H.R 514

[Mad_Squirrell]

H.R. 514 the re-authorization of the patriot act comes up for vote today .

"To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform of Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004."

Reauthorization of the mis-named Patriot Act gives government jackboots more and more tools in their war on gun owners and gun rights activists, some govt factions smear as “Radical Extremists†and even “Domestic Terrorists.â€

Some of the very worst provisions of the Patriot Act include:

• Roving, warrantless wiretaps of virtually EVERY form of electronic communication used by U.S. citizens.
  
• Secret federal searches without warrants OR knowledge of the resident.
  
• Blanket warrants for the search and seizure of all library records, without naming individual suspects or providing probable cause.
  
• Judicial warrants replaced with “National Security Letters†signed by unaccountable Obama Administration bureaucrats and gag orders for those served with these letters which make it illegal to tell anyone about it -- including your spouse and your priest!
  
• Drastic expansion of the definition of “domestic terrorism,†which is sure to include gun owners.
  
• Expands asset seizure to permit the taking of assets from anyone “suspected†of terrorism, even if that person is NEVER charged or sent to trial.
  
• Lone wolf provisions which allow the government to spy on ANYONE even if they’re not associated with a terrorist organization or foreign national, without due process or notification.
  

Even a gesture as simple as placing a pro-gun bumper sticker on your car or supporting a pro-gun candidate makes you a potential “domestic terrorist†in the eyes of some of the people currently running our government.

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin

Call and/or email your congressman/woman today.

Edited February 8, 2011 by Mad_Squirrell
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