H.R. 2401 -
No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)
HR 2401 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2401
To increase public safety and reduce the threat to domestic security by including persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 2009
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself and Mr. ISRAEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To increase public safety and reduce the threat to domestic security by including persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009'.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE PREVENTED FROM BOARDING AN AIRCRAFT IN THE NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.
(a) In General- Section 103(f) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note) is amended by inserting `, notwithstanding any regulation prescribed under section 40119(b) of title 49, United States Code' before the period.
(b) Transfer or Other Disposition of Firearm to Such Persons- Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking `or' at the end of paragraph (8);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting `; or'; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
`(10) is an individual who is required, under regulations prescribed under section 114(h) of title 49, United States Code, to be prevented from boarding an aircraft.'.
(c) Shipment, Transport, Possession, or Receipt of Firearm by Such Persons- Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking `or' at the end of paragraph (8);
(2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting `; or'; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
`(10) who is an individual who is required, under regulations prescribed under section 114(h) of title 49, United States Code, to be prevented from boarding an aircraft,'.
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Well, there it is. The bill is currently in House Committee on the Judiciary - and
we have to make sure it stays
buried there. It's
probably going to go to the Sub-Committee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. The members of which (with their contact info) is listed below:
Bobby Scott - 3rd Dist. VA
(202) 225-8351 | FAX (202) 225-8354
Louie Gohmert - 1st Dist. TX
Phone: 202.225.3035 | FAX: 202.226.1230
Pedro Pierluisi - P.R.
Phone: (202) 225-2615/FAX: (202) 225-2154
Ted Poe - 2nd Dist. TX
Phone: (202) 225-6565/FAX: (202) 225-5547
Jerrold Nadler - 8th Dist. NY
Phone: (202) 225-5635/ FAX: (202) 225-6923
Bob Goodlatte - 6th Dist. VA
Phone: (202) 225-5431/ FAX: (202) 225-9681
Zoe Lofgren - 16th Dist. CA
Phone: (202) 225-3072/ FAX:(202) 225-3336
Daniel Lungren 3rd Dist. CA
Phone: (202) 225-5716 • FAX: (202) 226-1298
Sheila Jackson - 18th Dist. TX
Phone: (202) 225-3816/ FAX: (202) 225-3317
J. Randy Forbes - 4th Dist. VA
Phone: (202) 225 - 6365/ FAX: (202) 226 - 1170
Maxine Waters - 35th Dist. CA
Phone: (202) 225-2201/ FAX: (202) 225-7854
Thomas J. Rooney - 16th Dist. FL
Phone: (202) 225-5792/FAX: (202) 225-3132
Steven Cohen - 9th Dist. TN
Phone: (202) 225-3265/FAX: (202) 225-5663
Anthony Weiner - 9th Dist. NY
Phone: (202) 225-6616/ FAX: (202) 226-7253
Debbie Wasserman Schultz - 20th Dist. FL
Phone: 202-225-7931/FAX: 202-226-2052
Mike Quigley - 5th Dist. IL
Phone: (202) 225-4061/FAX: (202) 225-5603
This is the sample letter I'm FAX'ing to each of them:
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ATTN: Member the Sub-Committee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
H.R. 2401 ( No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009 (Introduced in House) ) Needs BURIED in your Committee - Forever
This totally-misguided proposed bill fails muster for several reasons:
(1) The "No Fly" list itself is buried in secrecy, in-accuracy and fails to follow even the pretense of "due process" regarding those whose names are put on it.
It is impossible to find out
if you're on it,
why you're on it or
how to correct it if your name
is there erroneously.
The "No Fly" list contains in-accurate, out-dated information, duplications, many "generic" names and a lot of the names on there are names that have NOTHING to do with suspected "terrorists".
The inclusion of such a pitifully-inadequate list into the NICS database would be a horrible travesty of justice.
This is nothing more than yet another attempt by a gun-grabbing "Representative" from New York to inhibit the lawful, God-given, Constitutionally-guaranteed
right of legitimate, law-abiding Americans to purchase guns.
I ask
you to both consider and uphold your Oath of Office:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”This proposed bill is
UN-Constitutional on its' face by any measure you care to name.
Kill it and bury it in your Committee - because it's the
right thing to do. Thank you.
(Signed)
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This bill has
got to never see the light of day - or the House or Senate floor. It has the potential for being more damaging than nearly every other bill extant by enabling the denial of a weapons purchase
by any 2nd Amendment activist or proponent - simply by having their name added to a "list".Contact as many of those Committee-members as you can. I gave only their Washington phone/FAX numbers because the majority of them do not accept emails from non-constituents.
If you
are one of their constituents, then by all means go here:
www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml and
email them the same message.
If this thing goes to the Floor, we will only have me and thee to blame. Pete
www.alarmandmuster.com/*That "Sample" letter will fit on a one-page FAX, or can be copy&pasted into an email.
Help me out with this, okay? Just since I posted it here, I have posted it everywhere else I normally post
plus I sent all my own FAX'es. It really doesn't take that long when you get going with it!