FrankRep
05-26-2011, 03:13 PM
Second Amendment Under Fire ... From Republicans (http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2011/05/26/second-amendment-under-fire-from-republicans/)
Big Government
Mat 26, 2011
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has filed a simple amendment to the Patriot Act protecting the rights of Americans to lawfully carry a firearm. His Amendment would stop federal agencies from collecting gun records under the Patriot Act. The amendment preserves two provisions of current law that protects gun owner privacy from a Patriot Act exemption.
The Paul Amendment (SA 328) states in part “no provision of this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed to authorize access to firearms records in the possession of licensed under Chapter 44 of title 18 of the US Code.” The purpose of the Amendment is to “clarify that the authority to obtain information under the US PATRIOT Act does not include the authority to obtain certain firearms records.” Seems like a non-controversial clarification of the powers of the federal government with regard to the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
Leadership in both parties disagree and have been doing everything to block consideration of the Paul Amendment. Neil McCabe at Guns and Patriots reported yesterday on Facebook that “finessing arcane procedural tactics, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., blocked the amendment by withdrawing his own bill for Patriot Act extension for consideration and then attached it to an unrelated bill.” McCabe further reported that Reid was overheard on the Senate floor expressing an interest in avoiding this vote. That was yesterday, now Republicans in the Senate Leadership are actively opposing the Paul Amendment to the Patriot Act.
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Full Story:
http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2011/05/26/second-amendment-under-fire-from-republicans/
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Rand Paul
Word is that the GOP leadership is holding up Senator Paul’s amendment to protect law-abiding gun owners from the “Patriot” Act. As if that wasn’t bad enough, we are also hearing that GOP leadership is lobbying other Republicans to oppose the amendment!
If you can, please help by contacting Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell at (202) 224-2541 and Senate minority whip Jon Kyl at (202) 224-4521 right now and demand that they stand with Rand on this amendment.
Contact:
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell at (202) 224-2541
Senate minority whip Jon Kyl at (202) 224-4521
SOURCE:
http://www.randpaul2010.com/2011/05/gop-leadership-holding-up-rand-pauls-gun-protection-amendment/
Background:
Harry Reid: Rand Paul Can Offer Amendments to Patriot Act, But Only Ones I Approve (http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7625-harry-reid-rand-paul-can-offer-amendments-to-patriot-act-but-only-ones-i-approve)
Rand Paul Efforts May Lead to Temporary Patriot Act Lapse (http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/7622-rand-paul-efforts-may-lead-to-temporary-patriot-act-lapse)
Big Government
Mat 26, 2011
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has filed a simple amendment to the Patriot Act protecting the rights of Americans to lawfully carry a firearm. His Amendment would stop federal agencies from collecting gun records under the Patriot Act. The amendment preserves two provisions of current law that protects gun owner privacy from a Patriot Act exemption.
The Paul Amendment (SA 328) states in part “no provision of this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed to authorize access to firearms records in the possession of licensed under Chapter 44 of title 18 of the US Code.” The purpose of the Amendment is to “clarify that the authority to obtain information under the US PATRIOT Act does not include the authority to obtain certain firearms records.” Seems like a non-controversial clarification of the powers of the federal government with regard to the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
Leadership in both parties disagree and have been doing everything to block consideration of the Paul Amendment. Neil McCabe at Guns and Patriots reported yesterday on Facebook that “finessing arcane procedural tactics, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., blocked the amendment by withdrawing his own bill for Patriot Act extension for consideration and then attached it to an unrelated bill.” McCabe further reported that Reid was overheard on the Senate floor expressing an interest in avoiding this vote. That was yesterday, now Republicans in the Senate Leadership are actively opposing the Paul Amendment to the Patriot Act.
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Full Story:
http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2011/05/26/second-amendment-under-fire-from-republicans/
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http://thenewamerican.com/images/stories2011/08aMay/randpatriot-ap.001.jpg
Rand Paul
Word is that the GOP leadership is holding up Senator Paul’s amendment to protect law-abiding gun owners from the “Patriot” Act. As if that wasn’t bad enough, we are also hearing that GOP leadership is lobbying other Republicans to oppose the amendment!
If you can, please help by contacting Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell at (202) 224-2541 and Senate minority whip Jon Kyl at (202) 224-4521 right now and demand that they stand with Rand on this amendment.
Contact:
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell at (202) 224-2541
Senate minority whip Jon Kyl at (202) 224-4521
SOURCE:
http://www.randpaul2010.com/2011/05/gop-leadership-holding-up-rand-pauls-gun-protection-amendment/
Background:
Harry Reid: Rand Paul Can Offer Amendments to Patriot Act, But Only Ones I Approve (http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7625-harry-reid-rand-paul-can-offer-amendments-to-patriot-act-but-only-ones-i-approve)
Rand Paul Efforts May Lead to Temporary Patriot Act Lapse (http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/7622-rand-paul-efforts-may-lead-to-temporary-patriot-act-lapse)