Posted on 12/03/2009 6:12:31 AM PST by marktwain
The Tiahrt amendment does not affect the outcome of background checks for firearm purchases, does not affect who is permitted to own a firearm, and does not restrict law enforcement officials from accessing and effectively using all firearm data for criminal investigations. It does prevent the permanent firearm registry of law-abiding citizens who have passed such a check.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ex-Gov. Thomas Kean have chosen to join forces with Sen. Charles Schumer, an anti-gunner from New York, in order to exploit the Fort Hood murders and to further their efforts to restrict lawful gun purchases and ownership.
If the U.S. Army and law enforcement officials did not identify Maj. Nidal Hasan as an active terrorist, then the currently required criminal background checks certainly would have had absolutely no effect on Hasan's ability to purchase a firearm, and the Tiahrt amendment would have been totally irrelevant in any case.
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The Democrats will introduce their own bill, The Felon-Voters Preservation Act, which will prevent the killing of criminals during their commission of a crime.
The trend continues.....
1) Government fails in its obligations.
2) Nobody in government loses their job as a result.
3) Ordinary citizens become more burdened with regulations/taxes/reduced rights.
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