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Tell me again how U.S. freedom survives four years of radical Socialist oligarchy?
August 6, 2008 | Tagged Anti-gun show bill, Lautenberg, Obama, Socialist rule |
Now that a son of Colorado Senate Candidate Bob Schaffer has apparently deliberately flushed his father’s political career down the drain, and with it, the most important U.S. Senate race in the country; let’s review one narrow aspect of the consequences of a third party vote. Setting aside what I believe to be the disasterous implications of an Obama victory on health care, foreign policy, social welfare, free speech, energy independence, and overall personal freedom, I want to look at one area of domestic policy and one bill.
I believe that a single term of unrestricted Democrat rule would be fatal to the individual right to self-defense recognized by the Second Amendment and recently affirmed by the Supreme Court in the Heller Decision. I base this conclusion in part on the provisions of S. 2577, Frank Lautenberg’s new bill to “regulate” guns shows out of business. (Search Thomas by bill number.)
The Hard Left’s real problem with gun shows is, in my opinion, that they currently provide forums for persons in “The Community of People Who Own Guns” to meet and exchange information. Just as the radicals want to cripple talk radio with the “Fairness Doctrine,” so do they want to eliminate any opportunity for gun owners to gather to discuss possible resistance to Democrat plans for complete domination of America’s political landscape.
S. 2577, following some dubious claims in the findings about the frequency of criminal use of firearms purchased at gun shows, goes on to require that a gun show promoter register every gun show with the U.S. Attorney General according to regulations “promulgated” by that Attorney General. The promoter must then pay a fee for every gun show in an amount to be set by the Attorney General. Can you imagine Janet Reno writing regulations and setting fees? The words arbitrary, capricious, outlandish, and impossible come to mind.
How about a $10,000 fee for every show? That alone would wipe out all the smaller shows and probably kill most of the larger ones. As far as this bill is concerned, “Mission Accomplished!”
“But wait!” As they say in the TV ads, “There’s more!” The promoter has to verify the identity of “each gun show vendor.” (The Democrats don’t want to verify voter identification at the polls, yet they want to identify each vendor at a gun show!) By the way, a “vendor” is defined as anyone “who exhibits, sells, offers for sale, transfers or exchanges 1 or more firearms at a gun show.” How does a promoter know that an attendee might offer for sale a firearm that might not even be present at the show. (Crystal ball time again in Democrat Oz.)
If “any part of the transaction” occurs at the show, it is covered by this law. If Joe says to Harry, “Someday, you ought to come over and look at my shotgun,” at a gun show, in theory the sale of that shotgun across the back fence ten years later could be a criminal act. I believe this law criminalizes both thought and speech, beyond what I believe to be its patently illegal infringement of a fundamental right.
Before the show, every vendor must sign a ledger and a form regarding the legal liabilities imposed on every vendor at the show. Each person who attends the show must also be notified of the provisions of this onerous law. How would you do that as a promoter? If I were crazy enough to hold a gun show under this legislation, I would require every attendee to sign a form signifying their understanding of the law. Many gun show attendees would not complete the form. Gun show attendance would plummet. Mission accomplished! Gun shows killed.
All transactions at gun shows must be through a licensed dealer. Another fee (read tax) on a constitutional right. No person is allowed to take possession of a firearm until a criminal background check has been conducted. This bill refers to a real time background check against a federal database; however, I believe that the now all-powerful Attorney General could easily mandate a three-day, ten-day, or ninety day waiting period for completion of the background check. Most gun shows last two days. Mission accomplished, etc.
The gun show promoter has to submit within ten days a report to the Attorney General regarding sales at the show and the licensed dealers involved. The promoter must keep a record of all attendees who “offer to sell” that is subject to warrantless search without “reasonable cause” at any time by agents of the Attorney General.
Not to worry, however, violation of any these provisions will only net you a felony conviction, up to a $10,000 fine, and between two to five years in a federal pen. The conviction means you can never legally own a gun again.
If you are a conservative, a civil libertarian, or even a freedom-loving American, this law should give you nightmares. This is only one of fourteen anti-gun laws currently before Congress. These bills are being stalled by a shaky coalition of conservative Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats, and a possible Presidental veto.
If Barack Hussein Obama is elected with a 60 vote unassailable majority in the Senate, all these bills will most probably pass. Game, set, match, checkmate! The Left may not be able to ban guns, but they can make it so hard for you to own one that it will hurt.
This evisceration of the Second Amendment could very well take place in the course of one four-year Presidential term and there would be nothing that we could legally do about it. Even if there were a “backlash” against Left-wing excesses, which is doubtful given the Socialists’ ability to slam the door behind them when they gain power, it would take decades to regain the freedom that would be lost.
Please review my 13 relevant posts under the category “Elections” on this site for a much deeper comprehensive review of the damage that I believe an Obama Presidency would cause. Of course, I could be over-the-hill paranoid crazy, but I have trouble ignoring the 14 gun bills poised to bury the Second Amendment. S. 2577 isn’t the worst of the lot.
I know about John McCain’s record on gun shows. I don’t personally like the man, but he has to pay some degree of attention to gun owners. Barack Hussein Obama wants us to dry up and blow away, the sooner, the better.
If you are a potential third party voter (aside from supporiting Nader-Go Nader!), tell me where I’m wrong. Has not a third party candidate always thrown the election to the other side? What could possibly be different in 2008? What leads you to think that freedom could survive four years of Socialist rule?
Def Mech
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