Posted on 02/05/2009 10:20:36 PM PST by garyhope
The liberals are at it again. In a new bill introduced the first day of present session of Congress, and with zero coverage from the MSM, H.R. 45 (Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009) targets all gun owners in the U.S.A.
This nefarious bill seeks to strip us all of our Constitutional Rights to possess and bear firearms of any distinction. It requires, within the first two years, that all new guns be registered. The bill goes retroactive after two years. Meaning that two years after the passage of the bill, ALL FIREARMS in a citizen’s possession must be registered, not just those purchased after the bill passes, and this apparently applies to antique firearms as well.
Every five years the firearm owner must go through a complete renewal process for each weapon owned. Failure to comply carries stiff penalties including confiscation of the firearms and jail time (penalties as high as ten years imprisonment in some cases). The bill also authorizes government searches without warrant, the creation of a federal bureaucracy to monitor firearm possession, etc.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Ya gotta follow the link on Thomas to “GPO Text Version”, jump those hoops till you get the bill, and link to the PDF version there. Link to the Thomas search fails because the search is not permanemnt (like Google is, you can C&P a google search but not a Thomas one)
Re: The Turner Diaries
I really found the racism and anti-semitism of the “movement” to be disgusting,
but the actions of the gov’t were true to form, even if hyperbolized and exagerated to make a good enemy.
But, can’t you see it happening today?
A gun raid in a “black” neighborhood would be “racist”, so they’d only concentrate on “white” neighborhoods.
Public policy excusing minorities of conformity to law, in order to assuage white guilt... it happens.
Well, as bad as this bill is, it isn’t a ban on all weapons.
Yes it is. They will keep upping the paperwork requirements and audit you till they find a minor goof, then offer you amnesty and a suspended sentence if you turn all your guns in and consent to a search. Not the first year, but maybe year ten.
Think England, Australia, Scotland, that was the technique.
Congress + Rope + Trees + Patriots = Free men.
Besides it will keep us from getting that nasty tar & feathers all over us.
The arrogance of the system sounds so much like what we have seen of late out of places like Washington DC, Chicago etc.
They wont be satisfied till everyman has been made a criminal, and the state has fitted us all to the yoke
Yeah, I (and you) would probably be one of the “conservatives” that they hated so much... :)
LOL
Probably accurate, and I see parallels in the Financial Stimulus® package(s), not to mention just about everything else the power mad leftists do. That is, they throw a laundry list of emergency items on the table knowing full they will not get all of it, but are beside themselves they were able to filch a few more pieces of the pie after outmaneuvering Pubbies once again.
Their incessant power grabs serve another purpose, it keeps them on the offensive and leaves conservatives on defense, cleaning up the manure after the parade.
No, it's a real bill. If it gets passed, civil war II will start very shortly thereafter.
CWII ping
No co-sponsors and a very slim chance of even making onto the floor of the House for a vote. But the plan is to get gun owners all riled up about something that’s not going to pass so that when an all new “assault weapons” ban makes its appearance (a short time later) we’ll all be so relieved that the worst bill (H.R. 45) is behind us that we won’t fight as hard against the AWB. ....at least that’s what the libs are hoping will happen. Fat chance though — our vigilance won’t waver, as they’ll discover soon enough.
You hit the nail on the head - Trojan Horse. Get us all hot and bothered about the extremist bill, then come along with something much more “reasonable” and say, “Hey, this is much better, and if you defeat it, BR will be back with his bill.”
Anybody have a link to “The Window War?” It would seem appropriate to have an educational article like that presented at this time.
No, they don't. They do, however, want to make us into criminals:
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We WANT them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
bump for later
>>”I’m writing another check to the NRA.”<<
Done that already. I just wrote a check for this year’s membership to GOA.
Gun Owners of America
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Springfield, VA ~22151~
Thomas only gives temporary URLs for bills and amendments, IIRC, so links are useless. You have to print it or the pertinents sections of it.
A lot of good that will do if you're locked up.
I think there is a valid argument to be made that the time to bury your guns (in a cache) is exactly the proper time to dig them up for immediate use!
“No cosponsors and mired in the Judiciary committee.”
True. But the fact that a “Congressman” would even be thinking about enacting something as hideous as this is cause for alarm —especially coming from a contemptable swine like Bobby Rush (former Black Panther radical convicted of firearms violations).
Un-freaking-believable.
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