IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

* Sign the petition at: http://grnc.org/alerts/petition.htm

Grass Roots North Carolina, P.O. Box 10684, Raleigh, NC 27605

919-664-8565, http://www.grnc.org/, GRNC Alert Hotline: (919) 562-4137

GRNC Alert 02-15-09: Oppose HR 45 - Sign Petition

HR 45, introduced in the US Congress, would introduce draconian gun control measures. After the last election, we warned you that a rough road lay ahead. The time for fight for your rights is upon us.

What H.R. 45 Does

The legislation has three main components.

1. Increasing requirements for firearms purchases.

2. Creating a national firearms registry overseen by the Federal Government.

3. Stiffen penalties for bookkeeping errors related to the Federal Firearms Database formed in section 2.

To purchase a firearm a person would be required to pass a written firearms examination, release all health records -- including mental heath records -- to the Attorney General's office, and submit to a two-day waiting period, as well as pay an "appropriate" fee of $25 per firearm.

Additionally, every firearm sale would be recorded in a database, which would track the serial number, make, model and identity of the owner. The legislation would also make all private sales of firearms illegal, and a felony offense.

In addition to these regulations, the legislation includes excessive regulations and penalties for bureaucratic missteps from simple failures to report address changes to failure to report stolen weapons.

PETITION

A number of other state level gun rights organizations are joining with us in a nationwide petition effort to defeat this bill.

http://grnc.org/alerts/hr45.htm

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

* Sign the petition at: http://grnc.org/alerts/petition.htm

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You may find your NC representative by going here:
http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm

You may write your federal congressman by going here:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

You may write your FEDERAL senators by going here:
http://www.senate.gov/

And it begins!!!!!!!!!!