Awoke
12th July 2012, 07:41 AM
I just recieved this email from a friend:
Dear fellow Patriot,
Nearly 1 million American firearms.
Banned by a stroke of Barack Obama’s pen.
In a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama Administration quietly banned the re-importation of 600,000 American made M1 Carbine rifles.
And I've just discovered Obama may be blocking as many 300,000 1911 Colts too!
That's nearly one million pieces of American history denied to the American people.
The M1 rifle, developed in the late 1930’s, carried the United States through World War II seeing action in every major battle.
General Patton at the time called the M1 “the greatest battle implement ever devised.”
The rifle is largely credited with giving American soldiers the advantage and securing victory for the allies.
During the Korean War, nearly one million of these rifles were brought to South Korea and left with the South Korean government afterward.
Now, South Korea wants to give American gun collectors the chance to get their hands on this unique piece of history.
A piece of American history that Barack Obama would like to see go down the memory hole.
That’s why I want as many Americans as possible to put themselves on record opposing this gun ban by signing the Official Firearms Freedom Survey (http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/9103635:12520670127:m:1:197291781:02077DAD9154459D 2F8B94316077A317:r) the National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you.
Will you please join me?
http://www.nagr.org/images/M1_Rand_Clicker.jpg (http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/9103635:12520670127:m:1:197291781:02077DAD9154459D 2F8B94316077A317:r)
After World War II, the United States government sent millions of these rifles overseas to our allies and friends.
That includes 950,000 M1 Garands, 1.2 million M1 Carbines, and 300,000 1911 Pistols.
Over the past 50 years, many of the countries we lent them to returned them to America to be bought and sold by firearms collectors.
This is nothing new.
Make no mistake; these firearms were made in America, by Americans, for Americans, to defend freedom on foreign shores.
As a part of our history, they are greatly sought after by American shooters and collectors.
But according to Hillary Clinton’s State Department there is a danger they might “fall into the wrong hands.”
That they might, possibly, one day be used in a crime.
No mention of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners deprived of the opportunity to own an integral part of American history.
The State Department’s outrageous claims are nothing more than a thinly veiled ploy to distract from the real issue:
President Obama’s deep seated hatred for gun rights.
While his gun-grabbing base is giddy with praise at this back-door gun ban, law-abiding citizens across the United States are crying foul.
Let me be clear: at no time in U.S. history has the ownership of these firearms -- or any part of these firearms -- been illegal, restricted or banned.
Americans have collected World War II M1 rifles for decades.
Now they are sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
You can even purchase a newly manufactured model from Springfield Armory that was made just a month or two ago.
And the M1’s caliber or capacity is no more dangerous than the millions of modern firearms owned by Americans across the country today.
As you can see, there is absolutely no justification for this unconstitutional gun ban.
Dear fellow Patriot,
Nearly 1 million American firearms.
Banned by a stroke of Barack Obama’s pen.
In a move unprecedented in American history, the Obama Administration quietly banned the re-importation of 600,000 American made M1 Carbine rifles.
And I've just discovered Obama may be blocking as many 300,000 1911 Colts too!
That's nearly one million pieces of American history denied to the American people.
The M1 rifle, developed in the late 1930’s, carried the United States through World War II seeing action in every major battle.
General Patton at the time called the M1 “the greatest battle implement ever devised.”
The rifle is largely credited with giving American soldiers the advantage and securing victory for the allies.
During the Korean War, nearly one million of these rifles were brought to South Korea and left with the South Korean government afterward.
Now, South Korea wants to give American gun collectors the chance to get their hands on this unique piece of history.
A piece of American history that Barack Obama would like to see go down the memory hole.
That’s why I want as many Americans as possible to put themselves on record opposing this gun ban by signing the Official Firearms Freedom Survey (http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/9103635:12520670127:m:1:197291781:02077DAD9154459D 2F8B94316077A317:r) the National Association for Gun Rights has prepared for you.
Will you please join me?
http://www.nagr.org/images/M1_Rand_Clicker.jpg (http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/9103635:12520670127:m:1:197291781:02077DAD9154459D 2F8B94316077A317:r)
After World War II, the United States government sent millions of these rifles overseas to our allies and friends.
That includes 950,000 M1 Garands, 1.2 million M1 Carbines, and 300,000 1911 Pistols.
Over the past 50 years, many of the countries we lent them to returned them to America to be bought and sold by firearms collectors.
This is nothing new.
Make no mistake; these firearms were made in America, by Americans, for Americans, to defend freedom on foreign shores.
As a part of our history, they are greatly sought after by American shooters and collectors.
But according to Hillary Clinton’s State Department there is a danger they might “fall into the wrong hands.”
That they might, possibly, one day be used in a crime.
No mention of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners deprived of the opportunity to own an integral part of American history.
The State Department’s outrageous claims are nothing more than a thinly veiled ploy to distract from the real issue:
President Obama’s deep seated hatred for gun rights.
While his gun-grabbing base is giddy with praise at this back-door gun ban, law-abiding citizens across the United States are crying foul.
Let me be clear: at no time in U.S. history has the ownership of these firearms -- or any part of these firearms -- been illegal, restricted or banned.
Americans have collected World War II M1 rifles for decades.
Now they are sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
You can even purchase a newly manufactured model from Springfield Armory that was made just a month or two ago.
And the M1’s caliber or capacity is no more dangerous than the millions of modern firearms owned by Americans across the country today.
As you can see, there is absolutely no justification for this unconstitutional gun ban.