Sipsey Street Irregulars: The latest from GOA on the mistaken H.R. 822. Support H.R. 2900 instead.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

The latest from GOA on the mistaken H.R. 822. Support H.R. 2900 instead.

House Committee to vote on CCW Reciprocity Soon!

The House Judiciary Committee will soon be voting on legislation that will guarantee the right of citizens to carry firearms out-of-state. And the vote could come as early as today or tomorrow!

GOA has alerted you to H.R. 822 -- introduced by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) -- and explained the weaknesses in his bill. Many of you have taken action on our alerts and informed your Representative that there is a better approach.

That approach has been championed by Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia, the author of H.R. 2900 -- or the Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act. The Broun bill has several advantages:

1. It would allow residents of California, New Jersey and other “may issue” states to get out-of-state carry permits (say, from Florida or Utah) and carry in their home states -- an benefit they would not enjoy under the Stearns’ bill;

2. Broun also protects the right of gun owners in non-permit states like Vermont and allows them to carry out-of-state without a permit; and

3. Finally, the Broun bill does not rely on an expansive, erroneous interpretation of the Commerce Clause. Passing gun legislation that uses the Commerce Clause for authority could undercut efforts at promoting Firearms Freedom Act legislation throughout the country which specifically declares the Commerce Clause has no authority over the production of intrastate guns.

We need to continue putting heat on Congress, now that this reciprocity legislation is beginning to move. You’ve already sent your emails, but now it’s time to change things up and send postcards. If the House committee passes the Stearns bill, then it will probably come to the floor of the House some time next month.

So there is plenty of time to inundate Representatives’ offices with postcards and mail -- urging them to support H.R. 2900 -- or to amend the Stearns bill so that it contains the gun owners’ protections in the Broun bill.

So, GOA members, please be looking for the latest mailing from GOA headquarters which should begin arriving this week. And please take the enclosed postcard and send it to your Representative. Then, take the extra two postcards and have pro-gun family members and friends send them, as well. That will multiply your efforts by 200%.

3 comments:

rexxhead said...: "...Firearms Freedom Act legislation throughout the country which specifically declares the Commerce Clause has no authority over the production of intrastate guns."

The Commerce Clause, as currently interpreted, allows the fedgov to do damn near anything. That alone tells me it is currently misinterpreted: imagine that Article I, sect.8 has 17 specific powers for Congress plus one other which is "...and anything else you'd like to do". Why bother to list the 17? Why bother to have a Constitution at all? All you need is the Commerce Clause.

The CC was meant to prevent NY and PA ganging up to tax and control shipments between New England and the other states. It's supposed to operate against the states, not against people in the states!

wv: vicie; October 13, 2011 at 7:47 AM
udaman said...: Keep the Fedgov out of Concealed Carry completely. Once the camel gets its nose under the tent.....; October 13, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Glen said...: “the Broun bill does not rely on an expansive, erroneous interpretation of the Commerce Clause.”

Of course not. It's simply unconstitutional on its face.

The federal government can't invalidate a perfectly legal state statute.; October 13, 2011 at 9:25 PM

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Sipsey Street Irregulars

Thursday, October 13, 2011

The latest from GOA on the mistaken H.R. 822. Support H.R. 2900 instead.

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