Posted on 03/25/2013 2:43:43 PM PDT by EXCH54FE
We now know a lot more about what's going to happen with gun control legislation than we did a few days ago.
First, the number of the bill we are fighting is S. 649. Harry Reid introduced it on Thursday and brought it directly onto the Senate calendar. This means the bill can now come up at any time — probably soon after the Easter recess is over.
Second, the bill is a lot worse than even we anticipated.
We expected it to contain the Veterans Gun Ban, which would mean that you would sell, gift, or raffle a gun in America at the risk of a 15-year prison sentence because of something you didn't know about the veteran/buyer.
But, surprisingly to us, the Far Left has convinced Reid to include the original Schumer version of the Universal Registry Bill. This would ban private sales of firearms, unless purchasers first get the permission from the government. If Senators can pass this de facto registration bill, they will be well on the way to confiscation (see, for example, Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York, who has a gun owner registry and has called for gun confiscation). If this bill is passed, Senators will claim that they “broke the back” of gun owners in America.
Third, there is still every evidence that Reid will move to proceed to the bill under "regular order," which means he will need 60 votes to advance to the "gun control buffet."
GOA has been talking and making our case with a host of Senate Republicans, and we would hope that everyone in the Senate understands the importance of stopping the “motion to proceed” to Reid’s gun control legislation.
Fourth, as we predicted, anti-gun zealots have begun to use the "ObamaCare Paradigm" to threaten, bribe, and coerce senators into submission on the most far-reaching aspects of gun control, including Feinstein's proposal to ban shotguns, rifles and handguns that millions of Americans legally own. So if the "motion to proceed" to S. 649 is adopted with 60 votes, then Feinstein's ban could be passed in the Senate with only 50 votes (plus Biden). Click here for a more technical explanation as to how this would occur.
Already, articles are being published to intimidate any Democratic Senator who votes against any gun control and threatening them with the prospect of facing an anti-gun primary challenger — just like we saw on ObamaCare.
Fifth, there may be unholy alliances at work which could succeed in achieving a dangerous gun control compromise. One Capitol Hill newspaper is now reporting that “Sen. Joe Manchin and the National Rifle Association are quietly engaged in private talks on a proposal to broaden background checks on purchasers of firearms.” We hope this is not true, however you should be aware of this report and use whatever contacts you have to prevent this from happening. Be assured, you can rely on Gun Owners of America to never engage in any compromises!
Show up at their offices with a delegation during the congressional recess. Rally and conduct demonstrations and call-a-thons and writing campaigns. Know that the anti-gun Left will be doing the same.
Again, please correct any error, but does/did not the NRA have a chummy relationship with this gun-seizing fungus?
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Get ready for the biggest sell out from the Republican party since they stopped fighting Obamacare.
I don’t trust any of tham any farther than I would trust Michelle with a Wagyu Steak.
“If this bill is passed, Senators will claim that they “broke the back” of gun owners in America.”
Nah I’ve already got all the guns I need, and sold the ones I don’t want.
Great organization, and with associated organizations in at least some states.
These bastards just can't be open and above board about anything.
could be why the administration has been purchasing a billion rounds of hollow points as well as vehicles that will withstand bombs./
Time to take the shepples weapons.
email from a friend
MARLIN FIREARMS CLOSING ITS DOORS
Even if you do not own a gun you
need to know this. I checked this out on “Truth or Fiction” who verified
it. I trust them more than Snopes.
Marlin Firearms is already closing
its doors! They are doing it to us, America! This needs to be spread to
all gun owners and sportsmen/women. We cannot rely on the media to inform us of these types of matters.
Something
you may not know that Is happening ... Who is buying the company’s
manufacturing guns??? For the last several years a company called The
Freedom Group has been buying up gun and ammunition manufacturers. Some
of the companies are Bushmaster, Marlin, Remington, DPMS, Dakota Arms
and H&R. Some people worry that this Freedom Group is going to
control most of the firearms companies in the United States. If you
control the manufacturers you can decide to stop selling to civilians.
What a perfect way to control guns. Now if you do some digging you will see that The Freedom Group is owned by a company called Cerberus Capital Management. Guess who controls Cerberus??? GEORGE SOROS,
Obama’s chief financier!! He wants to restrict or ban all civilian
guns. Please pass this on to all your freedom loving friends. This needs
to come out. Why have we not heard about this in the “mainstream”
media? I would think this would be BIG news. (Soros also owns Progressive Insurance). If you don’t know who George Soros is, you need to do some research. This One-World Government atheist backed Obama with millions of dollars and Obama is a
puppet on a string controlled by Soros.
I believe you’ll find the answer in the April 2010 issue of the American Rifleman. I think that is the one that has Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox proudly getting their photos taken with the Dingy in Clark County Nevada.
The NRA endorsed the weenie because he funded a shooting range. Suicidal near-sightedness on the part of the NRA and hotly denounced by many members.
“Over time they will have the locations of every gun and owner in the US.”
Yeah? So what do they do then? 300 million guns, figure 500 raids per year, ought to get the USA gun-free in just 600,000 years!;)
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