Friday, April 24, 2009

Blair Holt Gun Grab

Defacto Gun Ban

SNOPES

It has started.

Very Important for you to be aware of a new bill HR 45 introduced into the House. This is the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009.

We just learned yesterday about this on the Peter Boyles radio program.

Even gun shop owners didn't know about this because it is flying under the radar.

To find out about this - go to any government website and type in HR 45 or Google HR 45 Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sales Act of 2009. You will get all the information.

Basically this would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a clip or ANY pistol unless:

It is registered

You are fingerprinted

You supply a current Driver's License

You supply your Social Security #

You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing  (This apparently false)

Each update - change or ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25 - Failure to do so you automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail.

There is a child provision clause on page 16 section 305 stating a child-access provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under 18.

They would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and fine is punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.

If you think this is a joke - go to the website and take your pick of many options to read this. It is long and lengthy. But, more and more people are becoming aware of this. Pass the word along. Any hunters in your family - pass this along.

Peter Boyles is on this and having guests. Listen to him on KHOW 630 a.m. in the morning. He suggests the best way to fight this is to tell all your friends about it and "spring into action". Also he suggests we all join a pro-gun group like the Colorado Rifle Association, hunting associations, gun clubs and especially the NRA.

This is just a "termite" approach to complete confiscation of guns and disarming of our society to the point we have no defense - chip away a little here and there until the goal is accomplished before anyone realizes it.

This is one to act on whether you own a gun or not.

If you take my gun, only the criminal will have one to use against me. HR 45 only makes me/us less safe. After working with convicts for 26 years I know this bill, if passed, would make them happy and in less danger from their victims.
 

Origins:   On 10 May 2007, 16-year-old Chicago honor student Blair Holt was riding a bus to school when another teenager began firing a handgun in a gang-related attack. When Holt moved to shield a girl on the bus from the spray of bullets, he was himself hit in the abdomen and died.

At Blair Holt's funeral, Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois (representing the state's First Congressional district) promised to honor Holt's memory by introducing a strong gun tracking bill in Congress. One month later, Rep. Rush introduced Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act to Congress, but it was referred to a subcommittee and languished there without ever having been voted upon. On 6 January 2009, Rush introduced essentially the same bill to Congress again as Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (H.R. 45).

In a nutshell, the Blair Holt bill would:
  • Prohibit possession of any handguns or any semiautomatic firearms that can accept detachable ammunition-feeding devices (excluding antiques) by anyone who has not been issued a firearm license.
  • Require all sales of those types of firearms to go through licensed dealers.
  • Direct the Attorney General to establish and run a federal record-of-sale system.
  • Require the possessors of firearms to secure them (by secure gun storage or safety devices) when they are kept in locales where children might be capable of gaining access to those firearms.
In order to be issued a firearm license under the provisions of the Blair Holt legislation, applicants would be required to submit the following information to the Attorney General:
  1. a current, passport-sized photograph of the applicant that provides a clear, accurate likeness of the applicant
  2. the name, address, and date and place of birth of the applicant
  3. any other name that the applicant has ever used or by which the applicant has ever been known
  4. a clear thumb print of the applicant, which shall be made when, and in the presence of the entity to whom, the application is submitted
  5. with respect to each category of person prohibited by Federal law, or by the law of the State of residence of the applicant, from obtaining a firearm, a statement that the individual is not a person prohibited from obtaining a firearm
  6. a certification by the applicant that the applicant will keep any firearm owned by the applicant safely stored and out of the possession of persons who have not attained 18 years of age
  7. a certificate attesting to the completion at the time of application of a written firearms examination, which shall test the knowledge and ability of the applicant regarding:

    • the safe storage of firearms, particularly in the vicinity of persons who have not attained 18 years of age
    • the safe handling of firearms
    • the use of firearms in the home and the risks associated with such use
    • the legal responsibilities of firearms owners, including Federal, State, and local laws relating to requirements for the possession and storage of firearms, and relating to reporting requirements with respect to firearms
    • any other subjects, as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate
  8. an authorization by the applicant to release to the Attorney General or an authorized representative of the Attorney General any mental health records pertaining to the applicant
  9. the date on which the application was submitted
  10. the signature of the applicant

It will be prudent to locate to live amongst like-minded people who will band together in unified resistence,  if that becomes necessary.  I think it prolly will.  Alone, we're nothing.  Together, we own this country, but will have to fight for it.

Tip from TFV

15 comments:

Walt in Louisiana said...

This is not new. It was introduced several months ago. It has ZERO co sponsors. It is so dead on arrival the NRA isn't even seriously using it as a fundraising boogeyman.

Long time reader, first time poster---and a gun show organizer.

BobG said...

"A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie."
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

BillH said...

Bobby Rush.
Illinois.
Co-founder of Illinois Black Panthers.
Convicted and served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms.

turing: frylist.... indeed!

Anonymous said...

In my gun case at home I have four beautiful German and Austrian bolt action rifles my Grandfather "liberated" from a sporting collective as his division rolled into Germany. Hitler did the same thing as is being attempted here. He did not disarm the populace. You merely had to store your firearms in a place where they would be "safe". "Of course you can check them out and go hunting when season comes around. This is for YOUR safety."

One breech lock .22 with a beautiful octagon barrel has the name Agusta Links inscribed in it. Mr. Links, if your spirit can hear me, your rifle is well cared for. It is the symbol of what I will not allow to happen to me. I am sorry such fate befell you.

Plowboy

Braided Hemp said...

What Walt said.

Previous version, HR2666 from '07, did have sponsors, including Rahm Emanuel.

Anonymous said...

Down in the Amazon you don't run your best cattle across the river first. Put a couple of old sick cows in first and see what happens to them.

They're just testing the waters. Sooner or later they're going to come our way.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Thanks Walt, et. al., I can't keep up with these trick plays they draw up in the dirt, but it was worth the ink just to keep folks on their toes. My feeling about banding together in communities is still, I think, a good idea.

Anonymous said...

Is the photo of Michelle Obama and her sisters?

Anonymous said...

How about this?TFV

Anonymous said...

I'll turn mine over to them when the come for them.......AMMO FIRST!
All that can really be said is "From my cold dead fingers"

Anonymous said...

I won't even go to the gun shows now. It's a five hour wait to get your background check. Where the hell are these loopholes?

Anonymous said...

Is this a legitimate, imminent threat or not? I really don't care. We, as a free people, have given up too much already and I refuse to submit any further or bow any lower. I have drawn a line in the sand at my feet. I say, "no more."

Professor Exception

(I am the exception rather than the rule. I am not your typical libtard, statist college professor.)

Alear said...

I may be needing an invite. Last Sunday, after I had a nice meal and dozed off to a movie, three of the brethren got in my house, duct taped my hands and feet, and my eyes, and ransacked. Stole a bunch of shit. I'm fine, considering, but not liking my house as much as I used to. Fuckers threatened me with a claw hammer.

http://www.wsyx6.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/wsyx_vid_1560.shtml

gunnypink said...

"You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing (This apparently false)"
It has already been established that individuals with PTSD are not eligible to own guns, nor be licensed.
Unless I am sorely mistaken, the majority of PTSD cases seem to be veterans, and people close to the victims of 9-11. So, it has begun.

Word verif: pricra?

Anonymous said...

I believe AARP membership disqualifies a lot of folks now days as well.

Lord knows those guys that fought at Iwo Jima and Chosin are just ticking time bombs. (just to be safe, this is
sarcasm)

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