H.R. 45 (gun control is here)

Thomas-Library of Congress ^ | 2009 | 111 Congress

[DariusBane]

(1) the manufacture, distribution, and importation of firearms is inherently commercial in nature;

(2) firearms regularly move in interstate commerce;

(3) to the extent that firearms trafficking is intrastate in nature, it arises out of and is substantially connected with a commercial transaction, which, when viewed in the aggregate, substantially affects interstate commerce;

(4) because the intrastate and interstate trafficking of firearms are so commingled, full regulation of interstate commerce requires the incidental regulation of intrastate commerce;

(5) gun violence in the United States is associated with the majority of homicides, over half the suicides, and two-thirds of non-fatal violent injuries; and

(6) on the afternoon of May 10, 2007, Blair Holt, a junior at Julian High School in Chicago, was killed on a public bus riding home from school when he used his body to shield a girl who was in the line of fire after a young man boarded the bus and started shooting.

(b) Sense of the Congress- It is the sense of the Congress that--

(1) firearms trafficking is prevalent and widespread in and among the States, and it is usually impossible to distinguish between intrastate trafficking and interstate trafficking; and

(2) it is in the national interest and within the role of the Federal Government to ensure that the regulation of firearms is uniform among the States, that law enforcement can quickly and effectively trace firearms used in crime, and that firearms owners know how to use and safely store their firearms.

(c) Purposes- The purposes of this Act and the amendments made by this Act are--

(1) to protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with the unrecorded sale or transfer of qualifying firearms to criminals and youth;

[DariusBane]

In this bill, Congress is using the Interstate Commerce Clause to destroy the 2nd Amendment. This is a liberal big city Mayor's dream come true!. They will track and register virtually every firearm classification. If you have a private sale of a weapon it must be reported, etc.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

who authored the bill? Which Marxist?

[saganite]

Isn’t HR 45 the brainchild of Bobby ?, a Chicago congressman and former domestic terrorist that has received no co-sponsers? If that is so then this is old news.

[Concho]

Ok this is an effort to attempt to counter the state sovereignty bills.

Gotta kill it.

[TBP]

This won’t withstand Constitutionl muster, but we must stop it anyway. Call, email, and write.

[bobby.223]

yeah, bobby rush, and old black panther terrorist. I believe he got this rolling back around jan. 2009 iirc.

[demshateGod]

It’s so stupidly, if I can borrow a term, written that it won’t stand a chance in the current supreme court.

[wysiwyg]

A working link to the bill text.

[Dead Corpse]

This one making the rounds again? Is it even out of committee yet?

[DariusBane]

It was reintroduced Feb of this year as a Home land security bill, anti terrorism. Does not currently have any co-sponsors as you say, BUT, the rational for regulating firearms is troubling, as interstate commerce clause if a fav amongst statists everywhere.

[MarkT]

This is just another effort - wait until these socialists phuks announce that if you have ever had a certain type of prescription or medicine that you are no longer “mentally stable” enough to possess a firearm. The enemy is here and the negroes and liberals elected this Kenyan.

[DariusBane]

Thanks for the assist.

[saganite]

This congress is really afraid to touch the gun issue right now. That’s not to say they will put it off forever but this HR 45 is going nowhere.

[skimbell]

Bobby Rush, former Black Panther. This was big news in January. He couldn't find any co-sponsors and from what I've heard this is a non-starter- seems as though nobody wants anything to do with it.

[ElectronVolt]

The irony is that he served six months in the pokey for firearms possession.

[freekitty]

I told you to watch those interstate and instrastate crap. Congress has been doing this for years to get what they want without public knowlege.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Bobby Rush

"..In 1968 Rush went AWOL from the U.S. Army, co-founded the state's Black Panther Party and later was honorably discharged. [1] The following year he served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms.[2]

[snip]

Rush introduced the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 on January 6, 2009. This bill, if signed into law would require all owners of hand guns and semiautomatic firearms to register for a federal firearms license. All sales of the subject firearms would have to go through a licensed dealer. The bill would also make it a criminal act not to register as an owner of a firearm. H.R. 45 does not have any co-sponsors and has been referred to the judiciary committee.[13].."

Bobby Rush is bitter about his firearms arrest and wants to get even. This particular bill is going nowhere.

[Texas Fossil]

From his Wiki:

In 1968 Rush went AWOL from the U.S. Army, co-founded the state’s Black Panther Party and later was honorably discharged. [1] The following year he served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms.

Rush introduced the Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 on January 6, 2009. This bill, if signed into law would require all owners of hand guns and semiautomatic firearms to register for a federal firearms license. All sales of the subject firearms would have to go through a licensed dealer. The bill would also make it a criminal act not to register as an owner of a firearm. H.R. 45 does not have any co-sponsors and has been referred to the judiciary committee.

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From LA Times:

Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: ‘How can we help President Obama?’

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/04/congressional-caucus-members-meet-with-the-castro-cousins-in-cuba.html

The aging, ailing, cigar-smoking icon Fidel Castro had three members of Congress visit with him today in Havana, which resulted in the bearded one asking, “How can we help President Obama?” In an effort to improve the relationship between Cuba and the U.S., Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) were the first U.S. officials to meet with the 82-year-old former dictator since his intestinal surgery in July 2006.

Greg Adams of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana confirmed that the three members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with Castro

[DariusBane]

Great I hope is DOA! A bad week for Obama, is a good week for the country!

[EGPWS]

In 1968 Rush went AWOL from the U.S. Army, co-founded the state’s Black Panther Party and later was honorably discharged. [1] The following year he served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms.

Not much but enough to qualify him becoming a dimocrat congressman in Illinois.