‘Universal Background Checks’ (H.R.8/S.529) are a blatant attempt to create a registry of every gun owner in the country, and everyone knows it. They don’t stop criminals. They don’t save lives. And they never will. This is about radical gun grabbers like Nancy Pelosi doing everything they can to create a massive list of gun owners. And for that reason, I demand that you vote no on this legislation. If you want to stop violent killers, you could start by repealing federal gun free zone laws that leave me disarmed and helpless in so many locations. You could also work to ensure that my concealed carry permit is valid in all 50 states. Whatever you do, please oppose ‘Universal Background Checks.’ Minnesota Gun Rights will be letting me know how you vote on this bill.

The ‘Universal Background Check’ legislation being pushed in D.C. (H.R.8/S.529) is nothing more than an attempt by crazed socialists to disarm Americans by first establishing a national gun owner registry. The very idea that I would have to add my name into this registry, like a convicted sex offender, to enjoy my Second Amendment freedoms, is disgusting to me. The radical left in Congress have made it clear that their goal is to disarm law abiding Americans like me. To seize these firearms, they first need to know where to find them. And a national gun registry is how they are going to do it. As my elected voice in Congress, I insist that you oppose this legislation in the committee as well as on the House/Senate floor. Minnesota Gun Rights will let me know where you stand on this legislation.

While gun grabbers in Washington, D.C. try to pass a national gun owner database (H.R.8/S.529) under the guise of ‘Universal Background Checks,’ they assure us it’s about stopping violent crime. But this is a lie, and they know it. The truth is that almost every single high-profile shooting in the last decade was carried out by a madman who had already passed a background check! A partial list includes: The February 14, 2018 Parkland, FL shooting; The November 5, 2017 Sutherland Springs, TX shooting; The October 1, 2017 Las Vegas, NV shooting; The June 12, 2016 Orlando, FL shooting; The December 2, 2015 San Bernardino, CA shooting; The October 1, 2015 Roseburg, OR shooting; The June 17, 2015 Charleston, SC shooting; The April 2, 2014 Fort Hood shooting; The September 16, 2013 Washington D.C. Navy Yard shooting; The August 5, 2012 Oak Creek, WI shooting; The July 20, 2012 Aurora, CO shooting; The January 8, 2011 Tucson, AZ shooting; The November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting. In each of these shootings, spanning a decade, the shooter passed a background check. This legislation has one goal -– to put every gun owner in America into a federal database. And, should a gun owner transfer a firearm to a friend without going through these government background checks, he would be a felon for life. This is outrageous. As my elected voice in D.C., I insist that you vote no against any attempt to pass a national gun registry via ‘Universal Background Checks!’ I will be watching your votes on this bill, and will stay informed by Minnesota Gun Rights!

With the fake news media and Bloomberg-funded studies claiming that Americans are unified in their support of a national gun registry, by way of ‘Universal Background Checks,’ I wanted you to hear the truth from me. Law abiding gun owners are a proud and free people, and we are 100% opposed to any legislation that would force us to get government permission to buy a firearm! In fact, I don’t know of a single gun owner in America who supports adding our name to a government database before we are able to buy or sell a firearm. That’s because the Second Amendment wasn’t written to secure my right to hunt deer, or even to defend against criminals. Those things are assumed. Rather, our right to keep and bear arms is about making sure that Americans have the means to defend ourselves against a tyrannical government. So the last people we want knowing how many firearms we own, or what kind of firearms we own, is the very government that our forefathers wanted us to be able to defend ourselves against! That’s why I want you to vote no on any attempt to create a defacto registry of gun owners by way of this system! Please know that every gun owner I know considers this a bright red line, and that we will not support any lawmaker who supports this disastrous legislation. MGR assures me that they will keep me up to date on the status of this bill, whether it’s H.R.8, S.529, or similar legislation.

As your constituent, I am writing to insist that you oppose H.R.8/S.529 or any legislation that institutes so-called ‘Universal Background Checks.’ This legislation is being pushed by Michael Bloomberg and Nancy Pelosi, as it would create a national registry of gun owners by requiring federal permission for every firearms transfer. The fact that Bloomberg and Pelosi are behind this bill tells me all I need to know about this legislation, and that should be enough for you, too. But in case it’s not, I wanted you to hear from me directly, that I am 100% opposed to this legislation and that I will 100% oppose any lawmaker who supports it. The gun control crowd have made it clear now that they want to forcibly disarm gun owners like me, and registration schemes like this make that more possible. To be clear, there is no version of this bill that I would ever find acceptable. Please oppose this legislation in committee as well as on the House/Senate floor. Minnesota Gun Rights will keep me informed of your votes and statement on this bill.

The liberal gun grabbers and moderate Republicans in Washington, D.C. who are pushing ‘Universal Background Checks’ legislation are going to do nothing to stop violent crime. Almost every mass shooter in the past decade went through a background check, showing how utterly futile they are. On the contrary, this legislation would make criminals out of countless law abiding Americans by forcing them to obtain government permission to transfer all firearms. If I let a lifelong friend borrow a firearm for pheasant opener without obtaining government permission first, I would be a felon. If I give a firearm to my adult nephew, as a gift, without obtaining government permission first, I would be a felon. If I so much as take a friend to the range, to show them how to safely handle firearms without government permission first, I would be a felon. Clearly, gun grabbers have declared war on me, and millions of other law abiding gun owners. As a voter in your district, I am writing to insist that you ‘VOTE NO’ on H.R.8, S.529, or any attempt to pass ‘Universal Background Check’ legislation as it would not stop criminals and would make felons out of countless Americans. Minnesota Gun Rights will be watching your actions and statement on this bill, and will report back to me.