Posted on 09/28/2006 5:15:49 PM PDT by ozoneliar
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she would block the Senate from taking up a House-passed bill that would change how the government handles gun dealer violations.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
And the second ammendment is so easy to read.
Her husband the chinese gun runner must have figured out another way to make a billion dollars on this.
Pray tell, which RINOs screwed us to give CCW-holder-hypocrite Dianne Feinswine the power to block this bill?
But apparently difficult to spell?
(Mea culpa...I could not resist. It's nothing personal. I'm just a wiseass.)
If only there were spell check
I despise that witch. And I mean it. Sure the Dems are going to change their gun grabbing ways. The BATFE is out of control.
Excerpting WaPo not required.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she would block the Senate from taking up a House-passed bill that would change how the government handles gun dealer violations.
The House on Wednesday voted 277-131 in favor of the legislation to change how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, pursues gun dealer violations.
"This legislation would make it difficult, if not impossible, for the ATF to penalize gun dealers who have broken the law, and to prevent rogue dealers from continuing to sell guns," Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement.
A single senator can put a "hold" on legislation, preventing it from being offered on the floor without the approval of 60 senators.
The legislation differentiates penalties based on the seriousness of the violation and the size of the firearm business. It requires that any ATF decision on a dealer's license be reviewed by an administrative law judge.
Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., who sponsored the House bill, said it would give the ATF greater flexibility to deal appropriately with minor violations while going after gun dealers who are breaking the law. "Despite what the critics said," Coble said in a statement, "our bill puts additional muscle in the arm of the ATF."
But Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., a leading gun control advocate, said the bill would make it harder to revoke the licenses of corrupt and negligent gun dealers. "Even if the ATF is able to revoke a corrupt gun dealer's license, this bill gives the dealer 60 days to sell off his remaining inventory. This defies common sense," she said.
The ATF bill was part of the House GOP's "American Values Agenda" announced last June which included flag protection, a ban on gay marriage, a ban on human cloning and tax cuts.
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The bill is H.R. 5092
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"our bill puts additional muscle in the arm of the ATF."
Just what the ATF needs. I actually hope that it fails because it does not go far enough:
-- HR 5092 does not require the videotaping of BATFE firearm tests, which would ensure these tests are conducted fairly and competently.
- HR 5092 does not require the BATFE to establish standardized, written procedures on how firearms are tested
- HR 5092 does not address the BATFE's policy of arbitrarily reclassifying firearms or firearm accessories as illegal, nor require the BATFE to give notice of such reclassification
- HR 5092 does not address the situation of gun owners who may have been unfairly convicted through faulty firearms testing or arbitrary firearms reclassification
HR 1603 does all this.
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