DOJ Memo-Gun Control Ineffective Without Forced Buybacks, Registration & Confiscation.doc

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DOJ Memo: Gun Control Ineffective Without

Forced Buybacks, Registration & Confiscation!February 26th 2013

A leaked internal memo from theNational Institute of Justicethe research, development,and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice shows that none of Obama'sgun proposals will work without registration and forced buybacks amounting toconfiscation of Americans' guns.

The memo illustrates this by showing why high capacity magazine bans, gun buybacks, and"assault weapons" bans have failed to work in the past.

For example, according to the memo, the high capacity magazine bans that were in place from1994-2004 had little impact because the bans contained too many exemptions. The memo says

one of the key errors was that "the 1994 ban exempted magazines made before 1994 so thatthe importation of large capacity magazines manufactured before 1994 continued throughoutthe ban."

Moreover, the memo points out that while the price of the magazines rose sharply, it was notdriven up far enough to make them "unaffordable."

According to the memo, for a high capacity magazine ban to succeed Obama needs to ban notonly the manufacture and sale of said magazines, but also the importation andpossession. There also must be a federal buyback of all high capacity magazines already incirculation to ensure private owners haven't held on to any covered by the ban.

Regarding gun buybacks, the memo says they have also been ineffective "as generallyimplemented." Because such buybacks have been voluntary, they have been "too small,"have resulted in the surrender of guns that are rarely used in crime, and have removed gunsthat are easily replaceable.

The memo intimates that the corrective for such ineffective buybacks are non-voluntarybuybacks that are targeted at the kinds of weapons used in crime.

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Lastly, the memo says the first "assault weapons" ban failed to work for many of the samereasons magazine bans and gun buybacks failed to work there was simply too much wiggleroom for gun owners. Moreover, the memo says that because "assault weapons" are used insuch a low percentage of crimes, the only way a ban can be effective is if it eliminates every"assault weapon" in the country.

But based on the statistics from the DOJ/FBI Assault Weapons aka Semi-automatic riflesare ONLY used in less that 1% of all crimes so it is clear even this will have NO affect on saidcrime rate!

According to the memo, the only way to fix it is to couple a ban with "a gun buyback and noexemptions."

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Obama DOJ Memo: A National GunRegistration & Mandatory Confiscation

AgendaFebruary 27th 2013

By Tim Brown

Many in America think that we are so heavily armed as a population that we could never bedisarmed. But consider Russia. They were free under the Tsar and one of the most heavilyarmed societies. That all changed when Stalin and the communists took control. Stalin wasable to control, starve, punish and imprison a defenseless people after he took their guns.Now an internal Department of Justice memo is out which indicates that Barack Obama andcompany are talking gun confiscation with a forerunner of federal gun registration.

Ask Obama's Expertshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jHmxY7zE5uc

According to the January 4, 2013 internal memo, Deputy Director of the National Institute forJustice Greg Ridgeway wrote, Assault weapons are not a major contributor to gun crime. Theexisting stock of assault weapons is large, undercutting the effectiveness of bans withexemptions. Then proceeded to state a goal of Limit access to assault weapons. The memothen went on to state that their program is to Ban the manufacture, sale, transfer, orpossession of assault weapons. This is a camels nose sniffing around the edge of the tent.

With all of this, including the study data provided, Ridgeway states, a complete elimination ofassault weapons would not have a large impact on gun homicides.

However, there is more. The memo goes on to put forth something else that can be added thatwould make it far more effective and that is mandatory gun buybacks, which are nothing morethan government confiscation of firearms. Since assault weapons are not a major contributorto US gun homicide and the existing stock of guns is large, an assault weapon ban is unlikelyto have an impact on gun violence. If coupled with a gun buyback and no exemptions then itcould be effective, it reads.

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We can conclude there is another reason that the Obama administration wants to depriveAmericans of semi-automatic weapons. While most in this audience already know what that is,for those new here, it is a step towards disarming the American people.

The memo went on to deal with universal background checks. Effectiveness (of universalbackground checks) depends on the ability to reduce straw purchasing, requiring gunregistration and an easy gun transfer process. This is the camels nose nudging at the edgeof the tent.

I dont recall having to register my First, Third, Fourth, Fifth or Sixth Amendment rights. Whyis there a need to register my Second?

Director Ridgeway also stated, In order to have an impact, large capacity magazine regulationneeds to sharply curtail their availability to include restrictions on importation, manufacture,sale, and possession. An exemption for previously owned magazines would nearly eliminateany impact. The program would need to be coupled with an extensive buyback of existinglarge capacity magazines. With an exemption the impact of the restrictions would only be feltwhen the magazines degrade or when they no longer are compatible with guns in circulation.This would take decades to realize.

The short story in all of this is whether it takes days or decades is irrelevant. The goal of theObama administration is utter disarmament of the American people. This is clear by theobvious abuse of power the people wrongly assume the Federal government has. The Federalgovernment is not allowed to mandate a national registration of firearms. They are not allowedto push forth a mandatory gun confiscation either. Apparently these people do not understanda single word ofshall not be infringed.

This is nothing new for Obama or those he surrounds himself with. He has said he doesntbelieve people should own firearms. His Attorney General, Eric Holder, Mr. Fast and Furiousgunrunner himself, believespeople in America need to be brainwashed in order to disarmthem. There is documentation a mile long that indicates that when Obama tells you herespects the Second Amendment it really means he is out to undermine it .

The challenge to us is to oppose them on every front in which they seek to allow their camelsnose into the tent. We must demand all gun control legislation be voted down and all previousFederal gun laws repealed. We must be vigilant about this and must elect representatives tooffice who are unequivocally pro-gun and anti-gun control in any form.

We must also use all peaceful methods we can to bring down and remove from

office all those who would seek to undermine the ability of Americans to

possess any and all firearms which they desire to preserve a free state.

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