H. R. 2459
"To Establish a Department of Peace"
from Stan Jordan
StanOrKellie@KeepAndBearArms.com
March 3, 2002
Please read the following House Bill that would create a department of peace.
It's more like the Department of Gun Control and Hate Crimes etc....
Click
here to read the bill.
KABA NOTE:
You'll find these quotes, extracted from the above-mentioned bill, of particular
interest:
SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS.
(b) Domestic Responsibilities.--The Secretary
shall--
(5) analyze existing policies, employ
successful, field-tested programs, and develop new approaches for dealing with
the implements of violence, including gun-related violence and the
overwhelming presence of handguns; [emphasis ours]
A thinking person must wonder what these folks
have in mind as "new approaches for dealing with...the overwhelming
presence of handguns." Bans and sweeps, like Britain, have been discussed
in wider circles these last few years. One of the G.O.P. contenders for the
Governorship in California said he'd support sweeps, and he was endorsed by your
President, George W. "I Won't Sign Campaign Finance Reform Incumbent
Protection Legislation" Bush.
And while going after the Second Amendment,
this same lot of legislative bumblers offers the following, further down in the
bill:
(e) Media-Related Responsibilities.--Respecting
the first amendment of the Constitution of the United States and the
requirement for free and independent media, the Secretary shall--
[emphasis ours, to illustrate selective respect for the Bill of Rights]
Not surprisingly, these folks begin their
proposal for a "Department of Peace" with quote from the Declaration
of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
