Help Support The NC Firearms Freedom Act
When President Obama came to office two years ago, gun stores across the country saw a dramatic surge in sales.
According to FBI figures for the week of November 3 to 9, 2008, the bureau received more than 374,000 requests for background checks on gun purchasers — a nearly 49 percent increase over the same period in 2007.
Why were Americans so desperate to arm themselves? Perhaps the election of a President and Congress with a well-established record of hostility to private firearms ownership.
In the wake of the shootings in Tucson, AZ, the Obama Administration is reported to be considering new gun control laws. While the President is keeping his plans under tight secrecy, an examination of his record reveals an established hostility to private firearms ownership. In 2000, he co-sponsored a bill in the Illinois legislature to limit citizens to one gun purchase per month. In 2004, he stated that he found President Bush’s “failure” to renew the federal assault weapons ban “scandalous.”
Fortunately, something is being done.
Freshman NC Representative Glen Bradley has just introduced HB 241, the North Carolina Firearms Freedom Act, into the NC House of Representatives. This bill will exempt all firearms and ammunition manufactured and retained in North Carolina from federal regulation. HB 241 uses the 10th Amendment to protect North Carolina firearms and ammunition, since by staying within NC, they do not fall under the Interstate Commerce Clause’s legal authority.
Many nullification bills being passed by state legislatures do not include interposition. The NC Firearms Freedom Act does. The bill makes any attempt to enforce federal restrictions against North Carolina-made firearms a Class 1A misdemeanor. You can read the bill here: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=HB+241
If you want to put the federal government back in its constitutional box and tell the Washington to keep its hands off your guns and ammunition, sign Campaign for Liberty’s petition to support HB 241 here: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/NC/ncffa.php
Then find your NC House and Senate representation and tell them to cosponsor the NC Farmer’s Freedom Act. You can look up your Representative here: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/RandR07/Representation.html
Also, call Speaker Thom Tillis at (919) 773-3451 and House Majority Leader Paul “Skip” Stam at (919) 733-2962 and tell them to bring the NC Firearms Freedom Act to the floor for a roll call vote as soon as possible.
Representative Bradley has until Tuesday, March 8th to get as many co-sponsors as possible for this important legislation. Please sign our petition and contact your representatives by Tuesday, March 8th to ensure we build unstoppable momentum!
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