Click the above link before proceeding
with this post.
President Obama asked us to act
and WE can deliver an informed response!
90% of Americans want expanded
background checks. 92% of gun owners support universal background checks. Polling shows that nearly 74% of NRA members
support requiring background checks for all gun sales. (See related links below.)
45 congressional Senators blocked
an amendment requiring background checks for commercial gun sales in a 54-46
vote!
The NRA
leadership called it a “positive development” (!?!?!) President Obama said
that “there was no coherent argument for why we wouldn’t do this. It came down
to politics.” (See Meet the 45 Senators
who blocked background checks link below.)
While radical right wing media outlets like
FOX are busy misinforming viewers on antii-Black, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant
bigotry related to gun violence, check out these facts:
56% of
domestic terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. since 1995 have been
perpetuated by right wing extremist.(See the Growing Right Wing Terror Threat,
Some Statistics and Facts on Right Wing Terrorism and Why Republicans are
Determined to Ignore the Threat of right Wing Terrorism links below.)
“The 2nd
Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights which is comprised of the first ten
amendments to the United States Constitution. The Bill of Rights were proposed and sent to
the states by the first session of the First Congress. They were ratified on December 15, 1791”. (constitution.laws.com)
The 2nd Amendment
reads as follows:
“Well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right
of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”
As you can see, expanded background checks have nothing to
do with taking away anyone’s Second Amendment rights unless they’re members of
the 18th century well-
regulated militia - muskets and all!
When President Obama opened the
debate for gun control in 2013, Republican politicians
at the state and congressional
levels were missing from the debate.
Amidst pressure from their NRA benefactors,
the US Senate rejected
legislation to expand gun background checks even though 90% of Americans
are for expanded gun background checks.
Meanwhile, Republican-led state governors and state legislators
were busy legislating NRA-crafted guns everywhere laws related to carrying guns in churches, in school
zones, on college campuses, in bars, on trains, in National Parks, in airports and
more. (See little known laws shed light
on NRA influence and Guns Everywhere links below.)
The NRA is
opposed to virtually every form of gun regulation, including restrictions on
owning assault weapons, retention of databases of gun purchases, background
checks on purchasers at gun shows and changes in the registration of fire arms.
The NRA
influences who gets elected; what gun legislation gets blocked, and what gun
legislation they write. In their
2013-2014 spending cycle, the NRA spent $16, 151, 028 against Democratic
candidates at the state and congressional levels, and dished out $11,053,415
for Republican state and congressional candidates.
The total contributions to
candidates from National Rifle Association PACs
supported by conservative Supreme Court justices’ Citizens United decision allowing corporations to control elections
and government, opened the doors for NRA contributions
to be 77 times larger than contributions from individuals.
More information on the above as
well as a list of Republican interest groups and
Republican congressional representatives that are the top recipients of NRA political contributions
are within the National Rifle Association
Summary link below)
WE have the power to halt the NRA’s politically motivated abuse of the
Second Amendment!
Sign Petitions
If any are closed, feel good. WE are
signing!
MoveOn Petitions
- Gun Control. Now. - MoveOn.org
petitions.moveon.org/sign/gun-control-now-1
MoveOn Petitions
- Gun Control. Now. - MoveOn.org
petitions.moveon.org/sign/gun-control-now-1
Petition · Stand Up Against Gun
Violence: Increase Gun ...
https://www.change.org/.../united-states-congress-stand-up-ag...
Tell Congress:
Pass Expanded Background Checks
action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/page/s/tell-congress
Tell Congress:
Pass a stronger background check bill now
petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-congress-pass-a
Tell the Senate: Pass Universal Background Checks for All
...
pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-the-senate-pass
MoveOn Petitions
- Background checks for all private sales ...
petitions.moveon.org/sign/background-checks-for-6
Take Congress
Back to School on Background Checks ...
act.everytown.org/sign/back2school/
Petition ·
Congress: Improve background checks to reduce ...
https://www.change.org/.../congress-improve-background-ch...
Contact
Republicans in Congress.
Tell them
to pass meaningful background check legislation
Speaker John Boehner |
Speaker.gov
www.speaker.gov/
www.contactsenators.com/kentucky/mitch-mcconnell
Contact Republicans in Congress - GOP.gov
www.gop.gov/republicans
Vote out all NRA-backed state and
congressional politicians in 2016
and beyond!
Let the NRA know that they’re not the only ones with political clout!
National Rifle
Association - Project Vote Smart
https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1034/national-rifle-association
National Rifle Association Rating - The Voter's Self
Defense ...
https://votesmart.org/interest-group/1034/rating/6568
Spread the word via family, friends and other
social networks!
SOUCES
Lena Taylor: Most NRA members back background checks ...www.politifact.com/.../most-nra-members-back-backgroun...
thehill.com/.../211321-poll-most-gun-owners-support-universal-...
90 percent of Americans want expanded
background checks
www.washingtonpost.com/.../90-percent-of-americans...
www.soundvision.com/.../some-statistics-and-facts-on-right-wing-extrem...
New laws since Newtown - Law Center to Prevent Gun ...
smartgunlaws.org/.../gun-laws.../ne...
National Rifle Assn: Summary | OpenSecrets
Second Amendment - Legal Information Institute
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment
A Well Regulated
Militia? - God Sees
You
www.godseesyou.com/2nd_well_regulated_militia.html
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../paul-broun-guns_n_55...
thehill.com/.../294571-senate-rejects-tougher-background-check...
www.forbes.com/.../nra-winning-the-influence-battle-over-gun-co...
www.publicintegrity.org/.../gun-lobbys-mone...
Guns Everywhere
Law - Huffington Post
Little-known laws shed light on NRA influence - USA Todaywww.usatoday.com/story/.../politics/.../nra-gun...laws/18337...
Guns Everywhere
Law - Huffington Post
Georgia "Guns Everywhere" Law In Effect Today - Claire E ...townhall.com/.../georgia-guns-everywhere-bill-takes-effec...
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