HR 45 "Watch Out!"

This is a "Cut and Paste" but it doesn't take away from the severity of this whole thing.<br><br>Pleased be advised and pass this along: House Bill HR 45, Blair Holt Licensing and Record Act of 2009 Will, in my opinion, be the first of 2 or 3 steps towardconfiscation of privately owned firearms.<br><br>You can follow the sequence as it already happened in Canada and the UK . First the government needs to register the guns so they will know where to find them.<br><br>Here they come, ready or not. Feel the water getting warmer?<br><br>Are you ready for the House Bill titled 'HR 45, Blair Holt Licensing and Record Act of 2009'. It will make it illegal to own a firearm unless it isregistered with the database in Washington D.C. As a gun owner you will have to be finger printed, you will be required to provide your DL#, SS#, you mustmaintain a valid address at all times, submit to mental and physical health records being put on file, you will also be required to file any address changesand any ownership changes even if a private sale. Each update will cost $25 and if you fail to comply you will lose your right to own firearms. This bill andits language mirror almost completely one defeated last year in the House of Representatives by soon to be Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Will we the citizenrybe as lucky this time?<br><br>Pass this on to everyone who believes in strict Constitutionalism and remember that laws only apply to those who obey them. Criminals by definition and naturedo not abide by laws. New laws and restrictions only apply to the law abiding citizen and are not written with the criminal in mind. With guns, it is not abouthaving laws on the books to prosecute individuals, it is about taking guns away from the people so that no one has them in the first place. One last item tonote, when assuming power and creating a facist state, Hitler was a proponent of strong gun laws because a disarmed populace was much easier to control than anarmed one. The kings of old also outlawed weapons of any kind in any region that they conquered to quell the ability of the citizens to uprise against them.<br><br>The Founding Fathers of this nation understood all of the above and because of this they included the second amendment in the constitution. In fact, they knewthat at some point in every society's life span that the need for the population to arise came about. To this end they made the right to keep and bear armsagainst a tyrannical state an absolute right that could not be revoked. They did this because the first thing tyrants and despots do is to remove apopulation's right to defend themselves When this is done, the tyrants have no problem with the destruction of society as we know it.<br><br>Send this on to all true patriots! Protect your Second Amendment!<br><br><br>The following is a summary of the bill as provided by the Congressional Research Service. If you read the whole bill, you'll find it will effectivelypreclude the ownership of ANY firearms by law-abiding people unless licensed by the Attorney General. How long do you think THAT would take?? CongressionalResearch Service Summary The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress.GovTrack did not write and has no control over these summaries.<br>1/6/2009--Introduced. Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a personfrom possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license hasnot been invalidated or revoked. Prescribes license application, issuance, and renewal requirements. Prohibits transferring or receiving a qualifying firearmunless the recipient presents a valid firearms license, the license is verified, and the dealer records a tracking authorization number. Prescribes firearmstransfer reporting and record keeping requirements. Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system. Prohibits: (1)transferring a firearm to any person other than a licensee, unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with national instantcriminal background check system requirements, with exceptions; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer from failing to comply with reporting and record keepingrequirements of this Act; (3) failing to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Attorney General within 72 hours; (4) failing to report to the AttorneyGeneral an address change within 60 days; or (5) keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition for the firearm, knowingly or recklesslydisregarding the risk that a child is capable of gaining access, if a child uses the firearm and causes death or serious bodily injury. Prescribes criminalpenalties for violations of firearms provisions covered by this Act. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm injury informationclearinghouse; (2) conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and maintain current production andsales figures of each licensed manufacturer. Authorizes the Attorney General to certify state firearm licensing or record of sale systems.<br><br><a title="blocked::"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45.IH">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45.IH</a>href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45.IH" target=_blank rel=nofollow&gt;<a target="_blank" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45.IH">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45.IH</a><br>

When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.........................

I'm quite certain I'll be the only one here to say it, but I'm all for HR 45. The 2nd Ammendment is widely misinterpreted, and was intended togrant the right of the People <em>as a Militia</em> to bear arms and does <em>not</em> address private ownership.

Will HR 45 affect my cache of weapons-grade plutonium? I mean, you never know...

sounds like most of the crap on the books already.

I am with you Greg....I once had a wild collection of about 25 revolvers/pistols and 15 to 20 long guns...I also had a stockpile of about 30,000 rounds of thevarious ammunition needed to shoot all of them. Every week-end I'd go to the range and shoot a bunch of papert targets. When I moved to Canada I had toshed my weoponry, and become one of the masses without the personal protection, I was so comfortable owning in the past. As it stands right now, 10 yearslater, I am still alive and have yet to really have a reason to own one again other than the fact that I would want to. In my opinion, right now, if theystopped manufacturing them for the public, it wouldn't bother me in the least. Paranoia is not a good reason to own a gun. And it is not ones right to owna gun as much as it is a priviledge and that can be taken away.....the 2nd ammendment is highly misinterpreted. Forgive the spelling...lol

"The 2nd Ammendment is widely misinterpreted, and was intended to grant the right of the People <em>as a Militia</em> to bear arms and does <em>not</em>address private ownership."<br> Prove it!<br><img height="20" src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_hippie.gif" width="20" alt="image">Later, Steve<p><br></p>

private citizens make up a militia. What....if, by chance a militia was needed, people would have to go knock on the local National Guard armory to be armed?Not likely to happen. They take all privately owned guns away....every gang banger gonna give 'em up too? I bet there would be a serious spike in homeinvasions and robberies......crooks and gangs are most definitely law abiding citizens. <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif">

I'm keeping my guns NO MATTER WHAT. If ever questioned, I'll say they were stolen. I'm tempted to pick up another handgun, but don't want apaper trail...<br>

There is nothing to be "proven" about the 2nd ammendment. It was written at a time and under circumstances so utterly different than those which welive in now, and in antiquated English so open to misinterpretation, as to render it almost meaningless. However, it is clear that the people who wrote itweren't thinking about paranoid citizens arming themselves with handguns to protect themselves from each other. They were thinking of invasion by foreigncountries, namely England. Think your handgun will do you any good when some country attacks us with nuclear warheads?<br><br>While the argument that "regulating firearms means that only criminals will have them" bears some merit, it only tells me that there need to be evenmore restrictive gun control laws in place.<br><br>Looks like this is turning into a political debate...