The following alert was sent via US Mail to all NHFC Members on or
about September 10, 2007
Dear NHFC Member;
US House Resolution 2640 is the most dangerous far reaching assault on
your Second Amendment Rights since the Democrats gained control of
Congress!
Congress is authorizing 750 million dollars to make a substantial
expansion to the instant background check database. This new money will
be used to collect and store your personal information including your
medical records.
HR 2640 will allow shrinks (psychologists and psychiatrists) and
bureaucrats to decide who can own and possess firearms. Currently under
the National Instant Check System (NICS) a person becomes a
prohibited person, regarding firearms possession, when that person is
"adjudicated a mental defective", "by a Court." HR 2640 removes your
due process rights, and greatly expands the definition of a "prohibited
person" to anyone who, in the opinion of any shrink or government
bureaucrat, could possibly be a danger to oneself or another. For
example, under HR 2640 you won't be able to call witnesses on your
behalf; in fact, there won't even be a hearing.
Many of our great service men and women would be prohibited from owning
firearms, if, when returning from serving our country, they are labeled
"dangerous" because of a visit to doctor for stress. We
all know that our great service men and women see and experience
situations that may continue to give them nightmares. Are these events
good reasons to permanently ban firearms ownership for these
individuals? They just finished serving our country and now they may be
barred from even owning the firearms they used to defend this great
nation. This was tried by the Clinton administration; the
names of 83,000 veterans were sent to NICS to become prohibited
persons. Under HR 2640 these 83,000 veterans would be banned as well as
thousands more.
HR 2640 also expands the list of "prohibited persons" by allowing
shrinks to decide who is a "danger". We already know that many
"professionals" in the psychiatric field believe that a firearm
in the hands of any American is dangerous and therefore no person
should have them. You can imagine the utter chaos this legislation will
create!
Any medical "professional" could also make a similar determination. We
already know that many pediatricians believe that any household with
firearms is "dangerous," even if they are properly
stored. Senior citizens who have trouble balancing their checkbooks
could become prohibited persons under a finding of "disability" or
"incapacity."
Closet anti-gun politicians love legislation such as this. So far,
politicians have hidden behind voice votes on this bill. HR 2640 is a
Trojan horse. It sounds justified on the outside with
promises of keeping “mental defectives” from having firearms, but a
closer look at the details reveals a huge expansion in those who will
become a prohibited person; an expansion that could
potentially include most Americans.
Washington insiders think you and I will be fooled by their veiled
attempts to ban firearm ownership. This bill has already passed the
House of Representatives and is expected to be voted on
in the Senate soon! That is why we need you to contact your Senators
today. This will be our only chance to stop this erosion of your rights!
Very truly yours,
Jonathan R. Evans
President
P.S. Together we can stop the Washington insiders who want to eliminate
private firearms ownership in the U.S.
How You can help:
1. Send the pre-written message below to BOTH US Senators from New
Hampshire.
2. Sign up a friend as an NHFC member by going here
http://www.nhfc-ontarget.org/Membership_Application.html so we can
help
keep them informed about firearms owners’ civil-rights issues.
3. Urge your friends to send the pre-written email message to Senators
Sununu and Gregg.
PRE-WRITTEN MESSAGE TO SENATORS CAN BE SENT BY EMAIL:
Senator Judd Gregg:
http://gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Senator John Sununu: http://www.sununu.senate.gov/webform.html
PRE-WRITTEN MESSAGE TO SENATORS:
Dear Senator,
Please don't allow gun control to pass on your watch. Gun owners don't
want to expand the "Instant Check" (NICS), we want to repeal it. It is
simply wrong to penalize US Citizens by eliminating due
process and assuming they are guilty until proven innocent. I encourage
you to lead a Republican filibuster of the viciously anti-gun Leahy
bill, the Senate version of HR 2640, which the House passed.
Anti-gun zealots relentlessly push to prohibit more citizens from
exercising their Second Amendment right. Your fight against the Leahy
bill will prove that you are committed to the Second Amendment.
Sincerely,
UP TO INDEX
FOR HR 2640
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