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To: i-node who wrote (791905)	6/26/2014 12:02:35 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 1584388

The National Rifle Association is fighting proposed federal legislation that would prohibit those convicted of stalking and of domestic violence against dating partners from buying guns, according to a letter obtained by The Huffington Post. Federal law already bars persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from purchasing firearms. S. 1290, introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would add convicted stalkers to that group of offenders and would expand the current definition of those convicted of domestic violence against "intimate partners" to include those who harmed dating partners. Aides from two different senators' offices confirm that the NRA sent a letter to lawmakers describing Klobuchar's legislation as "a bill to turn disputes between family members and social acquaintances into lifetime firearm prohibitions." The nation's largest gun lobby wrote that it "strongly opposes" the bill because the measure "manipulates emotionally compelling issues such as 'domestic violence' and 'stalking' simply to cast as wide a net as possible for federal firearm prohibitions." The NRA's letter imagines a "single shoving match" between two gay men as an example of how the domestic violence legislation could be misused. "Under S. 1290, for example, two men of equal size, strength, and economic status joined by a civil union or merely engaged (or formerly engaged) in an intimate 'social relationship,' could be subject to this prohibition for conviction of simple 'assault' arising from a single shoving match," the letter says. The NRA also argues in the letter that "stalking" is too broad of a term to indicate any danger to women. "'Stalking' offenses do not necessarily include violent or even threatening behavior," the letter claims. "Under federal law, for example, stalking includes 'a course of conduct' that never involves any personal contact whatsoever, occurs wholly through the mail, online media, or telephone service, is undertaken with the intent to 'harass' and would be reasonably expected to cause (even if it doesn't succeed in causing) 'substantial emotional distress' to another person." The letter adds that the federal stalking law on the books is "so broadly written that some constitutional scholars even claim it could reach speech protected under the First Amendment."

To: i-node who wrote (791905)	6/26/2014 1:16:29 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584388

>> Sarah is not happy. It is hard for a rational person to comprehend why ANYONE is supportive of either of these political parties. We have one, in power, that is trying to take the country to dictatorship while the other is paralyzed to act on behalf of the people. Its inconceivable to me that anyone rational person can pretend that the two parties are similar in nature. The Dems have their weak links but the Rs is overflowing with racist nut jobs And why Palin is unhappy is because her fav nut jobs are not winning as many elections as she would like. Meanwhile, the ruling elite have made the area of Washington DC the wealthiest area in the country. Government is out of control. So, yeah, she's probably pretty unhappy like all thinking people. Except those in the ruling class, of course, who want everything to stay just as it is The solution to our problems is not Sarah Palin.