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I am blessed to live in the State of Arizona where "Gun" control isn't a real issue Jan Brewer,Our Governor, is a staunch supporter of the RTKABAS.(see attached) However I would strongly recommend that even those in States not so blessed that you contact your Governor and voice your opinion. IMO: Most governors are political beings and tend to go where the wind is blowing. Jim http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/cop_shop/article_56ba73e8-59fa-11e2-8140-0019bb2963f4.html
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Statement From the NRA Regarding Today's White House Task Force Meeting
Fairfax, Va. The National Rifle Association of America is made up of over 4 million moms and dads, daughters and sons, who are involved in the national conversation about how to prevent a tragedy like Newtown from ever happening again. We attended today's White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals.
We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment. While claiming that no policy proposals would be “prejudged,” this Task Force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners - honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans. It is unfortunate that this Administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation's most pressing problems. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen. Instead, we will now take our commitment and meaningful contributions to members of congress of both parties who are interested in having an honest conversation about what works - and what does not.
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This post will be a brief summary here as this is past history and therefore somewhat irrelevant now:
An "Assault" Weapons ban was proposed and passed by a Democrat controlled Congress and signed by a Democrat President. This goal was part of and is still part of the Democrat platform and was instituted by the radical left wing of the Democratic party personified by the likes of Dianne Feinstein. The intent with this law was to take the first step towards total firearms registration and ultimately firearms confiscation. It had a Sunset clause and expired in 2004 while Bush was President and ther wern't enough votes in Congress to re-institute the ban. There is NO credible information to indicate this ban had any influence in reducing the crime rate whatsoever in the 10 years it was in effect. The approach the radical left Democrats are now taking is go for it all. What will be proposed to Congress is the registration of most firearms deemed "not suitable for sporting purposes",** a ban on any further manufacture of such weapons and the requirement that all such registered weapons be turned in for destruction upon the death of the current owner. We'll know more in a few weeks. Jim
**My understanding is this registration required list contains several hundred firearms and also(Double Gun only owners please note) includes any firearm with a bore diameter greater than .50.
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To the best of my knowledge the 1994 "Assault" weapons ban was never challenged at the Federal level as a 2nd Amendment right violation. This was probably because of it's limited scope. I am NOT a lawyer and perhaps someone with a legal background here can provide more information. The same has been true of the original NFA law of 1934 which required the registration of machine guns or the 1986 law which banned the further manufacture sale of machine guns to individuals. The latter two laws did have an effect. You could have bought an M16 full auto rifle from Colt prior to 1986 for a few hundred dollars plus the $200 registration fee. The same registered M16 (pre 1986) would now cost you around $20,000. Here's an example of the basic law of supply and demand.
I have an update here from further research:
"The Supreme Court reversed the District Court and held that the NFA provision (criminalizing possession of certain firearms) was not violative of the Second Amendment's restriction and therefore was not unconstitutional." This update is from the 1938 Supreme Court case. The defendent's name was Miller and he was found to be in possession of a sawed off shotgun(Barrels less than 18"). I suspect this ruling may be the reason the original "Assault" weapons ban was never challenged. Jim
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Ruger has set up a site that will send a form letter to YOUR elected officials. Yeah, I know, you should write your own. This is quick and painless. You will need to allow pop-ups for this to work: http://www.ruger.com/micros/advocacy/#Having just gone through this here in Illinois, I can say that most will not read the email, they will maintain a count. From their perspective, they are counting votes for their own re-election. Also, please send a more personal message in addition to this. Pete
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