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GONZALES WANTS ARBITRARY POWER TO BLOCK GUN PURCHASES; SAF SAYS HE SHOULD RESIGN
Second Amendment Foundation (email alert) ^
| 5/1/07
| Alan Gottlieb
Posted on 05/01/2007 12:47:00 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
BELLEVUE, WA Attorney General Alberto Gonzales troubling support of legislation that would allow him and future attorneys general the arbitrary power to block firearms purchases without due process is cause for him to step down as the nations highest ranking law enforcement officer, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
The bill, S. 1237, was introduced last week at the Justice Departments request by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), one of the most extreme anti-gunners in Congress. Called the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007, this legislation would give the Attorney General discretionary authority to deny the purchase of a firearm or the issuance of a firearm license or permit because of some vague suspicion that an American citizen may be up to no good.
This bill, said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, raises serious concerns about how someone becomes a suspected terrorist. Nobody has explained how one gets their name on such a list, and worse, nobody knows how to get ones name off such a list.
The process by which someone may appeal the Attorney Generals arbitrary denial seems weak at best, Gottlieb suggested, and there is a greater concern. When did we decide as a nation that it is a good idea to give a cabinet member the power to deny someones constitutional right simply on suspicion, without a trial or anything approaching due process?
Were not surprised that General Gonzales has found an agreeable sponsor in Frank Lautenberg, Gottlieb observed. The senator from New Jersey has never seen a restrictive gun control scheme he did not immediately embrace, and S. 1237 is loaded with red flags. It would allow an appointed bureaucrat the authority to suspend or cancel someones Second Amendment right without even being charged with a crime.
Attorney General Gonzales has no business asking for that kind of power over any tenet in the Bill of Rights, Gottlieb said. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution, not trample it. Perhaps it is time for him to go.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: albertogonzales; banglist; bootlick; cwii; doj; gonzales; gungrabber; lautenberg; libertysecurity; patriotact; phaedra; rkba; s1237; saf; secondamendment; wot
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To: indylindy
"Alberto, your outta here. Little punk. I would have liked this little punk to step down a long time ago! I warned you!""He is worthless."
Yep! This does it for me! Gonzales must go now. No ifs, ands or buts.
181
posted on
05/01/2007 3:53:08 PM PDT
by
TommyDale
("Can debate over four hours with no need to call a doctor!")
To: Carry_Okie
To: 2nd amendment mama; basil
183
posted on
05/01/2007 3:56:12 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF *GOA*SAS)
To: PsyOp; Fiddlstix
184
posted on
05/01/2007 3:56:36 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF *GOA*SAS)
To: Constitution Day
To: Always Right
Well if the Bush administration keeps this up, conservatives are going to be asking to impeach Bush. Ya know I'm to the point that I wouldn't care anymore. This president as Arnie here in Kaliiforniia has pushed real conservatism back to where it's going to take an extreme effort to resurrect it.
186
posted on
05/01/2007 3:58:28 PM PDT
by
Digger
(If RINO is your selection, then failure is your election)
To: Carry_Okie
MAYDAY!!! MAYDAY!!! ...-—... ...-—... PING... with a PANG!!!
187
posted on
05/01/2007 3:59:19 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Hey Surrendercrats!!! Listen up and listen tight!!! Harry Reid sure ain't no Harry Truman!!!)
To: Carry_Okie
GDI! Wouldn’t it just be heaven to have pro-Constitution, honorable, upstanding politicians in DC so that we didn’t have to be watchdogs 24/7? It’s a never ending job to keep their knives out of our backs.
To: Carry_Okie
Itâs definitely past time for him to go. If he doesn’t resign then Bush should fire him.
189
posted on
05/01/2007 4:02:39 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Kool Aid! The popular American favorite drink now Made In Mexico. Pro-Open Borders? Drink Up!)
To: Carry_Okie
This one IS Bush's fault, for appointing a Hispanic for political purposes with his qualifications held as an afterthought. It was obvious during the confirmation hearings that Gonzales was not up to the job.Not blaming you ----but where are all of those FReepers flaming us who stated just that about Alberto. Where was RUSH for the 1st four yrs of this politically correct administration who past more liberalism & spent more than during LBJ's yrs? Sticking with RINOs is what you have to show for after almost 8 yrs. Voting in the corrupt "Two-Party Cartel" is what you have today. Stupid is doing the same thing over & over & expecting different results.
190
posted on
05/01/2007 4:07:57 PM PDT
by
Digger
(If RINO is your selection, then failure is your election)
To: Carry_Okie
"For years, I've had a vague suspicion that Bush was functioning as a means to keep conservatives quiet..."I'm with ya on this part, but not quite on that Hitlery part. I'm suspicious of both the current first lady's pillow talk as well as first lady 41's pillow talk! Heck, I was even a little suspicious of first lady 40's pillow talk!!!
191
posted on
05/01/2007 4:10:57 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Hey Surrendercrats!!! Listen up and listen tight!!! Harry Reid sure ain't no Harry Truman!!!)
To: Digger
Is this guy trying to get fired now?
I supported him because I’m tired of watching the Dems take everybody out in the pseudo hearings and I don’t want Bush to get some rogue AG that will do a Nixon on him when the Dems try (and they will) to impeach him.
But this is really push’n it Alberto.
192
posted on
05/01/2007 4:11:19 PM PDT
by
rbmillerjr
("Jesus Lamb of God...Have Mercy On us")
To: Carry_Okie
I think you and Alan should get a FReepolitzer for this expose and for posting it here!!! This is truly upsetting!!!
193
posted on
05/01/2007 4:13:08 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Hey Surrendercrats!!! Listen up and listen tight!!! Harry Reid sure ain't no Harry Truman!!!)
To: Carry_Okie
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales troubling support of legislation that would allow him and future attorneys general the arbitrary power to block firearms purchases without due process is cause for him to step down as the nations highest ranking law enforcement officer, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
Don't go too far, Tony,
194
posted on
05/01/2007 4:14:41 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
To: Always Right
Well if the Bush administration keeps this up, conservatives are going to be asking to impeach Bush.The way the illegal immigration has been progressing...THAT thought has been on my mind for a few years. There is nothing Presidential about allowing a poverty-stricken, third-world nation to take over our country.
To: Digger; calcowgirl; tubebender; hedgetrimmer; forester; dalereed; NormsRevenge; ElkGroveDan; ...
"Stupid is doing the same thing over & over & expecting different results."No! That's the definition of INSANITY!!!
Yes... Conservatism has been totally "had" by so-called "Compassionate Conservatism!"
196
posted on
05/01/2007 4:18:57 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Hey Surrendercrats!!! Listen up and listen tight!!! Harry Reid sure ain't no Harry Truman!!!)
To: AuntB
Sadly, you are dead right, AuntB!!!
197
posted on
05/01/2007 4:20:05 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Hey Surrendercrats!!! Listen up and listen tight!!! Harry Reid sure ain't no Harry Truman!!!)
To: Thud
Stupid is as stupid does.
To: SierraWasp
Sadly, you are dead right, AuntB!!!I hate when that happens, don't you?
lol
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posted on
05/01/2007 4:23:44 PM PDT
by
AuntB
(" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Im ready for impeachment
Really?
Your sentiment here and your sig line seem to be at odds. You obviously recognize that we're locked in a global war of survival, yet you're prepared to knock over our (continually victorious) Commander-In-Chief in the middle of said war.
Do you think thats wise?
I don't. I disagree with Gonzalez on this one, of course, but seriously, we're fighting a war here, and now is not the time to be talking about voting our CiC out of office, ESPECIALLY since there are troops in combat this very second.
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posted on
05/01/2007 4:24:55 PM PDT
by
LightBeam
(Support the Surge. Support Victory.)
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