Tracking of all firearms

[theGinsue]

1st off this is a story from World Net Daily, so it really should be taken with a pound or two of salt. Hyperbole, fear mongering and journalistic standards that are as low as the MSM are the hallmark of WND stories.

It’s definitely legit: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45:

This bill has NO COSPONSORS, nothing makes it very far without cosponsors.This bill is only in committee (and with no cosponsors that gives it a 99.9% chance of dying in committee ... hell HR1022 had a dozen cosponsors and it died in committee).

It only takes 1 person to get the ball rolling. With a STRONG anti-gun Lib controlled Congress and another in the White House, getting this passed is not as far fetched as it would have sounded even 1 year ago.

Yes, we should be vigilant, and yes this congress is probably the most leftist of any congress since Clinton's days, but lets not get all worked up, there is zero chance of this thing becoming law as its written.

As I recall my history, they said something very similar about the gun ban in Nazi Germany (Oh Honey, that Adolf is such a nice man who has our best interests at heart). If we fail to "get all worked up" and voice our descent, this has a better chance of getting passed.

[Marlin]

U.S. Congress,,, Exclusive club of the criminal elite..

[HunterCO]

Must be Obama bin bidens dinner buddy!

"Change" is so wonderful..........

[Paradude54]

Did you ever notice that there's a hugely disproportonate number of clowns from Illinois that bring these things up?

[Red_Chili]

If we fail to "get all worked up" and voice our descent, this has a better chance of getting passed.

We have dissent.

Congress has demonstrated a descent.


OhIjustcrackmeupsometimes.

Sadly, however, I think both are true. I agree, silence is not an option no matter how 'out there' a bill is. If every time they step over the line they get ten thousand face slaps (there are other words to describe said slap) they will think better of it next time.

[Elhuero]

News stories like this, even the pound of salt ones, don't really bother me.

They can pass all the laws they want. I have my firearms in my hands and nothing will change that.

[Red_Chili]

And to that end...

I just spoke to a very nice guy in Congressman Rush' office. I explained that
1) I completely understand the need to get guns out of the hands of criminals. It is a real problem demanding effective solutions.
2) This bill is not an effective way to do that. It will not affect a criminal's ability to obtain a firearm in any way - they already get their firearms illegally. Making it more illegal will have no effect. They will still get their TEC-9s from Mexico or elsewhere.
3) The real solution is to increase the penalties astronomically for committing a crime with a firearm, and to work hard to rehabilitate the criminals where possible (I know, unlikely, but I threw a bone, because in a few cases this does work, especially in the case of religious work believe it or not).

He asked me, making it clear it was his own question, if I was a member of the NRA. I said yes, but that I was speaking not on behalf of the NRA but on my own behalf. He asked if the NRA had supported any legislation that would curb gun violence (he asked this in a very non-confrontational way, he was not picking a fight, and it was an honest question).

I said I was glad he asked. Yes, the NRA has proposed and supported increasing criminal penalties for felonies committed with a firearm, and yes, the NRA has supported stiff penalties for being a 'straw buyer', purchasing a firearm for someone who could not obtain one legally.

He did not know this. He thanked me for my comments, and I have every reason to believe he was taking notes.

Dissent registered.
202-225-4372
Be nice, be polite, treat the man like a citizen, listen and acknowledge the problem is real but that this is not the solution, it will only impact LAW ABIDING CITIZENS and not criminals.

[DOC]

News stories like this, even the pound of salt ones, don't really bother me.

They can pass all the laws they want. I have my firearms in my hands and nothing will change that.

Think of the children. Do you really want a world where the children have to pay $120 for a used glock magazine?

[theGinsue]

And that is precisely why I'm getting my kids their semi-auto handguns with lots of extra mags now (4 years still before my son can legally own one, but one day it'll be his).

[Mtn.man]

God Bless our guns,,, everyone of them,,,,Tiny 50 cal Tim