Anti-gun Land Bill On The Move
> -- House Vote Expected This Week
>
> Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
> 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
> Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
> http://www.gunowners.org
>
> Tuesday, February 10, 2009
>
>
> Lost in all the news of the massive bailout bill that just passed the
> Senate is another enormous bill, one that increases federal control of
> public and private land.
>
> Of particular concern to gun owners is that the bill, S. 22, will
> greatly expand the amount of land controlled by the National Park
> Service. NPS land is currently subject to a gun ban.
> While President Bush took steps in the waning days of his presidency to
> reverse the ban, the new regulations apply to persons who carry a
> concealed firearm with a permit. Non-permit holders and open carry are
> not explicitly addressed.
>
> Another eyebrow-raising aspect of this bill is that it is actually a
> compilation of over 150 separate pieces of legislation that never passed
> out of Congress on their own merits.
>
> Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) successfully held up over 100 of these bills,
> until anti-gun Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rolled all of the bills
> into one so-called Coburn Omnibus and forced it through the Senate in
> January on a vote of 73-21.
>
> As the House prepares to take up the bill, the Democrat leadership has
> taken procedural steps to ensure that the measure cannot be amended or
> altered in any way. That means that if it passes the House, it goes
> right to President Obama's desk, where it will be signed into law.
>
> Here are a few of the more troubling aspects of the bill:
>
> * It authorizes the federal government to buy private land adjacent to
> national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by the NPS,
> and thus be subject to the gun ban.
>
> * The bill federalizes the Washington-Rochambeau Route, a 650 mile trail
> that stretches from Rhode Island to Virginia and includes sections of
> major thoroughfares such as Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, and passes
> through cities like Boston and Philadelphia. The entire trail would fall
> under the NPS and the gun ban.
>
> * The National Landscape Conservation System groups together millions of
> acres of federal land and places it under one new umbrella agency. The
> NLCS was created during the Clinton administration and run
> administratively since then. S. 22 will codify the system, which raises
> concerns for hunters and sportsmen. Much of this land is consolidated
> from the BLM and the Forest Service, which have always allowed hunting
> and recreational shooting. It is unclear what rules will be promulgated
> by the new agency and if gun owners' rights will be protected.
>
> * S. 22 strips out small concessions won by pro-gunners in the House
> last year that would allow state and local law to govern firearms
> possession and hunting on certain land.
>
> * S.22 allows for NO amendments. Pro-gun members who want to offer an
> amendment to fully repeal the NPS gun ban are prevented from doing so by
> the anti-gun leadership.
>
> The full House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the bill this
> Wednesday or Thursday.
>
> Unless the NPS gun ban is repealed and the rights of gun owners are
> protected, Gun Owners of America opposes the bill in its entirety.
>
>
> ACTION: Please urge your Representative to repeal the NPS gun ban in S.
> 22, or to vote against the entire bill. You can go to the Gun Owners
> Legislative Action Center at http://capwiz.com/gunowners/home/ to send
> your Representative the pre-written e-mail message below.
>
> ----- Prewritten Letter -----
>
> Dear Representative:
>
> I urge you to oppose S. 22, a bill that will greatly expand the amount
> of land controlled by the National Park Service (NPS).
>
> NPS land is currently subject to a gun ban. While President Bush took
> steps in the waning days of his presidency to reverse the ban, the new
> regulations apply to persons who carry a concealed firearm with a
> permit. Non-permit holders and open carry are not explicitly addressed.
> Which is why S. 22 raises so many concerns:
>
> * It authorizes the federal government to buy private land adjacent to
> national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by the NPS,
> and thus be subject to the gun ban.
>
> * The bill federalizes the Washington-Rochambeau Route, a 650 mile
> trail, and places it under the NPS gun ban.
>
> * S. 22 will codify the National Landscape Conservation System, which
> raises concerns for hunters and sportsmen. Much of this land is
> consolidated from the BLM and the Forest Service, which have always
> allowed hunting and recreational shooting. It is unclear what rules
> will be promulgated by the new agency and if gun owners' rights will be
> protected.
>
> * S. 22 also strips out small concessions which were won in the House
> last year that would allow state and local law to govern firearms
> possession and hunting on certain land. But the anti-gun House
> leadership is preventing any amendments to fully repeal the NPS gun ban.
>
> If these concerns are not corrected in S. 22, I would strongly urge you
> to vote against it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> ****************************
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