second amendment

[whitebeard21]

http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/a...719501&type=CO

[RADAR1797]

What are your thoughts on this?

-RADAR

[whitebeard21]

screwed again

[Beemer]

It sounds to me like the IRA doesn't like a fair playing field.

Cheers!

[osprey4]

Welcome to the world of the Supreme Court.

Infringing on our 1st amendment rights to restrict the ability to defend our 2nd amendment rights

[osprey4]

This does not impact second amendment rights directly, just the ability of NFPs who support second amendment rights to support candidates. But of course, this is the fall-out from McCain-Feingold that both conservatives and liberals were worried about.

It most certainly does directly affect our 2nd Amendment rights.

For example, when GOA learned that an anti-gun rider had been placed on a Defense authorization bill in September 2000, GOA alerted its members to this provision which would have allowed the Dept. of Defense to confiscate and destroy any military surplus item that had ever been sold by the government.

M1 Carbines, 1903 Springfields, Colt SAAs, uniforms, ammo, scopes -- and much more. All these privately-owned items could have been confiscated and destroyed by the feds.

GOA generated a groundswell of nationwide opposition against the confiscation attempt. But we especially targeted our focus on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The message evidently got through, as the Committee Chairman's office called GOA to discuss this problem after he received hoards of calls, postcards and emails from our members. The provision was removed, and Second Amendment rights were preserved.

[whitebeard21]

That includes that 1944 jeep so carefully restored to be used in the 4th of July parades. It could be liberated to some ranch somewhere for photo ops.

[osprey4]

Fingers, I don't disagree with your point. I'm just saying that McConnell v. Fed. Election Commission is a First Amendment question.