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| Ryan to Schedule Gun Control “Lite” Bill
Please click on the Take Action button to contact Rep. Jim Langevin (D) in
opposition to ALL GUN CONTROL this week -- including H.R. 5611. Not a GOA
member yet? You can join Gun Owners of America today for only $20!Urge Rep.
Jim Langevin (D) to Oppose ALL Gun Control This WeekDear mike,A couple of weeks
ago, Democrats made a mockery of the House by sitting on the floor, whining,
and, metaphorically, holding their breath until they turned blue. In response,
House Speaker Paul Ryan gave these petulant children exactly what they want: a
vote to impose gun control. The House is epected to vote this week on anti-gun
legislation (H.R. 5611) that is similar to bills that were already voted on in
the Senate -- a proposal that would allow Attorney General Loretta Lynch to
impose a gun ban against people who have committed no crimes, but nevertheless,
are on a government watch list. Of course, the Orlando shooter was not on a “no
fly,” “selectee,” or even a consolidated watch list. He was exonerated by the
FBI. He passed background checks. He bought his guns legally in a gun store.
Every single gun control law that had been put in place to stop terrorists like
him failed.But there is one thing that would have stopped him. If the Pulse
night club had NOT been a gun-free zone, lives could have been saved -- as
evidenced by concealed carriers who successfully protected lives last year at a
Youngstown, Ohio bar and, more recently, at a bar in South Carolina. Of course,
anti-gun Democrats ignore examples of good people using their guns to stop mass
shootings. And, they ignore the fact that the Orlando gunman openly admitted
he was killing in support of ISIS. Not only do they IGNORE the terror
connection, radicals like Barack Obama continue to move heaven and earth to
import hundreds of embedded terrorists who simply cannot be properly vetted.
Sadly, Obama has been able to enlist help from Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell -- and now, House Speaker Paul Ryan -- to make the recent Orlando
tragedy “about guns,” rather than about the growing terror threat within our
borders. Obviously, it’s not about guns, but making it so only energizes
Hillary’s political purposes going into the election. Make no mistake about it:
none of the gun control proposals that will be voted on this week are
constitutional. And while they are all aimed at stopping GUN PURCHASES -- thus
restricting Second Amendment rights -- none of them are aimed at stopping
potential terrorists who buy a truckload of fertilizer (as in Oklahoma City) or
box cutters (as on 9-11). Republicans Twisting Arms to Pass Gun Control
“Lite”House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is the sponsor of the gun
control package that will be voted on this week (H.R. 5611). And, according to
press reports, the NRA supports this legislation.What this means is that most
Republicans are going to support this gun control “lite” bill -- even though
most Democrats will oppose it because they don’t think it goes far enough.
This means there is a possibility that this anti-gun legislation can be
defeated if the truly pro-gun Republicans (who vote NO on all gun control) are
joined by the anti-gun Democrats (who will vote against it because they want
stricter gun control). But you can be sure about this: The virulently anti-gun
crowd ONLY cares about demonizing guns and your Second Amendment rights.They
don’t care that all the proposals on the table -- including H.R. 5611 -- would
allow Loretta Lynch to impose a gun ban against people who have never committed
a crime, based on subjective standards. Remember that the Justice Department
has already “found” that gun owners in general pose a high risk of domestic
terrorism. Due Process: Only for the RichRepublicans who support this bill
claim there is language that purports to give due process. But the
“procedures” which supposedly grant “due process” in this Orwellian legislation
are jokes.We all know, from the Veterans Disarmament Act, that the government
can use the full weight of its taxpayer-financed bureaucracy to take away
people’s guns -- as has happened to more than 250,000 veterans. And so when
the government goes after your gun rights -- if you can’t come up with tens of
thousands of dollars upfront that will be required to defend yourself and you
have no taxpayer financed lawyers, unlike most criminal defendants -- you’re
going to lose your guns. Period.Hence, the “due process” that McCarthy’s bill
purports to give is only for the wealthy, for those who can afford an “O.J.”
defense.Not only that, under judicial precedent, Attorney General Lynch could
deem all of the information relevant to the case as classified, meaning that
your lawsuit would be like a fighting with a blindfold, and most of the
important meetings would be in camera between the judge and the Justice
Department.So you’ll not only be going up against the immense wealth of the
U.S. government, you’ll be fighting blindfolded as well.This is not a
pro-Second Amendment bill, and the passage of this legislation -- or any gun
control -- will allow the anti-gun Bloomberg crowd to “put points on the
board.” This is true even if insatiable Democrats pretend it is not enough. Any
gun control will concede Obama’s argument that “guns are the problem.” And it
will position the anti-gun Left for its next set of gun control demands. So
please urge Rep. Jim Langevin (D) to vote against ANY legislation containing
ANY gun ban that comes to the floor this week. And tell Rep. Jim Langevin (D)
to support strengthening concealed carry reciprocity laws
instead.Sincerely,Michael Hammond
Legislative CounselP.S. Remember when the Democrats sat on the House floor two
weeks ago? The House leadership is going to reward them by bringing up a gun
control bill. But Democrats don’t think it goes far enough, leaving stupid
Republicans holding the bag for passing gun control.So please urge Rep. Jim
Langevin (D) to vote against all anti-gun legislation this week, but to support
the strengthening of concealed carry reciprocity laws instead.
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