----- Original Message -----
From: Rand Paul
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:10 AM
Subject: Obama just banned 1 million firearms
Dear fellow Patriot,
Nearly 1 million American firearms.
Banned by a stroke of Barack Obama’s pen.
In a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama Administration
quietly banned
the re-importation of 600,000 American made M1 Carbine rifles.
And I've just discovered Obama may be blocking as many 300,000 1911 Colts
too!
That's nearly one million pieces of American history denied to the
American people.
The M1 rifle, 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 “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 want as many Americans as possible to put themselves on
record opposing
this gun ban by signing the Official Firearms Freedom Survey the National
Association for
Gun Rights has prepared for you.
Will you please join me?
After World War II, the United States government sent millions of these
rifles
overseas to our allies and friends.
That includes 950,000 M1 Garands, 1.2 million M1 Carbines, and 300,000
1911 Pistols.
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 firearms 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 these
firearms -- or
any part of these firearms -- been illegal, restricted or banned.
Americans have collected World War II M1 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’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:
*** A new so-called “Assaults Weapon Ban" -- targeting ALL semi-automatic
rifles and
shotguns -- which, unlike the Clinton ban, would NEVER expire;
*** An outright BAN on “high capacity” magazines -- banning the sale and
manufacture
of magazines holding more than just a handful of rounds;
*** A National Concealed Carry “Standard” -- designed to make it even
more difficult
for law-abiding citizens to carry a gun to protect themselves and their
families from
assault;
*** Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Catch-All Gun Control Scheme” -- to create
a national
“cannot buy registry,” allowing citizens to be stripped of their Second
Amendment rights on
a Justice Department whim, effectively banning all private gun sales.
That’s why it is essential that Americans like you and I take a stand
against the M1
rifle and 1911 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 was glad to hear that the National Association for Gun
Rights is helping
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 firearms 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
Gun Ban.
And along with your signed survey, I hope you’ll send a generous
contribution of $250,
$100, $50 or even just $35 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 Carbine rifles and 1911
pistols.
The M1 rifle, 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 Gun 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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