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<blockquote data-quote="HMFIC" data-source="post: 1576958" data-attributes="member: 7539"><p>Why use slanted and biased reports just to seemingly further an agenda against the NRA? <img src="/images/smilies/anyone.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":anyone:" title="Anyone :anyone:" data-shortname=":anyone:" /></p><p></p><p>The NRA did not support the amendment for good reason and those reasons were because it was poorly drafted and in the NRA-ILA opinion (they have lawyers ya know), would have actually HARMED gun owners more than it helped. They maintained that the current method requires procedural limits that are trackable and monitored whereas the Rand Paul proposal would have allowed for methods which would have required those being investigated to expend considerable effort and money to fight.</p><p></p><p>Here are the <u>full FACTS and text of the NRA-ILA's position </u>and not just a snippet out of context to portray the worst possible view:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/26/nra-claims-rand-pauls-gun-amen" target="_blank">http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/26/nra-claims-rand-pauls-gun-amen</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue"><p style="margin-left: 20px">"As often happens with complex issues, NRA's position on Sen. Rand Paul's defeated PATRIOT Act amendment is being mis-reported by those who either don't understand the facts, or prefer their own version of "facts."</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">This amendment was rejected by 85 Senators, which included many of the strongest Second Amendment supporters in the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, Senator Paul chose not to approach us on this issue before moving ahead. His amendment, which only received 10 votes, was poorly drafted and could have resulted in more problems for gun owners than it attempted to fix. For this reason, the NRA did not take a position on the amendment.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">To be more specific about the amendment and its problems, the amendment would have prohibited use of PATRIOT Act legal authority for any "investigation or procurement of firearms records which is not authorized under [the Gun Control Act]." There have been no reports of the current PATRIOT Act being abused with respect to firearms records, however supporters suggested a far-fetched scenario in which every firearms sales record in the country--tens or hundreds of millions of documents dating back to 1968--could be sought. Again, we nor anyone else is aware of any case in which this authority has been used to abuse gun owners. (In fact, published reports indicate that few of these orders are ever sought for any reason.)</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">In particular, the amendment appeared to be aimed at so-called "section 215 letters"--orders from the FBI requiring the disclosure of "tangible things" such as records and documents.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">Under the current PATRIOT Act, an application for this type of order with respect to firearms sales records has to be approved no lower than the director or deputy director of the FBI, or the Executive Assistant Director for National Security. The application is made to a federal judge based on "a statement of facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the tangible things sought are relevant to an authorized investigation ... to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities." The judge has the power to modify the order and must direct the use of "minimization procedures" to protect the privacy of Americans.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">If the Paul amendment were adopted, the FBI would have used other ways to access whatever firearms records it might need for intelligence or anti-terrorism investigations. This is especially troublesome for gun owners.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">This would result in United States Attorneys simply demanding the same records through grand jury subpoenas, which require no judicial approval before issuance. Fighting a subpoena after the fact can be very costly and carries legal risks of its own, including possible charges for obstruction of justice.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">Even worse, the government would have used the Gun Control Act's provision that allows the Attorney General to "inspect or examine the inventory and records of [a licensee] without ... reasonable cause or warrant" during a criminal investigation. That means by simply characterizing its activities as a "criminal investigation," it would enter a licensee's premises and demand these records without "reasonable cause or warrant"--in other words, without judicial oversight of any kind, and without any of the procedural limits imposed by the PATRIOT Act.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: blue">Therefore, given all of these potential problems for gun owners, the NRA could not support this poorly drafted amendment."</p><p></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMFIC, post: 1576958, member: 7539"] Why use slanted and biased reports just to seemingly further an agenda against the NRA? :anyone: The NRA did not support the amendment for good reason and those reasons were because it was poorly drafted and in the NRA-ILA opinion (they have lawyers ya know), would have actually HARMED gun owners more than it helped. They maintained that the current method requires procedural limits that are trackable and monitored whereas the Rand Paul proposal would have allowed for methods which would have required those being investigated to expend considerable effort and money to fight. Here are the [U]full FACTS and text of the NRA-ILA's position [/U]and not just a snippet out of context to portray the worst possible view: [url]http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/26/nra-claims-rand-pauls-gun-amen[/url] [COLOR="blue"][INDENT]"As often happens with complex issues, NRA's position on Sen. Rand Paul's defeated PATRIOT Act amendment is being mis-reported by those who either don't understand the facts, or prefer their own version of "facts." This amendment was rejected by 85 Senators, which included many of the strongest Second Amendment supporters in the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, Senator Paul chose not to approach us on this issue before moving ahead. His amendment, which only received 10 votes, was poorly drafted and could have resulted in more problems for gun owners than it attempted to fix. For this reason, the NRA did not take a position on the amendment. To be more specific about the amendment and its problems, the amendment would have prohibited use of PATRIOT Act legal authority for any "investigation or procurement of firearms records which is not authorized under [the Gun Control Act]." There have been no reports of the current PATRIOT Act being abused with respect to firearms records, however supporters suggested a far-fetched scenario in which every firearms sales record in the country--tens or hundreds of millions of documents dating back to 1968--could be sought. Again, we nor anyone else is aware of any case in which this authority has been used to abuse gun owners. (In fact, published reports indicate that few of these orders are ever sought for any reason.) In particular, the amendment appeared to be aimed at so-called "section 215 letters"--orders from the FBI requiring the disclosure of "tangible things" such as records and documents. Under the current PATRIOT Act, an application for this type of order with respect to firearms sales records has to be approved no lower than the director or deputy director of the FBI, or the Executive Assistant Director for National Security. The application is made to a federal judge based on "a statement of facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the tangible things sought are relevant to an authorized investigation ... to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a United States person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities." The judge has the power to modify the order and must direct the use of "minimization procedures" to protect the privacy of Americans. If the Paul amendment were adopted, the FBI would have used other ways to access whatever firearms records it might need for intelligence or anti-terrorism investigations. This is especially troublesome for gun owners. This would result in United States Attorneys simply demanding the same records through grand jury subpoenas, which require no judicial approval before issuance. Fighting a subpoena after the fact can be very costly and carries legal risks of its own, including possible charges for obstruction of justice. Even worse, the government would have used the Gun Control Act's provision that allows the Attorney General to "inspect or examine the inventory and records of [a licensee] without ... reasonable cause or warrant" during a criminal investigation. That means by simply characterizing its activities as a "criminal investigation," it would enter a licensee's premises and demand these records without "reasonable cause or warrant"--in other words, without judicial oversight of any kind, and without any of the procedural limits imposed by the PATRIOT Act. Therefore, given all of these potential problems for gun owners, the NRA could not support this poorly drafted amendment."[/INDENT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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