Joe, please hit the list.
When I was 15, I became politically active.
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Good list, though I disagree with numbers 4 & 5. Number 4, because denying conceal-carry does not deny the right to keep and bear arms and there is some logic for that, which I will demonstrate at the end. Number 5, I disagree with because the ATF should not exist at all... it should not merely have “its powers reduced,” but instead be dismantled.
The logic for denying that concealed carry is a ‘right’:
1) You may keep and bear arms w/o hiding them, I did it every day while deployed in Iraq.
2) While it is true that CCW _permit_ holders are statistically one of the most law abiding groups, it is NOT true that people that conceal their weapons ARE. In fact (disregarding concealment laws) the people that carry concealed weapons are disproportionately the most lawless of society (robbers, gangs, etc) & CCW permit-holders are not the majority of this group.
Repeal of the Brady Bill and NICS or executing the background checks in a way that the name is NEVER in the governments possession (publish a list of those prohibited so dealers can check it), and VERIFIABLE destruction of all old 4473’s. Penalties for non-compliance.
Well, I agree with the program, but my "elected officials" are Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, and Norm Dicks. So sending them this is like trying to piss upwind during a hurricane.
1. Repeal of the 1934 NFA. 2. Repeal of the Hughes Amendment USC 18 922 (o). 3. Repeal of the "special purpose" clause of the 1968 Gun Control Act. 4. Nation wide recognition of concealed carry documentation for ALL people. 5. Major Congressional hearings, oversight and investigation into the conduct and abuse of power by the BATFE.
Oh please. The people are concerned with 20% actual unemployment, and the country going bankrupt, not arcane amendments to gun control laws. Frankly, I am as pro-2A as anyone, and I'm not sure what 2 and 3 are. They may be very, very important to you, but Hell, half the people don't even know if they approve of Nancy Pelosi or not.
You have to rid the country of the idea of ‘corporate rights’ if you want the Constitution and individual rights to be restored.
A corporation will always have more money and can pay people to influence legislators. Most citizens don’t. When the supreme court said that corporations could donate money to political campaigns it suddenly got very expensive to run for office, and the politicians stopped listening to you when you called. You don’t count when there are global corporations worth billions buying and selling candidates and offices. Of course, all legislation will support them— hence multiculturalism, political correctness, loss of sovereignty to plague our society.
Good spiel BCR. I know my rep agrees with you, but I will send it to him anyway.