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House 9/11 Bill Will Set Up A Database On All Americans, Create 
National ID Card 

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert 
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 
http://www.gunowners.org<http://www.gunowners.org/> 

Monday, October 4, 2004 
  

What part of "Constitution" don't they understand? 

In a frightening move, House Republicans -- members of the party that 
supposedly favors "limited government" -- are pushing an Orwellian 
nightmare in Congress in the name of "national security." 

In the wake of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations, the Senate -- 
unlike the House -- has prepared legislation which would closely 
track that Commission's findings by reorganizing the intelligence 
services in the federal government.  The Senate bill is relatively 
innocuous compared to the House version, HR 10. 

Unfortunately, many of the so-called Republicans in the House are 
pushing this nightmarish legislation which would: 

   * Create a massive government database containing personal 
information on every American man, woman and child; 

   * Standardize (i.e., nationalize) the process of issuing driver's 
licenses -- thereby taking the final step toward creating a national 
ID card; and 

  * Set up a system whereby any employer or industry identified by the 
Attorney General would have to submit employment applicants to the 
government for approval -- complete with fingerprints or other 
"biometric identifiers." 

Now, let's look at how each of these problems could affect your 
rights -- gun rights in particular: 

(1) The government database is created by section 2173 of HR 10, a 
bill introduced by House Speaker Dennis Hastert.  It would allow 
airline passengers to be screened against lists containing "all 
appropriate records."  What would be "appropriate" would 
be within 
the exclusive discretion of the bureaucrats, but could include 
medical records, confidential financial records, library records, and 
gun records. 

(2) The driver's license standards are in section 3052.  They would 
allow the federal government to set standards as high as desired to 
determine who may or may not obtain a driver's license.  Please note 
that you need a driver's license (or similarly regulated state-issued 
photo ID) to purchase a gun from a dealer.  But, increasingly, you 
also need it to travel on any form of transportation (airplane, bus, 
train, car), to get a job, to open a checking account, to cash a 
check, to check into a hotel, to rent a car, or to purchase 
cigarettes or alcohol.  If the federal government can set standards 
so high as to deny you a driver's license or photo ID, it has 
effectively turned you into a non-person. 

(3) Section 2142 would allow the U.S. attorney general to promulgate 
any regulations he desires concerning (a) what employers must submit 
the names and fingerprints of all employment applicants to the FBI, 
(b) what standards the government will use in approving or 
disapproving the employment applicants, and (c) whether or not the 
government's "disapproval" will prevent the applicant from being 
hired. 

There is nothing in section 2142 which would prohibit an anti-gun 
attorney general from (a) requiring the resumes and fingerprints of 
every employment applicant in the country, (b) disapproving them on 
the basis of gun ownership or, for that matter, any factor he viewed 
as not being politically correct, and (c) prohibiting any employer 
from hiring an applicant thus blacklisted. 

ACTION:  Write your representative.  Ask him, in the strongest terms, 
to vote against any "9/11 legislation" that (1) creates a 
government 
database of personal information on law-abiding Americans, (2) moves 
toward the use of a driver's license as a National ID Card, or (3) 
sets up a system for fingerprinting and approving job applicants in 
the private sector. 

You can use the pre-written message below and send it as an e-mail by 
visiting the GOA Legislative Action Center at 
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm<http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm> (where phone and fax numbers 
are also available). 

----- Pre-written message ----- 

Dear Representative: 

Movement toward an oppressive government does not make me feel more 
"secure." 

Therefore, I would urge you, in the strongest terms, to please vote 
against HR 10, The 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act, if it: 

* Creates a massive government database containing personal 
information on every American man, woman and child [section 2173]; 

* Standardizes (i.e., nationalizes) the process of issuing driver's 
licenses -- thereby taking the final step toward creating a national 
ID card [section 3052]; 

* Sets up a system whereby any employer or industry identified by the 
Attorney General would have to submit employment applicants to the 
government for approval -- complete with fingerprints or other 
"biometric identifiers" [section 2142]. 

Frankly, the ideas which are being floated with respect to this 
legislation are simply horrible, and are surely unworthy of those who 
have sworn to protect the Constitution. 

Sincerely, 
  

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A survey was mailed to every identifiable candidate nationwide for 
this year's Congressional elections.  And every incumbent was rated 
based on his or her gun rights voting record while in office.  The 
result is a truly comprehensive voter's guide that will prove 
invaluable to gun owners this November.  Be sure to take note of 
where your candidates stand on the Second Amendment! 

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