Proving the validity of the “Law of Unintended Consequences again,” Anti gun groups are unwittingly helping to boost the sales of the FN Herstal 5.7 pistol, its ammunition, and high capacity magazines, by asking Obama for an import ban on them. The events of the last 13 months have shown what happens to gun, magazines, and ammunition sales when Americans have good reason to fear draconian changes in our gun laws.
Never mind the fact that all of his victims were helpless, were unarmed, were in a “gun free zone” that these groups favor, and could not shoot back.
Never mind that, except for the M.Ps, the entrance guards, and during training, loaded guns are absolutely prohibited on the base.
Never mind that murder and assault are against the law.
Never mind that Hasan knew he would face the death penalty for his murders, if he survived, but preferred his “72 virgins.”
Obama is urged to directly and administratively ban the import of the guns and accessories and bypass Congress. He wouldn’t have to get the irksome Republicans in Congress involved. The Freedom States Alliance says that Obama “ With the wave of his pen could ban the foreign made, armor piercing (sic) handgun used at Fort Hood Massacre.”
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
RE: Request for immediate ban on the importation of military-style firearm used in Fort Hood
shooting
Dear Mr. President:
reduce America's epidemic of gun violence that were also relevant to the Fort Hood shooting, such as gaps in the federal background check system that allow suspected terrorists to legally buy guns and the ready availability of high-capacity magazines (including the 20-round magazines used by the Fort Hood shooter), preventing the importation of any more 5.7 handguns is an important step that can be accomplished immediately through administrative action by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)―without the need for any action by Congress.
of any firearm or ammunition unless it is “generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.” (1) This provision of the 1968 Gun Control Act has historically been used to exclude from import many non-sporting firearms, including so-called “Saturday Night Special” handguns, “Street Sweeper” shotguns, and many foreign-made assault weapons. The FN 5.7 handgun is clearly the type of firearm to which Congress intended the import restrictions to apply. (2) ,(3)
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1 18 USC 925 (d)(3).
2 ATF describes the types of firearms eligible for importation as “four narrow categories,”
Department of the Treasury Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified Semiautomatic Assault Rifles, April 1998.
3 According to ATF, “The legislative history shows that the determination of a weapon's suitabilityfor sporting purposes is the direct responsibility of the Secretary of the Treasury [now the Attorney General].
The Secretary was given this discretion largely because Congress recognized that section 925(d)(3) was a difficult provision to implement. Immediately after discussing the large role cheap imported .22 caliber revolvers were playing in crime, the Senate Report stated: [t]he difficulty of defining weapons characteristics to meet this target
without discriminating against sporting quality firearms, was a major reason why the Secretary of the Treasury has been given fairly broad discretion in defining and administering the import prohibition.” Department of the
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FN Herstal originally created the novel 5.7X28mm cartridge used in the 5.7 as
the ammunition for a submachine gun, the P-90, which was designed at the invitation of NATO and in response to military needs for a weapon to be used by troops that would be effective against the body armor that had become a standard accoutrement on the battlefield. In the mid- 1990s, FN created a pistol that used the same high-velocity, armor-piercing round and the 5.7 was born.
civilian market. In 1996, a spokesman for the company described the pistol as designed for antiterrorist and hostage rescue operations and "too potent" for normal police duties. (4)
In 1999, theNational Rifle Association's American Rifleman magazine stated, "Law enforcement and military markets are the target groups of FN's new 5.7 pistol," adding, "Don't expect to see this cartridge sold over the counter in the United States. In this incarnation, it is strictly a law enforcement or military round." (5)
In 2000, American Handgunner magazine assured the public,
“For reasons that will become obvious, neither the gun nor the ammunition will ever be sold to civilians or even to individual officers.” (6)
5.7, some of which clearly have the ability to pierce law enforcement body armor. Ostensibly, the armor-piercing ammunition is not available on the civilian market as the result of a voluntary agreement between FN and ATF. (8)
However, a quick search of the Internet identifies several sources for supposedly banned ammunition.
public safety as evidenced by the horrific shooting at Fort Hood. When the 5.7’s
availability is combined with the easy accessibility of complementary armor-piercing
ammunition it becomes not only a direct threat to law enforcement, but a potential national security threat as well.
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Treasury Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified Semiautomatic Assault Rifles, at page 6.
4 “SAS gets handgun that can shoot through walls,” Sunday Times, July 7, 1996.
5 Dan Shea, “Military Small Arms Update: FN’s FiveseveN System,” American Rifleman,
November/December 1999, p.51.
6 Charles E. Petty, “FN Five-seveN,” American Handgunner, January/February 2000, p. 54.
7 See e.g., Indicted: Types of Firearms and Methods of Gun Trafficking from the United States to
Mexico as Revealed in U.S. Court Documents, Violence Policy Center, April 2009.
8 See 2005 ATF statement on 5.7x28mm ammunition at http://www.atf.gov/firearms/firearmstech/
fabriquen.htm
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We strongly urge your Administration to act today to prohibit the importation of the FN
5.7 handgun as well as any 5.7X28mm ammunition that has armor-piercing capabilities (whether or not that ammunition meets the standard of the weak federal armor-piercing ammunition ban). None of these products meet the “sporting purposes” test that is the prerequisite for importation. We urge you to act before these military-bred weapons are used in another tragic incident. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.
Sincerely,
Paul Helmke- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Josh Horowitz- Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Sally Slovenski- Freedom States Alliance
Robyn Thomas- Legal Community Against Violence
Barbara Hohlt- States United to Prevent Gun Violence
Josh Sugarmann- Violence Policy Center
Executive Director Executive Director-Violence Policy Center
State and Regional Gun Violence Prevention Organizations
Lisa Delity-Chair Ceasefire Maryland
Bryan Miller-Executive Director CeasefireNJ
Shawn Alford-President Ceasefire Oregon
Joe Grace- Executive Director CeasefirePA
Hildy Saizow- Chair Arizonans for Gun Safety
Heather Martens- Executive Director Citizens for a Safer Minnesota Education Fund
Ron Pinciaro- Executive Director Connecticut Against Gun Violence
Alice Johnson- Executive Director Georgians for Gun Safety
Dee Rowland- Chair Gun Violence Prevention Center – Utah
Art Hayhoe- Executive Director Florida Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Thom Mannard- Executive Director Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Karen D’Andrea-Executive Director Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence
Cathie Whittenburg- Director New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Jackie Hilly- Executive Director New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
Roxane Kolar- Executive Director North Carolinians Against Gun Violence
Toby Hoover- Executive Director Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
Abigail Spangler, Ph.D.- ProtestEasyGuns.com/CampaigntoClosetheGunShowLoophole.org
Laura Hyer- Executive Director Stop Handgun Violence – Massachusetts
Jim Sollo- Executive Director Virginia Center for Public Safety
Jeri Bonavia- Executive Director Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
Patti Koltnow- Executive Director Women Against Gun Violence – California”
Let these people know what you think about their letter.
1 comment:
Larry W. Campbell
1116 Cottonwood Dr
Roseville CA 95661 a Blind person
916-771-2735.
12/31/2009 4:05 PM
Congress Tom Mc Clintock
508 Cannon HOB C
Washington, DC 20515 see record request enclosed
Dear Congressman Mc Clintock
I certainly do not want to burden you, since you are hard at work destroying the bill of rights, the only rights the people have to protect themselves against a government of Tyrants
First I will speak to something near and dear to your true heart, money .Since you have no interest in protecting the bill of rights, I am sure money will get your attention
US v Campbell round one cost to the people over 1 Million dollars, with luck I can and will push the number to 4 million
Return on investment , or return in equality
The people for 1 Million got two years of my life when my only crime is my gender, and my political views and being a person with disabilities, LET’ MADE A DEAL
If I am charged again per 18 USC 922 G8 the Government provides me $500.000.00 for two years of my life, tax free of course . The Government will save 3.5 Million
I look forward to your answer on your letterhead per the above deal.
If you are not too busy counting your political contributions for the next election, Charley Brown will get you this time.
I request the vote on the bill that caused 18 USC 922 G8 and other document per a so called debate , I assume I will find the a provision to add gender pro filing submitted by amendment and fathers should have their federal rights and state rights violated in the Kings courts of Chief George,
Current members of the US Supreme court ruled members of Congress and members of the US Senate and the president who signed 18 USC 922 G8 wanted fathers to be deprived of all protection under state and federal laws than put in federal jail per the clause of gender profiling , you made that law while a state Senator , clause of preferred gender pro filing
I do not want to hear the term “voice vote” I want the names of the persons who took away my bill of rights, which in truth fall far below basic human rights
You can count on the use of the Net per this request
True Fact: Since the age of 26 years your only job has been a professional politician
Larry W.Campbell
CC real Gun groups , no knock offs
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