Subject: Know Thy Enemy,,,,,,

Subject: Know Thy Enemy,,,,,,Re: Fw: H.R-45 - Bad News


>
> Congressional Research Service Summary
> The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service, a
> well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress. GovTrack did
> not write and has no control over these summaries.
>
> One day into the 111th session of Congress was all it took for Illinois
> Democrat and former Black Panther, ***Bobby Rush***, to take a run on a
> new measure of gun control. Problem is, quite a few don’t like the
> language—in particular, the part about “anyone wishing to purchase, own or
> possess a ‘qualifying firearm’ would have to be licensed by the state or
> the federal government in a licensing program managed by the Attorney
> General.”
>
> “I might be a gun rights advocate,” says Larry Pratt, the Executive
> Director of the Gun Owners of America, “but anyone with any sense, or any
> respect for the Constitution at all, has to bristle at proposed
> legislation that wants to place our Bill of Rights in the hands of one
> man.”
>
> Pratt is available for interviews to comment on this political move, and
> the foreshadowing he fears it may represent in a President Obama/Speaker
> Pelosi Washington tag team.
>
> With an eye on the bill’s details that require redundant personal
> identification, a release of personal health records to the Attorney
> General and other unnecessary, intrusive measures, Pratt and other gun
> rights proponents find it a harsh pill to swallow, and a disturbing
> political double standard that shows a government more preoccupied with
> its own citizens than foreign enemies.
>
> “What I find frighteningly ironic,” adds Pratt, “is the bill’s mandate
> requiring gun owners apply for a federal firearms I.D. card. Isn’t this
> the Party that, together with the ACLU, had a tirade over the proposal of
> a post-9/11 national I.D. card?”
>
> In 1969, Rush himself served six months in prison for an illegal weapons
> conviction. Currently, the bill has no cosponsors, has not been scheduled
> for a committee hearing and, if it were to get as far, would likely have a
> difficult time passing in the Senate. Nonetheless, with a heavily
> left-leaning D.C. right now, folks like Pratt are taking nothing for
> granted. (Special Guests)
>
>
> More:
>
> 1/6/2009--Introduced.
> Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - Amends the
> Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing
> a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this
> Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license has not
> been invalidated or revoked. Prescribes license application, issuance, and
> renewal requirements.
> Prohibits transferring or receiving a qualifying firearm unless the
> recipient presents a valid firearms license, the license is verified, and
> the dealer records a tracking authorization number. Prescribes firearms
> transfer reporting and record keeping requirements. Directs the Attorney
> General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system.
> Prohibits: (1) transferring a firearm to any person other than a licensee,
> unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance
> with national instant criminal background check system requirements, with
> exceptions; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer from failing to comply
> with reporting and record keeping requirements of this Act; (3) failing to
> report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Attorney General within 72
> hours; (4) failing to report to the Attorney General an address change
> within 60 days; or (5) keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm
> and ammunition for the firearm, knowingly or recklessly disregarding the
> risk that a child is capable of gaining access, if a child uses the
> firearm and causes death or serious bodily injury.
> Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of firearms provisions
> covered by this Act.
> Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm
> injury information clearinghouse; (2) conduct continuing studies and
> investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and
> maintain current production and sales figures of each licensed
> manufacturer.
> Authorizes the Attorney General to certify state firearm licensing or
> record of sale systems.
>
>
>
>
>