Gun shows under attack by Bloomberg!‏

VCDL Alert ^ | 4/21/10 | Philip van Cleave

[Cheeks]

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Mayor "I bought my last election" Bloomberg of New York is now pushing hard for Congress to destroy gun shows across the country.

Just in case you think the threat isn't serious, here is what is in store for America if the Mayor gets his way in Congress:

* Details of the sale, such as the type of gun, the SERIAL NUMBER, and any other information the Attorney General may want must be provided for guns sold by private sellers

* Any person selling a gun, be it just walking around with a gun, or having purchased a table to sell a gun, must be registered with the gun show AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE the show and the gun show must provide PERSONAL INFORMATION about each private seller to the Attorney General

* Private sellers must show photo ID to the gun show operator and sign a log book with personal information

* The feds will now have TRUE GUN REGISTRATION information in a database - GOODBYE FREEDOM

* If you make a mistake in all of this, you can get up to FIVE YEARS in prison. The gun show operator also can be put in prison for paperwork mistakes

* Gun show operators will have to register with the U.S. Attorney General

* The Attorney General can make up regulations at will for controlling gun show operators

* The Attorney General can charge a fee, no limit set, for a gun show operator license

* Gun shows must get permission from the Attorney General 30 days in advance of any show to be able to have a show

* All sales must go the the National Instant Check System

A barrage of ads and commercials is starting immediately, attempting to push Congress to pass this legislation!

The full bill can be seen here:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.2324:

Senators Warner and Webb are coming under pressure to support the gun control measure by the usual suspects. It is CRITICAL that they hear from us NOW!

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ACTION ITEM!

We need to contact Senators Webb and Warner and urge them NOT to support the destruction of our gun rights and must do so NOW!

To send a message to Mark Warner, click here:

http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact

For topic, select "Second Amendment Rights"

For Subject, enter "There is NO gun show loophole"

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To send a message to Jim Webb, click here:

http://webb.senate.gov/contact.cfm

For Subject select "Civil Liberty"

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Suggested message to both Warner and Webb:

There is NO gun show loophole and I urge you NOT to support any further infringements on my right to buy, sell and own firearms. The bills under consideration, HR2324 and S843, will DESTROY gun shows and will also implement the registration of firearms. History, including here in America, has shown that registration is followed by confiscation - none of which can be tolerated.

Criminals get their guns either by stealing them or through straw purchases - neither of which can be stopped by background checks. A study done for the U.S. Department of Justice (Firearms Use by Offenders) in 2006 found that only 0.7% of guns used in crime come from gun shows.

Make no mistake - these bills are not about reducing crime, but they are about destroying a major part of our right to keep and bear arms.

These bills cannot be "fixed up" to be made acceptable - they can only be defeated.

Please let me know how you are going to vote on these bills.

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Here is some coverage of the issue:

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/gun-show-loophole-closed/story?ID=10404727

http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12334015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041904291.html

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[SWAMPSNIPER]

And, if Bloomberg decides to come back to the GOP the RNC will welcome him with open arms! Giuliani will have no problem with this and I’m not betting on Romney!

[AmericanInTokyo]

It’s long since “on”, I’ll tell you.

[Myrddin]

NICS is often conveniently "down" during gun shows. Oh darn, you can't make that purchase because we can't run the NICS check. I rarely even consider actually buying a firearm at a gun show. It's easier to go to an FFL in Idaho. I present my CCW, fill out the Form 4473, pay my money and take my purchase home. Perhaps 10 minutes end to end.

[VR-21]

Just this afternoon I met with a friend at a local range to shoot cap & ball revolvers. While covering our chambers with Crisco, we joked about what ‘Bloomers’ might think of our mixing firearms and trans-fats.

[phockthis]

it will never stop private sales..

they will just do the deals out in the parking lots...

[Dayman]

Legally, if the NICS system is down then FFL’s are not required to use it. The BATFE threatened FFL’s after it was passed with the loss of their license and prosecution if they took advantage of this perfectly legal practice.

It is incumbant on the FBI to keep the NICS system up. If the feds fail to honor that obligation then there is no federal law against FFL’s selling guns without the NICS checks.

[BerserkPatriot]

Let's be blunt about why the National Socialist Left would like to end private sales.

They are pushing this as a precursor to a National registration system – because once you have the government involved with every sale of private property in the form of Firearms, registration is only a heartbeat away.

And to even be more blunt about it, the only difference between registration and Confiscation is where the guns are stored.

Once you have the government in control of the sale of guns, you will effectively need the government's “Permission” to defend yourself.

Do you really think the government will allow you defend yourself from the Government?

[Myrddin]

Bravo!