Not Letting the Aurora Crisis Go To Waste
In the wake of the Colorado tragedy, anti-freedom legislators have predictably seized it as an opportunity to punish those who were not responsible – the nation’s law-abiding gun owners.
Using the cybersecurity bill as a vehicle, an amendment (S.A. 2575)banning the sale and possession of magazines and other feeding devices with capacity exceeding 10 rounds has been added, and will be voted on by the Democrat-controlled senate sometime next week.
Sponsors of the magazine ban include Democratic Senators Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Barbara Boxer (CA), Jack Reed (RI), Bob Menendez (NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Chuck Schumer (NY) and Dianne Feinstein (CA).
Schumer has characterized the ban as “a reasonable restriction” and “rational”. Co-sponsor Lautenberg is on record stating that high capacity magazines are not necessary for “shooting a duck,” as if the Second Amendment protects bearing arms only for sporting purposes.
These anti-freedom Senators have apparently overlooked the fact that the Second Amendment is a check against government tyranny. It is therefore absurd to suggest it can be “restricted” by the very government it limits. It is time they were taught a civics lesson, and you’re just the people to deliver it.
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!
You need you to do two things:
Email US Senators representing NC Richard Burr (R – ****) and Kay Hagan (D – 0).
Email US Senate Minority Leaders: Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, John Thune, and John Barrasso. These Senators are likely on our side and in a position to influence the fate of the bad amendment.
CONTACT INFO
US Senators representing NC:
Richard Burr – http://www.burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Kay Hagan – http://www.hagan.senate.gov/contact/
US Senate Minority Leaders:
Mitch McConnell – http://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm
Jon Kyl – http://www.kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
John Thune – http://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
John Barrasso – http://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm
DELIVER THIS MESSAGE
Suggested Subject: “No magazine restrictions”
To NC Senators Burr and Hagan:
Dear Senator,
As a North Carolina gun owner, I am outraged and insulted by the proposal to limit access of law-abiding citizens to only reduced-capacity magazines for modern defensive firearms.
This law, submitted as S.A. 2575 to the “cybersecurity” bill, makes it clear that some US Senators believe that law-abiding North Carolinians should only be trusted to defend themselves and families with obsolete weapons.
This amendment also makes it clear that certain Senators believe that Second Amendment rights are subject to what they deem “necessary.” This is a dangerous encroachment on Constitutional rights that cannot stand.
I expect you to do everything in your power to defeat this misguided law. I will be watching your actions carefully through updates from Grass Roots North Carolina.
Sincerely,
To Senate Minority Leadership:
Dear Senator,
As a law-abiding American and gun owner, I am outraged and insulted by the proposal to limit access of citizens to only reduced-capacity magazines for modern defensive firearms.
This law, submitted as S.A. 2575 to the “cybersecurity” bill, makes it clear that some US Senators believe that law-abiding citizens should only be trusted to defend themselves and their families with obsolete weapons.
This amendment also makes it clear that certain Senators believe that Second Amendment rights are subject to what they deem “necessary.” This is a dangerous encroachment on Constitutional rights that cannot stand.
I expect you to do everything in your power to defeat this misguided law. I will be watching your actions carefully.
Sincerely,
Read it closely -- it would prohibit “posession” of said high capacity magazines, belts, strip-clips, etc. This would mean that presently LEGAL private property would become ILLEGAL overnight. This is an ipso post facto attack on private property in the broadest terms -- if they can issue fiat law which makes posession of legal property illegal, then there follows the implicit authority to search, discover, and confiscate said “illegal property”.
This would directly breach the 2nd, 4th, and 5th (deprived of property without due process), Ammendments, giving rise to violations of the 8th (forefeiture of property satisfies the definition of an “excessive fine”), 9th and 10th Ammendments.
Think it can’t happen? Check out what Canada has done in the past decade. England, Austrailia, and other nations have gone the same route… with disastrous consequences.
Also, with the nose of the camel admitted to the tent against guns, they could later “expand on the legal foundation” to include posession of “excessive amounts” of gold & silver, food, medicine, etc.
This is a big grab, folks, with a long reach if it is passed… Time to RESIST.
WE HAVE BEEN WARNED
LT
~Those who abuse Liberty, do so at their own peril!
QUOTE from LT: ‘This would mean that presently LEGAL private property would become ILLEGAL overnight. This is an ipso post facto attack on private property in the broadest terms – if they can issue fiat law which makes posession of legal property illegal, then there follows the implicit authority to search, discover, and confiscate said “illegal property”.’
Wrong.
Had you actually read closely yourself, you would have realized that it does not, in fact, have any bearing on previously-obtained property. It only affects future sales/procurement.
““(v)(1)(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
[Page: S5403]
“(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to the possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed within the United States on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection.”
And how do you expect folks to prove when they acquired a piece of property which has no serial number? During the Clinton “Assault Weapons Ban” era, many folks were harrassed, arrested, and had their private property confiscated, even though they had lawfully owned said “high capacity magazines” prior to the imposition of the ban. We are not fools, and we have been through all of this before. There is no integrity left in the system, and therefore we do not trust the evil triumverate in Washington DC not to violate our rights…
LT
~Those who abuse Liberty, do so at their own peril!
It is not a question of seizing private property at this point. Gold was confiscated by Roosevelt and GM bondholders’ property was seized and redistributed to the labor unions. LT makes a good point but there is another point to be made. If you own property but its sale or distribution is not legal, is it really your property?
It is no longer a question of whether the government is infringing on our rights: that is a certainty. It is only a matter of how long we will continue to accept tyranny.
I am not calling anyone a fool. That was never my intent. Regardless of your borderline conspiracy theory/anarchist reply, your claim about the amendment is still erroneous, and the overall tone of this website and its proponents are clearly biased. I wasted my time in even posting on this site. I was unfortunate enough to have stumbled across it, but I should have just ignored it. This site is clearly a breeding ground for the extreme right wing, and I should have known better than to have even attempted to shed some rationality/unbiased information on the matter. I am neither left nor right. I merely want people to have the facts. This will be my last time visiting this rant page. I wish you all the best.