Americans are once again under attack by the mediaocrats who want to
disarm, then subjugate all Americans.
BTW, a friend who works at a dicks in Houston area said he sold 18 guns
today, and that the mediaocrat induced panic has people scared that they
will have to defend themselves. Now that the TP is gone, they are
moving into clean out the dicks stores.
Quoted text: "As uncertainty about the COVID-19 outbreak continues to
swirl, it is clear that anti-gun extremists and elected officials will
use fear of the unknown to advance their agenda to undermine our
firearms freedom. Not surprisingly, it didn’t take them long to try and
quietly pass and implement gun control schemes while Americans
are focused on ensuring the health, safety and welfare of themselves and
their families.
Today,an ordinance has passed in Champaign, IL
<http://documents.ci.champaign.il.us/v/1xcdmv-59ceVrRKkf2OAFyX4DjraEqrFF>,
to empower the mayor to “[o]rder the discontinuance of selling,
distributing, dispensing or giving away of … firearms or ammunition of
any character whatsoever.”
The ordinance in Champaign serves as a warning bell to law-abiding gun
owners nationwide. We must be on high alert for any attempts to destroy
the Second Amendment in jurisdictions throughout the country.
We don’t have to guess that when emotions are running high, some
politicians will exploit the situation to overstep their bounds. We know
this. We’ve seen it time and time again, including in New Orleans
<https://www.nraila.org/articles/20150821/a-decade-later-remember-new-orleans-gun-confiscation-can-and-has-happened-in-america>
after Hurricane Katrina, more recently in the U.S. Virgin Islands
<https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170906/shocking-news-as-governor-of-virgin-islands-orders-national-guard-to-seize-americans-firearms>,
and even in a North Carolina city
<https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/federal-judge-says-n-c-can-t-ban-all-citizens/article_97b04490-317d-5cc5-98f0-6a3a89e8aec4.html>
in the face of unusually harsh winter weather. This is hardly an
exhaustive list of such abuses.
This is exactly why the NRA has supported legislation to prevent
government officials from using their “emergency powers” as a pretext
for disarming the citizenry.
In 2006, then-Congressman Bobby Jindal (R-LA) led the fight to protect
America’s gun owners against these abuses by introducing H.R. 5013 in
the House, a final version of which was signed by President George W.
Bush in October of that year. Now codified at 42
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/5207>U.S.C. § 5207
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/5207>, the law prohibits
persons acting under color of federal law, receiving federal funds, or
acting at the direction of a federal employee from seizing or
authorizing the seizure of lawfully-possessed firearms during a state of
emergency.
The majority of U.S. states now have similar laws to prevent state and
local officials from using the exercise of their “emergency powers” as a
pretext to infringe the right to keep and bear arms. And even in the
absence of such laws, the Second Amendment still applies by its own force.
That’s why we are asking gun owners to be alert to any attempt to
leverage the fear and uncertainty around the COVID-19 outbreak to assail
Second Amendment rights. If you learn of any such attempt, please
contact us immediately at nra.org
<https://www.nraila.org/contact-nra-ila/>, ila-cont...@nrahq.org
<mailto:ila-cont...@nrahq.org>, or (800) 392-8683. If possible, please
include a link or reference to the proposed bill or rule in question.
We will continue to monitor the situation in Champaign, as well as the
rest of the nation and alert our members accordingly.
Now, more than ever, it is essential for Americans to work together to
successfully resolve the current crisis that faces the country. Every
person can play a part by keeping a cool head, staying informed with
reliable sources of information, and following directives in your
locality about hygiene and social distancing."
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