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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: santahog on January 09, 2013, 08:47:38 PM

Title: I'm not sure what to think of this..
Post by: santahog on January 09, 2013, 08:47:38 PM

Even gators have a nice smile..  :o

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/01/09/Backfire-Obamacare-Forbids-Gun-and-Ammo-Registration

Good news -- it has become known that hidden deep within the massive 2800-page bill called Obamacare there is a Senate Amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

It seems that in their haste to cram socialized medicine down the throats of the American people, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Barack Obama overlooked Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716, part c.

According to reports, that amendment says the government cannot collect "any information relating to the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition."

CNN is calling it "a gift to the nation's powerful gun lobby."

And according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), that's exactly right. He says he added the provision in order to keep the NRA from getting involved in the legislative fight over Obamacare, which was so ubiquitous in 2010.

Title: Re: I'm not sure what to think of this..
Post by: tombogan03884 on January 09, 2013, 11:22:39 PM

The Blaze article has the text of the amendment .



http://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-is-how-a-secret-gun-provision-made-its-way-into-obamacare-legislation/

Title: Re: I'm not sure what to think of this..
Post by: santahog on January 13, 2013, 06:38:40 AM

Thanks for following up on this Tom..
I can take this little nugget and spend it someplace where it can do some good..

Title: Re: I'm not sure what to think of this..
Post by: Timothy on January 13, 2013, 09:19:16 AM

"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it!"

Bet the old facelift horror regrets that statement!   ;D

Title: Re: I'm not sure what to think of this..
Post by: twyacht on January 13, 2013, 09:48:05 AM

BUT,....(There's always a but,....)

Isn't there also a provision allowing modification or amending said bill as needed by HHS?

Interesting to see how this turns out.