HR 45

[Bob259]

Are you ready for the House Bill titled 'HR 45, Blair Holt Licensing and Record Act of 2009'. It will make it illegal to own a firearm unless it is registered with the database in Washington D.C. As a gun owner you will have to be finger printed, you will be required to provide your DL#, SS#, you must maintain a valid address at all times, submit to mental amd physical health records being put on file, you will also be required to file any address changes and you any ownership changes even if private sale. Each update will cost $25 and if you fail to comply you will lose your right to own firearms. This bill and its language mirror almost completely one defeated last year in the House of Representatives by soon to be Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We the citizenry be as lucky this time?

Pass this on to everyone who believes in strict Constitutionalism and remember that laws only apply to those who obey them. Criminals by definition and nature do not abide by laws. New laws and restrictions only apply to the law abiding citizen and are not written with the criminal in mind. With guns, it is not about having laws on the books to prosecute individuals, it is about taking guns away from the people so that no one has them in the first place. One last item to note, when assuming power and creating a facist state, Hitler was a proponent of strong gun laws because a disarmed populace was much easier to control than an armed one. The kings of old also outlawed weapons of any kind in any region that they conquered to quell the ability of the citizens to uprise against them.

The Founding Fathers of this nation understood all of the above and because of this they included the second amendment in the constitution. In fact, they knew that at some point in every society's life span that the need for the population to arise came about. To this end they made they right to keep and bear arms against a tyrannical state an absolute right that could not be revoked. They did this because the first thing tyrants and despots do is to remove a populations right to defend themselves. When this is done the tyrants have no problem with the destruction of society as we know it.

Send this on to all true patriots! Protect your Second Amendment!

The following is a summary of the bill as provided by the Congressional Research Service. If you read the whole bill, you'll find it will effectively preclude the ownership of ANY firearms by law-abiding people unless licensed by the Attorney General. How long do you think THAT would take??

Congressional Research Service Summary
The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress. GovTrack did not write and has no control over these summaries.

1/6/2009--Introduced.

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person from possessing a firearm unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this Act or a state system certified under this Act and such license has not been invalidated or revoked. Prescribes license application, issuance, and renewal requirements.

Prohibits transferring or receiving a qualifying firearm unless the recipient presents a valid firearms license, the license is verified, and the dealer records a tracking authorization number. Prescribes firearms transfer reporting and record keeping requirements. Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a federal record of sale system.

Prohibits: (1) transferring a firearm to any person other than a licensee, unless the transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with national instant criminal background check system requirements, with exceptions; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer from failing to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements of this Act; (3) failing to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Attorney General within 72 hours; (4) failing to report to the Attorney General an address change within 60 days; or (5) keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition for the firearm, knowingly or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child is capable of gaining access, if a child uses the firearm and causes death or serious bodily injury.

Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of firearms provisions covered by this Act.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse; (2) conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and maintain current production and sales figures of each licensed manufacturer.

Authorizes the Attorney General to certify state firearm licensing or record of sale systems.

[Bob259]

I think you will find it says one cannot buy, own, or possess a handgun or long gun that accepts a detachable magazine. This will force the federal liscensing of anyone wishing to own or keep semiautomatic firearms that are clip fed.

HR45, 111th Congress

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-...45ih.txt .pdf

From RFC forum
The Honorable Mr. Rush tried it in 2007 but it went nowhere.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2666

I guess he's counting on a change in the political landscape to give him a better shot at it this go 'round.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45:

Mr. Rush is a Democrat representing a district in Illinois. The current bill has no co-sponsors... yet. The 2007 attempt had 16 co-sponsors:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2666

Let them know how you feel.

[malinois]

Sounds like the same thing they did in australia before they came and took the stuff away with the registration records as the road map to all that had firearms.

[Bob259]

Sounds like the same thing they did in australia before they came and took the stuff away with the registration records as the road map to all that had firearms.

Sounding awful familiar isn't it....... This is why we cannot sit back and not make our voices heard to those in Congress and in the state govt's, but it maybe already to late.

In NY we now have a downstate Democratic house and senate and all are against any type of firearms, we are in for the fight of our lives.

Between the federal laws, like HR 45, they are trying to pass and at the state level we, the legal law abiding citizens, are in for fight.

[chuck d]

Bob,
Thanks for the info. Just finished emailing my Senator and Congressman.

We all must do the same! 50 emails would be a big response I bet and help keep our firearms OURS.
chuck

[Bob259]

Bob,
Thanks for the info. Just finished emailing my Senator and Congressman.

We all must do the same! 50 emails would be a big response I bet and help keep our firearms OURS.
chuck

It's not only eMails... I'm told that letters (snail mail) via the postal service get a lot more attention, so eveyone should follow up with a 'real' letter.

Be nice, professional and respectful in your letters as we don't want to play into their 'stereo type' of what they believe hunters and competitive shooters are.