We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

No to HR 1022, "Assault Weapons Ban"

Target: Timothy Johnson, Representative, U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsor: Josh McNattin
  • Signatures: 43,845
  • Goal: 1,000,000
  • Deadline: 5-22-2008
The attempt to renew and augment the expired federal "assault weapons ban", HR 1022, will not be tolerated.


This is NOT the cosmetic bill from the Clinton era and does NOT include
a sunset expiration, this one DOES ban many more guns, not just
features, going so far as to ban WWII era rifles such as the M1 Garand
and semi-automatic shotguns.  Do your homework, learn about the details and contact your representative, act locally, raise awareness.

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Learn about this bill: TownHall.com HR 1022 Article , Washington Watch Article

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Number Date Name Age Gender State Zip/Postal Code Politely express your views on this issue.
43,957 9:04 am PDT, Jul 6 Anonymous 42 Male North Carolina 28120 I am opposed to the assault weapons ban as a fundamental violation of rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.
43,956 7:14 pm PDT, Jul 5 derek holley 40 Male Michigan 48089  
43,955 2:59 pm PDT, Jul 5 Anonymous 0 Male Arizona 86406 Assault Rifles are FULLY automatic, therefore these are NOT such, but rather "military style firearms". 30 round magazines are standard and therefore NORMAL capacity. Prosecute the actions of criminals, not the possesions of law abiding CITIZENS.
43,954 2:01 pm PDT, Jul 5 Anonymous 20 Male Kansas 66209 This legislation will only take guns out of the hands of citizens who follow laws and will not commit crimes with them. Reinstating this bill will not lower the crime rate anywhere.
43,953 1:44 pm PDT, Jul 5 Anonymous 53 Male Wisconsin 53144 I do not feel that legislating against an object will have any effect on reducing criminal activity.
43,952 10:23 am PDT, Jul 5 Anonymous 0 Male North Carolina 28083 The only people that these type of laws affect are legal gun owners. Why would a non-law abiding citizen care about the law?
43,951 8:53 am PDT, Jul 5 Leslie blackwell 35 Male Texas 77043  
43,950 12:31 am PDT, Jul 5 Anonymous 27 Male Nebraska 68127 This ban will not prevent criminals from getting so-called assault rifles, it only prevents law abiding citizens from obtaining them. So, the only people with these weapons would be criminals. How would we as the public protect ourselves?
43,949 8:24 pm PDT, Jul 4 Anonymous 21 Male Connecticut 06334 Assault weapons restriction will only be obeyed by law abiding citizens. Criminals don't obey those laws. Just look at the crimes committed with guns in D.C. for an example.
43,948 8:52 pm PDT, Jul 3 Louis Moore 38 Male Florida 34711  
43,947 4:16 pm PDT, Jul 3 Jonathan Geist 0 Male Ohio 45385  
43,946 3:10 pm PDT, Jul 3 Timothy Blevins 46 Male California 93004 Firearms are not responsible for people getting killed. It is the individual behind the firearm that causes any harm inflicted what so ever. Please do not take our consitutional rights away for the actions of individuals.
43,945 1:20 pm PDT, Jul 3 Christopher M. hatem 40 Male Ohio 43074  
43,944 5:41 am PDT, Jul 3 Paul Rainey 0 Male Michigan 48189 The 2nd Amendment protects all the other Amendment's. You either believe that or you don't! If you do, then get off your butt and do something about it! God bless the Republic. Death to the New World Order.
43,943 9:34 pm PDT, Jul 2 Phil Keple 45 Male Minnesota 55347 If you let your rights slowly be taken away, soon you will not have any rights and will be left wondering where they went.
43,941 7:36 pm PDT, Jul 2 Anonymous 48 Male New Hampshire 03110  
43,940 7:14 pm PDT, Jul 2 Kyle Wehner 20 Male Missouri 64114 Stock up now, just in case.
43,939 6:53 pm PDT, Jul 2 Chris Hollister 36 Male Florida 32446 ."..and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one." — Jesus Christ, Luke 22:36 NKJV Democracy is when 2 wolves and a lamb vote for what to put on the dinner table; Liberty is when the lamb is well armed : unknown
43,938 6:30 pm PDT, Jul 2 Vitaly Gurevich 35 Male Massachusetts 02301 Assault rifle ban is a direct violation of the second amendment as stated by the recent ruling by the Supreme Court
43,936 3:49 pm PDT, Jul 2 Ron Barros 60 Male Massachusetts 02769  
43,935 1:59 pm PDT, Jul 2 Anonymous 0 Female Texas 77034  
43,934 1:53 pm PDT, Jul 2 Paul Jacome 67 Male Massachusetts 02766  
43,933 12:31 pm PDT, Jul 2 Will Evans 23 Male Tennessee 37857  
43,932 11:46 am PDT, Jul 2 Mark A. Martini 50 Male Pennsylvania 15642 SAY NO TO GUN BAN!!!!
43,931 10:04 am PDT, Jul 2 Scott Sandberg 38 Male Illinois 60625 This ban and others like it are not the solution. Legislators need to begin dealing with the real problems here: criminals and poverty. Good people don't need governing and bad people can't be governed. Gun control does not work.
43,930 6:53 am PDT, Jul 2 Ansley Stavely 37 Male Georgia 30228 SEVEN
43,929 6:44 am PDT, Jul 2 Barry Dees 0 Male Alabama 36542  
43,928 6:25 am PDT, Jul 2 Lonnie Carver 54 Male Oregon 97321 Quit violating honest citizens rights. Keep the criminals in jail!
43,927 5:53 am PDT, Jul 2 monte montgomery 48 Male Wisconsin 53511 Do not be afraid of freedom , and be willing to except it's cost.
43,926 5:19 am PDT, Jul 2 Harold Smith 42 Male Arkansas 72058 Being a retired Police Office, I can tell you this; Banning Firearms of any type will not stop or slow vilont crime!! We have good gun laws, the courts just need to use the ones we have. No long ago, a Leader of a country pushed for a law to ban guns and the ban was put in place. A short time later, over 3 million Jews where put to death! We do need gun control i.e. keep guns out of the hands of criminals, and if a criminal uses a gun in a crime; put them to death. Don't put them in prison and parole them later!! Gun control is not keeping guns out of the hands of law abiding citzens. That's what I call tyranny and oppression!!! If the government takes our right to keep and bear arms, what other rights will they take in the future?
43,925 3:12 am PDT, Jul 2 David R Hughey 37 Male Pennsylvania 19320 Lets ban the judges who let these animals out on the street.
43,924 1:08 am PDT, Jul 2 A. Empey 30 Male Arizona 85653 We were all GARenteed the right to bar arms by the signers of the constitution. We intend to keep it that way. The people our our last line of defence, the people prevent crime.the people protect ourselves & our neighbors. I will not give that up as Myself & so many others have earned that right! Semper Fi! God Bless!
43,923 11:07 pm PDT, Jul 1 Edward A McInerney III 33 Male Arizona 86404 Crime has not risen at all since the Preban law was lifted As we know Laws dont change anything, We must fight for our God Given Right! Criminals do not obey law's, Stiffer penalty's on crimes committed with weapons would be better! We the people want these weapons, our voice is greater than weak greedy polititions! Tylenol Kills 44,000 people every year, so we haven't ban that???
43,922 8:52 pm PDT, Jul 1 Jeremy Abbott 28 Male Washington 98107 Banning these weapons will not take them out of the hands of criminals. They can and will use anything they want off the black market.
43,921 4:47 pm PDT, Jul 1 Anonymous 0 Male California 95133 When enacting the law, keep in mind; criminals, convicted and otherwise, do not obey the law. However laws like this negatively impact law-abiding responsable gun owners like myself (as well as infringing upon my 2'nd Amendment rights as ruled by the Supreme Court).
43,920 10:46 am PDT, Jul 1 Anonymous 55 Male Oklahoma 73064 This ban is another misguided attempt to feel good by people that don't get the basic concept that criminals don't obey laws. It only punishes good people.
43,919 11:29 pm PDT, Jun 30 Anonymous 42 Male Arizona 85303 We do have the power to override this bill. It's all up to us. Semper Fi.
43,918 6:50 pm PDT, Jun 30 Anonymous 36 Male Alabama 35814 There is absolutely no viable reason to target these weapons for a ban. Any attempt to do so is tyranny and oppression on the part of all legislators involved. We have the right to keep and bear arms to include so called assault weapons. You WILL NOT infringe on my rights. Any congressman that allies himself with this legislation is a traitor to this country and should be charged as such.
43,917 10:44 am PDT, Jun 30 Jeremy Nesbitt 25 Male Ohio 45693  
43,916 10:36 am PDT, Jun 30 Anonymous 47 Male California 94539  
43,915 7:32 am PDT, Jun 30 Jon Baier 33 Male South Dakota 57108  
43,914 7:04 am PDT, Jun 30 Joseph Riggs 40 Male Indiana 47117  
43,913 5:54 am PDT, Jun 30 Kenneth W. Bach 28 Male Illinois 60193 Weapons useful for militia service should be the most protected.
43,912 5:17 pm PDT, Jun 29 dan galbraith 49 Male Oregon 97426  
43,911 3:35 pm PDT, Jun 29 roderick moore 24 Male Indiana 46385  
43,910 2:46 pm PDT, Jun 29 Doug Eing 51 Male Ohio 43055  
43,909 8:12 pm PDT, Jun 28 Jeffrey Liebno 39 Male Texas 75771 Now, it is more important for all gun owners to unite as one. With the possibility of a Congress controlled by the Democrats, and the looming possibility of anti-gun Obama being elected, we could see a rapid decline of our gun rights, if not see them disappear altogether. Remember New Orleans after Katrina? They did it once, they can do it again!!
43,908 3:47 pm PDT, Jun 28 Anonymous 32 Male Arizona 85629 A new assault weapon ban will not be tolerated.
43,907 6:49 am PDT, Jun 28 Anonymous 0 Male Texas 77025 Guns and guts made America free from official tyranny 200 years ago. Those two things are what the tali-(banners) want to take away. If you want to see what gun ban life will be like, just look south to Mexico: decent people have to bury their guns and live in fear of their govt. and bad guys which are one and the same. The same ones backing the bans are the ones that want me to have a gay marriage. N0 F@*%ing way!
43,906 6:39 am PDT, Jun 28 DONALD W. WARREN 56 Male Tennessee 37042 No to AWB
43,905 6:08 am PDT, Jun 28 Reinaldo Morales 0 Male Florida 33756  
43,904 5:24 am PDT, Jun 28 Scott Snyder 44 Male Missouri 65775 Didn't work the first time, don't need to try it again.
43,903 3:54 am PDT, Jun 28 john morris 0 Male South Carolina 29078 I cannot believe this is even becoming an issue again... These supreme poeple in DC should all be fired and sent packing. It is time to take our country back from these these so called know-it-alls
43,902 10:26 pm PDT, Jun 27 James Burgemeir 36 Male Ohio 45005  
43,901 9:36 pm PDT, Jun 27 Charles Mosher 42 Male Washington 98024 Banning Assault style rifles from law abiding citizens will not stop criminals from having them.

No to HR 1022, "Assault Weapons Ban"

We the undersigned wish to express in no uncertain terms our outrage and disgust with the introduction of HR 1022: To reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.  Let it be known, that we the undersigned swear an undying devotion to end the political careers of any public servant holding office who should dare to offer any support to this offense to our birthright to take up arms to defend our lives, our families, our property, our community and our country against enemies both foreign and domestic.  We see it as absolutely essential that we retain our right, which is not granted to us by man nor able to be repealed, to maintain, keep, bear and train with firearms and ammunitions that are state of the art.  HR 1022, or any bill resembling, is an affront to this right and our dignity as citizens of this fair nation and will not be tolerated.  We are watching.

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