It should come as a surprise to no one that the new congress has already begun drafting anti-gun legislation. Once again we find our 2nd Amendment endangered by a bunch of gun-grabbing, power hungry bureaucrats in Washington.
Alan Korwin, author of “Gun Laws of America” ( http://www.gunlaws.com/ ), recently alerted us to some ominous activity taking place in Congress. Less than three weeks after the 110th Congress convened, the Democrats have already proposed four—yes, FOUR —new gun laws!“The Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007,” H.R.256 ( http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00256: ) would raise the minimum age for the ownership of a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. In addition, children under 18 attending a gun show must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Worse, it calls for fines and jailtime if a child gets a hold of your firearm and uses it to cause death or serious bodily injury, if you “recklessly disregarded the risk” that a child could access your firearm.
More ludricrous is H.R. 428 ( http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00428: ), entitled “To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.” Yes, you read that right. The Democrats are pushing the banning of toy guns, if they resemble real guns in size, shape OR overall appearance.
There’s also “The NICS Improvement Act,” H.R. 297 ( http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00297: ). NICS, of course, is the national firearms background checks for the public required by the Brady law. We’d like to tell you more about the bill, but weirdly, no information on it has been posted on the Thomas Locator site for Congressional legislation.
The most Draconian bill thus far, though, is “The Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007,” H.R. 96 ( http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00096: ). This misleadingly-named bill—a gun-hater’s dream come true—systematically destroys not just the Second Amendment but a number of your other rights as well.
Read the whole thing here.Â
It didn’t take the Dems long to initiate their attacks on your rights did it? Time to renew your membership in the NRA, JPFO, and GOA. While you’re at it, write a letter to your congressman and tell them that gun control legislation is completely unacceptable.
Time to get cracking.
(H/T Free Republic)
Marcus
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