SUPPORT H.R. 648...Drive the Anti-Gunners Nuts.

[AR180]

H.R. 648, was recently inroduced by Rep. Joe Wilson, R.-S.C. This bill will protect the right to obtain firearms for security, to use firearms in defense of self, family or home and to provide for the enforcement of such right.
Interesting wording in the "Findings Section".

A. Police cannot protect and are not legally liable for failing to protect individual citizens.
B. Former Florida Attorney General Jim Smith told Florida legislators that police responded to only 200,000 of 700,000 calls for help to Dade County authorities.
C. The United States Department of Justice found that in 1989, there were 168,861 crimes of violence for which police had NOT responded within 1 hour.
I'm from Arizona and sending a check to Rep. Joe Wilson's reelection campaign. Go Joe Go!!!

 

[priv8ter]

Ummmm....

Welcome to The High Road, AR180.

I don't want to burst your bubble, or anything, because H.R. 648 was a great bill, but it was introduced February of 2003, and it quietly went off to die in some committee or another...

greg

 

[S_O_Laban]

Well I just recieved a petition from GOA about H.R. 648. It appears that maybe it hasn't died in committe. Anybody have an accurate status report on this bill??

 

[Bubbles]

H.R. 648 was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2/5/2003, and then to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on 5/5/2003. It hasn't moved since.

Co-sponsors (46):

Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 5/1/2003
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 3/12/2003
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 6/4/2003
Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] - 6/26/2003
Rep Bradley, Jeb [NH-1] - 6/19/2003
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 4/12/2003
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 4/29/2003
Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 6/19/2003
Rep Carson, Brad [OK-2] - 3/12/2003
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 6/9/2003
Rep Crane, Philip M. [IL-8] - 9/4/2003
Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 6/4/2003
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 4/22/2004
Rep Gibbons, Jim [NV-2] - 7/15/2003
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 5/20/2003
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 3/25/2003
Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 3/12/2003
Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-5] - 5/20/2003
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 4/7/2003
Rep Hostettler, John N. [IN-8] - 4/1/2003
Rep Janklow, William J. [SD] - 5/20/2003
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 4/29/2003
Rep LaHood, Ray [IL-18] - 3/25/2003
Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 3/20/2003
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 5/9/2003
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 9/9/2003
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 7/9/2003
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 3/18/2003
Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] - 11/20/2003
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [WA-5] - 4/1/2003
Rep Ney, Robert W. [OH-18] - 3/25/2003
Rep Otter, C. L. (Butch) [ID-1] - 3/25/2003
Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 3/18/2003
Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 6/4/2003
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 4/7/2003
Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] - 5/20/2003
Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 5/20/2003
Rep Sandlin, Max [TX-1] - 5/20/2003
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 3/4/2003
Rep Simpson, Michael K. [ID-2] - 6/4/2003
Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 4/1/2003
Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] - 3/18/2003
Rep Vitter, David [LA-1] - 7/22/2004
Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] - 4/10/2003
Rep Wicker, Roger F. [MS-1] - 4/1/2003
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 4/1/2003

 

[S_O_Laban]

Thanks Bubbles. It does look like it's sorta "dead" as in not currently moving. Can anyone shed light on strategy being used. IOW is this on the back burner for a reason or is it allready in the committe's file 13?

 

[S_O_Laban]

Perhaps the current letter I recieved from GOA indicates an effort to get this thing moving?

edited to add; Am I the only one who received this letter?

 

[newman32]

I got the same letter...

 

[Guntalk]

Did the letter, by any chance, ask for money?

 

[TarpleyG]

H.R. 648, was recently inroduced by Rep. Joe Wilson, R.-S.C. This bill will protect the right to obtain firearms for security, to use firearms in defense of self, family or home and to provide for the enforcement of such right.

I thought we already had a provision for this--the second amendment. Maybe they should just read it a few more times.

Greg

 

[pinblaster]

TarpleyG

Greg , I see you haven't been "dumbed down" yet either . BIG SALUTE !

 

[hso]

Sorry guys, but I'm one that thinks a piece of legislation that supports the second and clarifies in plain language that my right to defend myself and family using any available firearm is better than leaving the field to the antis.