Wednesday, February 11, 2009
11:16 AM on Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Buell: The first step toward gun control
It did not take long for the liberal left to go after our guns. HR45 is the FIRST attempt to take the rights of the populous under the guise of gun safety. The main components to HR 45 are:
Requiring licensing of all gun owners.
Requiring a photograph and thumb print.
Requiring passage of a test written by the U.S. attorney general.
Paying a tax on the guns you already have and those you buy in the future, if you can!
Doesn't seem so bad? What it actually means is that under HR 45, if you can't pass a complex test written by the U.S. attorney general, pay the tax, give up fingerprints and a biometric-capable photo of yourself (that can be turned into a digital facial-recognition number and used as a de facto national ID), every gun you own will become contraband and subject to confiscation, while you stand trial before imprisonment.
This bill would potentially make it illegal to even own a gun, any gun for hunting, self defense or sport shooting purposes.
What else does this bill do? It strikes a law already on the books that prevents the government from creating a central gun registry. Why is this important? Because, every gun owner would be required to register all of the guns they already own, and any transfer of any kind, including to your own children, would be registered as well. Registry is the first step toward confiscation. Ask those in Germany, Russia, Japan, Iraq how things turned out when gun rights were stripped.
Don't think this can happen? It is already happening. Write your congressman and senator, and write letters to the editor. Don't sit back and let this assault on our second amendment rights happen.
Ryan Buell,
Pequot Lakes
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