GRNC Alert 2-10-13: Stop Pending Federal Sellout of YOUR Rights!

Said the Associated Press on Friday:

“A cornerstone of President Barack Obama's drive to check gun violence is gathering bipartisan steam as four senators, including two of the National Rifle Association's congressional champions, privately seek compromise on requiring far more firearms purchasers to undergo background checks.”

Translated, it means a sellout is in the works – something GRNC has warned about for several weeks. When Republican Tom Coburn and Democrat Charles Schumer start scheming, watch out. The result will probably be “gun registration lite,” in which, arbitrarily, some private transactions have to be registered through the National Instant Check System, but not others.

Fool me once …

In case you think this represents “dodging the bullet” on a full semi-auto ban or other more draconian measures, let me tell you how it will work: First, they will try to pass a “reasonable” scheme like registering some private sales via NICS. If that passes, their foot is in the door. Next, you will see more comprehensive measures. After that, they will go back and “close the loopholes” deliberately left open to pass the original bill in a play which recreates how they nearly passed “Brady II” in 1994. The fooled us in 1994. Don’t let them do it again.

National Coalition opposes ‘universal background checks’

The National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban, a coalition of 37 state and national organizations forged by GRNC and others, has now gone on record promising to punish any politician who supports the universal gun registration masquerading as “universal background checks.”

Never forget that after the Brady Act passed, the Clinton administration immediately set about turning NICS into a defacto gun registry by retaining transaction records from background checks in violation of the law. As demonstrated in Canada, which just scrapped its gun registry, gun registration doesn’t reduce crime, it only provides a mechanism for confiscation. You can see the latest Coalition open letter at the bottom of this alert.

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