Trying the Backdoor Again!

It never ceases to amaze me how the Obama administration continually tries to flush the Second Amendment down the toilet-along with the rest of the U.S. Constitution.  Now since the anti-gun rhetoric has not worked after the shooting of a Congresswoman and many more in Arizona-by a certified lunatic, they are trying a new tactic.  The Obama administration is now using the “sporting purpose” from the Gun Control Act of 1968 along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives “Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns” (http://www.atf.gov/publications/firearms/012611-study-on-importality-of-certain-shotguns.pdf ) 

The Obama administration is now using this so called “study” to limit the importation of shotguns that do not meet the “sporting purpose” defined by the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the definitions used by the work group in the “Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns”.  On top of this, the Attorney General Eric Holder is in charge of determining if a firearm is generally accepted for use in sporting purposes…nervous yet? The now definition of “sporting purposes” according to this study is for hunting and other generally recognized or formalized competitive events similar to the traditional shooting sports of trap, skeet, and clays.  This will not include “plinking” which is defined as shooting at non traditional targets-like tin cans in a casual manner because it gives too broad of a definition that would include all firearms.  This will also not include practical shooting which is defined as shooting rapidly and accurately as possible with any kind of firearm.  Basically, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are changing the definition of “sporting purposes” to make it impossible to import any shotguns to the U.S. 

Now U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein from California is urging Obama to have the BATFE use their study to have a stricter Semi-Auto import ban and she claims this would help reduce the violence in Mexico and the United States.  Has she not been paying attention?  Violence in the USA was down again in 2010 according to FBI statistics-since more and more states have been passing Right to Carry laws.  Can we not see the trend already forming by this so called study? 

This is the “backdoor” the anti-gun movement is trying to use in order to disarm every law abiding American citizen in the long run.  The shotguns are just the starting point and as long as the definition of “sporting purpose” does not include plinking and practical shooting-and keeps changing to fit the anti-gun rhetoric; the anti-gun movement will flush the Second Amendment down the toilet. 

But wait there is hope!  The “sporting purpose” limitation imposed by the Gun Control Act of 1968 is not even constitutional; because the law was put into effect long before the Right-to-Carry movement and before the Heller decision….the Gun Control Act of 1968 should become history.  So now make sure to keep your eyes open to make sure that the Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration do not get through this “backdoor” at all.  Call your Congressmen/women to let them know this is not constitutional and you want them to amend the Gun Control Act of 1968, plus make sure that the BATFE and the Attorney General have no authority on what  firearms can be shipped into this country!

                                                                        References

Banning Guns by changing definitions, Part 4. Retrieved on April 18, 2011, from

http://www.redstate.com/beregond/2011/04/18/banning-guns-by-changing-definitions-part-4/

Federal  firearms laws. Retrieved on April 21, 2011, from http://www.nraila.org/federalfirearms.htm#summary

Gun control act of 1968. Retrieved on April 21, 2011, from http://www.answers.com/topic/gun-control-act-of-1968

Owners protection act of 1986.  Retrieved on April 20, 2011, from http://federalfirearmslaws.com/firearm-laws/firearms-owners-protection-act-of-1986/

About the author

Becki Haight wrote 37 articles on this blog.

Educational background in business and management. Conservative, who believes the U.S. Constitution is not a “living document”, but firm in its resolve.Born into a middle class family and raised to believe in God, defending your country, helping your neighbor, working hard, and nobody owes you anything. Diagnosed with systemic scleroderma in 2008 and has proceeded to live and continually fight back! Loves to write about America and its great people.

• Blog

Shortlink: