GunLink Forum Provides Grassroots Rallying Point for Second Amendment Proponents
In almost any discussion regarding how to protect America’s right to keep and bear arms, as provided for in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, it is almost a certainty that two tried-and-true methods will come up. The first method is to call or write your elected representatives at a local, state and federal level and make your pro-2A feelings known. After all, it is their job to carry out the wishes of their constituents and if they do not know what those wishes are, how can they act upon them? Many, however, feel that such contact falls upon deaf ears and that, in a game where such officials may receive hundreds, if not thousand, of phone calls, emails and letters every day, one individual’s opinion is too easy to overlook or simply ignore.
The second method that often comes up offers a solution to that problem. If one individual’s voice is too easy to overlook or ignore, magnify that voice by joining a gun rights organization. In a discussion on gun rights organizations, there are usually Continue reading
Federal Court OKs Border State Gun Sale Reporting Requirement
A federal district court in Washington, DC recently upheld a BATFE firearms sale reporting policy. This policy, via ATF Demand Letter 3, will require all of the nearly 9,000 firearms dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to report sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles by the same buyer within five consecutive days. The plaintiffs, who plan to appeal immediately, noted that this number of dealers is around 20 times the number subject to similar previous demand letters.
A recent NRA-ILA article was published on the court ruling, in which they continue to make their argument that the Fast And Furious operation was used as justification for this new Demand Letter.
NRA’s “Big Wins” for Gun Owners Might Not Be So Big
Unclear reporting muddies the water on shotgun import bans and “sporting purpose”
An article recently released by the NRA-ILA entitled “Rumor Alert: Appropriations Bill Blocks New Shotgun Ban—Does Not Repeal ‘Sporting Purposes’ Test” doesn’t go far toward clearing up “inaccurate reporting”. The earlier article, Twelve Big Wins for Gun Owners, Nov 18, 2011, described “big wins” for gun rights provided by the conference report on the combined Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture, Commerce/Justice/Science and Transportation/Housing/Urban Development Appropriations bills (also known as the “mini-bus”).
The article states that the conference report added two new provisions that bolster gun rights and protect the Second Amendment. One such provision touted by the article was listed under the heading of “Shotgun Importation Protections”, where the NRA states that the report “Prohibits the Department of Justice from requiring imported shotguns to meet a ‘sporting purposes’ test that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has used to prohibit the importation of shotguns.” Continue reading
