Posted on 01/12/2013 3:19:34 PM PST by FR_addict
Dear (Recipients),
I am a law-abiding citizen and responsible gun owner.
I am saddened by the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut, but I believe that efforts to impose new restrictions on me and other lawful and responsible owners like me are misguided. Did you know that violent crime with firearms has declined since the Federal "assault weapons ban" expired in 2004?
Your focus should be on strengthening mental health care and improving the quality of data supporting NICs checks (National Instant Criminal Background Check System). Do NOT pass more gun laws; instead, work to enforce the more than 20,000 gun laws already on the books.
I am your constituent and I vote. Please represent me.
Sincerely, (Your Name)
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The "People Have Taken Action" is increasing quickly. Right now it is 44452. Ruger says they are not using your info for anything other than legislative action.
"Press 'Submit' and we will prepare the letter below, in your name to the President, Vice-President, your Senators, Representative, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State-Level Elected Officials and State Attorney General."
It’s a step in the right direction for Ruger after they threw the 2nd Amendment under the bus to give themselves a boost by helping the 1994 semi auto ban pass.
They have a long way to go before I’ll buy any Ruger product. If they want the support of a lot of good people out here, they’ll work to repeal the Hughes Amendment.
Until that point, I’m avoiding buying any new Ruger guns.
They are up to 45788 now.
Background checks are an onerous and totally ineffective burden on gun owners.
I doubt if any criminal was ever stopped from obtaining a gun and using it in a crime by them. They might stop him from getting one legally but they are a pain in the neck for ordinary citizens.
Several years ago, I somehow got on the FBI’s list because they kept delaying approval. they would always eventually approve the sale but often I had to drive a long way to get the gun. I am sure it kept me from purchasing guns on several occasions just because I didn’t want to go through the process.
I have noticed in the last few years there is no longer a delay. BTW I have a perfect record. Never tried or convicted of anything. I haven’t even had a speeding ticket in over 20 years.
You’re aware, of course, that (the late) Bill Ruger was the one calling the shots for Ruger in 1994?
One representative is trying to get a background check that includes visits to your home and a mental health exam.
A Democratic state assemblywoman, Angelica Jimenez, has proposed that all new gun buyers in New Jersey undergo a mental health evaluation and home inspection first.
“Jimenez (D-West New York) filed legislation Wednesday that would require gun buyers in her state to present the results of a mental health examination before purchasing a weapon and that would direct police officers to inspect the buyer's home to determine if the gun would be kept away from children and the mentally ill. Jimenez's measure, if passed, would likely be the first of its kind in the country.”
How about a “Million Mag March” on DC.
1million patriots show up in DC with high cap mags...
We’ve been waiting for someone to organize it. I think a million people would go.
Also, needs to be one going to Albany. New York is getting ready to be the first in the nation. And they are going to make it retroactive. What was legal will be illegal and you will be a felon if you don’t hand over your legally purchased property.
Pro 2nd Amendment Rally at State Capitols Across the Nation January 19th at Noon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2977533/posts
52603!
8,000 more in about an hour!
Action Alert: Whether the Semi-Auto Ban Passes May Depend on What Happens to the Senate Rules
I have little doubt it will pass in the Senate.
I am hoping the Republicans in the House will not betray us. They may need to be reminded of 1994.
P4L
And that matters why? Ruger, the company, has done nothing to make up for that. Yeah, Bill Ruger died, big deal. Now, the company needs to set things right.
I think Ruger’s Son runs the company now but am not sure.
Whoever is running it has gotten more second amendment friendly. Ruger is now selling high capacity mags for the mini-14 in it’s various versions. I think Bill Ruger would only sell them to the police and military.
There have been other things which for some reason I can’t recall right now but Ruger is much better than they were.
First, there are already more than 20,000 gun control laws actively on the books today and none of them prevented this tragedy. Second, millions upon million of people in America own guns and 99.9999% of them have never and will never do anything like this.
So, let’s lose the hysteria and analyze the facts - a PERSON did this, NOT a hunk of steel. In Portland, a PERSON killed two people in the mall, NOT a hunk of steel! In Denver, a PERSON shot up the theater, NOT a hunk of steel!!
NONE of these facts will matter to the gun-grabbing nanny-staters, because they focus solely on the gun and nothing else. So, what happens if ALL guns are outlawed and forcibly collected by the feds? Someone bent on committing mass murder may turn to knives, hatchets, chainsaws or machetes. So, we outlaw those. The next person to commit a heinous crime may use a bat, poison, poison gas or a semi-tractor. And the one after that may use a car, a pen or pencil, a rock, his hands . . . . . . so when do we blame the PERSON and NOT the inanimate weapon!???
The fact remains that until the left understands that murdering humans by ANY means including their favorite method, abortion, human life will be valueless and more copycats will come out to exercise their demented mass murder of innocent people.
All of that said, it occurs to me that the gun-grabbers are from the leftist school of complete control. What that means is that if 1 person commits a gun crime then, under the leftist theory of the “collective” and “groupthink”, they believe that ALL gun owners will commit mass murder unless they eliminate guns (good luck with that!). So, the calls for more gun control by the left after these incidents is twofold - eliminate the “balance of power” the Founding Fathers so carefully wove into the Constitution and gain total control over the people.
Another part that affects all of this is the fact that laws, whether gun laws, robbery laws, or whatever, are written solely to affect law-abiding citizens. People who commit crimes are called “outlaws” and criminals because they DON’T adhere to the laws created to control or stop their illegal activities.
So, should the left create additional gun control laws, will it prevent the next gun-related crime? Of course not. Laws only affect those of us who obey them. Those who disregard the law won’t be stopped from committing whatever crime they want to commit.
As a final note, Adam Lanza did not own the guns he used to murder all of the people at Sandy Hook Elementary. They were his mother’s guns and they were all legally purchased and registered. Which begs the question, what will any NEW gun control laws accomplish?
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