I would like to respond to your survey, however when I made my entries it indcated that I had already filled it out. I do not recall having done so.
Since I feel that you may find my responses vital here they are again...
1. GETTING ASSAULT WEAPONS OFF THE STREETS
Since the expiration of the federal Assault Weapons Ban two years ago, there has been a significant rise in violent crime and homicides.
>>> Cite a source please. Accoridng to the FBI, since CCW laws came to be the gross trend has been a drastic downturn in violent crime and homicide, in fact England is more violent than the US (UN Study of crime in developed nations 2006) and they have a TOTAL ban on semi-automatic firearms, let alone select fire, rifle calibre firearms! In fact the last I checked, those were the exclusive province of the Military and Law Enforcement... Are you suggesting that we take these firearms away from those who protect us?
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How strongly do you agree with this statement: Passing an assault weapons ban must be one of the top domestic safety priorities of the 110th Congress.
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MY RESPONSE - Strongly Disagree, based solely on the fact that your literature has led me to believe that you have NO IDEA of what you are talking about.
2. EXTENDING BACKGROUND CHECKS TO ALL GUN SALES
Four in ten guns are sold by unlicensed dealers with absolutely no background check, most at thousands of gun shows held across the country.
>>> Again, show me a cite regarding this, I bet the ATF could help you out, just lookthe stats up at thier web-site and then cite it. Otherwise people may think its a false-hood. Also, how many of these non-background checked sales were on the blackmarket, peopled exclusively by criminals?
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How strongly do you agree with this statement: A Brady background check must be conducted on every gun sold in this country, no exceptions.
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MY RESPONSE - Agree, provided you tell me how you intend to get the criminal element to comply.
3. STOPPING BULK SALES TO GUN TRAFFICKERS
States that prohibit multiple firearms sales have shown to lower the percentage of guns that are traced to violent crime.
>>> Okay, here we go again... If you are going to talk about this, then you have to also disclose that 14 of the 15 lowest violent crime rates are in states the have Shall Issue Concealed Carry. You also have to disclose if these mulitiple firearms sales were to Law Enforcement and /or FFLs. Your questions here are leading at best.
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How strongly do you agree with this statement: There is no legitimate reason for a responsible gun owner to buy 10, 20, even 100 guns at a time.
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MY RESPONSE - Strongly Disagree, they may be buying for a group to get a break on the price, not everybody can afford a personal security team. Average Janes and Joes have to raise their kids on an average wage, they don't have access to trust funds and protective services.
4. STRENGTHENING THE POWER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Using crime gun trace data, law enforcement can identify the 1% of gun dealers who supply nearly 60% of crime guns. Even with hundreds of violations, most of these rogue gun dealers remain open for business because of restrictions Congress and the Bush Administration have placed on ATF's ability to inspect them and revoke their licenses.
>>> Yeah, I think that a good first step for any organization is to keep ones people from violating state and federal laws first, then they can go look into other people's pies, I am not pointing any fingers here, just a thought of mine. Also, the rogue gun dealers brings me back to our nemesis, the criminal seller & buyer...
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How strongly do you agree with this statement: Congress must strengthen ATF and law enforcement's power to shut down corrupt gun dealers who supply the criminal gun market.
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MY RESPONSE - Agree, assuming you added a few words to many to the above statement. You see, the corrupt are criminals, but of course those who live in glass houses and all that... Not that I am saying you are corrupt, just that I THINK you are.
Just so you know, I expressed my thoughts and beliefs here, nothing more.