators by clicking here.
