From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Apr 06 2002 - 16:13:13 PST
> Subject: NRA-ILA FAX Alert
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:27:12 -0500
> From: <info@nraila.org>
>
>
> CONGRESS ASKS RUMSFELD TO PREVENT DEMIL CONTROVERSY
>
> Two letters -- one carrying the signatures of 16
> U.S. Senators, the other bearing the
> signatures of 24 U.S. Representatives -- have been
> sent to Department of Defense (DoD)
> Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, asking the Secretary to
> ensure that budget language similar to
> Section 1062 of last year`s "National Defense
> Authorization Act for FY 2002" is not
> submitted this year. Section 1062 would have given
> the Secretary of Defense the authority
> to require "demilitarization" of any "significant
> military equipment" that has ever been
> owned by the DoD, which would include all firearms
> (such as the venerable M1, M1 Carbine,
> and Model 1911, as well as all Civilian Marksmanship
> Program rifles, even "sporterized"
> surplus bolt-action Springfields!), firearm barrels,
> ammunition, and gun powder.
> "Demilitarization" is the term for rendering such
> items permanently inoperable, and Sec.
> 1062 would have provided for this action to be
> carried out either by the owner or a third
> party with the owner paying the cost, or by the DoD.
>
> Both letters echoed the warning that granting the
> Secretary of Defense such a broad new
> authority raised serious concerns over a number of
> property rights issues, including fair
> compensation and due process in seizing private
> property, and cautioned that it could
> "readily have become grounds for bureaucratic
> over-reach." The letters also emphasized
> the fact that the pro-gun community reacted to Sec.
> 1062 with an overwhelming grassroots
> uprising, and both declared, "As a result, many of
> us heard more from our constituents on
> this issue than on any other under discussion"
> during last year`s debate over spending for
> the DoD. The letters were signed by both
> Republicans and Democrats, and requested from
> Rumsfeld "assurances that this provision will not
> resurface this year in the
> Administration`s proposals for the Department of
> Defense."
>
> We will be sure to post any developments on this
> front, and if you would like to know
> which lawmakers signed these letters, please call
> the Grassroots Division at (800)
> 392-8683. While we appreciate the efforts of all
> who took part in this effort, our
> special thanks go out to U.S. Senator Bob Smith
> (R-N.H.), who took the lead in the Senate,
> and U.S. Representative Gary Miller (R-Calif.), who
> took the lead in the House.
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