tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69557738857237385972024-03-14T00:03:51.864-04:00Second Amendment Freedom- Firearms RightsSome views from the Midwest on National and World Affairs, our Basic Civil Liberties, Self Defense, and Fundamental Firearms Rights.
"No free man shall be debarred the use of arms within his own land." Thomas Jefferson 1776.......
I'm James Hilty, a now retired lawyer who practiced criminal law & also represented client firearms cases.
Visit the companion blog at armedselfdefense.blogspot.comjghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-51674300833959863002022-08-26T23:12:00.000-04:002022-08-26T23:12:18.441-04:00Why did a new California "Bill" cause CMP TO Send this? <p> This came from the Civilian Marksmanship Program today. What was California up to for them to send this?</p><p>First:</p><p>"Attention Email Subscribers: </p><div>Due to a new Bill in California, CMP cannot send out email communications to our subscribers without having your full address and birthday in our email database. Please click on the “Update Profile” link in the footer of this email to update your contact details. CMP will continue to send out emails to only those subscribers that have completed their profile. We will also post updates on our <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kqeqecfHjBP49-BMG_xnBOk1GhNyizr6-7OGONTA4nI8V4aK9e-uze1N9MqLE-MYKQKIQ8I8ON2BOoAPsMTJRtIe44bsPIBHcNMdB_-rQ1_wgab8soDc123L4eoXKAoCshRIKFF9fJXvn-AD6MjwwOLw73glcFRS6Vz-kLjuZE0=&c=0fuzJQz00Twn4acEYeUH6mnjnrAKvp8mg8ScwfOtfK0VN1BHwRvPkQ==&ch=G9VZx-1sxNCw_GA8jWJEozpz7B-yUpL7rCPXVcvyAtkFfLd83Ey6CQ==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001kqeqecfHjBP49-BMG_xnBOk1GhNyizr6-7OGONTA4nI8V4aK9e-uze1N9MqLE-MYKQKIQ8I8ON2BOoAPsMTJRtIe44bsPIBHcNMdB_-rQ1_wgab8soDc123L4eoXKAoCshRIKFF9fJXvn-AD6MjwwOLw73glcFRS6Vz-kLjuZE0%3D%26c%3D0fuzJQz00Twn4acEYeUH6mnjnrAKvp8mg8ScwfOtfK0VN1BHwRvPkQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DG9VZx-1sxNCw_GA8jWJEozpz7B-yUpL7rCPXVcvyAtkFfLd83Ey6CQ%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1661614173848000&usg=AOvVaw3PhKksmuwv60nrklnqTh9-">Facebook page</a> and our <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001kqeqecfHjBP49-BMG_xnBOk1GhNyizr6-7OGONTA4nI8V4aK9e-uzXj8u59Vl43MoaiPs08Y1KiGdZvG9p7dSOrImh6n2mQ0cxYpwxSDHMzKpQzfc90xsfJ3AWR8GHzVa2piwqaC-yUK5sKwfY_csa7LrYrJCgpJUkRmsG1Y1iLaw-DG9HzpoQ==&c=0fuzJQz00Twn4acEYeUH6mnjnrAKvp8mg8ScwfOtfK0VN1BHwRvPkQ==&ch=G9VZx-1sxNCw_GA8jWJEozpz7B-yUpL7rCPXVcvyAtkFfLd83Ey6CQ==" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001kqeqecfHjBP49-BMG_xnBOk1GhNyizr6-7OGONTA4nI8V4aK9e-uzXj8u59Vl43MoaiPs08Y1KiGdZvG9p7dSOrImh6n2mQ0cxYpwxSDHMzKpQzfc90xsfJ3AWR8GHzVa2piwqaC-yUK5sKwfY_csa7LrYrJCgpJUkRmsG1Y1iLaw-DG9HzpoQ%3D%3D%26c%3D0fuzJQz00Twn4acEYeUH6mnjnrAKvp8mg8ScwfOtfK0VN1BHwRvPkQ%3D%3D%26ch%3DG9VZx-1sxNCw_GA8jWJEozpz7B-yUpL7rCPXVcvyAtkFfLd83Ey6CQ%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1661614173848000&usg=AOvVaw2vX3aUiQLiM77FWsLDYJuL">website</a>.'<br></div><div><br></div><div>Then this:</div><div><p>Attention Email Subscribers: </p><p>"CMP made a mistake. We do not need our customer phone numbers, addresses or dates of birth. My sincere apologies, Mark Johnson, DCM"<br></p><p>Was this a nefarious Order from California?</p></div><div><br></div>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-19299988550578880282022-08-19T17:26:00.002-04:002022-08-19T17:26:43.535-04:00How Much of a Threat is Beto to Texas Gun Owners?<p> We all know what Beto said about Texans' sport utility rifles. It doesn't need to be repeated here. He was serious in trying to stir the emotions of Texas Democrats. As we see demonstrated constantly, emotionalism is a big part pf liberalism.</p><p>However, fortunately Beto has a number of huge problems that he can't overcome in Texas. </p><p>One problem is funding from George Soros, a real player in world politics & the backer & leader of the "Open Society organization" For example, two of the best known Soros tail wagging lackeys are are ultra left candidates & the recipients of his financial campaign support are the DA's in both San Francisco & LA. Both are Soros back winning candidates. The DA in San Francisco recently lost a recall election because he was too liberal even for San Francisco. The DA in LA barely survived recall petitions. Neither DA was willing to enforce theft laws, releasing repeat offenders with no bond requested & allowed an open season on their cities retailers, especially hurting Mom & Pop stores. Several chain drug stores closed some locations. Even Starbucks is closing down some profitable stores in dangerous Democrat run cities. A sampling of Soros goals are political destabilization like with his attempt to destabilize governments as in his actions against the government of Hungary. His other actions actually destabilized the English Pound Sterling. He is also working to end citizenship in individual countries. Soros is a problem not only for Texas, but for the USA's sovereignty & freedoms.</p><p>Another problem for Beto is the fact that his record shows he can't get anything done while in elected office. He was El Paso's US Representative in the 16th District. As a US Representative, Beto couldn't even get Federal money to repair El Paso's roads & highways. That's not even a difficult job even for a brand new Congressman. But, as we have seen, Beto is all talk, but he's accomplished as an arm flailer & shouter of obscenities at his campaign events. Hardly a resume builder.</p><p>A third problem is that he would also face a hostile State Legislature who are loathe to pass any Texans' Second Amendment rights damaging laws such as bans, confiscation, registration, insurance, repeal of Constitutional carry & open carry laws. That isn't even considering the reaction of Texan gun owners to him at the polling booth.</p><p>A fourth problem is that Joe Biden is extremely unpopular in Texas, as is the fact that Texans are suffering along with the rest of the nation under Democrat control with having to pay $460 more every month for the same food, gas, goods & services as last July, 2021. Beto can do nothing to improve that. </p><p>The Governorship loss will make Beto a three time loser, having failed in a Presidential run & scoffed at then by his own bright blue Democrat Party, and his failed Senate run against Ted Cruz. Close, but the wisdom of Texans prevailed again. </p><p>Its going to be "Just say No to Beto' once more in Texas in November. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-21052464918952715832021-10-26T16:51:00.000-04:002021-10-26T16:51:12.852-04:00This Time The Gun Isn't To Blame<p> Strangely enough, the gun isn't to blame in the accidental homicide on the set of Alec Baldwin's new movie. Hollywood is putting the blame on a person. Maybe even two people. </p><p>Jon Erik Hexum accidentally killed himself on a movie set. He put a gun to his head, pulled the trigger & was killed at close range by an actual blank cartridge. It wasn't the gun's fault. Hollywood said it was a tragic accident & wasn't his fault because he should have been instructed how to use the properly blank loaded gun safely </p><p>Brandon Lee was killed on the set of the Crow by a prop gun. It wasn't the gun's fault. It was the fault of the production crew for having a "hot" gun misused on the set. </p><p>And now, in the Baldwin shooting, it wasn't the fault of the gun, Hollywood blames the Armorer & the assistant director who handed Baldwin the gun.</p><p>If Baldwin had been handed a prop AR15 in a different type of movie, the AR15 certainly would have been claimed as the culprit. </p><p>If it's decided that real prop guns are to be banned on the set, John Wick movies will never be the same. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>. </p>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-58633263821984032662018-01-30T17:42:00.000-05:002018-01-30T17:53:07.465-05:008,000 COLT 1911 MILITARY ISSUED PISTOLS COMING UP FOR SALE<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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The 1911s have been received by the CMP. A complete inventory will be conducted over the course of this week. The pistols will then be securely stored until the Army-approved 1911 building and armory infrastructure is completed. That completion is anticipated to be approximately <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_509681295" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">60 days from now</span></span>. Once the 1911 armory is completed, inspection, grading, repair, and ultimately test firing of the pistols will begin.<em> (Please be aware that the CMP was led to believe that we were ready to move forward, but three weeks ago facility requirements were changed, and we are now fulfilling those requirements.)</em></div>
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The CMP 1911 order packet will be posted 90 days prior to the order acceptance date and opening sales date. No orders will be accepted prior to that date. Please visit <a alt="http://www.thecmp.org" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0013V3ARQXyz2ehnxsvw6qSP_R4HJNjfwfzkOWl0Dvcp9jGLzO-ZfE8P7-_T6wCX4LhO6GXmTv20DxvR_M0tJ04YFZle-uoFbHuM59Vov-glh5GhnpxeZBU4dnMqIdKQgpcIdX-jaAeOE94SPXvA8A2Fo6K3pnGgkmF10n_Ll5_TXQ%3D%26c%3D4ayEYJKswFtNecz7lLYmQ7rHhKxMI56hUd37Ub47L0JUfnIi-TcEeA%3D%3D%26ch%3D60-9ZUNdzJXA8Q4wNr4NDbGzPwdwvF1yuORQMSlYorsg1qs0sYK40Q%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1517437744599000&usg=AFQjCNEQd1OWnEoCWauGVMBFKtPc-iqfZg" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0013V3ARQXyz2ehnxsvw6qSP_R4HJNjfwfzkOWl0Dvcp9jGLzO-ZfE8P7-_T6wCX4LhO6GXmTv20DxvR_M0tJ04YFZle-uoFbHuM59Vov-glh5GhnpxeZBU4dnMqIdKQgpcIdX-jaAeOE94SPXvA8A2Fo6K3pnGgkmF10n_Ll5_TXQ=&c=4ayEYJKswFtNecz7lLYmQ7rHhKxMI56hUd37Ub47L0JUfnIi-TcEeA==&ch=60-9ZUNdzJXA8Q4wNr4NDbGzPwdwvF1yuORQMSlYorsg1qs0sYK40Q==" shape="rect" style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.thecmp.org</a>, click on the <strong>Sales </strong>icon then <strong>1911 Information</strong>, for the latest. CMP customer service has been inundated with calls and emails concerning the 1911s and no further information is available at this time.</div>
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-31853344211162164822017-12-29T17:48:00.000-05:002017-12-29T17:53:13.705-05:00Government 1911 .45's May Soon Be Sold To The Public<br />
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The good news is that US issued 1911 45. pistols may soon be sold to the public. The bad news is that official release hasn't happened. The latest National Authorization Act (NDAA) calls for sale of these military relics. But, It's 10,000 per year through the Civilian Marksmanship Program, and there's government red tape, of course. And authorization is pending. Maybe The President will push through repatriation of over 200,000 M1 Garands that are on hold since Hillary and Obama stopped their sale.<br />
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Many will complain that they would rather buy a commercial .45 auto than a piece of "junk." That's fine.There will be some clunkers included; however, all sold will be graded and priced accordingly. Big deal. You wont be buying a proverbial pig in a poke.<br />
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The appeal is owning a piece of HISTORY. Has the .45 you are buying from CMP visited the beaches of Normandy? Was it on a South Pacific battlefield. Did it serve in Korea or Vietnam? Or, was it hardly used and carried by a Soldier or Marine and never saw combat?<br />
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If you want to shoot it, try it after a good inspection. If it just needs parts like a new barrel, extractor, spring, or other common replacement parts, so what? They are always available to buy and easy to replace.<br />
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The CMP Board of Directors has discussed at length how the sales of 1911s would be handled, if the CMP were to ever receive them from the United States Army.</div>
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<strong style="line-height: 18px;">Some preliminary decisions further clarified updated 12/19/2017:</strong></div>
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<li style="line-height: 18px;">CMP will have an all-new 1911 order form, 1911 purchasing instructions, a 1911 page on our web site, a dedicated 1911 FFL fax number and email address for the FFL holder to send their FFL with customer's name attached. The customer will have to send in a complete new order packet with all new qualifying criteria included. Everyone will be a new customer, everyone starts with no advantage or disadvantage. CMP 1911 is an FFL governed operation and is a separate entity from CMP and has to have its own record keeping operation with no ties to the old CMP records. </li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Decisions concerning the grade and pricing of the 1911s will not be made until inspection has occurred of a substantial quantity which will take an estimated 150 days post receipt. CMP will price at fair market value in accordance with CMP's enabling legislation.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Potential purchasers will have to provide to CMP a new set of documents exhibiting: 1) proof of U.S. Citizenship, 2) proof of membership in a CMP affiliated club, 3) proof of participation in a marksmanship activity, 4) a new form 2A with notary, 5) a signed copy of the 01, or 02, or 07 Federal Firearms License in which the 1911 will be transferred to.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">A NICS background check will be performed by CMP on the customer to assure the customer is eligible to purchase prior to shipment to the FFL licensed dealer. The customer must receive a "proceed" from NICS prior to shipment of the pistol to the FFL licensed dealer.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">The CMP customer will be required to complete a form 4473 in person at the FFL dealers place of business, successfully passing a NICS check, in which the information is provided by the FFL holder to NICS, before the pistol can be transferred. This is a second NICS check performed on the customer.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Qualified CMP customer will only be allowed to purchase one 1911 per calendar year.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">No 1911s available in the CMP stores, or on line, only mail order sales. All 1911 orders will come in via USPS, UPS, Fed EX, etc.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">CMP will set the date in which it will accept orders for the 1911s. The date will be posted to the world.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Orders will only be accepted via mail order delivery, USPS, UPS, Fed Ex, etc.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Orders will only be accepted post marked on the date or after, no early orders.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Once CMP receives 10,000 orders, customer names will be loaded into the Random Number Generator.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">The Random Number Generator will provide a list of names in sequence order through a random picking process to CMP. </li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">Customers will be contacted in the sequence provided by the Random Number Generator.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px;">When the customer is contacted a list of 1911 grades and pricing options that are available will be offered for selection of one 1911 type pistol.</li>
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<strong style="line-height: 18px;"><u style="line-height: 18px;">First Reason</u></strong>: The first NICS check makes sure the customer can legally possess the 1911 type pistol prior to shipping it to the local 01, or 02, or 07 FFL dealer. The CMP, Congress, and the United States Army do not want the 1911 to have to be shipped back to CMP 1911 if the purchaser is not legal to possess. The more in transit the pistol is, the more likely it could be lost or stolen. The second NICS check is performed by the local 01, or 02, or 07 FFL in accordance with their standard transfer procedures. </div>
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<strong style="line-height: 18px;"><u style="line-height: 18px;">Second Reason</u></strong>: CMP’s enabling legislation mandated by Congress specifies that the purchaser “successfully pass a thorough and complete background check”, i.e. NICS. CMP cannot turn any firearm over to the purchaser until it receives a “proceed” from NICS, the local FFL can turn the pistol over after 72 business hours have elapsed if they have not heard back from NICS. Turning the pistol over after 72 hours and not getting a “proceed” does not satisfy CMP’s enabling legislation mandated by Congress. This leaves CMP no choice but to have a NICS check done and get a “proceed” to satisfy its enabling legislation, before shipping to the local 01, or 02, or 07 FFL.</div>
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<strong style="line-height: 18px;">Note:</strong> 1911 type pistols purchased from CMP cannot be transferred to 03 FFL (curio and relic) license. BATF and the United States Army prefer the second background check be performed by an FFL dealer. Each customer purchasing a 1911 type pistol from CMP will be subjected to two NICS background checks, one the information provided by CMP to NICS and the second the information will be provided to NICS by the FFL dealer in which the pistol is shipped.</div>
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<strong style="line-height: 18px;">Ordering Information:</strong> CMP will have an all-new 1911 order form, 1911 purchasing instructions, a 1911 page on our web site, a dedicated 1911 FFL fax number and email address for the FFL holder to send their FFL with customer name attached. The customer will have to send in a complete new order packet with all new qualifying criteria included. Everyone will be a new customer, everyone starts with no advantage or disadvantage. CMP 1911 is an FFL governed operation and is a separate entity from CMP and has to have its own record keeping operation with no ties to the old CMP records. </div>
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<strong style="line-height: 18px;">Concerning sale price of the 1911s:</strong> CMP has been selling M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, 1903s, .22s, etc. for 21+ years and we have never taken advantage of anyone. CMP is not going to start price gouging people now with the 1911s. The 1911s will be priced at fair market value just like our M1 Garands. The CMP's enabling legislation directs sales of items at fair market value.</div>
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<br />jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-58308456315173557062013-09-10T11:05:00.000-04:002013-09-10T11:05:31.462-04:00CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM SURVIVES OBAMA DICTATEjghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-26626402383664796112013-08-30T12:05:00.001-04:002013-08-30T12:58:56.009-04:00Obama Action To End Civilian Marksmanship Program Sales Of Returned Military Firearms<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For over a century, the government sanctioned CMP and its predecessor, The Department of Civilian Marksmanship, imported military firearms such as M-1 Garands, M1 Carbines, Springfield 30.06, 1917 Enfield rifes, training rifle .22's and similar rifles and sold them to members of gun clubs affiliated with the CMP. These rifles had been loaned to foreign governments and were returned by those governments to American taxpayers who footed the bill for their manufacture. The latest government to return such firearms was South Korea which returned M1 Carbines to the CMP. Hillary Clinton, with Obama's blessing, banned the return of some 200,000 M1 Garands from South Korea while still Secretary of State. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, Obama is ending importation of all private firearms importation of surplus military rifles that were provided to foreign governments by the United States. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This ban affects all importers of these firearms.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This apparently means the end of the CMP sales program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There has been a conspicuous lack of drivebys and other wanton killings by people using surplus M1 Garands, M1 carbines, and bolt action rifles. However, Obama calls this a "Common Sense" gun regulation. Its purpose is to"reduce Gun Violence. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the practical effect is to restrict gun sales to law abiding citizens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CMP has some remaining M1 Garands available, starting at $625.00 + shipping and some M1D's starting at $900.00 + shipping. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ammunition sales by CMP is not specifically mentioned as being affected by the the White House. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CMP is a 501c 3 Organization. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the same stroke of a pen, Obama also closed a "Loophole" that allowed corporations and trusts to <span style="line-height: 18px;">gain access to machine guns or other "particularly dangerous weapons" by registering the weapon to a trust or corporation with a second new regulation. </span></span><br />
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FACT SHEET: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence</h1>
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Today, the Obama administration announced two new common-sense executive actions to keep the most dangerous firearms out of the wrong hands and ban almost all re-imports of military surplus firearms to private entities. These executive actions build on the 23 executive actions that the Vice President recommended as part of the comprehensive gun violence reduction plan and the President unveiled on January 16, 2013.</div>
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Even as Congress fails to act on common-sense proposals, like expanding criminal background checks and making gun trafficking a federal crime, the President and Vice President remain committed to using all the tools in their power to make progress toward reducing gun violence.</div>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Building on the 23 Executive Actions the President and Vice President Unveiled Last January</strong></div>
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<li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px;">Last December, the President asked the Vice President to develop a series of recommendations to reduce gun violence. On January 16, 2013, they released these proposals, including 23 executive actions. With the first Senate confirmation of an ATF Director on July 31, 2013, the Administration has completed or made significant progress on 22 of the 23 executive actions. The new executive actions unveiled today build on this successful effort. </li>
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<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Closing a Loophole to Keep Some of the Most Dangerous Guns Out of the Wrong Hands</strong></div>
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<li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px;">Current law places special restrictions on many of the most dangerous weapons, such as machine guns and short-barreled shotguns. These weapons must be registered, and in order to lawfully possess them, a prospective buyer must undergo a fingerprint-based background check.</li>
<li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px;"> However, felons, domestic abusers, and others prohibited from having guns can easily evade the required background check and gain access to machine guns or other particularly dangerous weapons by registering the weapon to a trust or corporation. At present, when the weapon is registered to a trust or corporation, no background check is run. ATF reports that last year alone, it received more than 39,000 requests for transfers of these restricted firearms to trusts or corporations.</li>
<li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px;">Today, ATF is issuing a new proposed regulation to close this loophole. The proposed rule requires individuals associated with trusts or corporations that acquire these types of weapons to undergo background checks, just as these individuals would if the weapons were registered to them individually. By closing this loophole, the regulation will ensure that machine guns and other particularly dangerous weapons do not end up in the wrong hands.</li>
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<li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px;">When the United States provides military firearms to its allies, either as direct commercial sales or through the foreign military sales or military assistance programs, those firearms may not be imported back into the United States without U.S. government approval. Since 2005, the U.S. Government has authorized requests to reimport more than 250,000 of these firearms.</li>
<li style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px;">Today, the Administration is announcing a new policy of denying requests to bring military-grade firearms back into the United States to private entities, with only a few exceptions such as for museums. This new policy will help keep military-grade firearms off our streets. </li>
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-27772012146461175752013-08-27T11:46:00.001-04:002013-08-27T11:46:46.785-04:00New Congressional Attack on Guns…20% Federal Tax on Guns & 50% on Ammunition <div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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Rep. Davis stated, “Gun violence in America has reached epidemic proportions and we cannot, as a nation, any longer tolerate the on-going social and economic costs of inaction. Gun violence is a daily reality for America and, in particular, for urban cities like Chicago. The crisis should outrage us all. This legislation is a pro-active approach to reducing gun violence by using proven preventive programs which have been starved for funds until now. As part of a comprehensive, multidimensional strategy to reduce gun violence, this legislation closes major loopholes in tax law and lays out an equitable, long term, sustainable strategy to provide the requisite resources.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">The Bill also increases transfer fees on Class 3 purchases<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br />
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<hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">A BILL<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This Act may be cited as the ‘Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCISE TAXES RELATING TO FIREARMS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(a) In General- Section 4181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">SEC. 4181. IMPOSITION OF TAX.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘There is hereby imposed upon the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the following articles a tax equivalent to the specified percent of the price for which so sold:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(1) Articles taxable at 20 percent:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(A) Pistols.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(B) Revolvers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(C) Firearms (other than pistols and revolvers).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(D) Any lower frame or receiver for a firearm, whether for a semiautomatic pistol, rifle, or shotgun that is designed to accommodate interchangeable upper receivers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(2) Articles taxable at 50 percent: Shells and cartridges.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(b) Exemption for United States- Subsection (b) of section 4182 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(b) Sales to United States- No firearms, pistols, revolvers, lower frame or receiver for a firearm, shells, and cartridges purchased with funds appropriated for any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States shall be subject to any tax imposed on the sale or transfer of such articles.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(c) Availability of Funds From Increased Taxes-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(1) ALLOCATION- Amounts in the general fund of the Treasury by reason of section 3(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (as amended by paragraph (2) of this subsection) are hereby appropriated and shall be available, as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(A) 35 percent of such amounts shall be available for community-oriented policing services grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers under section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)). States using funds for school resource officers shall include training, protections, and monitoring to ensure that school resource officers are used to improve school safety and climate, and promote positive reform in student suspensions, expulsions, and referrals to the juvenile or criminal justice systems.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(B) 35 percent of such amounts shall be available for the Project Safe Neighborhoods, as authorized by sections 101 through 104 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110-5) and Public Law 109-108 (119 Stat. 2290, 2302).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(C) 10 percent of such amounts shall be available for the Centers for Disease Control National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for purposes of research on gun violence and its prevention.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(D) 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the National Criminal History Improvement Program authorized under section 302(c) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3732(c)).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(E) 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the NICS Act Record Improvement Program authorized under section 301 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(F) 5 percent for the Community-Based Violence Prevention Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program of the Department of Justice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 40.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(G) 5 percent of such amounts shall be available for the Secretary of Education to provide directed grants and technical assistance to schools eligible for or receiving grants under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to develop and implement comprehensive, evidence-based local or regional strategies (such as positive behavior interventions and supports, social and emotional learning, and restorative justice programs) to improve school climate, reduce the use of exclusionary school discipline, and decrease the number of youth entering the juvenile and criminal justice systems.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 3(a) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘There shall not be covered into the fund the portion of the tax imposed by such section 4181 that is attributable to any increase in amounts received in the Treasury under such section by reason of the amendments made by section 2 of the Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013, as estimated by the Secretary.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(d) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to sales after December 31, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></b> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">SEC. 3. SPECIAL TAX AND LICENSING RELATING TO FIREARMS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(a) Increase in Tax-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(1) GENERAL RULE- Subsection (a) of section 5801 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘$1,000’ and inserting ‘$2,000’, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘$500’ and inserting ‘50 percent of the dollar amount applicable under paragraph (1) for the taxable year’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2) SMALL IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS- Paragraph (1) of section 5801(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘substituting ‘$500’ for ‘$1,000’ and inserting ‘substituting ‘50 percent of the dollar amount applicable under such paragraph for the taxable year’ for ‘$2,000’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(3) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION- Section 5801 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(c) Adjustment for Inflation- In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2014, the dollar amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be increased by an amount equal to--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting ‘calendar year 2013’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If any increase under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $10, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(b) Increase in Transfer Tax on Firearms-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(1) IN GENERAL- Subsection (a) of section 5811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(A) by striking ‘$200’ and inserting ‘$500’, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(B) by striking ‘$5’ and inserting ‘$100’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION- Section 5811 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(d) Adjustment for Inflation- In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2014, each dollar amount in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal to--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-left: 28.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting ‘calendar year 2013’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If any increase under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $5, such increase shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $5.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(c) Certain Semiautomatic Pistols Chambered for Cartridges Treated as Firearms- The first sentence of section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(1) by striking ‘and’ before ‘(8)’,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2) by striking ‘device.’ and inserting ‘device, and’, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘(9) a semiautomatic pistol chambered for cartridges commonly considered rifle rounds, configured with receivers commonly associated with rifles and capable of accepting detachable magazines.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 4.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(d) Effective Dates-<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0in 0in 12pt 16.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2) TRANSFER TAX- The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to transfers after December 31, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">(3) ALL TAXPAYERS TREATED AS COMMENCING IN BUSINESS ON JULY 1, 2014- Any person engaged on July 1, 2014, in any trade or business which is subject to an occupational tax by reason of the amendment made by subsection (b) shall be treated for purposes of such tax as having first engaged in a trade</span>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-75377832437653742492013-08-12T16:08:00.001-04:002013-08-12T16:28:52.784-04:00California Representative Henry Waxman Introduces Bill to Ban "Assault Weapons" Parts Kits<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As
California Congressman Henry Waxman promised, he has introduced a Bill to ban
the sale of “Parts kits” for “Assault Rifles, Assault Shotguns, and Assault Pistols. This also
includes a ban on Receiver blanks. The definition of each is in the Bill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Bill defines an “assault weapons parts kit as:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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any part or combination of parts not designed and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> intended for repair or replacement but
designed and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> intended to enable a consumer who possesses
all <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> such necessary parts to assemble a
semiautomatic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> assault weapon…” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Which
raised the question of vagueness in the law as to which components of an “Assault
Weapons Parts Kits” could be sold legally to repair an existing gun. Would it
be a replacement bolt assembly consisting of a number of parts? Or, a stripped
bolt? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Or,
replacement front and rear sights? Or, a grip assembly for say, an HK 91? Or,
an upper for an AR15? How about an AR15 lower?Or, you fill in the blank? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
new ban would be enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Bill also contains new mental health Provisions and does not prohibit a
physician or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">from
asking a patient about the ownership, possession, use, or storage of a firearm
or ammunition in the home of a patient, speaking to a patient about gun safety,
or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">reporting
to the authorities a patient’s threat of violence.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Health
care providers already have an obligation to report threats of violence by a
patient to authorities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Here’s
the relevant provisions banning parts kits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">113TH
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
protect American children and their families from the epidemic of gun <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">violence
by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening the Nation’s <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">mental
health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">violence.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mr.
WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MATSUI,
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on ___________________.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BILL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
protect American children and their families from the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">epidemic
of gun violence by banning access to certain <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">weapons,
strengthening the Nation’s mental health infrastructure, and improving the
understanding of gun violence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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‘‘Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013’’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TITLE I—BANNING ACCESS TO <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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DO-IT-YOURSELF ASSAULT <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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WEAPONS <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SEC. 101. DO-IT-YOURSELF ASSAULT WEAPON BAN. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(a) BANNED HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS.—Notwith-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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standing section 3(a)(5)(E) of the Consumer Product <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(A)(5)(E)), a firearm receiver <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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casting or firearm receiver blank that—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) at the point of sale does not meet the defi-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title 18, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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United States Code, and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) after purchase by a consumer, can be com-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pleted by the consumer to the point at which such <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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casting or blank functions as a firearm frame or re-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ceiver for a semiautomatic assault weapon or ma-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chine gun, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall be considered a banned hazardous product under sec-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tion 8 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(b)
PROHIBITED ACTS.—It shall be unlawful for any <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">20 person
to sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, or im-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21 port
into the United States for sale, to a consumer—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22 (1) an
assault weapon parts kit; or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23 (2) a
machinegun parts kit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">24 (c)
ENFORCEMENT.—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 (1)
Subsection (a) shall be treated as a ban <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 under
section 19 of the Consumer Product Safety <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 Act (15
U.S.C. 2068). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 (2)
Notwithstanding section 3(a)(5)(E) of the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2052(A)(5)(E)), a violation of subsection (b) shall be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 treated
as a violation of section 19 of such Act and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8 any
person who violates such subsection shall be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9 subject
to the penalties set forth in section 20 of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 such
Act. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11 (d)
CONSULTATION.—In enforcing this section, the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Consumer Product Safety Commission shall periodically <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">13 consult
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">14 and
Explosives regarding effective strategies for and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">15 methods
of enforcement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">16 SEC.
102. PROHIBITION OF ADVERTISING DO-IT-YOURSELF <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">17 ASSAULT
WEAPONS. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">18 (a) IN
GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful to market or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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advertise, on any medium of electronic communications, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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including over the Internet, for the sale of any of the fol-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21 lowing:
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22 (1) A
firearm receiver casting or firearm re-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23 ceiver
blank that—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 (A) at
the point of sale does not meet the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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definition of a firearm in section 921(a) of title <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 18, United
States Code; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 (B)
after purchase by a consumer, can be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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completed by the consumer to the point at <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6 which it
functions as a firearm frame or re-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 ceiver
for a semiautomatic assault weapon or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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machinegun. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9 (2) An
assault weapon parts kit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 (3) A
machinegun parts kit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11 (b)
ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COM-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MISSION.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">13 as a
violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">14 act or
practice described under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">15 Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">16 The
Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this section <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">17 in the
same manner, by the same means, and with the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">18 same
jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all appli-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">19 cable
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commis-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">20 sion
Act were incorporated into and made a part of this <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21 Act. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22 (c)
RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing contained in <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23 this
title shall be construed to limit the authority of the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">24 Federal
Trade Commission under any other provision of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">25 law. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TERMS.—For purposes of this title—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 (1) the
term ‘‘assault weapon parts kit’’ means <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 any part
or combination of parts not designed and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 intended
for repair or replacement but designed and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6 intended
to enable a consumer who possesses all <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 such
necessary parts to assemble a semiautomatic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8 assault
weapon; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9 (2) the
term ‘‘machinegun parts kit’’ means any <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 part or
combination of parts designed and intended <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11 to
enable a consumer who possesses all such nec-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">12 essary
parts to assemble a machinegun or convert a <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">13 firearm
into a machinegun; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">14 (3) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic assault weapon’’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">15 means—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">16 (A) a
semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">17 shotgun
that has the capacity to accept a de-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tachable ammunition magazine; or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">19 (B) a
semiautomatic pistol that has—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">20 (i) the
capacity to accept a detachable <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ammunition magazine; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22 (ii)
any one of the features described <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23 in
subsection (b); <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">24 (4) the
term ‘‘machinegun’’ has the meaning <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">25 given
such term in section 5845(b) of title 26, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">26 United
States Code. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 (5) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic pistol’’ means any <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2
repeating pistol that utilizes a portion of the energy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 of a
firing cartridge to extract the fixed cartridge <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 case and
chamber the next round and requires a <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 separate
pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6 (6) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic rifle’’ has the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 meaning
given such term in section 921(a)(28) of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8 title
18, United States Code; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9 (7) the
term ‘‘semiautomatic shotgun’’ means <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 any
repeating shotgun that utilizes a portion of the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11 energy
of a firing cartridge to extract the fixed car-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">12 tridge
case and chamber the next round and requires <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">13 a
separate pull of a trigger to fire each cartridge. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SPECIAL FEATURES OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC PIS-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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TOL.—The special features described in paragraph <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3)(B)(ii) are—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">17 (1) an
ammunition magazine that attaches to <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">18 the
pistol outside of the pistol grip; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">19 (2) a
threaded barrel capable of accepting a <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">20 barrel
extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">21 or
silencer; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">22 (3) a
shroud that is attached to, or partially or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">23
completely encircles, the barrel and that permits the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">24 shooter
to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">25 without
being burned; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 (4) a
manufactured weight of 50 ounces or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 more
when the pistol is unloaded; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 (5) a
semiautomatic version of an automatic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4 firearm.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5 SEC.
104. CONSTRUCTION. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6 Nothing
in this title shall be construed as limiting <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7 the
ability of a State to enact more restrictive gun-related <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8 laws, or
bans on firearm receiver casts, firearm receiver <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9 blanks,
assault weapon parts kits, or machinegun parts <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10 kits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11 TITL<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You will find the entire bill here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br /></span>
<a href="http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Bill-Text-HR-2910-Gun-Violence-Prevention-and-Reduction-Act-2013-8-1.pdf">http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Bill-Text-HR-2910-Gun-Violence-Prevention-and-Reduction-Act-2013-8-1.pdf</a></div>
jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-41850569650892641222013-08-12T10:43:00.000-04:002013-08-12T12:13:29.510-04:00Harsh California Gun Control Bills On The Fast Track. <div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Here
is the status of new California gun control bills<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
number of gun control Bills are working their way through the California
Legislature with action on several expected this week. If passed, the Governor
there is sure to sign them into law. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Senate
Bill 53 would require background checks for all purchases of ammunition and
would license ammunition sellers. This Bill has passed the Senate and is
pending in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Senate
Bill 374 would ban ALL semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines. It would
also require records of ownership of all firearms. The ban does not exempt any
rifle with a detachable magazine of ten rounds or less and would ensnare all
semiautomatic hunting rifles with detachable magazines. This bill will be the
subject of a legislative hearing in the Assembly on August 13<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Senate Bill 396 would
outlaw all magazines that hold more than ten rounds. This would also include
magazines that are currently owned and “grandfathered” by the California
Assault Weapons ban. It will also be looked at by the Assembly on August 13<sup>th</sup>.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Senate Bill 47
prohibits use of “Bullet Buttons.”</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bullet Button<b> </b>is a product that allows the shooter to
drop a magazine from the receiver with the use of a tool such as a bullet tip
or the push of the end of an Allen wrench, and creates a condition allowable
under current individual
interpretations of California law.
This will be the subject of an Assembly public safety committee on
August 13<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assembly Bill 48 would make it illegal to
build your own high capacity magazines and would also create a state database
of all ammunition purchases. This Bill would also effectively end internet
magazine sales. This is up for consideration in the Assembly on August 12<sup>th</sup>.
</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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lead bullets and put a 10% tax on ammunition sales appear to be stalled.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-22503067149033966602013-08-10T11:32:00.000-04:002013-08-10T12:35:02.061-04:00Questions Answered About Illinois Concealed Carry Licenses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illinois will begin taking Concealed Carry Licenses on January 5, 2014. Over 350,000 initial applications are expected. Here are the FAQ's about the licenses as posted by the Illinois State Police.</span><br />
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On July 9, 2013, Public Act 98-63, the Firearm </div>
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Concealed Carry Act, became state law </div>
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You may view the full text of the law at</div>
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<a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/98/PDF/098-0063.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/98/PDF/098-0063.pdf" target="_blank">/98/PDF/098-0063.pdf</a></div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">How will Illinois State Police (ISP) officers and </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">local law enforcement respond to citizens </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">who are carrying weapons?</a><br />
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The ISP will continue to enforce the law in effect.<br />
Citizens cannot lawfully carry concealed weapons<br />
without a valid Illinois Concealed Carry License.<br />
Citizens who carry firearms without a Concealed<br />
Carry License issued by the ISP are subject to<br />
arrest. All Illinois residents seeking to obtain a<br />
Concealed Carry License must have a valid Firearm<br />
Owner’s Identification (FOID) card. Out-of-state<br />
residents are exempt from the FOID card requirement.</div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Who needs an Illinois Concealed Carry License?</a><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Everyone</span> who wants to carry a concealed firearm<br />
on his/her person in Illinois is required to have an<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Illinois</span>Concealed Carry License except current<br />
peace officers and retired police officers eligible<br />
under the Illinois Retired Officer Concealed Carry<br />
(IROCC) Program. Retired officers may be eligible<br />
to carry under either the IROCC Program or the<br />
Firearm Concealed Carry Act (430 ILCS 66).</div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Are out-of-state Concealed Carry permit holde</a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">granted reciprocity in Illinois?</a><br />
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No. Out-of-state residents who want to carry a<br />
concealed firearm on his/her person must<br />
obtain an Illinois Concealed Carry License to<br />
lawfully carry a concealed firearm in Illinois.<br />
In order for out-of-state residents to be eligible<br />
for an Illinois license, their state’s concealed<br />
carry license laws must be substantially similar<br />
to those of Illinois. The Illinois State Police will<br />
establish rules to identify the elements necessary<br />
to meet the substantially similar requirement.<br />
<br />
However, out of state residents are granted a<br />
limited exception to lawfully carry a concealed<br />
firearm within a vehicle if they are eligible to<br />
carry a firearm in public under the laws of his<br />
or her state or territory of residence and are<br />
not prohibited from owning or possessing a<br />
firearm under federal law. This rule becomes<br />
effective immediately.<br />
<br />
If the non-resident leaves his/her vehicle<br />
unattended, he or she shall store the firearm<br />
within a locked vehicle or locked container<br />
within the vehicle in accordance with<br />
subsection (b) of Section 65 of the<br />
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.</div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">What is the cost for an Illinois Concealed </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Carry License?</a><br />
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$150 for 5 years for Illinois residents<br />
$300 for 5 years for out-of-state residents</div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">How does a citizen apply for an Illinois </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Concealed Carry License?</a><br />
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The ISP will make applications available<br />
to the public by January 5, 2014.<br />
The ISP intends to have applications<br />
available via the ISP webpage.</div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">How long will it take a citizen to obtain an </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Illinois Concealed Carry License?</a><br />
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Upon receipt of a qualified application,<br />
the ISP shall issue or deny the applicant<br />
an Illinois Concealed Carry License<br />
within 90 days, provided the applicant<br />
submits a full set of fingerprints in<br />
lectronic format. If fingerprints are<br />
not submitted in electronic format, the<br />
ISP is granted an additional 30 days to<br />
complete a manual background check.<br />
In all cases, law enforcement agencies<br />
will have 30 days to file an objection<br />
once an application is received.</div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">What are the qualifications for an Illinois </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Concealed Carry License?</a><br />
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The applicant must:<br />
<ul>
<li>Be at least 21 years of age</li>
<li>Have a valid FOID card </li>
<li>(if an Illinois resident)</li>
<li>Have not been convicted or </li>
<li>found guilty in Illinois or any other state of:<ul>
<li>A misdemeanor involving the use </li>
<li>or threat of physical force or </li>
<li>violence to any person within the </li>
<li>last 5 years</li>
<li>2 or more violations related to driving </li>
<li>while under the influence of alcohol, </li>
<li>other drug or drugs, intoxicating </li>
<li>compound or compounds, or any </li>
<li>combination thereof, within the </li>
<li>last 5 years</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Not be the subject of a pending arrest </li>
<li>warrant, prosecution, or proceeding </li>
<li>for an offense or action that could </li>
<li>ead to disqualification</li>
<li>Not have been in residential or </li>
<li>court-ordered treatment for alcoholism, </li>
<li>alcohol detoxification, </li>
<li>or drug treatment within the </li>
<li>last 5 years</li>
<li>Submit an appropriately completed </li>
<li>Concealed Carry License application</li>
<li><em>Successfully complete 16 hours </em></li>
<li><em>of firearms training, including </em></li>
<li><em>classroom and range instruction.</em></li>
</ul>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Where can citizens obtain firearms </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">training?</a><br />
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On September 7, 2013, the ISP will<br />
begin approval of certified firearms<br />
instructors and firearm training courses.<br />
A registry of approved instructors<br />
and courses will be available on the ISP webpage.<br />
<br />
<b>PLEASE NOTE: On-duty ISP officers </b><br />
<b>will NOT provide training to citizens, </b><br />
<b>nor will ISP ranges be used.</b></div>
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<tr><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;" valign="top"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self"><img border="0" src="http://www.isp.state.il.us/images/bluearrowbullet.png" /></a></td><td style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">What does the firearms training </a><br />
<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">course consist of?</a><br />
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The required 16-hour firearms training<br />
course will include range qualification<br />
time and shall cover the following:<br />
<ol>
<li>Firearm safety</li>
<li>The basic principles of </li>
<li>marksmanship</li>
<li>Care, cleaning, loading, </li>
<li>and unloading of a concealable firearm</li>
<li>All applicable state and federal </li>
<li>laws relating to the ownership, </li>
<li>storage, carry, and transportation </li>
<li>of a firearm</li>
<li>Instruction on the appropriate and </li>
<li>lawful interaction with law enforcement </li>
<li>while transporting or carrying a </li>
<li>concealed firearm.</li>
</ol>
All applicants must pass a live fire<br />
exercise with a concealable firearm consisting of:<br />
<ol>
<li>A minimum of 30 rounds</li>
<li>10 rounds from a distance of 5 yards, </li>
<li>10 rounds from a distance of 7 yards, </li>
<li>and 10 rounds from a distance of 10 </li>
<li>yards at a B-27 silhouette target </li>
<li>approved by the ISP.</li>
</ol>
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<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor?</a><br />
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A person seeking to become a certified<br />
Illinois Concealed Carry Firearms Instructor shall:<br />
<ul>
<li>Be at least 21 years of age</li>
<li>Be a legal resident of the United States </li>
<li>and qualified for a Concealed </li>
<li>Carry License in Illinois</li>
<li>Possess a high school diploma </li>
<li>or GED certificate.</li>
<li>Have at least one of the following </li>
<li>valid firearms instructor certifications:<ul>
<li>Certification from a law </li>
<li>enforcement agency</li>
<li>Certification from a </li>
<li>firearm instructor course </li>
<li>offered by a state or federal </li>
<li>governmental agency</li>
<li>Certification from a firearm </li>
<li>instructor course offered by the </li>
<li>Illinois Law Enforcement Training </li>
<li>and Standards Board</li>
<li>Certification from an entity </li>
<li>approved by the Illinois State Police </li>
<li>that offers firearm instructor education</li>
<li> and training in the use and safety </li>
<li>of firearms</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">carry concealed?</a><br />
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"Concealed firearm" means a loaded or<br />
unloaded handgun carried on or about a<br />
person completely or mostly concealed<br />
from view of the public or on or about<br />
a person within a vehicle.<br />
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"Handgun" means any device which is<br />
designed to expel a projectile or projectiles<br />
by the action of an explosion, expansion<br />
of gas, or escape of gas that is <u>designed</u><br />
<u> to be held and fired by the use of a single hand</u>.<br />
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"Handgun" does not include:<br />
<ol>
<li>A stun gun or taser;</li>
<li>A machine gun as defined in item </li>
<li>(i) of paragraph (7) of subsection </li>
<li>(a) of Section 24-1 of the </li>
<li>Criminal Code of 2012;</li>
<li>A short-barreled rifle or shotgun </li>
<li>as defined in item (ii) of paragraph </li>
<li>(7) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1 </li>
<li>of the Criminal Code of 2012</li>
<li>Any pneumatic gun, spring gun, </li>
<li>paint ball gun, or B-B gun which </li>
<li>expels a single globular projectile </li>
<li>not exceeding .18 inch in diameter, </li>
<li>or which has a maximum muzzle </li>
<li>velocity of less than 700 feet per second, </li>
<li>or which expels breakable paint balls </li>
<li>containing washable marking colors.</li>
</ol>
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<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">open carry?</a><br />
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No. “Concealed firearm” means a<br />
loaded or unloaded handgun<br />
carried on or about a person <u>completely </u><br />
<u>or mostly concealed from view of the </u><br />
<u>public or on or about a person </u><br />
<u>within a vehicle.</u></div>
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<a class="tabletext" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6955773885723738597" target="_self">Carry Firearms Instructor?</a><br />
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<br />
The ISP will establish administrative rules<br />
consistent with the Firearm Concealed Carry<br />
Act. Updates will be posted to the ISP<br />
webpage as information about the rule<br />
making process becomes available.<br />
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-72071701067053541012013-05-31T15:55:00.000-04:002013-05-31T15:55:12.853-04:00Michigan House Proposes Extending Pistol Purchase License Requirement To All Firearms.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Michigan House Bill 4774 would
require licenses for all firearms <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchases in the state. The
requirement currently applies to <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">handguns only, but the proposal
extends the law to <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rifles and shotguns. Handgun
registration is still required.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here are the relevant parts of the
Bill. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
ENACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise
provided in this act, a person <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">shall not purchase, carry, possess,
or transport a <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in this state without first having
obtained a license for the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol </span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as prescribed in this section.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(2) A person who brings a <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>into this state who <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is on leave from active duty with
the armed forces of the United <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">States or who has been discharged
from active duty with the armed <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">forces of the United States shall
obtain a license for the <s>pistol </s><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">within 30 days after his or her arrival in this state.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(3) The commissioner or chief of
police of a city, township, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or village police department that
issues licenses to purchase, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">carry, possess, or transport <s>pistols,
</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearms, </span></b>or his or
her duly <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">authorized deputy, or the sheriff or
his or her duly authorized <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">deputy, in the parts of a county not
included within a city, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">township, or village having an
organized police department, in <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">discharging the duty to issue
licenses shall with due speed and <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">diligence issue licenses to
purchase, carry, possess, or transport <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistols </span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearms </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to qualified applicants unless he or she has <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">probable cause to believe that the
applicant would be a threat to <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">himself or herself or to other
individuals, or would commit an <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">offense with the <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>that would violate a law of
this or <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">another state or of the United
States…” <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“(4) Applications for licenses under
this section shall be <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">signed by the applicant under oath
upon forms provided by the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">director of the department of state
police. Licenses to purchase, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearms </span></b>shall be
executed in <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">triplicate upon forms provided by
the director of the department of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">state police and shall be signed by
the licensing authority. Three <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">copies of the license shall be delivered
to the applicant by the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">licensing authority. A license is
void unless used within 30 days <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">after the date it is issued.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(5) If an individual purchases or
otherwise acquires a <s>pistol, </s><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the seller shall fill out the license forms describing the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol, </span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">together with the date of sale or acquisition, and <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sign his or her name in ink
indicating that the <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm
</span></b>was <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sold to or otherwise acquired by the
purchaser. The purchaser shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">also sign his or her name in ink
indicating the purchase or other <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">acquisition of the <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>from the seller. The seller
may <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">retain a copy of the license as a
record of the transaction. The <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchaser shall receive 2 copies of
the license. <s>The </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">If the
firearm </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">is a
pistol, the </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchaser shall return 1 copy of the
license to <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the licensing authority within 10
days after the date the pistol is <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchased or acquired. The return of
the copy to the licensing <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">authority may be made in person or
may be made by first-class mail <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or certified mail sent within the
10-day period to the proper <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">address of the licensing authority.
A purchaser who fails to comply <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">with the requirements of this
subsection is responsible for a state <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">civil infraction and may be fined
not more than $250.00. If a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchaser is found responsible for a
state civil infraction under <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">this subsection, the court shall
notify the department of state <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">police of that determination.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(6) Within 10 days after receiving
the license copy <b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">for a </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">pistol </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">returned under subsection (5), the licensing authority shall
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">electronically enter the information
into the pistol entry database <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">as required by the department of
state police if it has the ability <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to electronically enter that
information. If the licensing <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">authority does not have that
ability, the licensing authority shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">provide that information to the
department of state police in a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">manner otherwise required by the
department of state police. Any <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">licensing authority that provided
pistol descriptions to the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">department of state police under
former section 9 of this act shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">continue to provide pistol
descriptions to the department of state <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">police under this subsection. Within
48 hours after entering or <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">otherwise providing the information
on the license copy returned <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">under subsection (5) to the
department of state police, the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">licensing authority shall forward
the copy of the license to the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">department of state police. The
purchaser has the right to obtain a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">copy of the information placed in
the pistol entry database under <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">this subsection to verify the
accuracy of that information. The <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">licensing authority may charge a fee
not to exceed $1.00 for the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cost of providing the copy. The
licensee may carry, use, possess, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and transport the pistol for 30 days
beginning on the date of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchase or acquisition only while
he or she is in possession of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">his or her copy of the license.
However, the person is not required <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to have the license in his or her
possession while carrying, using, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">possessing, or transporting the
pistol after this period.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(7) This section does not apply to
the purchase of <s>pistols </s><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearms </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">from wholesalers by dealers regularly engaged in the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">business of selling <s>pistols </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearms </span></b>at retail, or to the sale,
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">barter, or exchange of <s>pistols </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearms </span></b>kept as relics or curios <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">not made for modern ammunition or
permanently deactivated. This <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">section does not prevent the
transfer of ownership of <s>pistols </s><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearms </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that are inherited if the license to purchase is approved <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by the commissioner or chief of
police, sheriff, or their <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">authorized deputies, and signed by
the personal representative of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the estate or by the next of kin
having authority to dispose of the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol.</span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(8) An individual who is not a
resident of this state is not <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">required to obtain a license under
this section if all of the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">following conditions apply:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a) The individual is licensed in
his or her state of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">residence to purchase, carry, or
transport a <s>pistol.</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(b) The individual is in possession
of the license described <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">in subdivision (a).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(c) The individual is the owner of
the <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>he
or <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">she possesses, carries, or
transports.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(d) The individual possesses the <s>pistol
</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>for a lawful <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purpose<b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">.</span></b> <s>as that term is defined in section 231a of the
Michigan </s><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL
750.231a.</span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(e) The individual is in this state
for a period of 180 days <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or less and does not intend to
establish residency in this state.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(9) An individual who is a nonresident
of this state shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">present the license described in
subsection (8)(a) upon the demand <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of a police officer. An individual
who violates this subsection is <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">than 90 days or a fine of not more
than $100.00, or both.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10) The licensing authority may
require a person claiming <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">active duty status with the United
States armed forces to provide <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">proof of 1 or both of the following:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a) The person's home of record.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(b) Permanent active duty assignment
in this state.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(11) This section does not apply to
a person who is younger <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">than the age required under
subsection (3)(b) and who possesses a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol </span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">if all of the following conditions apply:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a) The person is not otherwise
prohibited from possessing <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that <s>pistol.</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(b) The person is at a recognized
target range.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(c) The person possesses the <s>pistol
</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>for the
purpose of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">target practice or instruction in
the safe use of a <s>pistol.</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(d) The person's parent or guardian
is physically present and <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">supervising the person.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(e) The owner of the <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>is physically present.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(12) This section does not apply to
a person who possesses a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol </span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">if all of the following conditions apply:<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a) The person is not otherwise
prohibited from possessing a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol.</span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(b) The person is at a recognized
target range or shooting <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">facility.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(c) The person possesses the <s>pistol
</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>for the
purpose of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">target practice or instruction in
the safe use of a <s>pistol.</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(d) The owner of the <s>pistol </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>is physically present and <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">supervising the use of the <s>pistol.</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(13) A person who forges any matter
on an application for a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">license under this section is guilty
of a felony, punishable by <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" />
</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">imprisonment for not more than 4
years or a fine of not more than <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$2,000.00, or both.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(14) A licensing authority shall
implement this section during <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">all of the licensing authority's
normal business hours and shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">set hours for implementation that
allow an applicant to use the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">license within the time period set
forth in subsection <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(4).Sec. 2a. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(1) The following individuals are
not required to <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">obtain a license under section 2 to
purchase, carry, possess, use, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or transport a <s>pistol:</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm:</span></b> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(a) An individual licensed under
section 5b.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(b) A federally licensed firearms
dealer.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(c) An individual who purchases a <s>pistol
</s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm </span></b>from a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">federally licensed firearms dealer
in compliance with 18 USC <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">922(t).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">(d) An
individual purchasing a firearm other <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">than a
pistol who </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">has a
federal national instant criminal <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">background
check performed </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">on him or
her by a federally licensed <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearms
dealer not more than </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">30 days
before the purchase.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(2) If an individual described in
subsection (1) purchases or <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">otherwise acquires a <s>pistol, </s><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">firearm, </span></b>the seller shall complete
a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">record in triplicate on a form
provided by the department of state <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">police. The record shall include the
purchaser's concealed weapon <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">license number or, if the purchaser
is a federally licensed <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">firearms dealer, his or her dealer
license number. If the purchaser <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is not licensed under section 5b and
is not a federally licensed <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">firearms dealer, the record shall
include the dealer license number <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">of the federally licensed firearms
dealer who is selling the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<s><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol. </span></s><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">firearm or the dealer license
number of <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">the
federally licensed firearms dealer that <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">performed
the federal national </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">instant
criminal background check. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The purchaser shall sign the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">record. The seller may retain 1 copy
of the record. The purchaser <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">shall receive 2 copies of the record
and<b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">, if the firearm is a </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">pistol,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> forward 1 copy to the police department of the city, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">village, or township in which the
purchaser resides, or, if the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchaser does not reside in a city,
village, or township having a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">police department, to the county
sheriff, within 10 days following <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the purchase or acquisition. The
return of the copy to the police <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">department or county sheriff may be
made in person or may be made <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by first-class mail or certified
mail sent within the 10-day period <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to the proper address of the police
department or county sheriff. A <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchaser who fails to comply with
the requirements of this <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">subsection is responsible for a
state civil infraction and may be <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fined not more than $250.00. If a
purchaser is found responsible <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for a state civil infraction under
this subsection, the court shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">notify the department of state
police. If the purchaser is licensed <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">under section 5b, the court shall
notify the licensing authority of <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">that determination.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(3) Within 10 days after receiving
the record copy <b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">for a </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-transform: uppercase;">pistol </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">returned under subsection (2), the police department or <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">county sheriff shall electronically
enter the information into the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol entry database as required by
the department of state police <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">if it has the ability to
electronically enter that information. If <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the police department or county
sheriff does not have that ability, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the police department or county
sheriff shall provide that <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">information to the department of
state police in a manner otherwise <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">required by the department of state
police. Any police department <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or county sheriff that provided
pistol descriptions to the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">department of state police under
former section 9 of this act shall <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">continue to provide pistol
descriptions to the department of state <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">police under this subsection. Within
48 hours after entering or <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">otherwise providing the information
on the record copy returned <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">under subsection (2) to the
department of state police, the police <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">department or county sheriff shall
forward the copy of the record <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to the department of state police.
The purchaser has the right to <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">obtain a copy of the information
placed in the pistol entry <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">database under this subsection to
verify the accuracy of that <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">information. The police department
or county sheriff may charge a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fee not to exceed $1.00 for the cost
of providing the copy. The <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">purchaser may carry, use, possess,
and transport the pistol for 30 <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">days beginning on the date of
purchase or acquisition only while he <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or she is in possession of his or
her copy of the record. However, <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the person is not required to have
the record in his or her <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">possession while carrying, using,
possessing, or transporting the <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pistol after this period.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(4) This section does not apply to a
person or entity exempt <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">under section 2(7).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(5) An individual who makes a
material false statement on a <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sales record under this section is
guilty of a felony punishable by <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">imprisonment for not more than 4
years or a fine of not more than <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$2,500.00, or both...”<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-14261887790805420122013-02-16T16:11:00.002-05:002013-02-16T16:16:54.052-05:00New York’s Michael Bloomberg injects himself and his fortune into a Chicago House race<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Chicago House Seat formerly held by now shamed Jesse Jackson, Jr. is up for
grabs. The general election will surely go to a Democrat based on the Liberal constituency
there; however, Bloomberg is throwing millions into the race to make sure that
a pro gun rights candidate loses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Debbie
Halvorson, a former U.S. House Representative who has earned an “A” rating from
his favorite scapegoat, the NRA, is in the running to fill the vacant seat.
Bloomberg wants to make sure that no one with a favorable interest in firearms
rights wins any elections. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
is a safe bet that many anti gun organizations want Mr. Bloomberg to throw
millions from his considerable fortune into other races across the country. The
last thing anti gun rights advocates want is for a pro gun rights candidate to
win any elective office anywhere in the USA with the present anti gun rights
frenzy currently happening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hopefully,
someone with deep pockets on the side of the Second Amendment will step up to
the plate for freedom believing Americans. </span><br />
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<br />jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-63134912490867092302013-01-26T13:18:00.000-05:002013-01-26T13:34:03.549-05:00Assault Weapons Ban Bill Of 2013 Debuts<br />
The Bill is subtitled, "To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to<br />
keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes."<br />
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One quirk of the bill includes the ban of rocket launchers on firearms.<br />
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It also bans shotguns with revolving cylinders. Would the Taurus "Judge" line of handguns that can fire .410 shotgun ammunition in addition to .45 long be included on the ban list?<br />
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And, what about the "Circuit Judge" long gun with its revolving cylinder?<br />
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Here is the full Text of the Assault Weapons Ban Bill of 2013.<br />
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-43463595878794465732013-01-10T14:04:00.004-05:002013-01-10T14:43:55.101-05:00New Anti Gun Rights Bills Move Along<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Text of
new Bills with new firearms regulations have been published. However, what may
be the worst, the full text of Feinstein’s Senate “Assault weapons” Bill has
not been released yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">From Rep.
Jim Moran </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;">(HR 21), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;">what he ironically calls “The NRA Members Gun Safety Act” which
proffers “Commonsense, popular, publicly polled, non-controversial gun safety
measures that a majority of NRA members support, yet are opposed by the
leadership at the NRA.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hidden
in various requirements such as ‘Prohibiting individuals on the terrorist watch
list from purchasing firearms,” is an onerous requirement for all states to
require applicants for a permit demonstrate “Good cause” for requesting a
Concealed firearms permit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">From Rep.
Bobby Rush, (HR 34) wants to implement the same type of system that is in place
for licensing drivers and registering cars by their VIN number. This Bill would
establish “GINs” as a uniform system to track guns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He would also make it illegal for anyone other than certain dealers to
possess a “qualifying” firearm without a Federal license for it and a written
firearms examination testing the applicant’s knowledge and ability. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">From
Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, (HR 65) among other requirements raises the age of
handgun eligibility to 21 and requires that any child attending a gun show to
be accompanied by an adult. It also “expresses the sense of Congress that each
school district should provide or participate in a firearms safety program for
students.” It’s doubtful that she refers to the NRA Eddie Eagle Program. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">From
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, (HR 137) is to ensure that all individuals who should be
prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal
Background Check system and require a background check for every firearm sale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From Carolyn McCarthy, (HR 138), is a
prohibition on the transfer and possession of large capacity magazines and
other feeding devices. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Rep. Diana DeGette is a co sponsor of
the above “<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">High Capacity Ammunition
Feeding Device Act</span>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From Carolyn McCarthy, (HR 142) would
require face to face purchases of ammunition, require sellers of ammunition to
be federally licensed, and to require reporting of bulk purchases of
ammunition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From Carolyn McCarthy, (HR 141) which
would require background checks on all gun show firearms transactions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ed Perlmutter
has committed himself to Coordinate with Nancy Pelosi to introduce her Bill in
the House. He has also been appointed as one of the 12 vice chairs to serve in
the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">One
Bill from Rep. Steve Stockton, (HR 35) highlights the failure of “Gun Free”
zones in schools and is worth a read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1)
that the Supreme Court has found language nearly identical to the `Gun Free
School Zones Act' to be unconstitutional;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(2) that the enactment of
the `Gun Free School Zones Act' has been met with an almost uninterrupted
series of horrific and tragic shootings at Columbine, Newtown and in other
American schools;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(3) that the `Gun Free
School Zones Act' has been a deadly failure. According to research by
GeorgiaCarry.org, in the 22 years prior to enactment of the `Gun Free School
Zones Act' there were two school shootings in which four or more people were
intentionally murdered in a short period of time, and in the 22 years after the
enactment of the `Gun Free School Zones Act' there have been 10 such school
shootings;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(4) that American schools
had not been plagued with this succession of horrific shootings prior to the
enactment of the `Gun Free School Zones Act';<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(5) that horrific massacres
on school campuses in Pearl, Mississippi, and southwestern Virginia, were
averted by armed staff and students;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(6) that none of the
murderers in any of these horrific school shootings were deterred by the fact
that, in addition to murder, gun possession was also illegal in those
locations; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(7) that the reason that
the `Gun Free School Zones Act' has made American schools unsafe is that
shooters now know that they can victimize American school campuses with no fear
that victims will be armed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(b) Purpose- It is the
purpose of this Act to restore safety to America's schools by allowing staff,
teachers, and administrators to defend the children and themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Rep. Thomas Massie (HR 133) has also proposed repealing
the failed school ‘Gun Free” zones Act. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HR 117 was brought to our attention by a reader. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its is sponsored by Reps.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18pt;"> Holt and Rush</span><br />
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL HANDGUN LICENSING AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM TO APPLY IN ANY STATE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A HANDGUN LICENSING AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM THAT MEETS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.</h3>
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<ul style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">`(a)(1) The Attorney General of the United States shall establish a Federal system for the licensing and registration of all handguns owned, possessed, or controlled in the United States, which shall include a method for easily retrieving information sufficient to identify--</ul>
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<ul style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><ul>`(A) each resident of a State to which this subsection applies who owns, possesses, or controls a handgun; and</ul>
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<ul style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">`(2) It shall be unlawful for a person to own, possess, or control a handgun in a State to which this subsection applies unless the person--</ul>
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<ul style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"><ul>`(A) is licensed to do so by the system established pursuant to paragraph (1); and</ul>
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-2484544881011228492012-12-31T12:18:00.000-05:002012-12-31T12:47:31.198-05:00Registration Of All Black Rifles Coming To A Neighborhood Near You?<br />
Registration will be required of all black rifles currently owned, possessed, and "Grandfathered" by the new law if the Feinstein "Assault" Weapons is passed as currently proposed and written. If it is scary looking, then it is on the list.<br />
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Registration will amount to confiscation. This scheme is destined to follow the much touted "Australian model" of mandatory gun "buy backs." Here's how it worked there. Most guns in Australia had been registered since the 1930's. When it came time for the mandatory "buy backs" the Australian government already knew who owned what and where the owners were. Failure to stand in long lines to sell the firearm "back" would result in a still prison sentence. Simple enough?<br />
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In a one year period beginning in 1996, the Australian government confiscated and destroyed about 631,000 firearms at a "buy back" cost of about 500 million. This was financed by a 1% income tax surcharge for one year. The handgun "buyback " of 2003 resulted in 50,000 handguns being confiscated.<br />
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However, effectiveness and full compliance with the law remains to be seen. Here's a summary of the 2013 Feinstein Assault Weapons Legislation.<br />
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The law requires registration of the semiautomatic rifles under the National Firearms Act of 1934. This includes a $200.00 fee per firearm.<br />
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Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons, the Act requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:<br />
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o Background check of the <i>owner</i> and any transferee;<br />
o Type and serial number of the firearm;<br />
o Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;<br />
o Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that<br />
possession would not violate State or local law; and<br />
o Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration<br />
<br />
The Law bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:<br />
120 specifically-named firearms<br />
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a<br />
detachable magazine and have one military characteristic<br />
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept<br />
more than 10 rounds<br />
Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:<br />
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test<br />
Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from<br />
the characteristics test<br />
Banning firearms with “thumb hole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address<br />
attempts to “work around” prior bans<br />
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than<br />
10 rounds.<br />
Protects "legitimate" hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:<br />
Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment<br />
Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or<br />
sporting purposes and<br />
<br />
Additionally, gun bans instituted elsewhere have not worked.<br />
In 1998 in Dunblane, Scotland a man known to be mentally unbalanced walked into a school and killed 16 children and wounded 13 more adults and kids. That precipitated the 1998 Firearms Act which essentially banned all handguns there. They all had to be turned in, and if the owner did not, he or she faced ten years in prison. This was meant to prevent mass killing from ever happening there again, just as the current AWB proposals are "designed" to accomplish. However, in North Umbria, a man in 2010 killed his brother, a co worker, 12 others in drive by shootings along the rural countryside. He further injured 11 more before killing himself.<br />
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-72268640406669111922012-12-31T12:13:00.001-05:002012-12-31T12:25:24.196-05:00National Black Rifle Registration Coming To A Neighborhood Near YouSummary of 2013 Feinstein Assault Weapons Legislation Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of: 120 specifically-named firearms Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by: Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around” prior bans Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by: Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include: o Background check of owner and any transferee; o Type and serial number of the firearm; o Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint; o Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and o Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration<br />
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Registration will be required of all black rifles currently owned, possessed, and "Grandfathered" by the new AWB law if the Feinstein "Assault" Weapons ban is passed as currently proposed and written. If it is scary looking, then it is on the list.<br />
<br />
Registration will amount to confiscation. This scheme is destined to follow the much touted "Australian model" of mandatory gun "buy backs." Here's how it worked there. Most guns in Australia had been registered since the 1930's. When it came time for the mandatory "buy backs" the Australian government already knew who owned what and where the owners were. Failure to stand in long lines to sell the firearm "back" Simple enough? In a one year period beginning in 1996, the Australian government confiscated and destroyed about 631,000 firearms at a "buy back" cost of about 500 million.<br />
<br />
However, effectiveness and full compliance with the law remains to be seen. Here's a summary of the 2013 Feinstein Assault Weapons Legislation.<br />
<br />
Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons, the Act requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms<br />
<br />
Act, to include:<br />
<br />
o Background check of the <i>owner</i> and any transferee;<br />
o Type and serial number of the firearm;<br />
o Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;<br />
o Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that<br />
possession would not violate State or local law; and<br />
o Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration<br />
<br />
The Law bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:<br />
120 specifically-named firearms<br />
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a<br />
detachable magazine and have one military characteristic<br />
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept<br />
more than 10 rounds<br />
Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:<br />
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test<br />
Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from<br />
the characteristics test<br />
Banning firearms with “thumb hole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address<br />
attempts to “work around” prior bans<br />
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than<br />
10 rounds.<br />
Protects "legitimate" hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:<br />
Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment<br />
Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or<br />
sporting purposes and<br />
<br />
Additionally, gun bans instituted elsewhere have not worked.<br />
In 1998 in Dunblane, Scotland a man known to be mentally unbalanced walked into a school and killed 16 children and wounded 13 more adults and kids. That precipitated the 1998 Firearms Act which essentially banned all handguns there. They all had to be turned in, and if the owner did not, he or she faced ten years in prison. This was meant to prevent mass killing from ever happening there again, just as the current AWB proposals are "designed" to accomplish. However, in North Umbria, a man in 2010 killed his brother, a co worker, 12 others in drive by shootings along the rural countryside. He further injured 11 more before killing himself.<br />
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<br />jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-21980053116938136012012-12-14T11:42:00.001-05:002012-12-14T12:23:23.790-05:00New Illinois Concealed Carry Ruling May Face Big Obstacles<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Although there’s
been a breakthrough in the strict laws against concealed carry of firearms in
Illinois </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">1, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> there may be some dark clouds in an expansion of gun rights in
oppressive Illinois. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> There are several
potential problems. The well publicized 7<sup>th</sup> Circuit Court of Appeals has left
the door open to Illinois granting concealed carry permits to carry a concealed
firearm just as is it is handled in New York state.</span></div>
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it’s a giant leap in Illinois gun rights, before anyone gets overly excited,
the fact is that the Court left the door open in Illinois to restrictive
Concealed permit laws that afflict New York. New York law requires an applicant
for a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public to show a “proper cause” to
obtain a license. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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New York applicant for a gun permit must demonstrate a need for self-defense greater
than that of the general public such as being the target of personal threats. The Court believed that the New York law is less restrictive than Illinois’s law current;y was. And, the decision was made by a
three Judge Appellate panel. The door is left open for an appeal to the full
nine Judge Seventh Circuit Court. And, this could eventually wind its way to
the United States Supreme Court. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> The problem faced by gun rights foes was
that The state’s Attorney General failed to convince the Judges that the “safety”
needs of that state’s residents were any greater than any of the other 50
states. The Court decided that Illinois’s
failure to justify the most restrictive gun law of any of the 50 states made
the law unconstitutional. The judges also recognized the fact that people face
the potential of greater harm from criminals outside of the home while on
Illinois streets than in their homes. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A big question is that even if the ruling survives the appeal process, will a new state law make Illinois a "shall issue" state or an overly restrictive "may issue" state like New York is. The
Court wouldn’t speculate on any limits that Illinois “may” impose in the interest of “public
safety” on the carrying of guns in public. It was just enough for this Court to determine that the limits Illinois imposed went too far. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
Court understood that a person faces greater danger from potential criminal
attack outside the home and on the state’s streets than in the home. The Court also
was convinced that criminals knowing that many law-abiding citizens are walking
the streets armed may make criminals timid. The Court referenced to the fact that
in Chicago, most murders occur outside the home. And, there have been over 400
gun homicides on the streets of Chicago’s south and west sides so far this
year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Court didn’t buy into many of the usual anti gun rights arguments that “more
guns” lead to more crime. The Judges believed that the data made available from
both the pro and con sides in their briefs to them implied that concealed
permit holders are at fairly low risk of misusing guns, consistent with the
relatively low arrest rates observed to date for permit holders. The Appellate
panel expects relatively little negative public safety impact if Courts invalidate
laws that prohibit gun carrying outside the home, assuming that some sort of
permit system for public carry of side arms is allowed to stand. And, “some
sort” of permit system still leaves the door open to a potentially abusive and
very restrictive carry permit scheme. The state has 180 days to formulate A "less restrictive" law than the one tossed out. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Illinois' McLean County State’s Attorney, Ronald C. Dozier, took an earlier stand against enforcing certain Draconian Illinois gun laws. Announcing in his press release, with certain exceptions, the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office, <b>“Will no longer enforce those parts of the following Illinois statutes relating to firearms:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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as Illinois may be liberalizing gun rights</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;">,
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.899999618530273px;">Colorado’s Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper said
that gun control measures should be considered now in light of the Aurora and the
Oregon mall shootings. However, highly publicized shootings such as these get
the anti gun attention rather than on the failure of the strictest gun laws in
America in Chicago with over 400 dead on the streets in Chicago, where the
country’s strictest gun laws have been a failure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, the number of concealed permits issued
in Colorado has been soaring since their inception in 2004. There was an
increase in permit applications there of 185% last year, the greatest increase
since 2004. Also, last year there were 251,000 Colorado background checks for
gun purchases made, and 245,000 checks were approved</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. 2.</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-89122776077059988162012-08-29T11:56:00.001-04:002012-08-29T13:50:09.301-04:00One Illinois State's Attorney Just Says "No" To Harsh Illinois Gun Laws<div class="MsoNoSpacing">There is a big change in enforcement of restrictive firearms laws in one Illinois county. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Illinois' McLean County State’s Attorney, Ronald C. Dozier, has taken a stand against enforcing certain Draconian Illinois gun laws. Announcing in his press release, with certain exceptions, the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office, <b>“Will no longer enforce those parts of the following Illinois statutes relating to firearms: <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (430 ILCS 65),<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Unlawful Use of Weapons (720 ILCS 5/24-1), <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6) <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>and provisions of any other statutes that appear to be in contravention of the Heller and McDonald decisions.”</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Heavily weighing in his decision were the Second Amendment, and as he says, “<b>The duty of a public prosecutor is to seek justice, not merely to convict.” </b>Indeed, every prosecutor’s office has a duty to be a fair administrator of justice. That means for both victims and those accused of crimes. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Under the laws of all states, including Illinois, prosecuting attorneys use great discretion everyday when they decide to file charges or not. They also decide what charges to bring. They can also reduce charges or dismiss them.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">A major consideration in his decision was the Heller decision. <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">District of Columbia v. Heller</span><span style="background: white;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_citation" title="Case citation" wotsearchprocessed="true"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">554 U.S. 570</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">(2008), was a landmark<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_case" title="Legal case" wotsearchprocessed="true"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">case</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">in which the</span> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Supreme Court of the United States</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">held that the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Second Amendment to the United States Constitution" wotsearchprocessed="true"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Second Amendment to the United States Constitution</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">protects an individual's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms" title="Right to keep and bear arms" wotsearchprocessed="true"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">right</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">to possess a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm" wotsearchprocessed="true"><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">firearm</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span><span style="background: white;">for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home</span>.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Dozier said this of the Heller decision in his news release, “<b>What has been the response of the State of Illinois to the Supreme Court? So far, the City of Chicago and the State have done everything possible to defy, obfuscate and ignore the Court’s substantive rulings. Illinois remains the only State in the Union to deny its citizens the legal right to “bear” firearms, either open or concealed, for personal defense. We are the only State to have a draconian FOID law that makes criminals out of ordinary citizens who have done nothing wrong except exercise their constitutional right to own a gun.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>We have a law called “Unlawful Use of Weapons” which criminalizes people for merely possessing (not using or threatening to use) a firearm in the wrong place or wrong kind of container… What has been the response of the State of Illinois to the Supreme Court? So far, the City of Chicago and the State have done everything possible to defy, obfuscate and ignore the Court’s substantive rulings. Illinois remains the only State in the Union to deny its citizens the legal right to “bear” firearms, either open or concealed, for personal defense. We are the only State to have a draconian FOID law that makes criminals out of ordinary citizens who have done nothing wrong except exercise their constitutional right to own a gun...”<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dozier also stated <b> “We also penalize citizens of neighboring states who possess or carry firearms in complete obedience to their state laws, but don’t stop at the border of Illinois and switch the guns and ammunition around to accommodate our more stringent firearm laws.</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Even the courts in parts of this State refuse to follow the Supreme Court’s ruling, going so far as to hold that the Second Amendment gives citizens only the right to keep and bear arms within our houses! Can any person honestly say he or she believes our forefathers intended the Second Amendment to allow U.S. citizens to protect themselves only while inside their houses?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Proponents of the status quo continue to argue that such laws as these are “reasonable”<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>restrictions on our Second Amendment rights. But as pointed out in McDonald, “Chicago Police Department statistics reveal that the City’s handgun murder rate has actually increased since the ban [which was struck down by the Supreme Court] was enacted and that Chicago residents now face one of the highest murder rates in the Country and rates of other violent crimes that exceed the average in other comparable cities.”<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>In fact, the result of most gun control laws is that law-abiding citizens go defenseless while<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>criminal thugs are armed.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>I believe these facts to be incontrovertible:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>1) No State that has gone from no-carry to concealed-carry or open-carry of firearms has<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>experienced a significant increase in firearm violence.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>2) Any evil or deranged person who is intent on killing others will find a way to do so, no<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>matter how strict our laws.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>3) Murder is already against the law and carries very serious penalties. If that is not enough<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>to deter someone from committing the crime, why would they be deterred by laws against<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>gun possession?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>4) The police can’t be everywhere to protect us. Only on rare occasions is a policeman<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>present to prevent a violent crime. Mostly they arrive after the fact, to investigate and<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>apprehend the offender if possible.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>People who don’t like guns—who don’t want to own or carry a gun for protection, have the right to rely on the government to do that for them. They do not have the right to require everyone else to do so. The Supreme Court has so decided.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>As the State’s Attorney, I have to make a choice. Do I continue to enforce laws that I believe to be unconstitutional, a belief that is supported by decisions of the highest court in the land, or do I continue to prosecute citizens who run afoul of State gun laws but have no evil intent or purpose in mind? </b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>In fact, since I was appointed State’s Attorney last December, I have been quietly changing our policies to bring them in accordance with the rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court. Now I am announcing publicly that the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office will no longer enforce those parts of the following Illinois statutes relating to firearms: Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (430 ILCS 65), Unlawful Use of Weapons (720 ILCS 5/24-1), Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons (720 ILCS 5/24-1.6) and provisions of any other statutes that appear to be in contravention of the Heller and McDonald decisions.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>The questions we will seek to answer in determining whether or not to file charges are:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>1) What appears to be the reason or purpose for the person’s possession of carrying a<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>firearm?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>2) Was the firearm actually displayed, or used, for an improper purpose or in a reckless<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>manner?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>3) Was the person under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or have illegal drugs on his or<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>her person or in their vehicle?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>4) If the person is not an Illinois citizen, was the weapon possessed or carried in<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>accordance with the laws of the State of his or her residency?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>5) Is the person a member of or affiliated with any gang known to engage in illegal<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>activities?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>6) Has the person been convicted of a felony offense? If so, how long ago and for what<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>offense(s)?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Other questions may arise as we continue to improve our policy.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>At this point, I must remind everyone that I am just the State’s Attorney of McLean County and can only enforce the laws within McLean County. I am not urging anyone to disregard the laws of the State of Illinois or of the Federal government with regard to firearms. The penalties for doing so can be very harsh. Additionally, I have no right and no intention of telling local law enforcement agencies when or under what circumstances to make arrests for firearms offenses.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Officer safety must remain the highest priority, and departmental policies must be followed.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>My purpose is to send a message to the Governor and legislators of this State who continue to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and who continue to oppose reasonable legislation that would bring Illinois into compliance with the Second Amendment. I know that other State’s Attorneys share my views and am hoping they will join in this effort.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Our message is this: we will no longer use the power and authority of our office to criminalize and punish decent, otherwise law-abiding citizens who choose to exercise the rights granted to them by the Second Amendment of the United States’ Constitution to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves and their families.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Date: 08/21/12<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Ronald C. Dozier<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>McLean County State’s Attorney” <o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Reaction to Dozier’s decision has been as expected. That reaction ranges from legal experts saying that he is within his rights not to prosecute to the assertion that the NRA is too powerful and that Dozier has overstepped his bounds. Apparently, so far, no anti gun rights groups have weighed in on the Prosecutor’s decision. But, that is surely coming with attempts to remove him from office.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">However, the final judge on his decision will be the voters of McLean County, Illinois. Dozier said it best above, “<b>The primary check or balance on the power and authority of the State’s Attorney is the power of the people to vote him or her out of office.”</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">VISIT OUR OTHER BLOG</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/08/carrying-gun-does-not-provide-any.html">http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/08/carrying-gun-does-not-provide-any.html</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #eeeecc; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 14px 2px 29px;"><a href="http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/08/carrying-gun-does-not-provide-any.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Carrying a gun does not provide ANY realistic possibility of self defense</a></h3><br />
jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-60048456490559807622012-08-18T11:31:00.002-04:002012-08-18T11:39:01.194-04:00Obama Lied To The Illinois Bar About Barry Soetoro<div align="left">Why did Barack Obama lie about never using the name Barry Soetoro on his Registration with the Illinois Bar Association? "Full Former names" the second question on the <b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><i>ATTORNEY'S REGISTRATION AND PUBLIC DISCIPLINARY RECORD. </i></span></b><br />
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</i></span></b> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">However,<b> i</b>nstead of Listing "Barry Soetoro,"<b> </b>he wrote the word "NONE" on the "Former Names Used" line. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">The Bar wants to know EVERYTHING on the background about its members, and generally do not look kindly on deception by applicants or members. This could have lead to more questions about "Barry Soetoro" if he disclosed that name. Such as, when, where, and how was it used. There could have been requests by the Bar for supporting documents that were used with than name which could prove embarrassing. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-size: medium;">The Bar website address for his form is </span><a href="http://www.iardc.org/ldetail.asp?id=584273216">http://www.iardc.org/ldetail.asp?id=584273216</a><br />
However, your request may not go through.<br />
If not, go to the Illinois website: <a href="http://www.iardc.org/lawyersearch.asp">http://www.iardc.org/lawyersearch.asp</a> and enter "Obama" and then click on his name for verification, or read below.<br />
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<tr><td style="font-size: 10pt;" valign="top" width="185"><b>Full Licensed Name:</b></td><td style="font-size: 10pt;" valign="top">Barack Hussein Obama </td></tr>
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</tbody></table></div><span style="background-color: white;">.</span> jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-74207936653080835862012-08-17T15:17:00.001-04:002012-08-17T15:17:54.332-04:00Overwhelming Majority of Americans Agree Constitutional Right to Own a Gun is as Important as Right to Free Speech<div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><h1 class="pagetitle" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #252525; font-size: 25px;">Public Religion Research Institute</span></h1><h1 class="pagetitle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">News Release-<a class="title" href="http://publicreligion.org/newsroom/2012/08/news-release-overwhelming-majority-of-americans-agree-constitutional-right-to-own-a-gun-is-as-important-as-right-to-free-speech/" style="text-decoration: none;"> Overwhelming Majority of Americans Agree Constitutional Right to Own a Gun is as Important as Right to Free Speech</a></span></h1><div align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><em>08/15/2012 Most Americans oppose allowing people to carry concealed guns in a place of worship, government building, or on a college campus</em></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="color: #252525;">Washington, DC</strong><em>— </em>Following the tragic mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, which led to a renewed dialogue on gun rights, a new national survey finds that Americans overwhelmingly believe that the constitutional right to own and carry a gun is as important as their constitutional right to free speech.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The <strong style="color: #252525;">August PRRI-RNS Religion News Survey</strong>, conducted by <strong style="color: #252525;">Public Religion Research Institute</strong> in partnership with <strong style="color: #252525;">Religion News Service</strong>, found that more than two-thirds (68 percent) of Americans agree that the constitutional right to own and carry a gun is as important as other constitutional rights, such as freedom of speech or freedom of the press. There are substantial differences between gun owners (89 percent) and non-gun owners (55 percent), and large differences along racial lines. White Americans (75 percent) are significantly more likely than non-white Americans (56 percent) to agree.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“In spite of recent debates over gun control, a strong majority of Americans believe that the constitutional right to own and carry a gun is as important as the right to free speech,” said <strong style="color: #252525;">Dr. Robert P. Jones, PRRI CEO</strong>. “Unsurprisingly, this belief is particularly pervasive among gun owners.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The survey also found that roughly three-quarters of Americans believe people should not be allowed to carry concealed guns in a church or place of worship (76 percent), in a government building (73 percent), or on a college campus (77 percent). However, opinion varies somewhat along political and religious lines.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Nearly one-third (32 percent) of white evangelical Protestants and 3-in-10 (27 percent) white mainline Protestants believe that people should be allowed to carry concealed guns to church, compared to 18 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans and 14 percent of Catholics. A majority (55 percent) of Americans who identify with Tea Party support allowing people to bring concealed guns to church, compared to nearly 4-in-10 (38 percent) Republicans and fewer than 1-in-5 Independents (17 percent) and Democrats (9 percent). Similar patterns of opinion exist in Americans’ views about whether concealed guns should be allowed in government buildings or on college campuses.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">“White evangelical Protestants and white mainline Protestants are roughly twice as likely as Catholics to believe that people should be allowed to bring concealed weapons to church,” said <strong style="color: #252525;">Daniel Cox, PRRI Research Director</strong>. “But it’s important to note that white evangelical Protestants and white mainline Protestants are also substantially more likely than Catholics to own guns, which strongly predicts views on these questions.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Additionally, the survey finds that a slim majority of Americans support passing stricter gun control laws. There is also broad public support for providing stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws. Few Americans support loosening current gun control laws.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="color: #252525;"><em style="font-weight: normal;">Among the Findings:</em></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="color: #252525;">There is no consensus among the public on the most important thing that could be done to prevent mass shootings. However, there is considerable disagreement along political and religious lines.</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">Nearly 3-in-10 (27 percent) Americans say that stricter gun control is the most important thing that can be done to prevent mass shootings, while roughly 1-in-5 say that better mental health screening and support (22 percent) and placing more emphasis on God and morality (19 percent) are the most important preventive measures. Fourteen percent of Americans say that stricter security measures at public gatherings are most important for preventing mass shootings from occurring. Roughly 1-in-10 (11 percent) Americans say that allowing more private citizens to carry guns for protection is the most important thing that can be done to prevent mass shootings.</div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 1em 1em 1em 2em; padding: 0px;"><li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Members of the Tea Party movement are three times more likely than Americans overall to say that allowing more private citizens to carry guns for protection is the most important thing that can be done to prevent shootings (35 percent vs. 11 percent).</li>
<li style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Democrats are roughly three times more likely than Republicans to say that stricter gun control laws and enforcement is the most important measure to prevent mass shootings (38 percent vs. 13 percent).</li>
<li class="last" style="list-style: disc outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Close to 4-in-10 (36 percent) white evangelicals say that placing more emphasis on God and morality in school and society is the most important thing that can be done to prevent mass shootings.</li>
</ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #2c2b2b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"><em>The survey was designed and conducted by Public Religion Research Institute. Results of the survey were based on bilingual (Spanish and English) RDD telephone interviews conducted between August 8, 2012 and August 12, 2012 by professional interviewers under the direction of Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Interviews were conducted among a random sample of 1,006 adults 18 years of age or older in the continental United States (304 respondents were interviewed on a cell phone). The margin of error for the survey is +/- 3.5 percentage points at the 95 percent level of confidence. In addition to sampling error, surveys may also be subject to error or bias due to question wording, context, and order effects. </em></div>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-9177990361750467972012-08-14T17:55:00.001-04:002012-08-14T17:58:03.835-04:00Brady Announces Push For Moderator To Ask About Guns In First Presidential Debate<h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="first" style="color: white; float: left; font-family: palatino, georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-right: 12px; text-transform: uppercase;">MEDIA</span><span style="background-color: #20285c; color: #a0b0c9; font-family: palatino, georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;">PRESS RELEASE</span> </h1><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“We Are Better Than This” Campaign Urges Candidates to Listen to American Public</h2><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="pubdate">Aug 13, 2012</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><strong><img alt="" height="207" src="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/images/photo_bio_lehrer.jpg" style="float: right;" width="197" />Washington, D.C.</strong> – The Brady Campaign today released a letter to presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer, calling on him to ask President Obama and Governor Romney to present plans to prevent gun deaths and injuries in the first presidential debate that will be held in Denver, Colorado. The Brady Campaign has been leading a national conversation on gun violence with an online campaign, <a href="http://www.wearebetterthanthis.org/" style="color: #cf2027; text-decoration: none;">www.WeAreBetterThanThis.org</a>, and will ask Americans to join the call for questions on guns in the presidential campaign.<br />
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The letter reads:<br />
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<em>Dear Jim:<br />
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As moderator of the first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado, I respectfully request that you ask President Obama and Governor Romney to present their plans to address the issue of gun violence in our nation, because<br />
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• The debate will take place within 10 miles of two of the most deadly mass shootings in U.S. history: Columbine High School and the Aurora movie theater.<br />
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• Every day in our nation 32 more Americans are murdered with guns.<br />
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• During the next presidential term, 48,000 more Americans will be murdered unless we do something about it.<br />
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Since the recent tragedies in Aurora, Colorado and Oak Creek, Wisconsin, a real national conversation has begun, bringing together Americans from across the nation and across the political spectrum, to call for real solutions -- solutions that recognize the Second Amendment right to bear arms -- solutions with the only goal of preventing gun violence.<br />
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It is time our presidential candidates listen to the American public, join the conversation, and provide us with their plans.<br />
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As a nation, we know we are better than this. It is time for those seeking our highest office to show that they know it too.</em><br />
Brady Campaign President Dan Gross explained why the letter to the moderator is so important.<br />
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“There’s a dramatic disconnect between what the American people want and what our elected officials -- even our presidential candidates -- are doing about it. Our goal with this letter campaign is to lead the American people in closing this disconnect and in holding elected officials accountable. Until we do that, nothing will change. Once we do, everything will.”<br />
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The letter to the presidential debate moderator is hosted at <a href="http://www.wearebetterthanthis.org/" style="color: #cf2027; text-decoration: none;">www.WeAreBetterThanThis.org</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><em>###</em><br />
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</em> <div style="text-align: left;"><em>Visit our other blog</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/">http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #eeeecc; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 14px 2px 29px;"><a href="http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/08/killing-sprees-still-take-place-in.html" style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">Killing Sprees Still Take Place in Locations With Incredibly Stringent Gun Laws</a></h3></div>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-71980589899905527352012-06-29T15:13:00.009-04:002012-06-29T16:36:09.955-04:00You Can Keep Your Doctor If You Want To…Unless He Is Run Out Of Business By The ACA<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A physician shortage was already expected before ACA was signed into law in March 2010, and now that gap could worsen. According to projections released last fall by the AAMC Center for Workforce Studies, there will be a shortage of about 63,000 doctors by 2015, with greater shortages on the horizon—91,500 and 130,600 for 2020 and 2025, respectively.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">1</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How will this actually affect the number of practicing Physicians? The outlook is not good. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan... and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">…” </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">2. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And, now the ACA is the law of the land. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A major unintended consequence of the ACA is that many private practice physicians will no longer be able to stay in business for themselves. Or, is this really an unintended consequence? Fees that the Physician will be paid will be cut back significantly as dictated by the ACA. And, many Doctors may no longer be able to remain in business. It will also be difficult for new Doctors to hang up their shingle too. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Who will really want to enter the private practice field if there is not a possibility of making a decent income relative to the cost of doing business? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">High costs of doing business are taken right off the Doctor’s bottom line. In addition to fixed costs like rent, office, medical equipment, and other expenses, there’s the Physician’s medical and office staff who must be paid. There are at least three staff in a Physician’s office that are important for the practice to function efficiently. The average salary of Physician Assistants is $79,000 annually<span style="color: red;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">3.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> And, for a medical assistant, its $44,000. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">4</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. Someone must answer the phones, meet the patients, and maintain the patient files. That’s the medical receptionist who make on average $28,000</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">. 5.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Newer Physicians have a lot invested in their educations. There is four years of undergraduate, four years of medical school, three years of internship, one year of residency, and if a specialty is entered into, additional time in a fellowship. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The average medical student graduates with nearly $100,000 in student loan debt...</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">A family practice salary may range from $73,150 on the low end and up to $249,950 on the top end, according to the report. But pay can vary dramatically by geographical region.” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">6. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Most Physiciand make a good living. They have earned it. As of 2011, “O<span style="background-color: white;">n average, primary care physicians in the United States received $186,582 in pretax income a year, compared with $95,585 in France and $92,844 in Australia.<span class="apple-converted-space">” </span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">7.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Obama apparently wants not only to make our healthcare comparable to France, he also wants physician pay to be equivalent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And, Physician’s educations must be paid for, usually by student loans. And, those loans must be repaid. Income based monthly payments on a $100,000 student loan with an interest rate of 6.8% with a 15 year repayment term is about $887.00. </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">8.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Part of the ACA provides 250 million for training for residency, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">9.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">However, based on the meager payments to providers, who will be interested in a decent paying career in the medical field? A major "unintended" consequence is the loss of operating income for Physicians medical clinics. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The typical Doctor’s office has an overhead of between 40 and 60% of the total operating income for the practice. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">10.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But, will Doctors be able to meet their overhead, let alone take home a paycheck? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In propagandizing about Obamacare, you will remember him saying this about a diabetic foot amputation on August 11, 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“Right now if we paid a family -- if a family care physician works with his or her patient to help them lose weight, modify diet, monitors whether they're taking their medications in a timely fashion, they might get reimbursed a pittance. But if that same diabetic ends up getting their foot amputated, that's $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 -- immediately the surgeon is reimbursed.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">However, The American College of Surgeons immediately fired back, “</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The American College of Surgeons is deeply disturbed over the uninformed public comments President Obama continues to make about the high-quality care provided by surgeons in the United States. When the President makes statements that are incorrect or not based in fact, we think he does a disservice to the American people at a time when they want clear, understandable facts about health care reform. We want to set the record straight. Yesterday during a town hall meeting, President Obama got his facts completely wrong. <b>He stated that a surgeon gets paid $50,000 for a leg amputation when, in fact, Medicare pays a surgeon between $740 and $1,140 for a leg amputation.</b> This payment also includes the evaluation of the patient on the day of the operation plus patient follow-up care that is provided for 90 days after the operation. Private insurers pay some variation of the Medicare reimbursement for this service.” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">11.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Physicians also narrowly averted a 27% cut in Medicare payments this year through a stopgap measure passed into law that ends 12/31/2012. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">12.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> And, payment cutbacks in general cannot be avoided by the ACA. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There are payment cutbacks for virtually every physician payment category. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But, Obama has promised many good things to healthcare providers. Although portions of the White House fact sheet shown below promises <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">lowering the burden of uncompensated care on physicians, hospitals, and the rest of the system, n</span>one of the promises included a “living wage” for doctors and other healthcare providers. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">For health care providers, health reform is designed to make our health care system stronger and make it work better for you and your patients:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">…Expanded coverage and consumer protections will offer security…</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>This will lower the burden of uncompensated care on physicians, hospitals, and the rest of the system.<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">…</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Reduced paperwork and administrative simplification will bring down the cost of care.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">…</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Tough new consumer protections will hold health insurers more accountable for treating patients and providers fairly.</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">… <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Tough new consumer protections will hold health insurers more accountable for treating patients and providers fairly.</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">… <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Tough new consumer protections will hold health insurers more accountable for treating patients and providers fairly.</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">… <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Health care providers will help drive improvements to health care delivery.” <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">…</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Strengthening and growing our health care workforce.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">…</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Investing in community health centers and new clinical settings.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">…</span></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Loan forgiveness and scholarships</span></strong>. (for those joining The National Health Service Corps) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">9.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In addition to patients being at the mercy of the Affordable Care Act, so will the fates of their Doctors. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
If the above is not infuriating enough, see our other blog:<br />
<a href="http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/06/eric-holders-letter-to-obama-asking-him.html">http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/06/eric-holders-letter-to-obama-asking-him.html</a><br />
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Footnotes to ACA blog<br />
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<span style="font-size: 8pt;">1.</span> <a href="https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/april11/184178/addressing_the_physician_shortage_under_reform.html">https://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/april11/184178/addressing_the_physician_shortage_under_reform.html</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://news.investors.com/article/506199/200909151909/45-of-doctors-would-consider-quitting-if-congress-passes-health-care-overhaul.htm">http://news.investors.com/article/506199/200909151909/45-of-doctors-would-consider-quitting-if-congress-passes-health-care-overhaul.htm</a><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">3.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://www.indeed.com/salary/Physician-Assistant.html">http://www.indeed.com/salary/Physician-Assistant.html</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">4.</span> <a href="http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=medical+Assistant&l1=">http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=medical+Assistant&l1=</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">5.</span> <a href="http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=medical+receptionist&l1=">http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=medical+receptionist&l1=</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">6</span><span style="color: red;">.</span> <a href="http://www.studentdoc.com/family-practice-salary.html">http://www.studentdoc.com/family-practice-salary.html</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">7.</span> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44433135/ns/health-health_care/t/sky-high-salaries-costly-hips-boost-us-health-costs/#.T-3bmRe0xdw">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44433135/ns/health-health_care/t/sky-high-salaries-costly-hips-boost-us-health-costs/#.T-3bmRe0xdw</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">8. </span><a href="http://www.edfinancial.com/DebtManagement/FinancialAidandStudentLoans/EstimateYourStudentLoanPayment">http://www.edfinancial.com/DebtManagement/FinancialAidandStudentLoans/EstimateYourStudentLoanPayment</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">9.</span> <a href="http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/primarycareworkforce.html/">http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/primarycareworkforce.html/</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">10.</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span><span style="color: #548dd4;">Arnow FM. Acceptable overhead. Fam Pract Manag. November/Dec 2002:78 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">11.</span> <a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/current-topics-advocacy/medicare-physician-payment-reform-regulatory-relief.page">http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/current-topics-advocacy/medicare-physician-payment-reform-regulatory-relief.page</a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">12.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="http://www.cardioserv.net/about-us/news/65--pfs-and-hopps-final-rules-and-the-impact-on-echocardiography.html">http://www.cardioserv.net/about-us/news/65--pfs-and-hopps-final-rules-and-the-impact-on-echocardiography.html</a><o:p></o:p></div></div>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-88523978676781963312012-06-27T11:22:00.002-04:002012-06-27T11:43:02.433-04:00Letter from Rep. Issa To Obama Explaining Why He Is Not Entitled To Fast And Furious Executive Privilege<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the scathing letter to President Obama by Rep. Darrell Issa that explains why he is not entitled to Executive Privilege regarding Fast and Furious. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See the letter from Eric Holder to Obama that brought about the Executive Privilege claim at: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/06/eric-holders-letter-to-obama-asking-him.html">http://armedselfdefense.blogspot.com/2012/06/eric-holders-letter-to-obama-asking-him.html</a></span><br />
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<div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“Dear Mr. President:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On June 19, 2012, shortly after leaving a meeting in the U.S. Capitol, Attorney General Eric Holder wrote to request that you assert executive privilege with respect to Operation Fast and Furious documents he is withholding from this Committee. The next day, Deputy Attorney General James Cole notified me in a letter that you had invoked executive privilege. The Committee received both letters minutes before the scheduled start of a vote to recommend that the full House hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with its subpoena.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Courts have consistently held that the assertion of the constitutionally-based executive privilege — the only privilege that ever can justify the withholding of documents from a congressional committee by the Executive Branch — is only applicable with respect to documents and communications that implicate the confidentiality of the President’s decision-making process, defined as those documents and communications to and from the President and his most senior advisors. Even then, it is a qualified privilege that is overcome by a showing of the committee’s need for the documents. The letters from Messrs. Holder and Cole cited no case law to the contrary.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Accordingly, your privilege assertion means one of two things. Either you or your most senior advisors were involved in managing Operation Fast & Furious and the fallout from it, including the false February 4, 2011 letter provided by the Attorney General to the Committee, or, you are asserting a Presidential power that you know to be unjustified solely for the purpose of further obstructing a congressional investigation. To date, the White House has steadfastly maintained that it has not had any role in advising the Department with respect to the congressional investigation. The surprising assertion of executive privilege raised the question of whether that is still the case.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As you know, the Committee voted to recommend that the full House hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for his continued refusal to produce relevant documents in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. Last week’s proceeding would not have occurred had the Attorney General actually produced the subpoenaed documents he said he could provide. The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the contempt resolution this week. I remain hopeful that the Attorney General will produce the specified documents so that we can work towards resolving this matter short of a contempt citation. Furthermore, I am hopeful that, consistent with assertions of executive privilege by previous Administrations, you will define the universe of documents over which you asserted executive privilege and provide the Committee with the legal justification from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Background<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed in a firefight with a group of armed Mexican bandits who preyed on illegal immigrants in a canyon west of Rio Rico, Arizona on December 14, 2010. Two guns traced to Operation Fast and Furious were found at the murder scene. The Terry family appeared before the Committee on June 15, 2011, to ask for answers about the program that put guns in the hands of the men who killed their son and brother. Having been stonewalled for months by the Attorney General and his senior staff, the Committee issued a subpoena for documents that would provide the Terry family the answers they seek. The subpoena was served on October 12, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Internally, over the course of the next eight months, the Justice Department identified 140,000 pages of documents and communications responsive to the Committee’s subpoena. Yet, the Department handed over only 7,600 of these pages. Through a series of accommodations and in recognition of certain Executive Branch and law enforcement prerogatives, the Committee prioritized key documents the Department needed to produce to avoid contempt proceedings. These key documents would help the Committee understand how and why the Justice Department moved from denying whistleblower allegations to understanding they were true; the identities of officials who attempted to retaliate against whistleblowers; the reactions of senior Department officials when confronted with evidence of gunwalking during Fast and Furious, including whether they were surprised or already aware of the use of this reckless tactic, and; whether senior Department officials are being held to the same standard as lower-level employees who have been blamed for Fast and Furious by their politically-appointed bosses in Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I met with Attorney General Holder on June 19, 2012, to attempt to resolve this matter in advance of the Committee’s scheduled contempt vote. We were joined by Ranking Member Elijah Cummings and Senators Patrick Leahy and Charles Grassley, respectively the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The Department had previously identified a small subset of documents created after February 4, 2011 — the date of its letter containing the false claim that no gunwalking had occurred — that it would make available to the Committee. The Justice Department described this small subset as a “fair compilation” of the full universe of post-February 4th documents responsive to the subpoena.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">During the June 19th meeting, the Attorney General stated he wanted to “buy peace.” He indicated a willingness to produce the “fair compilation” of post-February 4th documents. He told me that he would provide the “fair compilation” of documents on three conditions: (1) that I permanently cancel the contempt vote; (2) that I agree the Department was in full compliance with the Committee’s subpoenas, and; (3) that I accept the “fair compilation,” sight unseen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As Chairman of the primary investigative Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, I considered the Attorney General’s conditions unacceptable, as would have my predecessors from both sides of the aisle. I simply requested that the Department produce the “fair compilation” in advance of the contempt vote, with the understanding that I would postpone the vote to allow the Committee to review the documents.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The short meeting in the Capitol lasted about twenty minutes. The Attorney General left the meeting and, shortly thereafter, sent an eight-page letter containing more than forty citations requesting that you assert executive privilege. The following morning, the Deputy Attorney General informed me that you had taken the extraordinary step of asserting the privilege that is designed to protect presidential decision making.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In his letter, the Attorney General stated that releasing the documents covered by the subpoena, some of which he offered to the Committee hours earlier, would have “significant, damaging consequences.”[1] It remains unclear how — in a matter of hours — the Attorney General moved from offering those documents in exchange for canceling the contempt vote and ending the congressional investigation to claiming that they are covered by executive privilege and that releasing them — which the Attorney General was prepared to do hours earlier — would now result in “significant, damaging consequences.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Scope of Executive Privilege<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Deputy Attorney General Cole’s representation that “the President has asserted executive privilege over the relevant post-February 4, 2011, documents” raised concerns that there was greater White House involvement in Operation Fast and Furious than previously thought.[2] The courts have never considered executive privilege to extend to internal Executive Branch deliberative documents.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Absent from the Attorney General’s eight-page letter were the controlling authorities from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As the court held in the seminal case of In re Sealed Case (Espy):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The privilege should not extend to staff outside the White House in executive branch agencies. Instead, the privilege should apply only to communications authored or solicited and received by those members of an immediate White House adviser’s staff who have broad and significant responsibility for investigating and formulating the advice to be given the President on the particular matter to which the communications relate.[3]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The D.C. Circuit established the “operational proximity test” to determine which communications are subject to privilege. Espy made clear that it is “operational proximity to the President that matters in determining whether the president’s confidentiality interest is implicated.”[4]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In addition, even if the presidential communications privilege did apply to some of these subpoenaed documents, Espy made clear that “the presidential communications privilege is, at all times, a qualified one,” and that a showing of need could overcome it.[5] Such a need — indeed a compelling one — plainly exists in this case.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Justice Department has steadfastly maintained that the documents sought by the Committee do not implicate the White House whatsoever. If true, they are at best deliberative documents between and among Department personnel who lack the requisite “operational proximity” to the President. As such, they cannot be withheld pursuant to the constitutionally-based executive privilege. Courts distinguish between the presidential communications privilege and the deliberative process privilege. Both, the Espy court observed, are executive privileges designed to protect the confidentiality of Executive Branch decision-making. The deliberative-process privilege, however, which applies to executive branch officials generally, is a common law privilege that requires a lower threshold of need to be overcome, and “disappears altogether when there is any reason to believe government misconduct has occurred.”[6]<br />
The Committee must assume that the White House Counsel’s Office is fully aware of the prevailing authorities of Espy, discussed above, and Judicial Watch v. Dep’t of Justice.[7] If the invocation of executive privilege was proper, it calls into question a number of public statements about the involvement of the White House made by you, your staff, and the Attorney General.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Finally, the Attorney General’s letter to you cited numerous authorities from prior Administrations of both parties. It is important to note that the OLC opinions provided as authorities to justify expansive views of executive privilege are inconsistent with existing case law.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Remarks about White House Involvement in Fast and Furious<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For the past sixteen months, Senator Grassley and I have been investigating Operation Fast and Furious. In response to a question about the operation during an interview with Univision on March 22, 2011, you stated that, “Well first of all, I did not authorize it. Eric Holder, the Attorney General, did not authorize it.”[8] You also stated that you were “absolutely not” informed about Operation Fast and Furious.[9] Later in the interview, you said that “there may be a situation here in which a serious mistake was made and if that’s the case then we’ll find out and we’ll hold somebody accountable.”[10]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">From the early stages of the investigation, the White House has maintained that no White House personnel knew anything about Operation Fast and Furious. Your assertion of executive privilege, however, renews questions about White House involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">White House Press Secretary Jay Carney emphasized your denial that you knew about Fast and Furious. Mr. Carney stated, “I can tell you that, as the president has already said, he did not know about or authorize this operation.”[11] A few weeks later, Mr. Carney reiterated the point, stating, “I think he made clear . . . during the Mexican state visit and the press conference he had then that he found out about this through news reports. And he takes it very seriously.”[12]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In an October 6, 2011 news conference, you maintained that Attorney General Holder “indicated that he was not aware of what was happening in Fast and Furious.”[13] Regarding your own awareness, you went on to state, “Certainly I was not. And I think both he and I would have been very unhappy if somebody had suggested that guns were allowed to pass through that could have been prevented by the United States of America.”[14]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On March 28, 2012, Senator Grassley and I wrote to Kathryn Ruemmler, who serves as your Counsel, to request that she grant our numerous requests to interview Kevin O’Reilly, a member of the White House National Security Staff. We needed Mr. O’Reilly’s testimony to ascertain the extent of White House involvement in Operation Fast and Furious. In her response, Ms. Ruemmler advised us that the e-mail communications between Mr. O’Reilly and William Newell, the Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Phoenix Field Division, did not reveal “the existence of any of the inappropriate investigative tactics at issue in your inquiry, let alone any decision to allow guns to ‘walk.’”[15] She further emphasized “the absence of any evidence that suggests that Mr. O’Reilly had any involvement in ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ or was aware of the existence of any inappropriate investigative tactics.”[16] Your assertion of executive privilege renews concerns about these denials.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Earlier this month, when House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith asked the Attorney General when the Justice Department first informed the White House about the questionable tactics used in Fast and Furious, he responded, “I don’t know.”[17] He informed Chairman Smith that his focus was on “dealing with the problems associated with Fast and Furious,” and that he was “not awfully concerned about what the knowledge was in the White House.”[18]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Attorney General Holder has assured the public that he takes this matter very seriously, stating that “to the extent we find that mistakes occurred, people will be held accountable.”[19] Yet, he has described the Committee’s vote as “an election-year tactic.”[20] Nothing could be further from the truth. This statement not only betrays a total lack of understanding of our investigation, it exemplifies the stonewalling we have consistently faced in attempting to work with the Justice Department. If the Attorney General had produced the responsive documents more than eight months ago when they were due, or at any time since then, we would not be where we are today.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Moving Forward<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">At the heart of the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious are disastrous consequences: a murdered Border Patrol Agent, his grieving family, countless deaths in Mexico, and the souring effect on our relationship with Mexico. Members of the Committee from both sides of the aisle agree that the Terry family deserves answers. So, too, do Agent Terry’s brothers-in-arms in the border patrol, the Mexican government, and the American people. Unfortunately, your assertion of executive privilege raises more questions than it answers. The Attorney General’s conditional offer of a “fair compilation” of a subset of documents covered by the subpoena, and your assertion of executive privilege, in no way substitute for the fact that the Justice Department is still grossly deficient in its compliance with the Committee’s subpoena. By the Department’s own admission, it has withheld more than 130,000 pages of responsive documents.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I still believe that a settlement, rendering further contempt of Congress proceedings unnecessary, is in the best interests of the Justice Department, Congress, and those most directly affected by Operation Fast and Furious. In light of the settled law that confines the constitutionally-based executive privilege to high-level White House communications, I urge you to reconsider the decision to withhold documents that would allow Congress to complete its investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In the meantime, so that the Committee and the public can better understand your role, and the role of your most senior advisors, in connection with Operation Fast and Furious, please clarify the question raised by your assertion of executive privilege: To what extent were you or your most senior advisors involved in Operation Fast and Furious and the fallout from it, including the false February 4, 2011 letter provided by the Attorney General to the Committee? Please also identify any communications, meetings, and teleconferences between the White House and the Justice Department between February 4, 2011 and June 18, 2012, the day before the Attorney General requested that you assert executive privilege.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I appreciate your prompt attention to this important matter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Darrell Issa<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">cc: The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member<br />
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform<br />
U.S. House of Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Senator Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member<br />
Committee on the Judiciary<br />
U.S. Senate<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman<br />
Committee on the Judiciary<br />
U.S. Senate<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background: #EAEAEA; line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Honorable Kathryn Ruemmler, Counsel to the President”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div>jghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02887891532677660002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955773885723738597.post-40453337475970496802012-06-15T13:26:00.004-04:002012-06-15T13:53:10.882-04:00United Nations To Convene Month Long Conference For International Gun Control Treaty In July<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Its time once again to just say, "NO," to the UN</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As Spain deals with a bailout to "save" the economy and the country, and while the country is engaged in its worst financial crisis in recent memory, the Spanish Parliament took time this week to push for adoption of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. This is the Treaty that will infringe on the US Constitution, the Second Amendment, and your right to self defense. The United Nations and specially invited anti firearms rights groups who want to eliminate our firearms freedoms will be convening at the UN July 2nd through the 27th to draft a Treaty to accomplish the goal of regulating firearms and accessories, and ultimately the disarming all of America. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Spain agreed with the drafters of the Treaty, with input from various international and US gun control groups, who want the “Urgent and essential” Treaty to; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"a) Include a golden rule that prohibits the authorization of arms transfers where there is a substantial risk that used to commit or facilitate the commission-¬ - serious violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">b) <b>Allow a comprehensive coverage that includes controls on weapons, ammunition and related material and on ALL (emphasis added) transfers. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">c) explicit regulation of solid systems of licensing, transparency and reporting.”</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">International gun ban groups are telling UN member states, including the United States, in unambiguous terms, to adopt this Treaty and clamp controls and international regulations on your firearms and ammunition, and all transfers, including purchase and sale of guns and ammunition. By the wording of the treaty, inclusion of the “and related material” provision would include parts, accessories, scopes, stocks, magazines, and the like. The regulations are limited only by the bureaucratic enforcers imagination. And, of course, there is the "licensing" provision that all signing Countries are required to implement. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bill Clinton favored the provisions of the previous draft of this Treaty, but declined to present of the Treaty to the Senate for ratification. No doubt out of deference to the various strong pro gun rights organizations here, and the potential political wrath of gun owners. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">George W. Bush was against this Treaty. And, his UN Ambassador, John Bolton, helped to keep a Treaty like this just a leftist’s dream. However, with the advent of “Hope and Change” in January, 2009, Barack Obama instructed Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to “Be open” to the Treaty. The State Department will undoubtedly be heavily involved with the Treaty process at the UN next month. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty has a already met four times to draft the Treaty that will be submitted to the UN next month. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Its efforts are being supported by the lofty sounding UN Office for Disarmament </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Affairs. The Treaty formulation will be carried out by the 193 countries belonging to the UN. Representatives from other organizations, including </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the “A” list of American gun ban groups were invited to attend. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Contrary to the gun control goals as outlined by the Spanish Parliament, the UN says that the treaty will not interfere with the way a country regulates civilian arms possession.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">2</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. Palau Parliament, 13 June 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">2</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. </span><a href="http://www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/">http://www.un.org/disarmament/ATT/</a> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The official website of the United nations Conference<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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