The recall elections in Colorado is for a power grab to promote a vicious and violent agenda the NRA has in Washington, DC. This recall is about gun violence and what stops it.
Currently the BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) is attempting to exert some degree of gun control along our southern border to protect our Border Patrol. The work of the BATFE along our southern border is very focused. The BATFE is attempting to stop the flow of weapons into Mexico across the USA Border. That purpose cannot be inhibited by the NRA. The NRA isn't supporting the sovereign nation of the USA by impeding the purpose of the BATFE.
The NRA wants to prove it has more power than the USA itself to insure it's flow of monies from it's memberships. That is not in the best interest of the people of the USA or it's sovereign borders.
Posted on July 19, 2013
Yesterday, a Denver District Court Judge certified that the language in the recall petitions for state Senators John Morse (D-11) and Angela Giron (D-3) is valid, putting in place the final piece of the recall election puzzle. This ruling forced Governor John Hickenlooper (D) to set the first recall election date for state legislators in the Centennial State’s history. These recall elections are now set for Tuesday, September 10, 2013....
By JACK HEALY
Published: July 28, 2013
Currently the BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) is attempting to exert some degree of gun control along our southern border to protect our Border Patrol. The work of the BATFE along our southern border is very focused. The BATFE is attempting to stop the flow of weapons into Mexico across the USA Border. That purpose cannot be inhibited by the NRA. The NRA isn't supporting the sovereign nation of the USA by impeding the purpose of the BATFE.
The NRA wants to prove it has more power than the USA itself to insure it's flow of monies from it's memberships. That is not in the best interest of the people of the USA or it's sovereign borders. Posted on July 19, 2013
Yesterday, a Denver District Court Judge certified that the language in the recall petitions for state Senators John Morse (D-11) and Angela Giron (D-3) is valid, putting in place the final piece of the recall election puzzle. This ruling forced Governor John Hickenlooper (D) to set the first recall election date for state legislators in the Centennial State’s history. These recall elections are now set for Tuesday, September 10, 2013....
By JACK HEALY
Published: July 28, 2013
...Mr. Morse was first elected (click here) to the Senate in 2006 and won re-election in
2010 by just 340 votes in a district in the Colorado Springs area that
is split roughly in thirds among Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated
voters. He is barred by term limits from seeking re-election next year.
But as the Senate president, he became a high-profile target for gun
advocates in the recall vote.
“I just go back to Dec. 14 and July 20, and think about the families
that had to bury their children,” Mr. Morse said, referring to the Sandy
Hook and Aurora shootings.
Ms. Giron was elected to the Senate with 55 percent of the vote in a
Pueblo district that leans heavily Democratic. Only 23 percent of voters
are Republicans...
...Ms. Giron and Mr. Morse are raising and spending far more than their
opponents. Ms. Giron’s supporters have raised more than $87,000 and Mr.
Morse’s more than $153,000, according to campaign disclosures. Each
campaign has received thousands from progressive groups in Colorado and
$35,000 apiece from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington group that
supports liberal and environmental causes, and $3,500 each from the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
As they make their case, Ms. Giron and Mr. Morse are trying to expand
beyond the gun debate. He emphasizes his years of public service as a
police officer and paramedic. She talks about the $40 million in
community college funding she helped to secure....
NRA Wins Important Appropriations Victories in Congress (click here)
Posted on July 19, 2013
...Such legislation could improperly affect hundreds of thousands of people. The ACLU has estimated that the number of people on government terrorist watch lists is over one million, and that the lists have ensnared those with no unsavory affiliations whatsoever. Thankfully, this amendment was defeated 29 to 10.
And finally, there is good news on a pro-gun amendment successfully offered by Rep. John R. Carter (R-Texas) to end the BATFE’s abuse of gun owners and dealers in the Southwest. Since 2010, dealers in the four states bordering Mexico have been required to report to BATFE the sale of two or more center-fire semi-automatic rifles, of greater than .22-caliber and capable of accepting a detachable magazine, to a single seller in a five-day period, in the same manner that has been required for handguns since passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968. The policy subjects buyers of multiple rifles to de facto federal registration and creates an additional paperwork burden for the dealer.
Further, as NRA has explained previously, this policy is an abuse of BATFE’s “demand letter” process, which allows the agency to query firearms dealer records in the course of a legitimate investigation. The process was never intended to be used in such an a broad way, and Congress’ refusal to include long guns in the Gun Control Act’s multiple sales reporting requirement makes clear its intent not to subject gun owners and dealers to this burden. So far, the courts have proved unhelpful in correcting this matter, which makes this week’s vote even more important.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of the appropriations process, and the future of all these provisions remains uncertain. For now, however, the NRA thanks its allies on the Appropriations Committee for working to protect the rights of their constituents and of gun owners everywhere. While such actions may not always garner national headlines, committee members can rest assured that NRA will remind our members of who did--and did not--stand on the side of freedom.
NRA Wins Important Appropriations Victories in Congress (click here)
Posted on July 19, 2013
...Such legislation could improperly affect hundreds of thousands of people. The ACLU has estimated that the number of people on government terrorist watch lists is over one million, and that the lists have ensnared those with no unsavory affiliations whatsoever. Thankfully, this amendment was defeated 29 to 10.
And finally, there is good news on a pro-gun amendment successfully offered by Rep. John R. Carter (R-Texas) to end the BATFE’s abuse of gun owners and dealers in the Southwest. Since 2010, dealers in the four states bordering Mexico have been required to report to BATFE the sale of two or more center-fire semi-automatic rifles, of greater than .22-caliber and capable of accepting a detachable magazine, to a single seller in a five-day period, in the same manner that has been required for handguns since passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968. The policy subjects buyers of multiple rifles to de facto federal registration and creates an additional paperwork burden for the dealer.
Further, as NRA has explained previously, this policy is an abuse of BATFE’s “demand letter” process, which allows the agency to query firearms dealer records in the course of a legitimate investigation. The process was never intended to be used in such an a broad way, and Congress’ refusal to include long guns in the Gun Control Act’s multiple sales reporting requirement makes clear its intent not to subject gun owners and dealers to this burden. So far, the courts have proved unhelpful in correcting this matter, which makes this week’s vote even more important.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of the appropriations process, and the future of all these provisions remains uncertain. For now, however, the NRA thanks its allies on the Appropriations Committee for working to protect the rights of their constituents and of gun owners everywhere. While such actions may not always garner national headlines, committee members can rest assured that NRA will remind our members of who did--and did not--stand on the side of freedom.
