DOJ now studying resuming process for federal restoration of gun rights for prohibited persons

[Suck My Glock]

Just received the following email from Gun Owners Of America;....

In 1992, Chuck Schumer passed an amendment directing the ATF to permanently deny Second Amendment rights to people who committed non-violent crimes.

The “Schumer Amendment” added to the dangerous precedent of empowering the government to act as the ultimate arbiter of our God-given rights.

For more than thirty years, GOA has received countless letters from would-be gun owners asking us to fight for the restoration of their constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms.

For example, under the “Schumer Amendment,” anyone who was involuntarily committed to a mental institution for even a short period of time faces an unconstitutional LIFETIME GUN BAN.

But now, we finally have good news to share… The Department of Justice is proposing a rule to allow for federal RESTORATION of gun rights for the first time in 32 years!

With the DOJ requesting comments from the American people regarding this proposed rule, we need GOA members like you to flood their inbox with comments showing widespread public support for gun rights restoration.

This rule is a massive step in the right direction towards stopping unelected ATF bureaucrats from having the power to strip you of a right that is protected by the U.S. Constitution.

But make no mistake: gun control groups will ask their members to do the same – and flood the DOJ’s inbox with anti-gun vitriol. That’s why we need to be certain that for every 1 anti-gun letter the DOJ receives, they receive 3 letters from GOA members.

Please provide comments to the DOJ to show widespread public support for gun rights restoration.

TAKE ACTION: ALERT THE DOJ >>

Feel free to copy and paste GOA's pre-written comments found below:

I strongly support the Department of Justice’s proposed rule to allow for federal restoration of gun rights pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 925(c).

If the Trump Administration is serious about wanting to rein in unelected bureaucrats who have abused their power and waged war on individuals' rights and freedom, then this rule must go into effect.

Unelected ATF bureaucrats should not have the power to permanently deny certain Americans from ever exercising a constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms.

Since the “Schumer Amendment” went into effect in 1992, thousands of would-be gun owners have contacted Gun Owners of America, asking for their constitutionally-protected rights to be restored.

It is unjust to strip those Americans of a constitutional right – for life – especially a right that provides personal safety and security, and a right that is explicitly prohibited from being “infringed” upon.

I urge the Department of Justice to move forward and fully implement this proposed rule.

In Liberty,

Erich Pratt

Senior Vice President

Gun Owners of America

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And here you can find the announcement. This happened today.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documen ... -authority

[Cbvanb]

It’s about time, although with Bondi at the helm who knows what will happen. The only reason this avenue of relief went away is because Schumer defunded it.

[xerts1191]

Chuckles the clown

[Suck My Glock]

It’s about time, although with Bondi at the helm who knows what will happen. The only reason this avenue of relief went away is because Schumer defunded it.

In my opinion, I think they NEED to restore this option to how it pretty much was administered in the past, because IF THEY DON'T, the entire scheme of disarming any felons ever is at risk of being obliterated by the SCOTUS. But by restoring the previous application for restoration of rights scheme, a sort of relief valve is allowed to exist that lets it remain possible for the gov't to selectively and with relatively broad discretion identify "undesirables" that it wishes to continue to deprive weapons. It will of course continue to remain as ineffective as ever. But in the political calculus, to try to keep the Karens semi-satisfied, SOMETHING to continue messing with the "undesirables" needs to be retained.

And besides,...with nearly 10% of Americans being felons,...giving them a path to restoration steals a huge voting block from the Democrats. The black community has been screaming for decades how they have been disenfranchised of their voting rights as a result of their 35% felony demographic. The Democrats kept them on the plantation and didn't do anything to restore their rights.

[Cbvanb]

It’s about time, although with Bondi at the helm who knows what will happen. The only reason this avenue of relief went away is because Schumer defunded it.

In my opinion, I think they NEED to restore this option to how it pretty much was administered in the past, because IF THEY DON'T, the entire scheme of disarming any felons ever is at risk of being obliterated by the SCOTUS. But by restoring the previous application for restoration of rights scheme, a sort of relief valve is allowed to exist that lets it remain possible for the gov't to selectively and with relatively broad discretion identify "undesirables" that it wishes to continue to deprive weapons. It will of course continue to remain as ineffective as ever. But in the political calculus, to try to keep the Karens semi-satisfied, SOMETHING to continue messing with the "undesirables" needs to be retained.

And besides,...with nearly 10% of Americans being felons,...giving them a path to restoration steals a huge voting block from the Democrats. The black community has been screaming for decades how they have been disenfranchised of their voting rights as a result of their 35% felony demographic. The Democrats kept them on the plantation and didn't do anything to restore their rights.

You make some good points. Along with that, I will point out the 1968 GCA Codified the process to have rights restored. In other words, the law says it has to be available and thanks to the bottom feeder Schumer the law has been ignored for decades. I don't know why it has never been challenged before.