GONZALES WANTS ARBITRARY POWER TO BLOCK GUN PURCHASES; SAF SAYS HE SHOULD RESIGN

Second Amendment Foundation (email alert) ^ | 5/1/07 | Alan Gottlieb

[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 nation’s highest ranking law enforcement officer, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

The bill, S. 1237, was introduced last week at the Justice Department’s 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 one’s name off such a list.

“The process by which someone may appeal the Attorney General’s 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 someone’s constitutional right simply on suspicion, without a trial or anything approaching due process?

“We’re 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 someone’s 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.”

[TommyDale]

"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.

[snowsislander]

For what it is worth, the first posting that I saw on this subject was http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824532/posts.

[EdReform]

Bang! Ping the Sisters!

[EdReform]

Bang!

[mykdsmom]

Have you seen this yet?

[Digger]

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.

[SierraWasp]

MAYDAY!!! MAYDAY!!! ...-—... ...-—... PING... with a PANG!!!

[abigailsmybaby]

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.

[cva66snipe]

It’s definitely past time for him to go. If he doesn’t resign then Bush should fire him.

[Digger]

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.

[SierraWasp]

"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!!!

[rbmillerjr]

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.

[SierraWasp]

I think you and Alan should get a FReepolitzer for this expose and for posting it here!!! This is truly upsetting!!!

[Recovering_Democrat]

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 nation’s highest ranking law enforcement officer, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

Don't go too far, Tony,

[madison10]

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.

[SierraWasp]

"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!"

[SierraWasp]

Sadly, you are dead right, AuntB!!!

[Dark Wing]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[AuntB]

Sadly, you are dead right, AuntB!!!

I hate when that happens, don't you?

lol

[LightBeam]

I’m 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.