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NEW FEDERAL GUN CONTROL BILL INTRODUCED INTO THE SENATE. WRITE YOUR SENATORS
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| 2/17/2003
Posted on 02/20/2003 2:22:46 PM PST by 2nd_Amendment_Defender
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Write your Senators and oppose Senate Bill S.22
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 1/7/2003) Need we say more?
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posted on
02/20/2003 2:28:35 PM PST
by
Campion
To: Campion
Nope. Thanks to FR the entire membership knows about this and we have been known to be an active bunch when it come to stuff like this. Write your senators folks!
To: *bang_list
Bang
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
I bet the same senators who object to how much the war will cost will not say how much is this going to cost?
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
Regarding Gunshow "Loop-Hole" Nonsense -Dept. of Justice: Firearm Use by Offender - Table 8:
1991: Source of guns used in crimes by state prison inmates -
* 40.8% from street source (drug dealer, theft, blackmarket).
* 33.8% from family or friend.
* 18.9% from retail store or pawnshop.
* 0.6% from gunshows.
1997: Source of guns used in crimes by state prison inmates -
* 39.2% from street source (drug dealer, theft, blackmarket).
* 39.6% from family or friend.
* 12.1% from retail store or pawnshop.
* 0.7% from gunshows.
Guns used in crimes are very RARELY ever obtained by the criminal through gunshows.
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Regarding "Ballistic Fingerprinting" Nonsense - Feasibility Of A Ballistics Imaging Database For All New Handgun Sales
"Firearms that generate markings on cartridge casings
can change with use and can also be
readily altered by the user."
"
They are not permanently defined identifiers like fingerprints or DNA. Hence, images captured when the firearm is produced may not have a fixed relationship to fired cartridge casings subsequently recovered."
"Cartridge casings from different manufacturers of ammunition may be marked differently by a single firearm such that they may not correlate favorably."
"Changing the signature of a breech face or a firing pin impression... was a
relatively easy affair. The minor alteration required
less than 5 minutes of labor... This change is sufficient to make the cartridge case breech face unrecognizable..."
"Proposed systems will not practically accomodate revolvers, rim fires, certain shotguns and rifles."
"This study indicates that this number of candidate cases will be so large as to be
impractical and will create logistical complications so great that they
cannot be effectively addressed."
~ California Department of Justice, October 5, 2001.
A ballistic fingerprint database of all guns is unreliable, impractical and ineffective.
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It's not just a gun...
It's a "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
"`(C) make the records available to the Secretary for entry in a computerized database...."This provision is ALREADY in violation of existing Federal law. This thing is dead on arrival.
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posted on
02/20/2003 3:50:44 PM PST
by
ExSoldier
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
Problem....
I just searched Thomas and found that the only Senate Bill "S.22" was not directly gun-related.
"S.22
Justice Enhancement and Domestic Security Act of 2003 (Introduced in Senate)"
The specific articles listed in the original post don't appear in the version on the bill listing.
I don't know if the specific sections quoted have been dropped or what....very strange.
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
If they insist on making us criminals, then let's be *REALLY* good at it. Little tommy dasshole....
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posted on
02/20/2003 4:05:29 PM PST
by
ApesForEvolution
(This space for rent (Not accepting bids from the United Nations))
To: TheBattman
The specific articles listed in the original post don't appear in the version on the bill listing. You may have looked at the summary. Here it is:
Beginning
January 7, 2003
TITLE I--COMBATING TERRORISM AND ENHANCING DOMESTIC SECURITY
Sec. 2144. Forensic and investigative support of missing and exploited children. Sec. 5214. Test firing and automated storage of ballistics records.
If you really want to get sick look at the whole bill. It covers everything under the sun in it from crackhouses to student loan waivers for public attorneys to telemarketing. This should be defeated on that basis alone.
To: L_Von_Mises
Every time I try one of your links for info on the bill, I get a page that says
Please resubmit your search Search results are only retained for a limited amount of time.Your search results have either been deleted, or the file has been updated with new information. I have searched and still cannot find the references - I do believe you, but they sure don't make it easy for us "normal citizens" to find the full contents...
To: TheBattman
Every time I try one of your links for info on the bill, I get a page that says Please resubmit your search Search results It must use cookies (One part of the URL i gave was a temp folder - my bad)
Go to Thomas and do a search for S.22 in the box for bill number. Once there scroll down about 4/5 to the bottom (they are generally in numeric order) and you will see:
PART 2--BALLISTICS, LAW ASSISTANCE, AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGY
SEC. 5211. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 5213. DEFINITION OF BALLISTICS.
SEC. 5214. TEST FIRING AND AUTOMATED STORAGE OF BALLISTICS RECORDS.
SEC. 5215. PRIVACY RIGHTS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
SEC. 5216. DEMONSTRATION FIREARM CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGY.
Click on the link for SEC. 5214
I hope that this helps you out.
To: All
BTTT
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posted on
02/20/2003 6:24:26 PM PST
by
Djarum
To: TheBattman
Fill free to make modifications or use my letter that I sent to Senator Bennett:
Senator Robert Bennett,
I am writing to you about my Second Amendment freedoms. I am aware that Senate Bill S.22 has been introduced. This bill contains provisions that will put more restrictions on firearms by attempting to make private party firearm sales illegal. The bill also attempts to get ballistic images of fired bullets and cartridge casings from different firearms that will be very costly and ineffective.
If this bill is passed it will infringe on my family's privacy and right to keep and bear arms. I am calling on you to protect and defend the Constitution by voting against this bill.
This law only puts more needless restrictions on firearms. Americans are peaceful citizens that do not need more regulations piled upon them that will erode the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment is a vital part of American freedoms. Support the freedoms of American citizens and vote against this bill.
To: Sunshine Sister
Write your senators folks! Unfortunately, Michigan doesn't have senators that would be responsive to any concerns I would convey to them. senator lenin and senator stabemall have convinced the limp wrists in Michigan that they will receive appropriate and timely protection from the government. Can I write to your senators?
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posted on
02/21/2003 3:38:41 AM PST
by
RushLake
(May the one true God continue to bless America and all of us.)
To: RushLake
Hell yes! They know where their bread is buttered! Senators Brownback and Roberts. Go for it!
To: Sunshine Sister; dd5339; cavtrooper21
Sunshine state ping!
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posted on
02/21/2003 9:34:40 AM PST
by
Vic3O3
(-47 below keeps the riffraff out!)
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
bttt
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posted on
02/21/2003 9:50:21 AM PST
by
lodwick
(Plan as if you'll live forever, live as though today's the last. No regrets.)
To: 2nd_Amendment_Defender
BUMP
To: lodwick
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