angelatc
02-13-2008, 10:51 AM
A pair of ammunition ban bills are up for hearing in the House
Executive Committee this week. If enacted, either of these bills would
effectively ban the purchase of ammunition in Illinois. The bills in
question are HB 4269 sponsored by Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago), and
HB 4349 sponsored by Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (D-Champaign).
Here is what passage of either of these bills would mean to you:
1. Ammunition manufacturers would be required to imprint a secret code
on cartridge casings so that the purchaser of the ammunition could be
identified.
2. When you purchase ammunition, that secret code would be registered
to your name.
3. All your ammunition purchases would be registered with the Illinois
State Police.
4. You would be responsible for all eternity for ammunition registered
to you.
5. It would be in your best interest to destroy all expended
ammunition casings because an unaccounted for empty casing could be
used to frame you for a crime you did not commit.
6. You would have to surrender all unregistered ammunition you now own
to the Illinois State Police.
7. Reloading would be banned.
8. The Illinois Department of Revenue would be authorized to place a
tax on ammunition and raise that tax any time for any reason.
9. Taxes and increased manufacturing costs would raise the price of a
box of .45 ammo to $200 or more.
10. Gun ownership would become too costly for most people.
WHAT YOU MUST DO TO HELP SAVE YOUR GUN RIGHTS:
1. Call Rep. Monique Davis' office at (217) 782-0010 and POLITELY tell
the person that answers that you are a law-abiding gun owner and you
would oppose Rep. Davis' attempt to ban ammunition.
2. Call Rep. Naomi Jakobsson's offce at (217) 558-1009 and POLITELY
tell the person that answers that you are a law-abiding gun owner and
you would oppose Rep. Jakobsson's attempt to ban ammunition.
3. Call each of the following members of the House Executive Committee
and POLITELY tell whoever answers the phone that you OPPOSE HB4269 and
HB4349 and that you would like them to vote against those bills in the
Executive Committee. Remember, you represent the gun owners of this
state, so BE POLITE:
Rep. Dan Burke (D-Chicago) (217) 782-1117
Rep Joseph Lyons (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8400
Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) (217) 782-1118
Rep. Eddie Acevedo (D-Chicago) (217) 782-2855
Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios (D-Chicago) (217) 558-1032
Rep. Bob Biggins (R-Elmhurst) (217) 782-6578
Rep Michael Bradley (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8117
Rep. Brent Hassert (R-Romeoville) (217) 782-4179
Rep. Jim Meyer (R-Naperville) (217) 782-8028
Rep. Robert Molaro (D-Chicago) (217) 782-5280
Rep. Bob Rita (D-Crestwood) (217) 558-1000
Rep. Angelo Saviano (R-River Grove) (217) 782-3374
Rep. Arthur Turner (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8116
4. Please pass this alert along to all your gun-owning friends and ask
them to make calls as well.
5. Please post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards to
which you may belong.
THEY CAN'T GET THE GUNS SO THEY GO AFTER THE AMMUNITION
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NRA Director Sen. Larry Craig's Ammunition Ban Amendment
by Angel Shamaya
Director@KeepAndBearArms.com
Published: February 26, 2004
Updated: February 27, 2004
KeepAndBearArms.com -- While National Rifle Association officials were
busy denying that they'd been orchestrating a sellout in the U.S.
Senate, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) -- an NRA Director -- had been working
on an ammunition ban amendment. On the Senate floor Thursday, he
introduced, discussed, defended and tried to justify the "Craig/Frist"
amendment (Sen.Amendt 2625). This amendment, said Craig, is needed "to
strengthen current armor piercing ammunition law." NRA's point-man in
the U.S. Senate says that this is "what the law enforcement community
needs."
"We don't want to wipe out the hunting and sporting ammunition," said
Craig. The "sporting purpose" test was used before -- as justification
for firearm rights infringements via the 1938 Nazi Weapons Law and
later copied nearly verbatim in the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968.
"Let's send a message that armor piercing ammunition is flat off
limits," said Sen. Craig.
The NRA Director went on to support strong enforcement of his proposed
ammunition ban, using phrases like "prison for life."
Nobody can doubt that Senator Craig is one of the strongest supporters
of the Second Amendment in Congress today. And his amendment was in
response to Sen. Kennedy's much worse AP ammo-related amendment.
However, the Second Amendment does not enumerate the right of the
people to keep and bear "sporting" arms. Banning any arms, or their
ammunition, is clearly off limits to Congress. A longtime Director of
the National Rifle Association ought to know that. Instead, he's
supporting ammo restrictions -- based on the infamous Nazi "sporting
purpose" text -- on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Some might suggest that it doesn't matter what gets said on the Senate
floor -- that what matters is what gets signed into law. People who
believe that ought to consider the dangers here. Once a "pro gun"
congressman publicly expresses support for ammunition control, he
empowers the enemy and emboldens future attempts to whittle away our
rights.
The truth about civilian possession of "armor piercing ammunition" is
immutable, immovable, unchanging. If government employees can deploy
AP ammo against the people, denying that same ammunition to the people
is directly contradictory to the meaning, purpose and intent of the
Second Amendment: a balance of power.
The excuse for banning AP ammo -- "to protect law enforcement
employees" -- is a dangerous road to travel. It's the same
justification used to ban magazines that hold more than ten rounds.
It's the same reason given to deny The People free access to
machineguns. It was the same foundation upon which the
Clinton/Feinstein semi-auto rifle ban was built and signed into law.
When does that excuse stop working? When the legal magazine capacity
is reduced to five rounds? When all semi-auto rifles are banned? When
owning a bullet-resistant vest means life imprisonment -- unless the
government signs your paycheck? When all handguns are banned?
If you use "protecting law enforcement" as justification to restrict
the right of the people to keep and bear arms -- if you accept that
unacceptable excuse for chipping away at the Second Amendment -- then
lay down your arms and go tend your garden, catch up on your reading
and forget about restoring the Second Amendment. There's no end to
that excuse other than total disarmament -- because even a mere single
shot .22 caliber rifle manufactured before World War One can be used
to injure a law enforcement officer.
Bear in mind that Sen. Craig's ammo ban amendment was being offered by
him -- to amend his own bill. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in
Arms Act (S1805) is written to protect gun manufacturers from the
frivolous lawsuits being waged by those whose ultimate goal is to ban
all firearms. The bill is being used as a rider for many other gun
controls, leading up to the final vote on Tuesday. Sen. Craig made the
above statements on C-SPAN.
We acquired the text of the Craig-Frist AP ammo amendment. You can
read it on the Government Printing Office website here, or read it on
our site here: http://KeepAndBearArms.com/laws/CraigSA2625.pdf
NOTE: Contrary to a good deal of misinformation spread widely across
the internet, the Craig-Frist Ammo Ban amendment (Sen.Amendt 2625) has
not yet been voted on. During a vote on Thursday, C-SPAN's said the
Craig-Frist AP ammo ban was being voted on when in fact a different
Craig-Frist amendment (Sen.Amendt 2628) was being voted on.
Executive Committee this week. If enacted, either of these bills would
effectively ban the purchase of ammunition in Illinois. The bills in
question are HB 4269 sponsored by Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago), and
HB 4349 sponsored by Rep. Naomi Jakobsson (D-Champaign).
Here is what passage of either of these bills would mean to you:
1. Ammunition manufacturers would be required to imprint a secret code
on cartridge casings so that the purchaser of the ammunition could be
identified.
2. When you purchase ammunition, that secret code would be registered
to your name.
3. All your ammunition purchases would be registered with the Illinois
State Police.
4. You would be responsible for all eternity for ammunition registered
to you.
5. It would be in your best interest to destroy all expended
ammunition casings because an unaccounted for empty casing could be
used to frame you for a crime you did not commit.
6. You would have to surrender all unregistered ammunition you now own
to the Illinois State Police.
7. Reloading would be banned.
8. The Illinois Department of Revenue would be authorized to place a
tax on ammunition and raise that tax any time for any reason.
9. Taxes and increased manufacturing costs would raise the price of a
box of .45 ammo to $200 or more.
10. Gun ownership would become too costly for most people.
WHAT YOU MUST DO TO HELP SAVE YOUR GUN RIGHTS:
1. Call Rep. Monique Davis' office at (217) 782-0010 and POLITELY tell
the person that answers that you are a law-abiding gun owner and you
would oppose Rep. Davis' attempt to ban ammunition.
2. Call Rep. Naomi Jakobsson's offce at (217) 558-1009 and POLITELY
tell the person that answers that you are a law-abiding gun owner and
you would oppose Rep. Jakobsson's attempt to ban ammunition.
3. Call each of the following members of the House Executive Committee
and POLITELY tell whoever answers the phone that you OPPOSE HB4269 and
HB4349 and that you would like them to vote against those bills in the
Executive Committee. Remember, you represent the gun owners of this
state, so BE POLITE:
Rep. Dan Burke (D-Chicago) (217) 782-1117
Rep Joseph Lyons (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8400
Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) (217) 782-1118
Rep. Eddie Acevedo (D-Chicago) (217) 782-2855
Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios (D-Chicago) (217) 558-1032
Rep. Bob Biggins (R-Elmhurst) (217) 782-6578
Rep Michael Bradley (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8117
Rep. Brent Hassert (R-Romeoville) (217) 782-4179
Rep. Jim Meyer (R-Naperville) (217) 782-8028
Rep. Robert Molaro (D-Chicago) (217) 782-5280
Rep. Bob Rita (D-Crestwood) (217) 558-1000
Rep. Angelo Saviano (R-River Grove) (217) 782-3374
Rep. Arthur Turner (D-Chicago) (217) 782-8116
4. Please pass this alert along to all your gun-owning friends and ask
them to make calls as well.
5. Please post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards to
which you may belong.
THEY CAN'T GET THE GUNS SO THEY GO AFTER THE AMMUNITION
----------------------------------------------------------
NRA Director Sen. Larry Craig's Ammunition Ban Amendment
by Angel Shamaya
Director@KeepAndBearArms.com
Published: February 26, 2004
Updated: February 27, 2004
KeepAndBearArms.com -- While National Rifle Association officials were
busy denying that they'd been orchestrating a sellout in the U.S.
Senate, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) -- an NRA Director -- had been working
on an ammunition ban amendment. On the Senate floor Thursday, he
introduced, discussed, defended and tried to justify the "Craig/Frist"
amendment (Sen.Amendt 2625). This amendment, said Craig, is needed "to
strengthen current armor piercing ammunition law." NRA's point-man in
the U.S. Senate says that this is "what the law enforcement community
needs."
"We don't want to wipe out the hunting and sporting ammunition," said
Craig. The "sporting purpose" test was used before -- as justification
for firearm rights infringements via the 1938 Nazi Weapons Law and
later copied nearly verbatim in the U.S. Gun Control Act of 1968.
"Let's send a message that armor piercing ammunition is flat off
limits," said Sen. Craig.
The NRA Director went on to support strong enforcement of his proposed
ammunition ban, using phrases like "prison for life."
Nobody can doubt that Senator Craig is one of the strongest supporters
of the Second Amendment in Congress today. And his amendment was in
response to Sen. Kennedy's much worse AP ammo-related amendment.
However, the Second Amendment does not enumerate the right of the
people to keep and bear "sporting" arms. Banning any arms, or their
ammunition, is clearly off limits to Congress. A longtime Director of
the National Rifle Association ought to know that. Instead, he's
supporting ammo restrictions -- based on the infamous Nazi "sporting
purpose" text -- on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Some might suggest that it doesn't matter what gets said on the Senate
floor -- that what matters is what gets signed into law. People who
believe that ought to consider the dangers here. Once a "pro gun"
congressman publicly expresses support for ammunition control, he
empowers the enemy and emboldens future attempts to whittle away our
rights.
The truth about civilian possession of "armor piercing ammunition" is
immutable, immovable, unchanging. If government employees can deploy
AP ammo against the people, denying that same ammunition to the people
is directly contradictory to the meaning, purpose and intent of the
Second Amendment: a balance of power.
The excuse for banning AP ammo -- "to protect law enforcement
employees" -- is a dangerous road to travel. It's the same
justification used to ban magazines that hold more than ten rounds.
It's the same reason given to deny The People free access to
machineguns. It was the same foundation upon which the
Clinton/Feinstein semi-auto rifle ban was built and signed into law.
When does that excuse stop working? When the legal magazine capacity
is reduced to five rounds? When all semi-auto rifles are banned? When
owning a bullet-resistant vest means life imprisonment -- unless the
government signs your paycheck? When all handguns are banned?
If you use "protecting law enforcement" as justification to restrict
the right of the people to keep and bear arms -- if you accept that
unacceptable excuse for chipping away at the Second Amendment -- then
lay down your arms and go tend your garden, catch up on your reading
and forget about restoring the Second Amendment. There's no end to
that excuse other than total disarmament -- because even a mere single
shot .22 caliber rifle manufactured before World War One can be used
to injure a law enforcement officer.
Bear in mind that Sen. Craig's ammo ban amendment was being offered by
him -- to amend his own bill. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in
Arms Act (S1805) is written to protect gun manufacturers from the
frivolous lawsuits being waged by those whose ultimate goal is to ban
all firearms. The bill is being used as a rider for many other gun
controls, leading up to the final vote on Tuesday. Sen. Craig made the
above statements on C-SPAN.
We acquired the text of the Craig-Frist AP ammo amendment. You can
read it on the Government Printing Office website here, or read it on
our site here: http://KeepAndBearArms.com/laws/CraigSA2625.pdf
NOTE: Contrary to a good deal of misinformation spread widely across
the internet, the Craig-Frist Ammo Ban amendment (Sen.Amendt 2625) has
not yet been voted on. During a vote on Thursday, C-SPAN's said the
Craig-Frist AP ammo ban was being voted on when in fact a different
Craig-Frist amendment (Sen.Amendt 2628) was being voted on.