Sens. Lautenberg & Reed introduce massive federal assault on gun shows and private sales!

XD Owner wrote:

Re: Emotional arguments, fight back with our own emotional arguments! Let's get weepy eyed describing a cold and unfeeling University administration who disarmed students, thereby leading to the tragedy called Virginia Tech! Let's scream, "Larry Hincker, you said the students would be safe by banning guns from campus! All you did was make the killer's job easier! No Guns! No Peace! No Guns for Citizens = Dead Citizens! Shame on Virginia Tech for creating a killing zone!

Maybe someone can create some pithy slogans. Here's one stolenand modified from http://www.a-human-right.com/guncontrol.html

Q: What does Larry Hinker (VT Spokesman) have in common with Rapists and Muggers?

A: Rapists and muggers prefer unarmed victims.

Ture or False: Do Banks protect their money better than we Protect Students?

Let Teachers Conceal Carry!

Gov. Kaine says either you want felons tohave guns or you don't. (Of course we are not in favor of felons owning guns.)

So let's say to Governor Kaine, either you are for or against helpless victims unable to defend themselves. Close the College Campus Gun-Free Zone Loophole!

FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, PEOPLE!

As for the Gun Show Loophole, Let's All Face Facts, Felons Are Banned from Owning Guns! So the minute felons buy a gun at a gun show, the buyer can be and should beprosecuted. Ifpeople want to blame the seller, they should also go after sellers of cars, knives, baseball bats who sell to felons.

And my Privacy Rights trump the government's interest in knowing from whom I (a non-felon) buy a gun.

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XD Owner has hit on some valuable considerations here.

You CAN NOT fight emotion with logic, nor logic with emotion. If you want your message heard by some significant percentage of the population, you must use both, and not necessarily always together.

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  Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 1/30/2008
  Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - 1/30/2008

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  `(1) registers with the Attorney General in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Attorney General; and
  
  `(2) pays a registration fee, in an amount determined by the Attorney General.

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  `(1) before commencement of the gun show, verifies the identity of each gun show vendor participating in the gun show by examining a valid identification document (as defined in section 1028(d)(3)) of the vendor containing a photograph of the vendor;
  
  `(2) before commencement of the gun show, requires each gun show vendor to sign--
  
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    `(A) a ledger with identifying information concerning the vendor; and
    
    `(B) a notice advising the vendor of the obligations of the vendor under this chapter;
  `(3) notifies each person who attends the gun show of the requirements of this chapter, in accordance with such regulations as the Attorney General shall prescribe; and
  
  `(4) maintains a copy of the records described in paragraphs (1) and (2) at the permanent place of business of the gun show promoter for such period of time and in such form as the Attorney General shall require by regulation.