LATEST SCHUMER ASSAULT DERAILED

      U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) recently tipped his anti-gun hand by filing an amendment to the Treasury Department appropriations bill that sought to lay the groundwork for a national firearm registration program.

      Schumer's "Targeted Gun Dealer Enforcement Act"...

• sought to allow the Department of the Treasury to "receive and centralize" any records submitted -- such as firearms transactions records -- "in whatever manner" the Secretary of the Treasury chooses.
• It also would create numerous problems for Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders, punishing them if certain numbers of lawfully sold guns fell into the hands of criminals, and
• it would completely rewrite the law on suspension and revocation of FFLs.

      While Schumer's amendment was withdrawn without any debate or even a speech by the junior Senator from New York, you can count on him to bring it back soon. In the meantime, the Treasury appropriations bill passed the Senate without any anti-gun amendments. If and when Schumer begins anew his push for this kind of legislation, we will alert you in future faxes.

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