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 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.”
That is not to say the war is “lost” or that we should leave now or anything of the kind. But in order to win this war we have to understand the situation. And the situation as of now is bad and deteriorating rapidly. The “surge” is a good thing, should have been done years ago but better late then never. It is still being implemented and has shown some limited success. What we need to do now is take out al-sadr and his militia, no more free passes and blind eyes it is time to facilitate his “martyrdom”. We need to stop ignoring the open meddling of the Iranians and Syrians and nip that in the bud now. We also need to demand real results from the Iraqi government. It is not our job to settle there inner quarrels, if they want our continued presence in there country they need to step up or we step out.
She is indeed. I’ve known her for a long time.
HHC’s husband.
LOL!
Some very strange things are happening to our country and it doesn't look good. It's almost as though the domestic enemies are starting to rear their ugly heads and they may think the time is at hand to put the illegal powers they assumed to an ultimate test.
'Press 1 for English,' should have given us a clue.
When that is changed to, 'Press 2 for English,' I'll know it's too late to do anything.
Let’s not forget that Gonzales did issue an opinion strongly in favor of the individual right to keep and bear arms - the ‘collective right’ advocates are still foaming at the mouth over that.
You have got to be freaking kidding me. I supported this guy through all of the recent so-called scandals, and now he makes me feel like an idiot for having faith in him.
Hire someone who will respect the 2nd Amendment! (If the Dems would even confirm such a person... sigh.)
Hate to say it but I agree. I personally never wanted him to become the Attorney General. I'm tired or moderates and compromisers of my liberty.
Then what’s with this boneheaded remark?
Gonzales seems to have never learned that any law should be looked as if it were being enforced by the worst of people. Example: Would I want the HillaBeast to be able to use this law against me?
The Bush Administration is unwilling to admit that teh Saudis are funding Islamic Jihad, both world wide and in Mosques all over America.
Islam is both antithetical and irreconcilable with America. Bush doesn’t have the backbone to say this to the American public and then destroy the Muslims.
“Islam delenda est” is a workable and achievable policy/goal.
To allow our Constitutional Rights to be infringed to putatively reduce an Islamic terrorist threat is bordering on treason. The only way to deal with Islam is the same way Jefferson dealt with the Islamic world - defeat them.
Ah so, not so dumb after all!
It is our job, not the governments, to stop it and from what I see we’re all at the coffee machine.
I always thought he was a bad choice for future Supreme.
Bang
perfect
I cannot believe the President would be in favor of this power. Next you’ll tell me he’s pro-abortion. ???
That’s not quite fare. Mexicans in the border region in those times weren’t breaking the law by crossing the international line because there were no laws to break. Population density was so low in the southwest up to WWII there would have been no population at all if it weren’t for the “Mexicans”. I think my Mexican ancestors did their part to pioneer the American West. Modern border jumping is a different story.
That was JOHN ASHCROFT not Gonzolas. Gonzolas supported the AWB during his confirmation hearing cause his brother is a cop in TX.
Excellent idea. Was going to suggest it if you weren't already contemplating it. Learning to shoot from friends is ok, but friends may skip things that are fairly fundamental.
Congratulations and enjoy. Just be warned though, it's a lot of fun. I've known folks who start out saying, "we only need the one" who end up enjoying themselves so much that they soon add others to their collections.
This is a good thing.
Check back and let us know what you think... FReegards
IMHO, there is no way an incompetent stooge like Gonzales, whose only asset to the President is loyalty, would take a leap like this betraying the Republican base, without the full complicity of the White House.
You sound surprised...
His attempts to appoint Alberto and Harriet to the SCOTUS confirmed this impression for me. Bush hasn't been a "bad" President, but he's no serious conservative either. "Moderate globalist" is about the closest you could come.
Better than the alternative, but not what we need "more of the same" of either.
Alberto just plain old needs to go. For the same reasons Reno needed to be buried UNDER the Supreme Court building... He's proven himself an ACTIVE danger to our Constitution.
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