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URGENT: Gun Control Coming to the Senate Floor on Monday
Gun Owners of America ^ | Friday, 06 December 2013 | Gun Owners

Posted on 12/06/2013 10:38:02 AM PST by forty_years

CALL YOUR SENATORS, EMAIL THEM DIRECTLY, AND/OR USE A TOOL THAT AUTOMATICALLY FINDS YOUR SENATORS AND EMAILS THEM.

“[Democrats] just spent all year trying to effectively destroy the gun lobby, so why in heaven's name [should] we give them this Christmas present?" -- GOA’s Michael Hammond on the plastic gun ban (ABC News, Dec. 3, 2013)

The U.S. House of Representatives did a very dangerous thing Tuesday -- and, apparently, it did so with the consent of one gun organization.

By voice vote, the House slammed through a ten-year re-authorization of the poorly drafted 1988 plastic gun ban.

Lest anyone be confused about how the anti-gun Left views this, USA Today crowed, on the front page of Wednesday's newspaper that the “HOUSE SAYS YES TO ONE GUN BILL -- Plastic gun ban only firearm legislation to pass since November.”

Taken alone, this gives the Obama administration, if it chooses, another three years to use the 1988 law to ban large numbers of guns.

But there is an even bigger danger: Chuck Schumer held a press conference the same day to indicate that he will use the House-passed bill as a vehicle to pass even more gun control. We don't expect to know Schumer's bill number or language before he actually offers it, but it will purport to deal with guns from 3-D printers, while actually being much broader.

So here's what we are doing: We are asking our friends in the Senate to put a “hold” on any effort by Schumer to amend the House bill.

The Senate will only be in session four or five days next week before the House goes out for the year, and Schumer may not be able to get time on the Senate floor without “unanimous consent” from all senators.

So, by doing this, we would force Schumer to give up on his vehicle for banning printer-guns if he wanted any reauthorization of the 1988 bill. If Schumer remains adamant, there will be no re-authorization at all. Even if he capitulates, we'll see what happens.

It's not a perfect outcome. But we think it's an outcome we can probably achieve.

ACTION: Click here to Contact your Senators. Ask them to oppose any effort by Senator Chuck Schumer to add gun control to the H.R. 3626, the plastic gun ban reauthorization which passed in the House.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 357chuckie; banglist; guncontrol; gungrab; schumer; secondamendment
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To: forty_years
America was built on a core foundation of God and guns. Both are essential for liberty.


21 posted on 12/06/2013 11:34:55 AM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: forty_years
They're "protecting" themselves at the expense of everyone else.
22 posted on 12/06/2013 12:01:23 PM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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To: driftdiver
The NRA did not oppose this bill.

Yeah. Yeah they did oppose this bill.

23 posted on 12/06/2013 12:09:18 PM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: forty_years

This is what they did with the healthcare bill. The house passed one thing, the senate stripped it and replaced it with something else and then passed that.


24 posted on 12/06/2013 12:10:33 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Dead Corpse

No.

They said this “The NRA strongly opposes ANY expansion of the Undetectable Firearms Act”

which is not the same as opposing the Act itself.


25 posted on 12/06/2013 12:11:10 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

That sucks.

I need about 2k WSR primers, another 1k CCI 300’s, another #8 jug of Accurate 2230, IMR 800x, and a bunch of projectiles for .223, .30-30, and .38/.357.


26 posted on 12/06/2013 12:13:06 PM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: forty_years

BookMark


27 posted on 12/06/2013 12:34:21 PM PST by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: Dead Corpse
Following is the entire text at your link:

With the expiration of the so-called Undetectable Firearms Act (UFA) rapidly approaching on December 9th, misinformation over this issue and NRA’s position on it has unfortunately reached a heightened level.

We would like to make our position clear. The NRA strongly opposes ANY expansion of the Undetectable Firearms Act, including applying the UFA to magazines, gun parts, or the development of new technologies. The NRA has been working for months to thwart expansion of the UFA by Senator Chuck Schumer and others. We will continue to aggressively fight any expansion of the UFA or any other proposal that would infringe on our Second Amendment rights.

Unlike the Schumer proposal, the vote today in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3626, sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble, is a simple 10-year reauthorization -- NOT an expansion -- of current law. Other than extending the sunset date, H.R. 3626 makes no changes whatsoever to the underlying act.

Some groups have been circulating misinformation in order to create confusion over today’s House vote. To be clear, Rep. Coble’s bill DOES NOT expand current law in any way, as Sen. Schumer’s proposal would do.

Again, the NRA strongly opposes any expansion of the Undetectable Firearms Act. By simply reauthorizing current law, however, H.R. 3626 does not expand the UFA in any way.

Apparently, NRA has no objection to EXTENDING the idiotic, worthless, and unconstitutional "Undetectable Firearms Act". The NRA does not represent me or my views on this matter. The act should be allowed to sunset; it should NOT be extended. NRA is wrong.

28 posted on 12/06/2013 12:41:35 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: forty_years

Is there a scheduled mass shooting this weekend?


29 posted on 12/06/2013 12:45:28 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Yo-Yo

It doesn’t have zero Republican votes if it passed the house.


30 posted on 12/06/2013 12:46:19 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL
PopVox is fine, but I've already provided a link to find and contact your senators easily -- directly through the Senate website. I've also provided the easiest method to contact your Senators using the Gun Owners of America tool. I've used their contact forms many times and my messages have always been delivered because I get responses from my reps/senators. GOA is one of our country's oldest and staunchest gun advocacy groups. These links are at the top of the post.
31 posted on 12/06/2013 12:57:37 PM PST by forty_years
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To: GeronL
Is there a scheduled mass shooting this weekend?

Hold on..... (typing).... Yes. Got it right here. Seventeen fatalities, twenty-two injuries, scheduled in a mall in North Carolina, perp will have a Glock. Should begin Saturday morning, unless our handlers can't get the guy riled-up enough tonight. He will -- as is always our custom -- shoot himself.

32 posted on 12/06/2013 1:00:09 PM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

That is good comrade


33 posted on 12/06/2013 1:05:46 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Black Agnes

But then Obamacare had to go back to the House, where it was passed by the then Dem majority under Speaker Pelosi.

There’s definitely a ramp up underway. Couple anti gun troupes are hitting the airwaves with new ads in major buys.


34 posted on 12/06/2013 1:07:15 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: NorthMountain

Unlike the Schumer proposal, the vote today in the U.S. House of Representatives on H.R. 3626, sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble, is a simple 10-year reauthorization — NOT an expansion — of current law. Other than extending the sunset date, H.R. 3626 makes no changes whatsoever to the underlying act. “

Come on Texans, How do you let this 82 year old fossil stay in the House? Looks as though he needs a drool cup!


35 posted on 12/06/2013 1:07:32 PM PST by vette6387
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To: tanknetter

Boehner will let it come up for a vote, bet on it. Even if most of the votes it gets are dims.

He’s bought or blackmailed. Maybe both.


36 posted on 12/06/2013 1:12:44 PM PST by Black Agnes
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To: forty_years

Does an undetectable gun fire an undetectable bullet? If no, then it’s just a nice looking paperweight.


37 posted on 12/06/2013 1:15:31 PM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: petro45acp

“...The government we deserve?...”

No.

But the one we’re willing to put up with, for sure.


38 posted on 12/06/2013 1:37:47 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: GeronL
It doesn’t have zero Republican votes if it passed the house.

In the SENATE.

39 posted on 12/06/2013 1:45:42 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo

If the Senate changes the House bill and then passes it, would the House have to vote on the bill again, because it was changed by the Senate?


40 posted on 12/06/2013 1:52:21 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (The Second Amendment makes all the other amendments possible)
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