The bad news is that today, the US Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senator Charles Schumer's
(D-NY) bill, S. 374, the misnamed "Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013",
mandating the "universal background checks" which are gun banner's code
words for "universal gun registration."
The
good news is that your input to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), who was working
a "deal" with Schumer which would have won Republican support, made him
back away from the bill. As a consequence, the vote was 10-8 along
party lines, with all Republicans voting against the bill.
But how bad is the bill? Let's look at its language:
- If you left town for more than 7 days, and left your gay partner, or unrelated roommate at home with the guns, you’d be committing a felony. This should be called the “denying gun rights to gays act.” Remember that the federal government does not recognize gay marriage, even if your state does, thanks to DOMA. 5 years in prison.
- Actually, even married couples are questionably legal, because the exemption between family only applies to gifts, not to temporary transfers. The 7 day implication is if you leave your spouse at home for more than 7 days, it’s an unlawful transfer, and you’re a 5 year felon. I suppose you could gift them to your spouse, or related co-habitant, and then have them gift them back when you arrive back home. Maybe the Attorney General will decide to create a form for that.
- It would be illegal to lend a gun to a friend to take shooting. That would be a transfer. 5 years in federal prison.
- Steals the livelihood of gun dealers by setting a fixed fee to conduct transfers. The fee is fixed by the Attorney General. What’s to prevent him from setting it at $1000?
- Enacts defacto universal gun registration, because of record keeping requirements.
- All lost and stolen guns must be reported to the federal and local government. This means everyone will have to fill out the theft/loss form, and not just FFLs. You only have 24 hours to comply. If you lose a gun on a hunting trip deep in the woods, and can’t get back home to fill out the form in 24 hours, you’re a felon and will spend 5 years in federal prison.
- Want to lend a gun to a friend to go hunting? It’s a 5 year in prison felony.
- No exception for state permits. All transfers must go through a dealer or 5 years in federal prison.
- Teaching someone to shoot on your own land is a felony, 5 years, if you hand them the gun. Not an exempted transfer.
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"..... This includes the right to transfer (or to, hand down to a son, or daughter) a firearm without any fees or paperwork! The same goes for the loan of a firearm (example : a hunting rifle to a friend) with no fees or paperwork, and certainly no threat (or promise) of federal prison for lack of doing so.
ReplyDeleteThese gun grabbing pos, are so convinced that there will be no consequences (negative or otherwise) for their actions. To an extent they are correct, many firearms owners will comply, or simply get rid of them rather than deal with all the red tape. Many others will respond appropriately, as this bill if signed into law is a direct threat to our lives and the safety of our families.... "Will not comply" is something the fed gov (and NRA) will need to understand.
Many others will respond appropriately, as this bill if signed into law is a direct threat to our lives and the safety of our families.... "Will not comply" is something the fed gov (and NRA) will need to understand.
DeleteNo way out.
A friend of mine who lives in another town about 2 hours away
ReplyDeletecame to see me about a month ago. He had 4 long guns and 2 handguns that needed a good cleaning and he asked me to do it for him as a favor (no charge). I've had the guns ever since and will have them until he comes back to town. Under this proposed bill we would both be felons! I haven't shot the guns and I don't even have ammunition to fit 3 out of the 6 but if this law is passed I'll be a felon.
I used this yesterday, but will again today:
DeleteThe inmates are in charge of the asylum.
Glenn Beck's "Blaze TV" which is available online for a fee or on
ReplyDeleteDish Network (for free if you have the right package) has a new show tonight at 8pm hosted by lori Dew (sp) that will have former government insiders telling about the ways that the government is currently spying on all of us. It all ties in with their attempts to round up all the guns and make us supjects instead of citizens.
You are correct, the inmates (or at least those that should be) are in charge of the asylum.
Lori Dhue that is.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
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