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Of course the Brady's and Bloomberg are chiming in

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"Jim and Sarah Brady Praise Mayor Bloomberg for Fighting Bill That Would Put Police at Risk

3/28/2006 4:00:00 PM


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To: National Desk

Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 202-898-0792

WASHINGTON, March 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today once again stood up for common sense gun laws, appearing at a Congressional hearing to harshly criticize legislation that would make it harder for police to combat gun trafficking.

He earned the praise of Jim and Sarah Brady. This week marks the 25th anniversary of Brady's shooting in the assassination attempt on President Reagan.

"Too many Americans continue to have their families torn apart by gun violence, and we all owe Mayor Bloomberg a great deal of praise," Jim Brady said. "A lot of public officials talk about standing up to the special interests - Mayor Bloomberg is really doing it."

"We're extremely grateful to have the Mayor fighting to make sure our law enforcement officers have the tools they need to get crime guns off the streets," said Sarah Brady. "Efforts in Congress to coddle the gun lobby must stop."

Mayor Bloomberg's testimony came at a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on a bill, H.R. 5005, that would weaken federal gun laws by blocking ATF from disclosing to the public crime gun trace data and thus shielding from public and law enforcement scrutiny the identities of the gun dealers with the worst records of supplying the illegal market. The bill would further weaken federal gun laws by eliminating the current requirement that gun dealers report multiple handgun sales to law enforcement officials, limiting the ability of ATF to search dealer sales records in criminal investigations, and creating a loophole in the federal ban on importation of non-sporting firearms.

Jim Brady was partially paralyzed in the assassination attempt on President Reagan on March 30, 1981. To mark the anniversary, the Brady Campaign on Thursday will announce plans for a comprehensive strategy to combat gun trafficking.

As the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign, working with its dedicated network of Million Mom March Chapters, is devoted to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in our communities."

http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislatio ... px?ID=2088

Support H.R. 5005, The "Firearms Corrections And Improvements Act"

Sunday, March 26, 2006

On March 16, Representative Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 5005, the “Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act,� which would make a variety of technical changes to federal firearm laws. The bill would roll back unnecessary restrictions, correct errors, and codify longstanding congressional policies in the arena of firearms laws.

Among its provisions, H.R. 5005 would: permanently ban taxes or “user fees� on background checks by the federal instant check system--fees that Congress has prohibited in annual appropriations riders since 1998; permanently ban creation of a centralized electronic index of dealers’ records--a threat to gun owners’ privacy that Congress has barred through appropriations riders for a decade; codify limits on disclosure of trace records--which Congress has already limited through a series of appropriations riders over the past few years, out of concern for gun owners’ privacy and the confidentiality of law enforcement records; and repeal of obsolete language from the Brady Act’s “interim� waiting period provisions, that expired in 1998.

On March 28, the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security will hold a Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5005, and the third Oversight Hearing of The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE).

Gun-ban proponent, and Violence Policy Center (VPC) staffer, Kristen Rand, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R), will testify at the hearings. Bloomberg, in his continuing quest to inflict New York City-style gun laws on the rest of the nation, will be testifying against H.R. 5005. Rand, whose organization has long called for a total ban on handgun ownership by law-abiding Americans, will testify, no doubt, in support of BATFE.

Those interested in watching the hearing online may do so at http://judiciary.house.gov/schedule.aspx. The hearing is scheduled to begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28.

Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121, and urge him or her to cosponsor and support H.R. 5005, the “Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act!�