Gun Control to the Forefront in New Budget Bill

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Gun Control Was Introduced and Passed Yesterday

Yesterday under the cover of darkness, Congressional Democrats released a 2,741 page government funding bill at 1:30 AM.

GOA rushed to analyze the bill, found the gun control buried on pages 2207-2213, and alerted our grassroots activists to take action.

Despite our best efforts, the gun control passed 260-171 with the support of 39 Republicans later that same day at 10PM.

Government funding will likely be extended until March 15th, so we have five days maximum to defeat this gun control in the Senate.

Please, take action and tell your Senators to DROP all gun control from the government funding bill.



Background Checks Made Worse

This year’s government appropriations bill includes two major gun control restrictions.

Sections 1101-1102 of the bill are known as the NICS Denial Notification Act to make the existing background check system even WORSE.

As you well know, the current NICS background check system is broken beyond belief.

Nine out of ten times, when someone is denied a gun purchase by the NICS system, it’s a law-abiding citizen who was wrongly denied their right to purchase a firearm.

Because the vast majority of NICS denials each year are false positives, the government gets less than a few dozen convictions of prohibited persons stupid enough to try to buy a gun at a gun store.

Even so, Congress seems intent on passing the NICS Denial Notification Act which instructs ATF to help local law enforcement launch CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS into each NICS denial—including all false-positive denials.

So, if this passes, you better hope the NICS system doesn’t falsely deny you your next gun purchase!


Please, take action to help us prevent this from becoming law!

Local Police to Enforce ATF Gun Control

Additionally, the government spending bill’s Section 1103 also contains funding for ATF to begin deputizing local law enforcement officers to enforce federal gun control laws. ATF can also appoint local government attorneys to help prosecute the enforcement of this gun control as well.

This runs in direct contradiction to the Second Amendment Sanctuary laws that GOA has been pushing around the country at the state and local level.

States like Missouri and Idaho have passed the STRONGEST Second Amendment Protection laws which prohibit funding for gun control and/or include criminal or civil penalties for government agents and/or agencies that enforce unconstitutional gun control. More than a dozen other states have similar statutes.
 
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I got the same email, being a long time GOA member. No surprise it was done the way it was.

The SAFE Act was passed in the wee hours very early Saturday morning.


EDIT: Passed the Senate.
 
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Here's the list of shame of R's who voted for it.
Remember for your state's primaries:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Capito (R-WV)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Portman (R-OH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)
 
Here's the list of shame of R's who voted for it.
Remember for your state's primaries:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Capito (R-WV)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Portman (R-OH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Tuberville (R-AL)
Wicker (R-MS)

This looks like a list of Senators. Did he Senate vote on this bill too?
 
I thought we wanted stronger enforcement of current laws? They have to some sort of investigation to determine whether the denials are false positive or something else.
 
One of my senators voted for this bill and I chastised him in the strongest manner possible for doing it. If your senator voted for it, please do the same.
 
That would require a common sense approach to any gun control issue. Common sense is sadly lacking from 75% of our legislators. First and foremost on their minds is re election.

I sometimes think it’s the only thing on their minds…….sadly…..
 
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