Another gun ban proposed by congress

House Resolution 1022 has already been dubbed a "sweeping gun ban" even though it is still only a house resolution right now.

As usual, people with good intentions are solving the wrong problem. Instead of focusing on the perpetrators and causality of crimes, they intend to ban firearms themselves. Gun "control" is nothing of the sort. I think personal responsibility is the core problem.

My father told me when he was a child, Roy Rogers had a television show that aired every week. On one of his episodes, he showed in great detail how to make your own rifle at home. Do you know how many children were killed the next day that watched that show? How many cities were razed to the ground by that information being made public? None. As in zero.

Try re-airing that show today. Or spoof it on Family Guy. Watch the outrage take headline news by storm.

Did you know the poster child for gun control, good old London, England, is wanting to ban pointy knives? No, really. Or how about this link that talks about their ban on selling knives to those under 18? Or how about this one, where a child was chased down and stabbed to death by a mob? Or how about this link to their knife amnesty program - where you can turn in a knife, no questions asked, at any local police station.

My point is even if a genie came and magicked all the guns away, evil people would still do bad things with knives, pointy objects, rocks, or even their own fists.

Guns are not the problem.

You can read the actual house resolution on the website govtrack.us by CLICKING HERE. You can check the status of this resolution on the govtrack.us website, or just BY CLICKING HERE.

Here's the email I got from my distributor about it...

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THE MOST SWEEPING GUN BAN EVER INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS;

McCarthy Bill Bans Millions More Guns Than the Clinton Gun Ban

On Feb. 14, 2007, Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1022, a bill with the stated purpose, "to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes."

McCarthy's verbiage warrants explanation. Presumably, what she means by "assault weapons ban" is the Clinton Gun Ban of 1994. Congress allowed the ban to expire in 2004 for multiple reasons, including the fact that federal, state and local law enforcement agency studies showed that guns affected by the ban had been used in only a small percentage of crime, before and after the ban was imposed.

With the nation's murder rate 43% lower than in 1991, and the re-legalized guns still used in only a small percentage of crime, reauthorizing the Clinton Gun Ban would be objectionable enough. But McCarthy's "other purposes" would make matters even worse. H.R. 1022 would ban every gun banned by the Clinton ban, plus millions more guns, including:

. Every gun made to comply with the Clinton ban. (The Clinton ban dictated the kinds of grips, stocks and attachments new guns could have. Manufacturers modified new guns to the Clinton requirements. H.R. 1022 would ban the modified guns too.)

. Guns exempted by the Clinton ban. (Ruger Mini-14s and -30s and Ranch Rifles; .30 cal. carbines; and fixed-magazine, semi-automatic, center-fire rifles that hold more than 10 rounds.)

. All semi-automatic shotguns. (E.g., Remington, Winchester, Beretta and Benelli, used for hunting, sport shooting, and self-defense. H.R. 1022 would ban them because they have "any characteristic that can function as a grip," and would also ban their main component, called the "receiver.")

. All detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles-including, for example, the ubiquitous Ruger 10/22 .22 rimfire-because they have "any characteristic that can function as a grip."

. Target shooting rifles. (E.g., the three centerfire rifles most popular for marksmanship competitions: the Colt AR-15, the Springfield M1A and the M1 "Garand.")

. Any semi-automatic shotgun or rifle an Attorney General one day claims isn't "sporting," even though the constitutions of the U.S. and 44 states, and the laws of all 50 states, recognize the right to use guns for defense.

. 65 named guns (the Clinton law banned 19 by name); semi-auto fixed-magazine pistols of over 10 rounds capacity; and frames, receivers and parts used to repair or refurbish guns.

H.R. 1022 would also ban the importation of magazines exempted by the Clinton ban, ban the sale of a legally-owned "assault weapon" with a magazine of over 10 rounds capacity, and begin backdoor registration of guns, by requiring private sales of banned guns, frames, receivers and parts to be conducted through licensed dealers. Finally, whereas the Clinton Gun Ban was imposed for a 10-year trial period, H.R. 1022 would be a permanent ban.

Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative and urge him or her to oppose H.R. 1022!

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