1 million rifles banned

Dear Frank, President Obama just banned ONE MILLION vintage American rifles with the stroke of his pen. And thanks to our anti-gun national media, few Americans even know about it. Frank, unless you and I fight this radical assault on our gun rights, I fear for the future of the Second Amendment. So 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? To throw a bone to his gun control cronies, President Obama just recently announced a handful of new "common sense" anti-gun Executive Orders. The first is designed to make it harder to pass certain types of rare firearms down to future generations. The second BANS the re-importation of "military style weapons" targeting one perfectly legal, highly-desirable American rifle: The M1 Garand. This rifle, deployed 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. 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 highly sought after by American shooters and collectors. But according to President Obama there is a danger they might "fall into the wrong hands." According to the Obama administration, they might possibly, one day, be used in a crime! M1 Garands are hardly the weapons of choice for common street thugs or madmen. Yet our national media hardly bats an eye! There was virtually ZERO mention of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners deprived of the opportunity to own an integral part of American history. And there was hardly a peep about the real reason for this executive order. The real reason is President Obama's deep-seated hatred for gun rights. The truth is, President Obama's outrageous assault on our gun rights has nothing to do with criminals, thugs or madmen. PERIOD. It has to do with banning as many guns and stripping as many law-abiding Americans of their Second Amendment rights as possible -- however he can. While the anti-gun left 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 and capacity are just as safe as 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 that reached it's pinnacle the in the months following the tragedy in Connecticut with outrageous anti-gun schemes like; *** A new so-called "Assault Weapons Ban" -- targeting ALL semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and even handguns; *** 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 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 has departed 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 is why we need your help to fight this power grab in the U.S. Senate. The National Association for Gun Rights efforts were key to defeating President Obama's gun-grabs earlier this year -- even when all the experts thought gun control was a "done deal." 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 National Association for Gun Rights Firearms Freedom Survey. 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 chip in $10 or $20 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 the National Association for Gun Rights is preparing a massive program 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 chip in $10 or $20. Thank you in advance for your time and money devoted to defending our Second Amendment rights. For Freedom, Dudley Brown Executive Vice President P.S. To throw a bone to his anti-gun cronies, Barack Obama secretly banned the re-importation of nearly one 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 chip in $10 or $20. 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