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 06.24.09 |
BRIDE
OF BRADY UPDATE
As you know, HB 2853 has advanced beyond its last committee
hearing in the full Ways and Means Committee and will now go
to the floors of the House and Senate.
You can read who voted to protect, (and oppose) your rights,
here
in an alert from yesterday.
If this bill passes into law it will be the first significant
piece of gun control in over 10 years.
The bill has been amended 10 times and although it is now far
more restricted than in earlier versions, it still opens a wider
door to abuse and misuse of the records that are already delaying
and denying legitimate firearms transfers. But, as Representative
Chip Shields
pointed out yesterday, the Feds are promising to send Oregon
some money to get in line, and that was good enough for him.
Of course it is disappointing to see Oregon legislators willing
to sell out their constituents for a few bucks, but this legislative
session has made the "sell out" second only to the
"vote sale" as a regular practice.
Keep in mind, this bill is NOT intended to allow the Oregon
State Police to know who is excluded from a firearms purchase
because of mental illness (or in the words of the bill, "mental
retardation".) The State Police have repeatedly told us
they already have access to that information, and it is the
State Police who preform background checks in Oregon, not the
Feds.
This bill is intended to share this information with the Federal
government, currently run by an openly anti-gun administration.
Let's face it, for years we have heard stories of abuse of records
by various federal agencies and administrations. Only two
days ago, anti-gun militant Senator Frank Lautenberg and others
introduced a bill he called the"Denying
Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009."
In a press release he stated " from February
2004 to February 2009, there were 963 cases in which a known
or suspected terrorist attempted to buy a gun. In 90 percent
of those cases - a total of 865 times - they were cleared to
proceed with that purchase"
So now we will be turning over a vast new database of names
to a government that tells us, with a straight face, that
"known" terrorists are among us, buying guns and explosives
and they (the Feds) are doing nothing. Why are "known terrorists"
not in jail? Is it rational to trust this government with
more, easily abused data? How will you feel if you are unjustly
denied a firearms purchase, but now you must petition a "psychiatric
review board" to request that your rights be restored?
We were told the Federal law this bill forces us into compliance
with (HR 2640) was a reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings.
But even the law's supporters, (the NRA and the Brady Campaign)
have to admit, this bill would have done nothing to stop that
crime.
The anti-gunners have a large majority. This bill comes with
the promise of bucks from the Obama administration, and it's
very easy to say we don't want mentally ill people getting guns.
There is no question we are facing an uphill battle. But please
take one last shot.
Even if you have already contacted your own Senator and House
Rep, please let them know one more time that you don't want
the Feds meddling with the gun rights of Oregonians.
Time is very short. This bill could reach the floors of
the House and Senate literally at any moment.
Your can learn who your representatives are by using this link.
Your local Senator and local House Rep will be the last two
people listed.You can save even more time by using this link
and have your message sent directly to your representatives.
Please feel free to cut and paste the suggested text below or
modify it as you see fit. Thank you for all your efforts
supporting liberty and privacy.
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I am writing today to express my strong opposition to HB 2853.
As you know, this bill will force us into compliance with HR
2640, the "Veterans Disarmament Act." This dangerous
piece of legislation will cause countless new delays and denials
of legitimate firearms purchases and turn over private information
to the Federal government while doing nothing to prevent violent
crimes.
Every new expansion of the failed "Brady Law" creates
hardships for the law abiding while those declared "a danger
to themselves and others" continue to walk our streets. Please
stand up for your constituents and vote NO on HB 2853.
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