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Opinion May 6, 2009  RSS feed


Say goodbye to your rights, guns

FROM TOM RODGERS WEAVERVILLE

Well, here we go again. The Obama administration is quietly working behind the scenes to obliterate your Second Amendment rights. Your right to keep and bear arms. They want your guns!

Their scheme is called "HR 45." A bill presently before the U.S. House of Representatives that in essence will outlaw any weapon (gun) with a "detachable magazine" unless you acquire a new style of federal firearms license. By making this license so convoluted and difficult to acquire, Attorney General Eric Holder says that less than 1 percent of gun owners nationwide will succeed. And in this bill there is a stipulation that no one under 18 years of age may own or have the use of any firearm. Yep, that means no more 10-22s under the Christmas tree.

There are 80 million gun owners and 20 million hunters in the United States. However there are only 4 million NRA members nationwide, supporting and fighting for your gun rights. Now is the time to get off your duff and join the fight for your right to keep and bear arms. Go on the 'Net to NRA.com or NRA.org or find a local gun club member to sign you up. You won't regret it.

Just remember that socialistic and repressive governments always disarm the people first. History has been known to repeat itself. Go figure. ... Join the National Rifle Association now!

One other thing of interest. Keep an eye on Hillary Clinton. She's quietly working with the leftwing United Nations to bring back their Global Gun Ban scheme. John Bolton, our former representative to the U.N., stood up on the floor of the U.N. General Assembly and voted against this U.N. global gun ban just two years ago.