Schumer's Bill Tries To Destroy Gun Rights

As current law stands, anybody who is convicted of a violent/drug crime, or is adjudicated mentally unfit cannot own a gun. That's the status quo. Schumer wants to change things so that anybody who is arrested loses their right to own a gun... because we all know that cops NEVER arrest the wrong person.
http://reason.com/blog/2011/03/23/new-schumer-gun-possession-bil

To clear up any confusion, Schumer’s bill would expand that “inference” to say: if you’ve ever been arrested for any kind of drug use or possession in the past five year, you can be denied the lawful possession of a firearm.

The bill’s definition of an “unlawful user” also includes anyone arrested for drug paraphernalia within the past five years if the paraphernalia is found have traces of a drug, and those who make an “admission” to using or possessing a controlled substance in the past five years. The meaning of “admission,” however, is not defined.

So, every comedian who ever joked about their drug use, and even Toby Keith (who sang "I'll never smoke weed with Willie again") can be denied permission to own a gun, based upon their "admission" of drug use.

In 2009, 1.6 million people were arrested on drug charges, more than half for simple marijuana possession. ALL of those people, regardless of their guilt or conviction status, would lose their Second Amendment rights under this bill.


The bill would also make ALL gun "sales and transfers" subject to Brady Law background checks. So, if you raised your kids so that they know how to shoot a gun, and you later want to give them the gun they learned to shoot with, your kids have to pass a background check before you can do that.

If you sell a gun to your neighbor, or a friend at the gun club, YOU are legally responsible for having that background check performed prior to the sale.

For those who thought the gun controllers would retreat at ALL after SCOTUS' ruling a few years back, think again. Their goal is to deprive as many Americans as possible of their Second Amendment rights.