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A Petition for Enforcement of the Second Amendment
Josey1
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A Petition for Enforcementof the Second Amendmentto the Constitution of the United States
Click below to download the petition: .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat) https://www.keepandbeararms.com/petition/AshPetition.PDF.doc format (MS Word) https://www.keepandbeararms.com/petition/AshPetition.docFrequently Asked Questions
Gun Rights: Time for Federal Action, Not Just Words Join this Demand for Enforcement of the Second Amendment IMPORTANT NOTE: This article concerns the Petition for Enforcement of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. While the Petition specifies offenses committed in the State of California, it directly involves the rights of all Americans. If the project outlined below is successful it will restore YOUR Second Amendment rights as well, regardless of where you live. Your immediate attention and support are therefore crucial. On many occasions the U.S. Justice Department has sent teams of lawyers to force states, municipalities, agencies, and officials to obey civil rights statutes, resulting in laws being overturned and in legal actions against individuals. Now that we have an Attorney General who has stated unequivocally that Americans have an individual right to own and use firearms, we intend to see his office used to enforce that right. We have charged the state of California with violating our Second Amendment rights, and are formally requesting that Attorney General John Ashcroft put a stop to it, now. Our list of violations, in petition form, is intended to force a ruling on all aspects of the Second Amendment. We ask YOU to print out this petition, have it signed by as many people as possible, and mail the original signature sheet(s) to us at the address below. Contact national, local and state gun organizations, whether or not you belong to them, as well as gun shops, gun shows, firing ranges, etc., and ask them to endorse this effort and alert their members/customers to it. By doing so, YOU can help ensure that Mr. Ashcroft hears more voices than he can ignore. California is the state we chose because it is the largest in population, has tremendous political influence, and has many gun "laws" that are blatantly unconstitutional. However, if we are successful, the precedent set in this action would affect all states. Of course, there's nothing to stop you from using our petition as a template to demand action in your state as well. For the first time in decades we have an Attorney General who understands that the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right. But if George Bush does not win the next election Mr. Ashcroft will be gone. Timing is critical and the gravity of our situation is real. We have a narrow window of opportunity to act, and we must do it now. Now is the time to put and end to anti-gun, anti-self defense "laws". Now is the time to force municipalities and states to restore the free exercise of our rights instead of using our tax money to attack those rights or to file frivolous anti-gun lawsuits. Now is not the time to feel safe or to relax our efforts. This is especially true in this time of national distress, when the tendency of government - and many citizens - is to restrict rather than promote individual rights. It is time to establish once and for all that we have a right to own and use guns, that we can't be required to be licensed or registered, and don't need some bureaucrat's permission to own them. Funding long-term Second Amendment lawsuits will be extremely expensive. We intend to circumvent that difficulty by placing the burden of upholding our Bill of Rights where it belongs - on the federal government, with its virtually unlimited resources. If you're tired of being on the defensive then help us do something about it. Let's strike back hard against those who are violating our rights and heritage. It is our responsibility to pass on to our children the same freedoms that we inherited. We do not know what result this petition to Mr. Ashcroft will produce, but we do know that if we do nothing, we will achieve nothing. We need your immediate support. Please print out the petition, get it signed, and mail the original signature sheet(s) to us as soon as possible. Please join us. Thank you.https://www.keepandbeararms.com/petition/[This message has been edited by Josey1 (edited 10-01-2001).]
Click below to download the petition: .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat) https://www.keepandbeararms.com/petition/AshPetition.PDF.doc format (MS Word) https://www.keepandbeararms.com/petition/AshPetition.docFrequently Asked Questions
Gun Rights: Time for Federal Action, Not Just Words Join this Demand for Enforcement of the Second Amendment IMPORTANT NOTE: This article concerns the Petition for Enforcement of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. While the Petition specifies offenses committed in the State of California, it directly involves the rights of all Americans. If the project outlined below is successful it will restore YOUR Second Amendment rights as well, regardless of where you live. Your immediate attention and support are therefore crucial. On many occasions the U.S. Justice Department has sent teams of lawyers to force states, municipalities, agencies, and officials to obey civil rights statutes, resulting in laws being overturned and in legal actions against individuals. Now that we have an Attorney General who has stated unequivocally that Americans have an individual right to own and use firearms, we intend to see his office used to enforce that right. We have charged the state of California with violating our Second Amendment rights, and are formally requesting that Attorney General John Ashcroft put a stop to it, now. Our list of violations, in petition form, is intended to force a ruling on all aspects of the Second Amendment. We ask YOU to print out this petition, have it signed by as many people as possible, and mail the original signature sheet(s) to us at the address below. Contact national, local and state gun organizations, whether or not you belong to them, as well as gun shops, gun shows, firing ranges, etc., and ask them to endorse this effort and alert their members/customers to it. By doing so, YOU can help ensure that Mr. Ashcroft hears more voices than he can ignore. California is the state we chose because it is the largest in population, has tremendous political influence, and has many gun "laws" that are blatantly unconstitutional. However, if we are successful, the precedent set in this action would affect all states. Of course, there's nothing to stop you from using our petition as a template to demand action in your state as well. For the first time in decades we have an Attorney General who understands that the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right. But if George Bush does not win the next election Mr. Ashcroft will be gone. Timing is critical and the gravity of our situation is real. We have a narrow window of opportunity to act, and we must do it now. Now is the time to put and end to anti-gun, anti-self defense "laws". Now is the time to force municipalities and states to restore the free exercise of our rights instead of using our tax money to attack those rights or to file frivolous anti-gun lawsuits. Now is not the time to feel safe or to relax our efforts. This is especially true in this time of national distress, when the tendency of government - and many citizens - is to restrict rather than promote individual rights. It is time to establish once and for all that we have a right to own and use guns, that we can't be required to be licensed or registered, and don't need some bureaucrat's permission to own them. Funding long-term Second Amendment lawsuits will be extremely expensive. We intend to circumvent that difficulty by placing the burden of upholding our Bill of Rights where it belongs - on the federal government, with its virtually unlimited resources. If you're tired of being on the defensive then help us do something about it. Let's strike back hard against those who are violating our rights and heritage. It is our responsibility to pass on to our children the same freedoms that we inherited. We do not know what result this petition to Mr. Ashcroft will produce, but we do know that if we do nothing, we will achieve nothing. We need your immediate support. Please print out the petition, get it signed, and mail the original signature sheet(s) to us as soon as possible. Please join us. Thank you.https://www.keepandbeararms.com/petition/[This message has been edited by Josey1 (edited 10-01-2001).]
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