Good, point....and don't forget little women. Your 'right to live' comes from no man or law. Therefore, it cannot be taken away by man or law.
Expressed in their order of importance:
WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness --
Dear Senator Edwards,
I am writing you regarding a recent proposal by Senators Kennedy and Schummer to match terrorists’ names to gun purchase records.
When the background checks were started no records of individuals were supposed to be kept. So how is it that the Federal and state governments can tell you how many and what kind an individual has purchased?
According to Dave Kopel, Dr. Paul Gallant & Dr. Joanne Eisen of the Independence Institute, "When the NICS law was enacted in November 1993, Section 103 (i)(2) made it clear that the names of firearm purchasers were not to be retained in the system: 'No department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States may...use the system established under this section to establish any system for the registration of firearms (or) firearm owners...' The same prohibition against federal gun registration also appears in the 1986 Firearms Owners Protection Act." National Review Guest comment 8/20/00.
URL: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment081000a.shtml
If the law had been implemented as promised to the American public, then there would be no records to check. This leads me to conclude that not only are some members of congress intent on destroying the second and fourth amendments, but they also have no compunction about lying.
I believe that the maintenance of these records is fraudulent and unconstitutional. I would like you to investigate what records have been kept and under what law and authority they have been maintained. Also, please oppose the Kennedy-Schummer legislation as none of the terrorists have used guns in the commission of their horrible acts of war. I believe it is more important to enact immigration reform to exclude potential terrorists from all nationalities than it is to punish both law-abiding loyal American citizens and legal immigrants who respect our nation enough to obey the law.