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A CALL TO ARMS - NATIONAL ACTION FOR THE 2nd AMENDMENT

WHEN: JANUARY 11TH 2008 12 PM

WHERE: STATE CAPITOLS EVERYWHERE, THE WHITE HOUSE

WHY: STOP H.R. 2640 AKA: THE VETERAN'S DISARMAMENT ACT 2008

In an unrecorded voice vote the gun grabbing bill once known as H.R.297, H.R.2640 also known as "The Veteran's Disarmament Act" by pro-2nd Amendment grass roots organizations across America, passed, and will soon be on the way to President Bush for signature or veto.

The bill calls for a guilty-before-being-proven-innocent program of determining which Americans may realize the 2nd Amendment and which may not. According to the bill, any past, present, or future "thought crime" may threaten your right to purchase or own a firearm. Without a trial!

The core of the bill's problems is section 101(c)(1)(C), which makes you a "prohibited person" on the basis of a "medical finding of disability," so long as a citizen or veteran had an "opportunity" for some sort of "hearing" before some "lawful authority" (other than a court). Presumably, this "lawful authority" could even be the psychiatrist himself.

* Note that unlike with an accused murderer, the hearing doesn't have to occur. The "lawful authority" doesn't have to be unbiased. The citizen or veteran is not necessarily entitled to an attorney - much less an attorney financed by the government. Children with past diagnosis for ADHD, people diagnosed with Alzheimer's, veterans dealing with PTSD and who seek psychiatric help, men and women who are charged or suspected of domestic violence, and anyone currently under medication for any psychiatric reasons whatsoever... they are all targets of H.R.2640.

We are forcing people choose between what may be essential mental help and counseling and their 2nd amendment rights.

Funding for implementation on a state level is based on a "secret formula" set by the U.S. Attorney General in order for the states to obtain the funding necessary to pay for this very expensive database.

We have alerted the public to the nascent no-fly lists and the coming no-work lists, and now we must alert you to the no-gun list. We have in effect become a nation of lists, in the order of Stalin's Russia, Hitler's Germany, and Mao's China. Unless we want to realize the communism, socialism, or fascism of these failed prison states, we must act NOW or lose everything the united States of America and its Constitution stand for.

So where is the National Rifle Association in all of this? It was in fact the NRA that helped legislate this bill! They own this lock, stock and barrel! Here is what NRA spokesperson Rachel Parsons had to say about supporting H.R.2640 along with Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Diane Feinstein, Frank Lautenberg, and Carolyn McCarthy: "We want a clean bill. If this becomes a Christmas tree of gun control, we will absolutely remove support from this bill." Three months later they did NOT remove support.

And this is exactly what we ended up with. A Rockefeller Center style Christmas tree lit up with more gun CONTROL than all previous gun control bills combined. Like thieves in the night, in a secret vote, with NO PUBLIC debate, with no mention by all but one of the Republican presidential candidates (Ron Paul), with no coverage by the big 5 media companies, without a care for liberty and the Constitution... Our 2nd amendment rights have been put in the hands of George W. Bush.

Every indicator seems to show that Mr. Bush, an alleged conservative, will sign this nightmarish bill.

We might have time to stop him and we certainly have time to let the president know that we want this bill vetoed until such a time when Americans can have a thoughtful debate on what we are getting into with H.R.2640.

We still have (not much) time to send a message to the Senate Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell to reconsider sending this to the president, and we have the entire year to challenge each of the candidates running for president on where they stand on such a bill. This is especially important if those running are sitting senators and congressmen who voted for this bill while posing as supporters of the right to keep and bear arms.

We ask you this week to call into radio talk shows, write your newspapers and television networks to ask them why they have not addressed this issue before their audiences, and where they stand on the issue. We ask you this week to ask all of the candidates for President in 2008 to clarify where they stand on the issue of H.R.2640, have they read the bill, and did they support it yes or no? We ask you this week to call you senators, congressmen and the White House to tell them that you do NOT support H.R.2640 or anyone who endorses it.

We ask you on Friday January 11th 2008 at 12 Noon in your time zone to go to your state capitols, halls of government, media outlets, and the White House, with signs, banners and leaflets to alert the public to H.R.2640 and to ask for their help in stopping it. Our goal is to get media attention in order to get this bill before the public eye. WITHOUT YOUR HELP WE WILL LOSE!

If we do not do anything it won't be long before, on the smallest of pretexts, YOU will lose your rights to legally own a firearm, and it won't be long before, just like in the United Kingdom, the government will come for your butter knives.

RESOURCES:

Owners Get Stabbed In The Back - Veterans Disarmament Act on its way to the President http://www.gunowners.org/a122007.htm (703)321-8585 Larry Pratt - Director

McCarthy and NRA ambush gun owners, sneak Gun Control through Senate and House http://nationalgunrights.org/alerts/2007-mccarthynra.shtml (FULL TEXT OF THE BILL HERE) NAGR Phone: (888) 874-3006 - Dudley Brown - Director

Sept 6th 2007 interview Jack Blood with Rachel Parson of the NRA: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=175415874751235706

Jack Blood covers NRA backed Gun Control with Dudley Brown of NationalGunRights.org and Larry Pratt of GunOwners.org http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1529101058692499496&hl=en

GEORGE W BUSH CONTACT INFO: BY PHONE - Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 / FAX: 202-456-2461

MITCH McConnell's SENATE OFFICE, DC 361-A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2541 Fax: (202) 224-2499 http://mcconnell.senate.gov/ http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm email

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Congressman RON PAUL'S action notice:
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/gunowners/write-your-senator

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Sample Email Opposing HR 2640:

Dear Senator [Senator's Name Here],

I am very disappointed that the Senate Judiciary Committee passed out H.R.2640 on and unrecorded vote, just as the House did. This bill will solve nothing but will expose hundreds of thousands of private medical records to organizations that have already proven they cannot be trusted to accurately deal with personal information. Furthermore, the liability that people face when accused of being mentally incompetent to own a firearm will discourage people with personal issues from seeking medical help. I strongly urge you to reject the Senate version of H.R.2640.

Very truly yours,

[Your Name Here]

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