Signatures: 46,014
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	Prefix	Name	Age	Gender	State	Zip/Postal Code	Politely express your views on this issue.
46,131	5:18 pm PST, Nov 19		Darryl Sean Brown	36	Male	California	92704	Please vote "NO" on HR 1022
46,130	7:45 am PST, Nov 16	Mr.	David Miller	29	Male	Wisconsin	53549	Determining all semi automatic weapons to be assault weapons is unreasonable and certainly a misunderstanding of the definition of an assault weapon. Most sniper rifles are bolt action and bolt action is still highly preferred for long range high accuracy applications including hunting and long range target shooting. As seen in the assassination of JFK a semi automatic weapon is not the only way to fire rapidly and accurately. I certainly see no reason for a civilian to own a fully automatic machine gun other than the fun factor of shooting one, rather like the unpractical nature of owning a ferrari. If someone were to drive a car into a crowd of people no one would blame the car. there have been evil men since the dawn of time. There will always be evil men. There will always be ways for us to kill each other (incidentally there are laws against that but i dont think that the laws existence ever stopped a murder from happening). The government of the united states of america came into being only because of the armed populace that rose up to create and then defend it. The constitution of this great nation was enacted to protect the rights of the citizens. Evil people have never been stopped by laws, criminals will not obey laws, otherwise they would not be criminals. I grew up in Britain where it was most difficult to obtain a firearm legally, and then it became illegal to own a handgun. Despite this violent crime is an enormous and ever increasing problem. Please do not begin to reinterpret and demolish the bill of rights and constitution. Removing a peoples right to self defence one piece at a time serves only to place them in greater danger from those who do not care about the law. This is not a partisan vote, this is a vote for or against the very articles upon which this nation was founded. Please vote no to this and all future attempts to remove handguns, rifles and shotguns from the law abiding citizens of these united states.
46,129	9:44 pm PST, Nov 15		Tony Guadagna	46	Male	New York	14225
46,128	1:56 pm PST, Nov 11		Timothy Boyer	57	Male	Michigan	48088	We, the American people, have the right to bear arms. Restrictions by the government is tyranny leading to dictatorship. Read Thomas Jefferson's writings.
46,127	3:27 pm PST, Nov 3	Dr.	William Linde	42	Male	New Jersey	07826	Guns keep the government honest and preserve our freedoms.
46,126	8:13 pm PDT, Oct 30		Michael Ice	60	Male	Georgia	30506	I am a law abiding Veteran. Leave my RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS alone.
46,125	4:45 pm PDT, Oct 22	Mr.	Jarrad Brooks	22	Male	Massachusetts	01464
46,124	2:50 am PDT, Oct 19	Mr.	milton mcallister	0	Male	Pennsylvania	19363
46,123	9:30 am PDT, Oct 16	Mr.	CRAIG LINZER	0	Male	Pennsylvania	19020	stop giving my hard earned money to other people mr obama.
46,122	10:38 am PDT, Oct 15	Mrs.	Natalie Roberts	36	Female	Tennessee	37013	The Constitution was written in a particular way to stop the King of England or "ANYONE" from taking the Rights of the People away. This ban, regardless of who or what you believe in, is going against the principles that this Great Nation was founded on. The people have the right and the responsiblity to stand up for their rights and declare yo the so called Representatives that were voted in by us that they are WRONG. We all have to make our voices heard. Here is my VOICE.
46,121	7:43 am PDT, Oct 15	Mr.	Anonymous	21	Male	New York	14522	I live in New York State, which is notorious for almost completely discouraging anyone from owning any type of gun and making it unreasonably difficult to get a pistol permit. Unfortunatly for them, I own many guns and will keep adding and there's no way they can stop it. Passing this ban would be a fatal flaw on the government's part because more dumb restrictions could quite possably lead down the dark road to another American Revolution.
46,120	1:36 am PDT, Oct 10		Robert Gibbons	34	Male	California	90260
46,119	12:27 pm PDT, Oct 9		Daniel Powell	0	Male	Texas	76710
46,118	5:19 pm PDT, Oct 8	Mr.	Richard Dixon	50	Male	Arkansas	72206
46,117	4:39 pm PDT, Oct 7		Anonymous	0	Male	North Carolina	28401
46,116	11:33 am PDT, Oct 3	Mr.	ElDee McGill	62	Male	North Carolina	28315	I have a constituional right to have and to own whatever firearm I want, as long as I am not infringing upon anyone elses person, property of well being..I see no sense in reinstating something that never worked in the original version..lets support the laws on the books right now, really prosecute criminals, hold lawyers responsible for releasing felons on the street, and quit trying for "politically correct" no working laws...
46,115	7:20 pm PDT, Oct 2	Mr.	Andrew Wilkinson	29	Male	New York	14624	It is my right to defend myself and my loved ones to the extent I feel necessary.
46,114	8:10 pm PDT, Oct 1	Dr.	Chris Speidel	47	Male	North Carolina	28110	This not only effects me, but millions of U.S. born citizens. This Ban is only the first step to total weapons confication! Remember This My Deer Hunting Friends, Your Deer Rifle Can Double As A Sniper Rifle! YOUR RIFLE IS NEXT! JOIN THE FIGHT!
46,113	6:17 pm PDT, Sep 30	Mr.	MIKE R. PATTERSON	52	Male	Illinois	62625
46,112	9:24 pm PDT, Sep 29	Mr.	Edward Schatz	25	Male	Maryland	21210
46,110	6:53 pm PDT, Sep 22	Mr.	Larry Davis	34	Male	Texas	75707	True Americans will not stand for this.
46,109	4:55 pm PDT, Sep 18	Mr.	Albert Davis	46	Male	Iowa	52501	I am against this bill and will vote against any politicain who supports it.
46,107	8:05 am PDT, Sep 7	Mr.	Randall Sanders	55	Male	Texas	76712
46,106	4:44 pm PDT, Sep 6		Anonymous	0	Male	Texas	77656	This is another failed attempt at trying to get guns from the criminals and a successful attempt to disarm citizens. Law enforcement cannot cover everyone so one must be able to defend themselves. Besides the people that legally buy guns generally do not commit the crimes. Washington, please wake up and let the people take care of themselves.
46,105	12:41 pm PDT, Sep 6		Butch Hatch	63	Male	Virginia	23139	The Constitution states, that the people have the right to keep and bear arms and shall not be infringed. The President and Senators all took an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. If this bill passes, they should be removed from office for not protecting the peoples rights.
46,104	8:43 am PDT, Sep 4	Mr.	STEVE WIENS	0	Male	Kansas	67060
46,103	4:36 pm PDT, Sep 1	Mr.	Hayden Putre	0	Male	Georgia	30075
46,102	4:13 pm PDT, Sep 1	Mr.	davy smith	24	Male	Georgia	31501	the people have a right to decide how we are governed just as out government was intended. the people do not want to lose their gun rights and we do not want to be controlled. do your jobs or we will vote you out of office. we want more jobs better schools better healthcare. quit making empty promises and deliver!
46,101	7:57 pm PDT, Aug 30		Kevin Cansler	0	Male	Georgia	30039

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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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