Action needed!
PRO-GUN BILLS MAKE WAY TO HOUSE FLOOR!
The House of Representatives may act as early as next week on critical pro-Second Amendment reform bills. These bills need your support today:
H.R. 5092--the "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006," by Reps. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) -- will curb the agency's efforts to revoke dealers' licenses for minor paperwork errors, improve the appeals process for dealers, and, establish new guidelines for BATFE investigations. This bill was drafted in large part to address recent, blatant BATFE abuses at Richmond, Virginia gun shows highlighted in hearings before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. (See next story on Brady Center's blatant misrepresentation of this bill.)
H.R. 5005--the "Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act," by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) -- will protect gun owners' privacy by creating a permanent version of the "Tiahrt Amendment," preventing disclosure of gun owner records outside of legitimate criminal investigations. The bill also includes a ban on BATFE retrieving out-of-business dealers' records by the gun owner's name-making permanent an appropriations restriction that's been in effect for the last 10 years. Among other reforms, H.R. 5005 will also permanently ban federal fees on instant background checks and roll back various restrictions on firearms industry activities.
With the legislative clock running out, this may be our last chance to pass these essential reforms before the November election--so please be sure to immediately contact your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121, and urge him or her to VOTE FOR H.R. 5092 and H.R. 5005 when they are brought to the House floor! Additional contact information can be found by visiting http://www.nraila.org/, clicking the "Take Action" icon, and then clicking the "Write Your Representatives" icon.
Please be sure to contact your Representative TODAY, and urge your family, friends, and fellow firearm owners to do the same!
Thank you for your continued support as we work to make these legislative reforms the law of the land!
Bump! See post number 5!
Unless you buy quite a few guns the $10 fee for a background check isn't a big expense item for most buyers, but even so it should be free since there is still a WWII era Federal excise tax paid by the manufacturer and built into the wholesale price of every new gun you buy.
Gun buyers in my state, GA, didn't have to have the FBI checkout if the buyer had a GA carry permit until recently when we were notified that the much more thorough background check required by GA to obtain a carry permit would no longer be accepted by the feds and we would have to pay for a new FBI check each time we buy a gun. It's supposed to be another way to prevent would-be terrorists from buying guns, but that doesn't make sense. If a person goes through the GA background check required for a carry permit, anything fishy in his or her record will be brought to light. A new checkout at every gun purchase is a total waste of time and money. If H.R. 500 becomes law the $10 fee for that redundant FBI check will not be charged to any gun buyer, including those of us who have carry permits.
If you like that idea please call or write your Congresscritter and tell him/her to vote yea on HR 500 if he/she wants your vote next time.