Posted on 07/14/2011 2:41:15 PM PDT by Kaslin
My answer to that was basically this...
"This was almost purely a propaganda move aimed at creating a distraction and a veneer of responsibility."
At any rate the NRA reports that ...
House Committee Passes Amendment to Defund Illegal Obama Firearm Sales Reporting Requirement.Today, during consideration of the FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, pro-gun U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for a new and unauthorized multiple sales reporting plan proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Amendment was passed by a vote of 25-16.
The Rehberg Amendment, which was strongly supported by NRA, will defund the Justice Departments controversial and illegal move requiring federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles.
As we reported yesterday, this procedure was proposed last fall as an emergency" measure by BATFE. Specifically, it calls for all of the firearm retailers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to report multiple sales, or other dispositions, of two or more .22 caliber or larger semi-automatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable magazine purchased by a single individual in a five consecutive business day period. It is important to note that under existing law, BATFE already has full access to every dealers firearm transaction records, either during a bona fide criminal investigation or simply to enforce compliance with record keeping requirements. This new reporting procedure would create a registry of owners of many of today's most popular rifles--firearms owned by millions of Americans for self-defense, hunting and other lawful purposes. Most importantly, however, the BATFE has no legal authority to demand these reports.
In addition, the agency has recently come under intense scrutiny due to its ill-conceived Fast and Furious operation. "Fast and Furious" encouraged Arizona gun stores to sell thousands of guns to suspicious buyers, despite objections from dealers and even BATFEs own field agents.
Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on and passed, by a vote of 277 to 149, an amendment to H.R. 1 (also offered by Rep. Rehberg, along with Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.)) that also would have prohibited the use of federal funds for this reporting requirement. Unfortunately, the amendment was not included in the final version of the bill as a result of Senate inaction.
In March, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced S. 570--to prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns." The bill would ensure that federal funds cannot be used for the multiple sales reporting procedure.
NRA will continue to work to make sure the Rehberg Amendment makes it through the appropriations process. The amendment is scheduled to be heard on the House floor in August.
While the Rehberg Amendment is a critically important first step, it is imperative that you contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to cosponsor and support S. 570. You can find contact information for your elected officials by using the "Write Your Representatives" tool at www.NRAILA.org, or you can call your U.S. senators at (202) 224-3121. S. 570 currently has 29 cosponsors. To see if your senators are cosponsors, please click here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN00570:@@@P
This alert is posted at: www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=6989
Actually I think the figure of 150 refers to 150 Mexican LEOs killed with F&F guns. No numbers on Mexican civilians killed with them.
I don’t really know much about any EOs he has signed other than what was in that NRA report. My focus has been on the Gunwalker scandal lately. 0bama doesn’t seem to care much what Congress does or doesn’t do he just makes up his own rules. He needs to be impeached and removed from office or this mess he’s making may get too big to fix.
Can any other alphabet agency claim as high a body count as this group of petty tyrants?
I'm not sure there was anything intentional about that. Gunrunner is the name of an ATF agency-wide operation but Gunwalker is just a media created name for the scandal of "walking" guns across the border. But yes these new reporting requirements are confusing as to where they came from, what authority they come from and if that's all 0bama is going to do. I keep hearing that he "is going to implement new regulations," future tense, even though it has been reported that the reporting requirements have been put in place.
If he tries to go by EO he'll see in advance the amount of opposition he might face through the actions of Rehberg, Boren, Tester and Burr.
for later reading
Yep. It may have been part of the deal, or they may have done a 'battlefield upgrade' to a select-fire version at the scene.
While the latter is possible, the former seems more likely.
Bump for future reference on Gun Walking and gun control
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