JPFO ALERT: Exploiting a Tragedy
Date: Apr 24, 2007 3:47 PM
ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America’s Aggressive Civil Rights Organization

April 24, 2007

JPFO ALERT: EXPLOITING A TRAGEDY

The gun-prohibitionists are taking full advantage of last
weeks’ horrific killings at Virginia Tech University to
push more “gun-control” legislation in the form of HR 297,
The NICS Improvement Act of 2007. Introduced back in
January by Representative Carolyn McCarthy (aka the “Queen
of Gun Control”), HR 297 is intended among other things to
dangerously broaden the definition of “mental illness” for
the purpose of denying firearms purchases.

Section (102)(c)(3) states:

“The State shall make available to the Attorney General …
the name and other relevant identifying information of
persons adjudicated as mentally defective or those
committed to mental institutions to assist the Attorney
General in enforcing section 922(g)(4) of title 18, United
States Code.”

Can you imagine? ANYONE who has been to a mental
institution or “adjudicated as mentally defective” would
have their name and identifying information sent to the
federal government.

It doesn’t matter if you needed assistance coping with the
devastating loss of a loved one or war-related post-
traumatic stress disorder. It doesn’t matter if you only
stayed for a night because a spouse was worried about you.
Regardless of circumstances, your information would be
still be submitted and you would no longer be permitted to
purchase a firearm.

The NRA is unabashedly enthusiastic about HR 297. They
cheerfully assure us that the bill is designed to “fix
problems” with recordkeeping while improving the
availability of criminal history and “other” records for
conducting background checks. ( http://www.nra-
ila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=197 )

Perhaps they should consider the words of President Lyndon
B. Johnson, who said, “You do not examine legislation in
the light of the benefits it will convey if properly
administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do
and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.”

As an educational organization, JPFO is not permitted to
have a particular stance on this or any other legislation.
But we do know flawed logic when we see it. So does Gun
Owners of America, who calls HR 297 a “bureaucratic fishing
expedition into your private records, including your
financial, employment, and hospital records.”
( http://www.gunowners.org/a042307.htm )

In theory, if you were found not to have a mental illness,
your name could be removed from the list. But in this day
and age of such pyschiatric diagnoses as “Oppositional
Defiance Disorder” and “Caffeine Dependence Syndrome”,
what’s the likelihood of escaping without such a label?

The unintended consequences are obvious to any thinking
person. As a result of HR 297, more people who do need
mental help will avoid getting it. Fearing the consequent
loss of their rights, individuals will refuse to visit a
therapist or mental facility, and will therefore be MORE
likely to “snap” when the pressure becomes too great to
bear.

In one fell swoop, HR 297 will totally negate the decades
of progress that have been made in de-stigmatizing mental
therapy, while increasing the likelihood of repeating last
Monday’s slaughter.

Naturally, like any other “gun control” legislation, HR 297
would be enforced by the BATFE, giving them even more power
to harrass and intimidate gun owners and dealers.

Way to go, Rep. McCarthy.

– The Liberty Crew

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