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From: Rand Paul
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 5:13 PM
Subject: Obama just banned 1 Million Rifles
Dear fellow Patriot,
Nearly 1 million American rifles.
Banned by a stroke of Barack Obama’s pen.
In a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama Administration
secretly banned
the re-importation of nearly one million American made M1 Garand and Carbine
rifles.
The M1 Garand, developed in the late 1930’s, carried the United States
through World
War II seeing action in every major battle.
General Patton at the time called the M1 Garand “the greatest battle
implement ever
devised.”
The rifle is largely credited with giving American soldiers the advantage
and securing
victory for the allies.
During the Korean War, nearly one million of these rifles were brought to
South Korea
and left with the South Korean government afterward.
Now, South Korea wants to give American gun collectors the chance to get
their hands
on this unique piece of history.
A piece of American history that Barack Obama would like to see go down
the memory
hole.
That’s why I need as many Americans as possible to put themselves on
record opposing
this gun ban by signing the Official Firearms Freedom Survey I’ve enclosed.
Will you please join me?
After World War II, the United States government sent millions of these
rifles
overseas to our allies and friends.
Over the past 50 years, many of the countries we lent them to returned
them to America
to be bought and sold by firearms collectors.
This is nothing new.
Make no mistake; these rifles were made in America, by Americans, for
Americans, to
defend freedom on foreign shores.
As a part of our history, they are greatly sought after by American
shooters and
collectors.
But according to Hillary Clinton’s State Department there is a danger
they might “fall
into the wrong hands.”
That they might, possibly, one day be used in a crime.
No mention of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners deprived of the
opportunity to
own an integral part of American history.
The State Department’s outrageous claims are nothing more than a thinly
veiled ploy to
distract from the real issue:
President Obama’s deep seated hatred for gun rights.
While his gun-grabbing base is giddy with praise at this back-door gun
ban,
law-abiding citizens across the United States are crying foul.
Let me be clear: at no time in U.S. history has the ownership of this
firearm -- or
any part of this firearm -- been illegal, restricted or banned.
Americans have collected World War II M1 Garand and Carbine rifles for
decades.
Now they are sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
You can even purchase a newly manufactured model from Springfield Armory
that was made
just a month or two ago.
And the M1 Garand’s caliber or capacity is no more dangerous than the
millions of
modern firearms owned by Americans across the country today.
As you can see, there is absolutely no justification for this
unconstitutional gun
ban.
This is just the latest in a series of anti-gun schemes from the Obama
Administration:
*** New BATFE regulations on semi-automatic rifles, requiring firearms
dealers to act
as an informant to anti-gun federal bureaucrats if someone buys more than one
rifle;
*** The Disarming American Citizens Act (H.R. 2159 in the last Congress)
letting
Attorney General Eric Holder revoke the Second Amendment rights of ANY American
he chooses
based on pure suspicion;
*** Notorious anti-gunners appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and other
senior
administration positions;
That’s why it is essential that Americans like you and I take a stand
against the M1
Garand gun ban!
It has been common practice since the end of World War II to re-import
these American
made rifles from the foreign allies they were lent to during the war.
But the Obama Administration departs radically from the American
tradition.
In fact, on top of banning American citizens from owning these historic
firearms,
Obama’s State Department is arranging for the destruction of nearly one million
of them --
ironically, at a time of ballooning federal deficits.
It’s an outrage!
These firearms -- truly pieces of American history -- rightly belong in
the hands of
U.S. citizens.
That’s why I’ve joined with the National Association for Gun Rights to
fight this
power grab in the U.S. Senate.
Do you believe the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Second
Amendment are
the supreme law of the land?
Do you believe that President Obama banning the re-importation of these
historic
firearms is an unprecedented and unconstitutional power grab?
Do you support Congress forcing President Obama to reverse his ban and
save these
American made rifles from destruction?
If you said “Yes” to these questions, please sign the Firearms Freedom
Survey the
National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you.
Your survey will put you squarely on the record AGAINST Barack Obama’s
Rifle Ban.
And along with your signed survey, I hope you’ll send a generous
contribution of $250,
$100, $50 or even just $35 or as little as $25 to help finance this battle.
With your generous contribution, the National Association for Gun Rights
will continue
contacting Second Amendment supporters to turn up the heat on targeted U.S.
Senators.
Not only that, but they’re preparing a massive program to launch the
designed to force
President Obama to reverse this ban.
Direct mail. Phones. E-mail. Blogs. Guest editorials. Press
conferences.
Hard-hitting internet, newspaper, radio and even TV ads if funding permits.
The whole nine
yards.
Of course, a program of this scale is only possible if the National
Association for
Gun Rights can raise the money.
But that’s not easy.
So please put yourself on record AGAINST Barack Obama’s Rifle Ban by
signing NAGR’s
Firearms Freedom Survey.
But along with your survey, please agree to make a generous contribution
of $250,
$100, $50 or even just $35.
And every dollar counts in this fight so even if you can only chip in $10
or $20, your
help will still make a difference.
Thank you in advance for your time and money devoted to defending our
Second Amendment
rights.
For Freedom,
Rand Paul
United States Senator
P.S. In a move unprecedented in American history, Barack Obama secretly
banned the
re-importation of nearly a million American made M1 Garand and Carbine rifles.
The M1 Garand, developed in the 1930’s, carried the U.S. through World
War II seeing
action in every major battle.
So please put yourself on record AGAINST the Barack Obama’s Rifle Ban by
signing NAGR’s
Firearms Freedom Survey.
But along with your survey, please agree to make a generous contribution
to the
National Association for Gun Rights of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35.
And every dollar counts in this fight so even if you can only chip in $10
or $20, your
help will still make a difference.
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