[Homesteadingfamily] better get 'em while they're (not) hot....

Not sure if this is allowed or not, hope it is ok...all homesteads need some form of protection...and this is good advice.
Taken from another group, worthy of sharing, though...
~deb

Subject: HERE IS SOME REALLY BAD NEW GUN REGULATION FOR CHRISTMAS !!

Dear J&G Customer,
This is a special notice to warn you of impending new gun regulation. The ATF
has proposed to require gun dealers to provide directly to the ATF the names,
addresses, and serial numbers for every purchase of two or more semi auto, mag
fed rifles within a five day period!! They are trying to force this in by
January 5th, without any approval from Congress, calling it a needed "emergency"
regulation. This is backdoor registration of guns and gunowners.
Here is a quote from the notice by the NSSF (National Shooting Sports
Foundation) regarding this burdensome and illegal move:

"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is moving to
require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of modern
sporting rifles beginning January 5, 2011. Specifically, the ATF requirement
calls for firearms retailers to report multiple sales, or other dispositions, of
two or more .22 caliber or larger semi-automatic rifles that are capable of
accepting a detachable magazine and are purchased by the same individual within
five consecutive business days."
We are encouraging everyone to contact the relevant officials to protest this
move. The office that approves regulation changes like this that bypass Congress
is the Office of Information and Regulation affairs of the DOJ and they can be
reached at 202-395-6466. You can call your Senator and Representative at the
US Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.

The NSSF offers the following points to make when calling
1. "Multiple sales reporting of long guns will actually make it more difficult
for licensed retailers to help law enforcement as traffickers modify their
illegal schemes to circumvent the reporting requirement. Traffickers will go
further underground, hiring more people to buy their firearms. This will make it
much harder for retailers to identify and report suspicious behavior to law
enforcement. "

2. "Long guns are rarely used in crime (Bureau of Justice Statistics). "
3. "Imposing multiple sales-reporting requirements for long guns would further
add to the already extensive paperwork and record-keeping requirements burdening
America's retailers – where a single mistake could cost them their license and
even land them in jail."

4. "Last year, ATF inspected 2,000 retailers in border states and only two
licenses were revoked (0.1% ). These revocations were for reasons unknown and
could have had nothing to do with illicit trafficking of guns; furthermore, no
dealers were charged with any criminal wrongdoing."

5. "According to ATF, the average age of a firearm recovered in the United
States is 11 years old. In Mexico it's more than 14 years old. This
demonstrates that criminals are not using new guns bought from retailers in the
states."

6. "Congress, when it enacted multiple sales reporting for handguns, could have
required multiple sales of long guns – it specifically chose not to."

Read the full notice by the NSSF here:
http://www.nssfblog .com/atf- to-require- multiple- sales-reports- for-long- guns/

Read the full ATF document proposing this illegal move here: (PDF)
http://www.washingt onpost.com/ wp-srv/politics/ documents/ atf.pdf