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H.R. 45, The Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (423 comments ↓)
H.R. 45 would provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms.
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Samuel C. Work
January 12, 2009, 10:00pm (report abuse)All law abiding gun owners MUST take a stand against this bill. This is a clear obstruction of our 2nd Amendment rights, and is a blatant effort to belabour further our citizenry with bureaucratic restrictions and requirements further increasing the size, cost and, worse, power of government.
DH Pence
January 12, 2009, 10:17pm (report abuse)This will take hundreds of millions of dollars to impelemnt. What is Rep Rush thinking? He needs to get his mind on the economy!
Mike
January 12, 2009, 11:11pm (report abuse)I'm glad to know that our men and women in congress are concentrating on whats important...
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God, sh*t like this makes me lose more and more confidence in the Federal Govt every time I see it.
I might as well move to Canada if this passes, things would be the same then...
Matt
January 12, 2009, 11:33pm (report abuse)Anti-gun legislation does nothing to achieve it's "intended" purpose of reducing crime, it simply disarms law abiding citizens.
Oppressed by Government
January 13, 2009, 12:04am (report abuse)I will NOT be disarmed!! This is exactly what England faced!...First comes registration and soon to follow is confiscation..
Time for another Tea Party!
We are governed by TYRANTS!!!
Winter Plimsoll
January 13, 2009, 2:55am (report abuse)It's named for a victim of gang bangers in Chicago who got a gun illegally despite the total ban, who used it illegally, thus proving that the laws do not work. It was introduced by a former Black Panther violent radical. The irony is rather painful, isn't it.
This would also trample states' rights, as many states have no registration at all for firearms purchase. It would invalidate the Constitution of several.
Nice to see the Democrats are, on the first day, being the same as they always have been. Cement their fiefdoms, disarm the peasants. Nothing has changed.
2nd Amendment
January 13, 2009, 5:42am (report abuse)Hi I am the personification of the Right to Bear Arms and I do not approve of this bill.
RKBA
January 13, 2009, 7:36am (report abuse)Does this stop the gangs, drug dealers, robbers, or murderers? No!
Thousands of banned guns enter this country from South America via gangs. Does this stop them? No!
We can't stop gangs like The MS-13 gang, one of the most violently dangerous gangs in the United States from getting guns.
The FBI says MS-13 is the fastest growing and most violent of the nation's street gangs.
The DOJ estimates: 30,000 gangs, 800,000 members, across the U.S. That would be 800,000 unregistered, banned guns!
Does this stop them? No!
The communities face daily exposure to violence, drug/weapons trafficking and gang fighting amongst themselves.
Do they register their banned guns? NO!
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
As long as criminals are allowed get out of jail cards and gangs allowed to rule communities, the murders will continue!
Son of Liberty
January 13, 2009, 11:26am (report abuse)What part of "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" don't you understand?
I guess history does repeat itself, starting to look like 1775 all over again in this country.
Jack
January 13, 2009, 11:45am (report abuse)This bill is a clear violation of our 2nd amendment rights and a slap in the face to the U.S. Constitution.
I would expect a bill like this to come from Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany. Not from a U.S. Congressman.
Americans will tolerate absolutely no infringements on our rights!
zug
January 13, 2009, 12:04pm (report abuse)Keep it up Democrats, the tree of liberty is getting thirsty.
David
January 13, 2009, 12:09pm (report abuse)As a 22 year Veteran police officer I am totally against this ridiculous first step towards confiscating the firearms of law abiding citizens. There are already enough gun laws on the books. Let BATF enforce those
Freedom First
January 13, 2009, 12:13pm (report abuse)This is ridiculous, I don't even know where to begin.
zug ~ ditto
For The People!
January 13, 2009, 12:51pm (report abuse)Gangs, criminals, sure they are scary. But these days with crap like this I am more scared of our federal government than anybody else. When they try to take your guns is when you need them the most!
MTinWD
January 13, 2009, 1:15pm (report abuse)This happens because the citizens let it, plain and simple. We have all stood by and watched things be gradually taken over more and more for decades. Now all of the sudden people are scared?! Wake up people, this isn't a condition that came to pass overnight. We must take a stand against bills like this and many others that our elected "representatives" would have us believe are for our own well being. We get treated as if we aren't capable of making choices that directly affect us every day. This bill is a great example. Who really wants this? Am I really to believe that the public as a whole is in favor of this? I highly doubt it, Yet we have to sit and worry that a measure like this could somehow pass. WHAT GIVES!
Leonidas1
January 13, 2009, 1:16pm (report abuse)This is appalling.
I am shocked that someone who claims to represent me could see this as Constitutional.
Really!!??
January 13, 2009, 1:17pm (report abuse)This will only serve to increase crime which is the opposite of its stated purpose. Time after time history proves that taking guns away from good citizens results in their victimization by criminals and government.
2Far
January 13, 2009, 1:27pm (report abuse)Better think this one through 'elected representatives'
If you continue down this path it may be your final term in office.
Taxation? Registration? Unannounced inspections? Exemptions for government 'authorities'?
You weren't paying attention in history class...
Tar and Feathers
January 13, 2009, 2:10pm (report abuse)Coming to you from the anti gun utopia of Chicago, where police carry M4 carbines and citizens are disarmed, from Bobby Rush.
Isn't there a baseball team to be investigated? Money to steal? Lobbyists in waiting? A golf game?
Try concentrating on our Constitution, our highest law instead of the circumvention of that document. Shall not be infringed, pretty simple except to some window licking booger eating politician like Bobby Rush.
Taxes, fees, more taxes for rights over which our so called representatives have no say. People are tired of them. One day these mouth breathers will have a party and everyone will ignore them, as they should.
Shall not be infringed.
Read it again.
Jim in PA
January 13, 2009, 3:37pm (report abuse)This is outrageous. This absolutely needs to be shot down before it becomes law. Our rights have been being whittled away in the name of public safety and national security for far too long. I will not be disarmed.
Son of the American Revolution
January 13, 2009, 3:53pm (report abuse)My ancestor stood against the best trained and equipped army in the world on a sunny April day in Concord Mass.
Why? In two words - gun control.
I have carried the colors for responsible gun ownership through education and editorial contributions, and felt like I was continuing his efforts in a spiritual sense. Now I worry that I may have to follow his footsteps in a more "hands-on" fashion.
As worried as I am about risks to my livelihood and life, I will take such a stand for my freedom, and the freedom of my children, grandchildren and my country. Which is probably the same reason he stood at the North Bridge.
ukjohn
January 13, 2009, 4:11pm (report abuse)slippery slope , do not go down it.
to all the yanks i know ,
good luck.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Mad as hell
January 13, 2009, 4:14pm (report abuse)I am sick and tired of this disfunctional government.they take an oath to protect the consitution and bill of rights then when in office ignore it.what part of shall not be infringed do they understand.to the gov, leave me the hell alone.
Tax Payer
January 13, 2009, 4:32pm (report abuse)This bill is foolish. It will NOT stop or lesson crime. Criminals will still continue to get ILLEGAL firearms. This will only punish lawful owners of firearms.
Dexter Alarius
January 13, 2009, 5:03pm (report abuse)Hey, I've got an idea. Let's treat 2nd Amendment rights the same way they want to treat a 'right' that they wafted from penumbra of emanations.
If you want a firearm and can't afford one, the Federal Government will provide one at taxpayer expense.
You can get one every 10 months or so.
Minors can get one without parental consent or notification.
Isn't that fair?
Elm Creek Smith
January 13, 2009, 5:15pm (report abuse)The resistance is here. The resistance is now.
The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a result of the government attempting to seize law-abiding citizens' guns. The same thing may happen again. No, I'm not agitating for armed insurrection against a government of laws. I will resist a government that violates the Constitution of the United States since the Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment protects, not grants, an individual right to keep and bear arms.
I will not be disarmed.
ECS
Concerned for USA
January 13, 2009, 6:35pm (report abuse)Elm Creek Smith said:
"Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment protects, not grants, an individual right to keep and bear arms."
posted above
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The problem with the recent Heller case is too many holes were left in it for interpretation and firearm regulation.
All the Gov has to say is, "a citizen has the right to own a single shot .22 rifle, so his right has not been infringed".
Many of us know how wrong this is, but look at how many people voted to bring anti-gun government upon us. Just give them a cold beer and let them watch American Idol and they will be happy. Our country in in very bad times when people will willingly give away liberty for a false sense of security!
Enough
January 13, 2009, 10:00pm (report abuse)Enough already, Americans want Freedom and Liberty, not tyranny in the form of a faux security blanket. This Nation was born out of dissent, keep pushing and you will find that the Tree of Liberty will be refreshed...
Old Paratrooper
January 13, 2009, 10:03pm (report abuse)"Against All Enemies Foreign AND Domestic"Come get some.How about we license corrupt government officials and federal judges who will not demand proof of citizenship for Barrack Hussein Obama.
Kevin
January 13, 2009, 10:10pm (report abuse)The Constitution is my license to own firearms.
I shall be writing my congressional delegation in the morning.
Elm Creek Smith
January 14, 2009, 12:02am (report abuse)Concerned for USA said:
"The problem with the recent Heller case is too many holes were left in it for interpretation and firearm regulation.
All the Gov has to say is, 'a citizen has the right to own a single shot .22 rifle, so his right has not been infringed.'" Posted above.
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You need to reread Heller. Justice Scalia tore apart the D.C. claim that because citizens could have rifles and shotguns that their "right to keep and bear arms" wasn't "infringed." He pointed out that handguns, especially semiautomatic handguns, are the citizens' weapon of choice for home and self-defense. That's what blew the D.C. handgun ban out of the water.
I am concerned about the possibility of a later court stacked with leftists by Obama or someone else revisiting Heller.
ECS
Chuck Heston
January 14, 2009, 1:43am (report abuse)"They can have my gun when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
Chuck is cold and dead now and they can have his gun. But his sentiment lives on...come and get it--I dare you!!!
Herb Robin
January 14, 2009, 8:15am (report abuse)Is this still the USA? What happened to our 2nd Amendment? Wake up people; where will this stop? We need to become more active and kill this bill!!!
Tex
January 14, 2009, 1:55pm (report abuse)Concerned Ex Naval Petty Officer First Class
If we allow this kind of thing to continue we will be allowing all kinds of terrorism, crime, and this kind of Bullsh*t in our Country. Do we remember what happened to England? Wake - the – hell – up - America. And shame on you, who wrote this atrocity. You should go to the blockades for writing such things! Period. A**holes!
Our government officials should be more concerned with the issues at hand. Um let’s see… the economy, housing, our troops, our homeland, and our future. If, you want crime to go away, then let’s make real punishment for the criminals. Not parole programs to educate thugs! Not more rights for criminals than law abiding citizens! Think! Think! Think!
Ed
January 14, 2009, 4:39pm (report abuse)I have the blood of the founders in my viens. And it is starting to boil. This is repugnant to liberty.
Hunter
January 14, 2009, 7:53pm (report abuse)Obama does not want the gun toting red-necks being able to fight against his people- The Muslims.
As the saying goes," They will pry my gun from my cold dead fingers."
deezer
January 14, 2009, 11:53pm (report abuse)Rep. Rush doesn't think. Do you know his history? Chicago? Black Panthers? Need any more?
Dave
January 15, 2009, 1:19am (report abuse)This bill is nothing more than another attempt by Bobby Rush to make headlines and watch himself blubber on TV if he is ever interviewed about it.
After his last episode..... calling the U.S. Senate the "last bastion of white plantation slavery", he must think he can regain favor with the new administration by introducing this garbage.
Am I the only one that notices the irony of a former Black Panther introducing anti-gun legislation ?
Bruce
January 15, 2009, 11:40am (report abuse)I have a license to carry concealed.
It's relatively expensive to obtain such a license. Requiring it for all firearm owners means that the Second amendment only applies for those rich enough to afford the time and money required to jump through the hoops. Like many other rights, the average poor man needs this right just as much (or more) than I do.
Michael
January 15, 2009, 12:41pm (report abuse)For those of you that voted for Change I hate to say it but I told you so.
These guys are the personification of Marxist.
josh
January 15, 2009, 2:22pm (report abuse)so with a swipe of a politicians pen, thousands of law abiding gun owers will become multiple felons. Gee thanks
Good luck with that Washington D.C.
A Human Right
January 15, 2009, 2:39pm (report abuse)This is not about guns, it's a freedom.
It's about one natural right to protect one's self.
The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness comes from what we can do for ourselves, self protection being key to it, not what this or any other government can give us.
We rid ourselves of 1 Tyrant 3000 miles away 200 years ago, it seems time to rid ourselves of the 3000 Tyrants 3 miles away.
I fear it is soon time to head to the barracades.
ES
January 15, 2009, 7:23pm (report abuse)Unconstitutional ans UnAmerican.
I think I'll buy another handgun tomorrow after work.
Wade
January 15, 2009, 7:54pm (report abuse)I am 17 and know the problems this bill will create.Taking away the ability for people to keep and bear arms is not only unconstitutional it is idiocy.If law abiding citzens lose their constitutional rights it will leave only criminals and law enforcement with weapons, with the average police response time being 6 minutes this means you will be dead and the criminals will have gotten away.Moreover I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Jeremy
January 16, 2009, 7:47am (report abuse)Doesn't shock me one bit. Obama has been hidding his dislike for firearms since he started his run for the presidency. This is a clear infringment on our 2nd amendment right that like most have already said, does nothing but try to disarm the law abiding citizens and give the thugs and gang bangers another law to disreguard. This makes me sick and what's worse is that we now have a president that will push crap like this down our throats for at least the next four years.
Immad
January 16, 2009, 9:39am (report abuse)I will never be limited by gun control zealots. I have 6 weapons now, and my next one will be a AK47. I will die before I give up my guns.
ROK
January 16, 2009, 12:09pm (report abuse)This is crazy and must be stopped. We must start writting letters sending email and what ever it taked to stop this NAZI type goverment movement.
Lori
January 16, 2009, 7:24pm (report abuse)The government can't keep guns out of the hands of criminals so to appease the uneducated, whining, 'no-guns' crowd there are legislators out there (not all thank goodness!) who are willing to try to take them from the lawful, legal taxpaying citizens instead. And they're not going to let a little something like the Constitution or the Bill of Rights get in their way. Time to send more money to the NRA I guess....
Robert
January 16, 2009, 11:19pm (report abuse)Mr. Rush, who is a former black panther, is introducing this bill to disarm the productive class (Middle America, Korean-American store owners, etc.) in order to make it vulnerable to Mr. Rush's gangbanger friends. To bad for Rush, this law is unenforcable and can be easily defied and ignored. Unfortunatly for people like Rush, his intentions are already known by his would be victims. Also, technological trends such as garage fablabs and future desktop fabricators will effectively make gun control completely obsolete.
Tom
January 17, 2009, 9:49am (report abuse)We can only blame ourselves for voting these morons into office!
Kathy
January 17, 2009, 3:13pm (report abuse)OMG!! we need to commit to talking to people who are clueless about these issues. It is not helping"preaching to the choir"
There are so many people that just don't have a clue that any of this kind of stuff is going on right before their eyes!
GET INVOLVED LOCALLY!!
GMAN
January 17, 2009, 3:15pm (report abuse)KEEP VIGILANT GUN OWNERS! THIS IS HOW IT STARTS---SOME RADICAL CONGRESSMAN INTRODUCES A WACKO BILL THAT GETS A LITTLE PRESS AND GET SHELVED--UNTIL THE NEXT MASSACRE BY SOME IDIOT HAPPENS--WHETHER HIS GUNS WERE LEGAL OR NOT--IT GIVES THE ANTI-GUNNERS A SPRINGBOARD TO RELAUNCH THE FORMERLY "OVER THE TOP" BILL PROPOSED, AND GIVEN THE EMOTION OF THE MOMENT COULD VERY WELL BE PASSED IN SOME FORM BY CONGRESS TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE "DOING SOMETHING" ABOUT THE PROBLEM--WHAT CRAP TO THINK THAT TAKING AWAY A PERSON'S RIGHT TO DEFENSE MAKES THEM SAFER?!?!?!--WATCH 'EM CLOSE, BOYS! THE WORST IS YET TO COME!
The Angry American
January 17, 2009, 3:38pm (report abuse)This is Bulls**t. Our near communist gov't is getting out of control. Wake up America, these are our RIGHTS as Americans. Don't let the sleezy politicians and OBAMA take them away under the cover of crime reduction and public safety. Every bill is an attempt to disarm the public so eventually we will not be able to stand up to the gov't. The 2nd ammendment is there to protect us as American citizens from the Gov't should they get out of control. Americans, stock up on arms and ammo, the second Civil War/American Revolution is looming.
Brolin_1911a1
January 17, 2009, 6:40pm (report abuse)This bill echoes many historical laws but all were part of totalitarian nations. Precedents include the Nazi Weapons Act of 1938 , the USSR in 1929, Turkey in 1911, Communist China in 1948, Uganda 1970, Cambodia 1975, and other oppressive dictatorships. A freely elected government responsible to a free, unoppressed citizenship does not fear guns in the hands of those citizens. It is only when the "leaders" become "rulers" that they establish gun laws such as this.
An American
January 17, 2009, 8:41pm (report abuse)This bill is ridiculous! How would people feel if "free speech" was substituted for "firearms" in the law?
Why is stepping on the 2nd Amendment OK, but all others in the Bill of Rights are untouchable?
Enforce existing laws, stop wasting time on disarming law abiding Americans!
Vassily Haakon
January 18, 2009, 6:02am (report abuse)This bill is an outrage! Congress needs to legalize all weapons used for self defense and hold the used blameless for injury or death of the attacker,burglar,intruder,etc. A person may use deadly force as first choice when attacked and is under no obligation,whatsoever,to warn said attacker or thief,vandal,or other engaged in property and /or physical assault. Nor shall any infringement by local,state,or federal upon the individual to obtain the best weapon (state of the art)that they can obtain.
colorblind justice
January 18, 2009, 1:26pm (report abuse)Will the Congress EVER do what they swore to do: preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States??? How DARE they undermine the inalienable rights of their electors!
CC in New Jersey
January 18, 2009, 1:59pm (report abuse)When are people going to realize that criminals do not care how many bills are passed about firearms? Criminals get guns illegally. Far too many guns enter this country illegally, which no one is addressing. Instead they keep trying to stop law-abiding citizens from owning guns for their own protection. They did this in the UK and the crime rate increased because the criminals knew they would not be confronted by any legally owned weapons. The Constitution allows US citizens to bear arms and if we are not very careful a handful of stupid politicians will take that away. Contact your legislators to let them know you are not in favor of such legislation that would further restrict gun ownership for law-abiding citizens. And then tell them to get a better of what is being shipped into our country via the docks and airports and vehicles from Mexico. And tell them to stop trying to rewrite the Constitution.
concerned American
January 18, 2009, 4:55pm (report abuse)Sounds like something Hitler did before he invaded Poland!!!
When will some people learn????
CaptCBleu
January 19, 2009, 1:39am (report abuse)Years ago when I joined the US Army I swore an oath to protect the US Constitution From ALL Enemies Foreign and Domestic. What happens when the federal government usurps it's authority and infringes o the rights of it's citizens? I WILL NOT be disarmed, I WILL NOT yield my rights, I WILL NOT give up my means of securing my freedom, I WILL NOT give my information to the government. I WILL fight for my rights, I WILL protect myself from those intend me harm (especially from a tyranical government), I WILL FIGHT to defend and preserve the US Constitution by all means necessary including force if need be.
Wow
January 19, 2009, 7:13am (report abuse)Were the "findings" in HR45 written by a middle school student for thier social studies assignment?
Or maybe this is just a joke?
In what way can this POSSIBLY help reduce violence?
Just another law for the sake of another law. Of course this one trashes state's rights through an amazing flight of fanciful justification.
Mike-Mike
January 19, 2009, 8:32am (report abuse)What part of " Shall not be infringed " Do you not understand?
Dave
January 19, 2009, 8:35am (report abuse)So, will the criminals suddenly pay attention to THIS law, and register their weapons before committing crimes?
All this will do is further disarm law-abiding Americans and INFRINGE on their right to defend themselves.
Ever heard the phrase, "The pen is mightier than the sword"? What would you think if the government did as much to infringe on our rights to free speech as they do to our right to keep and bear arms?
What part of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED do they not understand?
This government is OUT OF CONTROL.
Jim
January 19, 2009, 9:23am (report abuse)Why not focus on fixing our country's problems, rather than eroding the rights of lawful citizens. Why are people so naive as to believe one more gun law is going to have any effect on criminals?
fran
January 19, 2009, 11:31am (report abuse)This is ridiculous! This infringes on my right to bear arms!!!
American Boy
January 19, 2009, 2:49pm (report abuse)when did the communists take over?
unacceptable on any level at any time.
why doesn't anyone have enough sack to publicly state the "gun issue" is in the minority community we all know it...
Other than that there is no issue!!
Unless they are trying to disarm us? hmmm I think they are-
how foolish can they be?
Don't tread on me
January 19, 2009, 4:03pm (report abuse)I say that if they pass this bill we converge on DC in a million gun owner march and exercise our rights on July 4th.
No shots need be fired. The message will be loud and clear.
Ron A.
January 19, 2009, 4:32pm (report abuse)Unbelievable! I'm writing my Congressman as we speak.
Mike
January 20, 2009, 3:50pm (report abuse)Unacceptable. Prove to me Buicks hurt more people then Fords then suggest a "Buick License" too. This is a RIGHT not to be infringed on. Hoever like Obama said last week "Just because there is a "right of the people does not mean government can not curtail those rights"
Those Comments and OBAMA in Office today, A new war begins...Do these people not have some real business to start with?
DoubleActionCHL
January 21, 2009, 12:10pm (report abuse)As we know from history, registration is the precursor to confiscation. Gun Control legislation does not reduce crime. Look it up! Every state or municipality that gets high grades from the Brady Bunch for restrictive gun laws ALSO have the highest crime rates!!! Coincidence?
Go back to Obama-land, Mr. Rush, and take your South-Side Chicago politics with you!
Jeff Daiell
January 21, 2009, 11:36pm (report abuse)The first line of defense
For the Second Amendment
Is America's third party.
Vote Libertarian.
www.JeffDaiell.com
Steve
January 22, 2009, 9:45pm (report abuse)Mr Rush you are an idiot, worry about turning our economy around that's what the people of this country want
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