Posted on 10/08/2005 2:47:54 AM PDT by neverdem
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of CCRKBA, 425-454-4911; Web: http://www.ccrkba.org
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 4 /U.S. Newswire /-- A scandal involving members of Sen. Charles Schumer's staff -- working for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee -- who fraudulently obtained credit information on Maryland's Republican lieutenant governor, demonstrates why the anti-gun senator's invasive gun control schemes cannot be trusted, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today.
The scandal has been quietly unfolding for weeks, but the mainstream press has largely ignored the story. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb believes that biased news organizations are once again giving a gun control extremist what amounts to a "free pass" over an outrage that hardly surprises gun owners.
"Schumer has denied any knowledge about the activities of his research director Katie Barge and staffer Laura Weiner, who reportedly used the Social Security number of Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in an attempt to find something politically damaging to him," Gottlieb said. "Mr. Schumer should be held to the same standard of accountability for the acts of his underlings as was President Richard Nixon more than 30 years ago, for the Watergate plumber's scandal. That Barge and Weiner have quit is irrelevant.
"The more important issue," Gottlieb continued, "is that this story reveals how irresponsible Schumer's people would be with the kind of information the senator has wanted to amass on gun owners over the years through his invasive gun control schemes. Schumer has backed all kinds of intrusive legislation that would require law-abiding Americans to surrender their privacy just to exercise a Constitutionally-protected civil right.
"Thanks to the Maryland scandal," Gottlieb observed, "American gun owners now realize what Schumer's minions could, and would, do with such details on gun-owning citizens. We now have good reason to be suspicious of any gun control mandates that include disclosure of a person's Social Security number and other personal information on purchase forms to be used ostensibly just to clear the National Instant Check System; the kind of information Schumer wants the government to retain.
"Americans have every right to be concerned," Gottlieb concluded, "that anti-gunners of Schumer's ilk, including those on his payroll, would use whatever means available to dig up dirt on gun owners, just to find some reason why they should not be allowed to own firearms. Schumer has yet to apologize for the conduct of his subordinates, but then again, self-righteous demagogues usually don't."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms – http://www.ccrkba.org -- is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
http://www.usnewswire.com/
/© 2005 U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770
Don't miss this Clinton and Schumer foolery.
The Dems are going to explode if Rove is not indicted and Schumer is!
Loved this post! But loved your links even better. Good job.
A politician who can't be trusted?!?! *GASP* What are we coming to?
And what was the cry in 1961 feom the anti-gunners then>
1961. "We don't want to take away your guns, we ONLY want to register handguns, and stop the import military surplus because they compete with domestic manufacturers of hunting rifles."
1963.. We want to register ALL GUNS and ban the import all military surplus firearms.
1968..1968 gun control act passed. "Today, we make America safe by taking the guns out of the hands of criminals."...Lyndon B. Johnson
1971..We ONLY want to ban Saturday Night Specials.
1976.. We want to ban ALL handguns.
1981..Give up your handguns and you can keep your rifles!
We only want to control handguns..Handgun Control Inc.
Note: America was awash with "assault rifles" at the time and no one was worried about them.
1989..Ban "Assault rifles"!
2000..Ban single shot big caliber rifles!
See wher they are going? And I have left out many other quotes calling for the total ban on anything that shoots.
That is an eye opening timeline. But the plus side is that although the screaming from the Brady's et al is louder, we have the upper hand in most states. But it is not a time to rest on our laurels.
B T T T
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