From the NRA-ILA

[Dakota Doc Martin, SASS #21774]

Tomorrow, April 16, the U.S. Senate will begin consideration of a number of
anti-gun proposals. The underlying bill is S. 649, the so-called “Safe
Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013”, which would significantly
restrict our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

S.649 seeks to criminalize the private transfer of firearms by
law-abiding citizens, requiring friends, neighbors and many family
members to get government permission to exercise a fundamental right or
face prosecution. Among the amendments that will likely be offered
to S. 649 are a ban on commonly and lawfully-owned firearms and
magazines and language to criminalize the private transfer of firearms
through an expansion of background checks. This includes the misguided
background check “compromise” proposal drafted by Senators Joe Manchin
(D-WV), Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY)—a proposal NRA strongly opposes!

NRA unequivocally opposes S. 649 and all anti-gun amendments to this bill!