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Posted on 11/20/2009 6:20:06 AM PST by marktwain
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Before the Senate Judiciary Committee November 18th, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed a stunningly broad and aggressive anti-gun agenda.
"The President of the United States asked that politicians not use the Ft. Hood attack to engage in 'political theater.' It appears those committed to attacking gun owners and the Second Amendment simply can't help themselves and are engaged in blaming guns and gun owners on the heels of this terrorist attack. Sadly it looks like 'politics as usual,'" said LEAA's spokesperson, Ted Deeds.
After explaining and defending his decision to give enemy combatants constitutional protections and the right to public trial in civilian courts, Attorney General Holder revealed his support for a national gun owner registration scheme and authorizing the government to ban firearm possession for any person by merely adding that person's name to the terror watch list.
Drawing reasonable conclusions from what Holder publicly said, we now know:
* Holder wants a national, permanent gun registration system administered by law enforcement. A registration of honest citizens that have cleared the federal background check for gun purchases with those records permanently retained by and shared among law enforcement. * Holder wants new federal authority to prohibit any person on the federal watch list (reported to be 400,000 names) from buying guns and supports confiscating guns from those on the list who possess them.
Transcribing General Holder: "The position of the Administration is that there should be a basis for law enforcement to share information about gun purchases." "... [It's not] inconsistent to allow law enforcement agencies to share that kind of information, for that information to be retained and then to be shared by law enforcement." "It seems incongruous to me that we would bar certain people from flying on airplanes because they are on the terrorist watch list and yet we would still allow them to posses weapons." {Emphasis added}
LEAA's Executive Director Jim Fotis said, "Those behind the badge don't believe more restrictions on honest gun owners is a reasonable, practical or constitutional response to acts of terrorism. As a retired officer, I know that America's men and women in blue want to fight terrorism, to stop terrorists; not waste time keeping records on innocent gun owners!"
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There are MILLIONS of privately owned guns in America.
There are MILLIONS of gun-owners.
Some time ago, people decided that they were not obligated to obey an unconstitutional law - that was during the Civil Rights era when “separate but equal” was IGNORED by many Americans willing to make a point. It was called “Civil Disobedience”.
If JUST AS MANY Americans, in the event the evil geniuses in Washington are able to enact a National Gun Registration Law, REFUSED to obey it, it would go the way of Jim Crow Laws.
They CAN’T ARREST every American who would refuse to comply with an unconstitutional law or edict like that one, were they all to stand together.
We KNOW that Holder’s Gun Registration Scheme would be followed by Obama’s gun confiscation law.
Thanks for the ping & the post. This just shows what an idiot Holder is. Pelosi & Reid won’t commit suicide for this. They said as much to Holder early in 2009, IIRC.
IN order to stop hate filled Muslims from going postal every soldier in the US army must be disarmed?
Holder's nuts.
At least it’s one year down.
They are itching to get some form of Federal control over every gun transaction, they can’t helped themselves, they just cannot let innocent free-citizens have the right to defend themselves from the criminals and the government.
That’s going to be the linchpin – close the entirely mythical ‘Gun-show loophole’.
And then watch them come after you for taxes and registration fees on guns you already own.
So, soon we can add an unconstitutional gun bill to the constantly growing list of grievances...
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IMO they know what they are doing.
They keep tossing sand in our faces and daring us to do anything.
They want a fight.
Gee....that worked SOOOOO well in Canada....let's try it here???? He's getting a little bold, and, shall we say TRANSPARENT, I'd say.....
I don't know...this Congress seems unusually tone deaf. They seem intent on ramming "healthcare" "reform" through, despite widespread public resentment and opposition to the plan. Maybe they're dumb enough to try this too.
So register Democrat. And take the opportunity to fsck with their primaries like they do with the (R) ones.
“Do not register anything and pay cash for all ammunition.”
Pay cash for other items, too.
As much as possible.
A sad day.
Shove it up your a$$ holder!
we will have to enforce and demonsrate the 2nd before this sh!t is over.
Absolutely, under ground for all sales, trades, and swaps, it’s the only way to beat them.
Keep powder dry!
After explaining and defending his decision to give enemy combatants constitutional protections and the right to public trial in civilian courts, Attorney General Holder revealed his support for a national gun owner registration scheme and authorizing the government to ban firearm possession for any person by merely adding that person's name to the terror watch list... Holder wants a national, permanent gun registration system administered by law enforcement... Holder wants new federal authority to prohibit any person on the federal watch list (reported to be 400,000 names) from buying guns and supports confiscating guns from those on the list who possess them.
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