???Gun Owners of America Email Alert <http://www.gunowners.org/>
Feds Seek to Implement Unconstitutional Power Grab
The Obama administration just can't stop blaming the Second Amendment
for violence perpetrated by Mexican drug cartels.
In the latest brazen attempt to circumvent the Constitution, Obama and
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) are
seeking to implement rules that will subject American gun dealers to
even more onerous paperwork requirements.
A new proposed rule will, for the first time, establish the precedent
that licensed firearms dealers will be required (by administrative fiat)
to report to the government the sale of two or more semi-automatic
rifles that are .22 caliber or greater, can accept a detachable
magazine, and are purchased by the same person within five business days.
In a move that bypasses the elected representatives of the people (the
Congress), the new rules could be instituted by regulatory fiat as
quickly as January 5, 2011.
This idea was concocted more than a year ago by New City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group that only seems
to focus on punishing legal gun owners.
Even worse, the final decision on implementing this plan will be up to
the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA),
headed by Cass Sunstein. In 2009, GOA opposed the confirmation of
Sunstein, who would like to ban hunting and allow animals to have legal
representation in court.
This mandate will not only violate federal statutory law prohibiting a
federal gun registry, it will also give the BATFE another excuse to
harass American gun dealers, while doing nothing to address the problem
of border violence.
Drug cartels are financed to the tune of the billions of dollars. They
finance disposable submarines, tunnels between the two countries, and
large shipments of weapons from rogue nations. Cartels have bribed
Mexican officials at the highest levels to the tune of millions of
dollars, and have taken effective control of entire cities in Mexico.
To suggest that adding yet another layer of paperwork requirements to
U.S. gun dealers will help to stem the violence is ludicrous. This is
simply another attempt to ratchet down on the right to keep and bear arms.
The Second Amendment is not the cause of border, drug-related violence.
And as violence increasingly occurs on our side of the border, Second
Amendment rights become even more important for self-protection.
Gun Owners of America is submitting comments opposing these new rules
and is urging members of Congress to slam the brakes on this proposal.
ACTION: Please urge your Representative and Senators to oppose this
abuse of federal power. Click here to send a pre-written letter
<http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/alert/?alertid=21036516>that
includes two specific steps that members of Congress can take
immediately, and it also urges them to prepare, if necessary, to push
legislation to overturn this unlawful act.
It is especially important for licensed gun dealers to take these
actions, so please pass this alert on to your local gun store.
*Click here to take action now!
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