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Tracking 54 Bills

• S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

  • cmstever : they don't have to give up the secret ballot, they would still be able to do that.
  • cmstever : how did you come to that conclusion? are the Statists the democrats? are they passing this bill because of the unions? doesn't that mean the unions have the power? don't unions represent the dear, hard working people? what clue are you talking about? you clue sounds paranoid.
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• H.R.257 - Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007

  • dctravis : The people will never realize that teaching children about guns and proper safety and that having a gun in your home is a good thing. If you do not own a gun and you start buying these "anti-stab knives" and you have no weapons whatsoever to defend yourself with, you are dead. If someone finds this information out then I guarantee that you will be robbed and possibly murdered if you are home or come home during the robbery, or if someone wants to attack you it will only make it easier.
  • jaybird133 : Our hunting population has been declining for at least the last 30 years that I've been enjoying the sport. This bill will restrict even more of the potential young hunters from the experience. Soon they will abolish our heritage all together. A good hunter education course does more to teach respect for firearms and responsibility than any of these gun grabbing bills. It all starts at home with proper parenting, and if there is not enough time to teach your children how to relate in society, maybe it's time to propose a 4 day work week to try and re-connect with our families. Get out of the smog and into the woods, I think it is affecting your judgement.
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• H.R.2835 - Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

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  • HR2835 : "High" hopes for this bill. I am sure the big pharma's will spend the right cash to beat it. Yes Barney is a liar, but can anyone provide me the name of any elected A hole that tells the truth. Our government has been lying about MJ, since 1937. I do not trust any of them. But I give Barney credit; he at least has the wavels to stick his ass on the line for our cause. To those of you who oppose our views, you are entitled to do so; it is your right. But please get informed, get the facts, sit down with a MJ consumer, and ask them any questions you wish. We are not just a bunch of teenage stoners, we are doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, ceo's, cfo's, law enforcement, the lists go on and on. So before you spout off get the real truth and facts, then form your educated opinion. I myself smoke each and every day, I am a very productive part of my community, and I have a seven figure bank account. Not to bad for a stoner from Il., and my wealth was obtain 100% legit. Chris
  • LegalPot : Exactly everyone wants to see pot completely legalized and this is a step in the right direction.
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• H.R.2175 - Families for ED Advertising Decency Act

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• H.R.735 - Rangel Rule Act of 2009

  • stlcat : The amazing thing is they still do NOT get it!!! Why should you and I pay if they do not? They have far more means to do so than most of us. I feel a bit like I am drowning -- everywhere there is corruption, deceit and insufficient outrage, or even censure. Why should I work if nearly all my money will be taxed away from me to pay for OTHER people's priorities (health care for those who will not take care of themselves, college educations for those that will not stay childless and enrolled through 12th grade...). where does it end?
  • Phyllie : It's interesting to me that these guys went for 6 or more years without the IRS filing levies and liens on them. But for the rest of us they swoop in and clean out bank accounts in a matter of months. The IRS, just like all the other enforcement agencies in our country, always take the path of least resistance and go after the little guys because they're more easily intimidated.
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• H.R.778 - To authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.

  • amandacaudill : If I want to consume a rock, a knife, and unpasturized milk, its my BIRTH and GOD given right to do so....little bit outlandish, but hey, my body, not the governments...
  • eromrab : To reinforce what UniverseMan said... both of my grandparents were farmers and had dairy cows. They produced milk on their own but were unable to sell it to anyone other than the milk processors. The processors basically got to set the price that they would buy the milk for, and the farmers had no other choice than to stop producing milk or sell it to them.
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• H.R.2943 - Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009

  • mcdstvn : To everyone preaching the "home grown" approach, let me say first that I support this, but it contradicts some of the arguments for the bill. A big reason congress would pass this is if it became taxable to sell publicly, thus fattening their pockets more. If people grew their own, what would they tax? Perhaps ownership/cultivation rates per plant, but that would be quite hard to track what 80% of the nation is growing in their own homes, or if they were hiding more, or growing their own in another house in a friend who doesn't consume house. The way I see it, most likely Marijuana will end up being distributed, but viewed as 'too dangerous, or risky' to allow citizens at large to grow. Some may be recruited to grow FOR the government, and be monitored that way, but I highly doubt that within my lifetime I will be able to grow my own marijuana at a national level of legality.
  • bumpinag : reading all these comments i c many ppl that marijuana helps if it was put to a national vote it would have been legal a long time ago i myself am on probation and get monthly urine screens and my head and back pain, depressoin, and anxiety have nvr been worse i am being punished for making myself feel and act better i have nvr lied to a dr counsolor anyone about my use most didnt look at me any different and yet this stigma is still here y is marijuana looked so baddly apon refer maddness that was a racist claim back in the 20s marijuana does not harm you like cigeretts and alcohol do it in turn helps they kill more ppl every year than almost anything how many has pot killed for the entire span of human history 0 how many will it kill 0 and prescription drugs pose one of the greatest human-created dangers outside of war and pose a major peril to public health so here it is keep killing with legal medications now or legalise pot and stop the deaths
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• H.R.384 - TARP Reform and Accountability Act

  • Anonymous : Business contracts are amended every weekday in Bankruptcy court. The remainder of your proposals would not benefit the tazpayer. The majority of Americans no longer care what your position is on finacials, and if the shareholder is wiped out - we don't care. The corporations lost the lat two elections, in case youo haven't been keeping score. Look forward to increases in business and investment taxes. People first, business last.
  • Anonymous : Ron Paul and his cult are loons.
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• S.1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

  • Anonymous : And every single one will be re-elected, and there will be fewer Republicans in 2010. Adjust for that.
  • Anonymous : Why is it that the law abiding citizens are the first to encourage others to break the law? Maybe their selfishness and self centeredness has finally come to the surface. Refuse to pay yoour taxes, and expect a large fine. The Republicans cut the staff at the IRS and SEC. The Democrats have doubled it.
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• H.R.12 - Paycheck Fairness Act

  • amandacaudill : I agree.
  • Clint_Thomas : This should be left to the states to decide, this is not a federal issue
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Tracking 3 Committees

• House Appropriations

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• House Judiciary

  • DOUGLASFIELD : JUDICIAL INJUSTICES BEING INFLICTED ON POORER AMERICANS NEEDS....C*H*A*N*G*E..... SENATOR OBAMA, PLEASE LET THE AMERICAN VOTERS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY KNOW YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT A NEEDED FUTURE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF A BROKEN US JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION'S OF EVEN POSSIBLE INNOCENT AMERICAN’S LIKE TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA ????? BEING THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SENATOR OBAMA, DON'T WE NEED AS THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD TO BEGIN ONCE AGAIN TO RE-INVEST THE PROPER MONIE$ IN OUR OWN US JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ASSURING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THEIR RIGHTS TO FAIR TRIALS WITH PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ??? DOES GOD NEED TO LOBBY OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD ON BEHALF OF OUR poorer american’s SENATOR OBAMA,OR ARE YOU WATCHING OUT FOR THEM ?? ***OUR US CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DENY MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS & FALSE INCARCERATIONS CONTINUE ALL ACROSS AMERICA ??? *** 700 BILLION $$$ AVAILABLE FOR US BAILOUT, & NO $$$ FOR ALL POORER AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ? SENATOR OBAMA, THIS JUDICIAL INJUSTICE HAS BECOME AN AMERICAN ART FORM, AND NO LONGER CAN BE KEPT HIDDEN OR SECRET FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EVEN IF CERTAIN (501c3) U$ RELIGIOU$ LEADER$ HAVE BEEN $ILENCED ?? LETS ALL HOPE OUR MEDIA FRIENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INTEREST IN REPORTING ON THIS AMERICAN HORROR FACING THESE (TENS OF THOUSANDS) FORGOTTEN AND TRAPPED POORER AMERICANS, AND HOW THIS PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER HANDLES THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FACING AMERICA’S LATINO AND BLACK AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ???? WITH 80% OF THE BLACK AMERICAN VOTERS SAYING THEY SUPPORT SENATOR OBAMA IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT IS ONLY FAIR FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW PRIOR BEING ELECTED OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HOW THIS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TRULY FEELS ABOUT THIS AMERICAN JUDICIAL INJUSTICE CONTINUING TO INFLICT GRAVE HARM ON THE BLACK & LATINO AMERICAN FAMILIES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE ?????? *** WHEN GOD’S FACE BECAME VERY RED *** THE US SUPREME COURT GAVE ENEMY COMBATANTS FEDERAL APPEAL HC RIGHTS LAWYERS AND PROPER ACCESS TO US FEDERAL COURTS,AND POORER AMERICANS (MANY EVEN ON DEATH ROW) ARE DENIED PROPER FEDERAL APPEAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO OUR US FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL, AND ROTTING IN AMERICAN PRISONS NATIONWIDE ????????? **** INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS ! THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM. ****WHEN THE US INNOCENT WERE ABANDONED BY THE GUILTY **** The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide. ***WHERE ARE AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS ??????? Since our US Congress has never afforded poor prison inmates federal appeal legal counsel for their federal retrials,they have effectively closed the doors on these tens of thousands of innocent citizens ever being capable of possibly exonerating themselves to regain their freedom through being granted new retrials. This same exact unjust situation was happening in our Southern States when poor and mostly uneducated Black Americans were being falsely imprisoned for endless decades without the needed educational skills to properly submit their own written federal trial appeals. This devious and deceptive judicial process of making our poor and innocent prison inmates formulate and write their own federal appeal legal cases for possible retrials on their state criminal cases,is still in effect today even though everyone in our US judicial system knows that without proper legal representation, these tens of thousands of innocent prison inmates will be denied their rightful opportunities of ever being granted new trials from our federal appeal judges!! Sadly, the true US *legal* Federal Appeal situation that occurs when any of our uneducated American prison inmates are forced to attempt to submit their own written Federal Appeals (from our prisons nationwide) without the assistance of proper legal counsel, is that they all are in reality being denied their legitimate rights for Habeas Corpus with our US FEDERAL COURTS and will win any future Supreme Court Case concerning this injustice! For our judicial system and our US Congressional Leaders Of The Free World to continue to pretend that this is a real and fair opportunity for our American Middle Class and Working Poor Citizens, only delays the very needed future change of Federal Financing of all these Federal appeals becoming a normal formula of Our American judicial system. It was not so very long ago that Public Defenders became a Reality in this country.Prior that legal reality taking place, their were also some who thought giving anyone charged with a crime a free lawyer was a waste of taxpayers $$. This FACADE and HORROR of our Federal Appeal proce$$ is not worthy of the Greatest Country In The World! ***GREAT SOCIETIES THAT DO NOT PROTECT EVEN THEIR INNOCENT, BECOME THE GUILTY ! A MUST READ ABOUT AMERICAN INJUSTICE: 1) YAHOO 2) GOOGLE MANNY GONZALES THE KID THAT EVERYONE FORGOT IN THE CA PRISON SYSTEM. ** A JUDICIAL RIDE OF ONES LIFE ! ***Someone please tell our US Congress that the GED degree that Manny Gonzales acquired in prison is not a LAW DEGREE !!!!!! lawyersforpooramericans@yahoo.com (424-247-2013)
  • gkdaw_usa : I am a PEACEFUL WARRIOR, and people are stealing MY IDEAS, and being Disabled I have NO NO Right's ? why is it that way?, can I steal from you? and get away with it ? I am a better Man than those that steal, from the week and Disabled ! I would just like to know if I am just missing something ? Because I was raised to be helpful, not to steal from other's and if this starts at the top of this government and it is in every part of the GOV. then ? WHO can you trust to help, this Country and not take from the little person that is weekend with a disability and the economy so HOW can a Disabled person get out of the DEAD rut the GOV. has put me in. CAN YOU HELP ME!? Will YOU HELP FIND away to help me to HELP MY COUNTRY? THE USA.! Yes Pass it to help your Fellow Americans people, not the people that are Killing this Country Like The Princess of OIL you know your Boss the one that has the world in this mess, just look at it just think you helped make it this way are you a proud Republi=cannot's are you a American or not? answer this then is your Boss telling the Truth! ? What is the Idea of Independents ? Oil or America ? or for the king of Oil is in S.A. and you Live where ? THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ! Happy Independents Day America!? We have a longer way too go! I think we are further from American Independents than ever Befor in History!, We where from the start ! It started out to be U.S. verses British Rule and now it is the United States of America Verses The rule of OIL but are we fighting to help the rule of Oil or are WE fighting to brake away from Oil it is all the to be looked at but we are on the wrong side at this time in history of true Independents we have the technologies to brake away from the RULER of Oil but our Leader in not for Independents he is for the Rule of OIL and the Rule of Oil is not IN this Country so the Ruler is not in this country and so the people of this country is too suffer the poor to suffer and most of all because the ruler of Oil has sent job's away so the people would have more to complain about and still not really do a thing to fix this mess , the Rule has taken away all your Rights from are True INDEPENDENTS to try to replace it with the rule of Oil , and not to use the TECHNOLOGIES of yesterday to bring it to the Future, so by doing so we are not so Independent as WE should be. I can not stand it, I could be thronging names or Businesses names but most people know the truth and it is just a mater of time when the people of this country start dying for this U.S.A. country agian ! Here! Electric could be are NEW INDEPENDENTS! FROM THE RULER OF OIL! Just need some one in this field too look at this for real ! An Electric, Mechanical, Engineering I would like to know if I could talk to some one about My Motor, A Real Concept I have and it is like but not from, NISSAN | Super Motor, and like the fuellesss Car Patent. I had to do a lot to find those to prove to my self it could work, NISSAN= Super Motor, like the fuelless Car Patent. and Still thay do not, do it the way that I would, My Idea is better than there's, and Nissan's still needs to Plug in to charge there Batteries or us a gas motor to run it., I am talking about running Big rigs as well as car's, truck's, SUV's, Tractor's, from the Biggest to the smallest just Mine is a replacement of all types of Gas Diesel motors just take out what is in your Vehicle and re-place with My Idea. , but I'm just not getting the help I will need to make it happen here in the USA! Can you help me ?! Please! 4 your Country! USA call me at 1-269-236-5019 Ask for Glen White to have a meeting or gwhiteusa777@triton.net Just becouse I am Disabled dose not mean I am not Bright. Just give me a chance Please!?! We will not be taking a lot of time to make the First one becouse most parts are on shelf just two or there, miner parts will need to be maid ! Could you help Me? To Do this for are Country It is more than just another Idea! This is for real. or should we just put rails on every road? Or just put a conveyors on are high ways and side roads. (Not) I really think I got it right with the first one! come and see for your self! just call I just need some TECH Help.! I would like to Partner with my country but will it Partner with me!? OR ? What! What I would like to see is an address to the American People from are President that is talking To the American People not Iraq, not Afghanistan, not any thing But The People of The United States of America. Just look back at the address's in the Past and the History of real Presidents of this Country. He has not even been close to the People and your Party has been the same! just look at Hitler's Party just one to follow and A real American is no guts no glory! so what is your Party ? American OR not ?

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• Taxation

  • Anonymous : Elected Officials, I am an Enrolled Agent (Tax Pro) with a tax practice in Columbia SC as well as a 20 yr military veteran. I am deeply concerned about HR 598 being touted as a middle class tax cut. This bill is not a middle class tax cut. When you take into account Making Work Pay, Increase in EITC, and Increase in eligibility for the refundable portion of child tax credit, this bill primarily increases the refund of a lower income individual and decreases their will to work. I receive hundreds of phone calls each year from individuals wanting to know when they need to quit working to maximize their EITC benefits, these changes will only increase this practice. If you were to compare under current law two single parents with 2 children one making $15,000 per year (who currently pays no income tax but gets a refund of $5,799) to one making $35,650 per year (who currently pays $4 in income tax, before non- refundable credits, but gets a refund of $622) Under HR 598 The single parent making $15,000 a year would see an increase of $1,525 of refund, while the other would only see an increase of $500. This is not an incentive to work, nor is it a middle income tax cut! A true tax cut would reduce the first X amount of dollars subject to income tax from 10% down to 5% or even 0% and increase the amount taxable at 10% thus reducing some income subject to tax from 15% to 10%. This would lower the taxes of all Americans. Under the Recovery for Business portion of the bill although I think it is needed to give incentives to businesses to increase spending on capital goods, however it is nothing more then a tax cut for the rich. It is possible under this plan for a MFJ couple with 2 children making $380,000 to pay $0 in income tax and still get a refund of over $6,000 using EITC & the new child tax credits in HR598. My clients come from varying income levels some single parents making $9000 a yr to Married taxpayers with children making in excess of $1 million, so I develop the plan based on their particular needs to minimize their tax liabilities, but for this country to remain strong I firmly believe this plan is not what we need. With no jobs there is no earned income with no earned income there is no EITC or child tax credit, and then there goes the country. So why not tailor a plan to give employers an incentive to hire more workers. Give them all a tax credit based on the amount of SS and Medicare taxes paid relative to the amount paid in the previous years or something similar to the tax credit given to employers of tipped employees. This would lower their taxes, give them an incentive to hire US workers, give more people jobs, increase the spendable income of most individuals, and improve the economy. It would additionally decrease the cost to employers that currently hire workers under the table, so then maybe those workers who are underground would be forced to become taxpaying citizens. Any plan will take time, but this plan is nothing more then a tax cut for the rich, and a front for welfare. Remember, if you give a man a fish he eats for a day, but if you teach him how to fish he eats for a lifetime. Evidently we as Americans have forgotten how to fish. So let’s quit giving away the fish, and build a pond and teach the American people how to fish, again. Sincerely Richard Brown E. A.
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• Education

  • DJJ : It's time to foreclose, pay the "piper" and start over, and be accountable for our poor stewartship. Maybe we can clean it up before our children are left holding the bag. The other matter: Read information I found on the below websites. Is thias true? If it is how can we trust Mr. Obama and you guys(SCOTUS, House, Senate, FBI,CIA, etc) with something as massive as this when you and he can't cleanup simple matters from like simply providing a righteous response for a simple request to confirm Mr. Obama's natural born US citizenship status. Ratherthan simply put this to rest by sending the information requested, I understand Mr. Obama and others named in lawsuits around the country have hired several powerful law firms requesting dismissal and to seal access to all of Mr. Obama's records(vault copy of BC, college records, immigration records, medical records, ect.). I bet that costs lots money. Why not spend a few bucks and just provide the information? Would that clear the matter up amnd build trust in everyone. Before you say it, let me ask: Since when was "FactCheck.org." Appointed offical vetting agency for the election process? In Texas, I understand the plaintiff's request for dismissal used was that they have "Official Immunity." This gives me great faith and trust in my President & everyone that did not demand his accountability! I understand Pelosi, Howard Dean and the DNC are responsible to make sure these matters are properly perfomed? HAs anyone asked them? I also understand a Phil Berg of the Democratic Party advised Mr. Obaqma he was not elligible way back when he first considered entering the race? Then why are there still lawsuits and hush by the Mainstream media? And the Subpoena from Occidental(see below)? Mr. Obama can very simply put this to rest as he did the concerns of Rev. Wright. He didn't get attorny's to resolve that matters? Is he hiding something? http://www.therightsideoflife.com/ A new lawsuit is being prepared by a California attorney who already has four cases pending over the issue of President Barack Obama’s eligibility to occupy to Oval Office, and this one will include a demand from state lawmakers who forward state funds to Washington for documentation of his qualifications. Orly Taitz told WND today that she’s preparing the complaint but is holding onto it and will file it shortly to give state legislators a chance to join the action as plaintiffs. Four already have signed up, including state Rep. Eric Swafford of Tennessee, who agreed to be a plaintiff “for a Writ of Mandamus to obtain original birth certificate, immigration records, passports and other vital records for Barry Soetero aka Barack Hussein Obama.” Taitz told WND the case also probably will include members of the military as plaintiffs, since both state lawmakers and military officers are obliged to follow orders from the president of the United States and both have a need to know those orders are legitimate. “In the military, those would be unlawful orders, and [following them] would subject the officers to courts-martial,” she said. “In the legislatures, they cannot follow any of his bills or orders … they don’t know who he is. “As far as we know he is a foreign national … Why should state legislators send any funds from the state to a foreign national?” she said. “While we are working on the complaint, I’m gathering support from different states,” she said. Other sites with information: http://www.colony14.net/id41.html http://drorly.blogspot.com/2009/01/senator-alexanders-office-has-forwarded.html www.obamacrimes.com www.wethepeoplefoundation.org http://www.yourfellowcitizen.com/ http://www.theobamafile.com/ http://www.actforamerica.com/ http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/g3.xml http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualifications/1244/
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• Wind power

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• Citizen participation

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• Assault weapons

  • BUPPLEGER : it seems as though we have some informed people commenting here! My congrats on your Diligence.Someone has to keep an eye on our representatives, and what they are conspiring to do. As for "assault weapons" any informed individual knows that ordinary US Citizens CAN NOT BUY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS!!.Without a mountain of registration paperwork, and only if you happen to live in a Free state!.The semi auto variants, which are made to look (cool) like their Military versions, function exactly the same as ordinary hunting and target rifles.The only difference is they "look scary" Black instead of wood and blued steel, lights and accessories hanging off of them, as if they were outfitted for a dynamic entry assault.As well as 'high capacity magazines"anything over 10 rounds freaks the Gun banners out! keep up the good work people. Hold them accountable.VOTE, VOTE, VOTE !!
  • pcfixer : REALLY, There is not a gun out there called an 'assult weapon'. A weapon is only an assault weapon if the person behind the weapon is assaulting somebody.Its just one more thing our new socialistic government wants to control
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• Credit unions

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