Dear Fellow Patriot,
Should Rhode Island have a Gun Control Czar?
I hope your answer to that question is a loud "NO!"
But if billionaire-playboy ex-New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg and his allies have their way, I'm afraid a gun control Czar may be just the tip of the iceberg.
You see, Bloomberg's group, Mayors Against Guns, just written a check for $25 million as a down-payment for state-level gun control this year.
After NAGR members and liberty-loving patriots like you thwarted much of their anti-gun agenda last year, they're out for revenge and round two in your state legislature.
Here's how their latest scheme works:
Your right to carry your firearm is already over regulated in Rhode Island, but...
Under current state law, you can still obtain a permit to carry your firearm either through your local government which is a "shall" issue process.
You could also get a permit
through your anti-gun Attorney General, Peter Kilmartin, who "may" issue permits to applicants, if he feels like it.
But H5993 by State Rep. Larry Valencia (D-39), would eliminate the local-shall issue process.
If passed, it would leave Attorney General Kilmartin as the only arbitrator of your right to carry.
In other words -- a gun control Czar!
Worse, H5990 by State Rep. Joseph Almeida (D-12) would impose a massive new gun ban, outlawing as many semi-automatic firearms as possible and imposing a ten round magazine limit.
And, H5573 by State Rep. Linda Finn (D-72) would create a massice new state-wide gun registration database designed to book gun-owners like common criminals.
Finn's bill would even tax you -- $100 per gun -- for registration.
The gun grabbers are relentless.
Michael Bloomberg's group even threatened law-abiding gun owners this past weekend with "his whole foot" when it comes to their state operations this year.
The time to organize pro-gun opposition to their schemes in Providence is now
That's why I hope you'll sign this petition to your state lawmakers urging them to OPPOSE these anti-gun proposals in Rhode Island.
For Freedom,
Dudley Brown
Executive Vice President
National Association for Gun Rights