GRNC Alert 06-08-08: 'GULAG ARCHIPELAGO' FOR NC?
R. LaCasse
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:36:10 -0600
Grass Roots North Carolina(r), P.O. Box 10684, Raleigh, NC 27605
919-664-8565, www.grnc.org, GRNC Alert Hotline: (919) 562-4137
GRNC Alert 06-08-08:
'GULAG ARCHIPELAGO' FOR NC?
'Mental Incompetence' Bill
Attacks General Population
SB 2081 HITS COMMITTEE TUESDAY
Soviet Russia once used insane asylums to enforce autocracy and steal
freedom. In a bizarre parallel, two powerful North Carolina Democrats
have decided to use "mental incompetence" as the rationale to steal
your right to keep and bear arms.
Two bills have been introduced into the NC General Assembly,
ostensibly in response to the Virginia Tech tragedy, which would go
far beyond even what was recently passed into federal law.
Worse, they are being fast-tracked by Senate Democrats: Sponsored by
powerful Senate Rules Chairman TONY RAND (D-Bladen/Cumberland, GRNC
1-star), SB 2081 will be heard by the Senate Judiciary I Committee
THIS TUESDAY, June 10 at 10:00 AM.
WHAT MAKES SB 2081 DANGEROUS?
As proposed by Attorney General ROY COOPER (D, GRNC 0-star), such
legislation claimed to require mentally ill individuals who have been
INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED to mental institutions to be reported for
inclusion in the National Instant Check System (NICS) for gun purchase
background checks.
As usual with gun control, however, that is not all the bill does.
Instead, it would require courts to report to NICS people who - in
contravention of federal law - are specifically NOT a "danger to
themselves or others," and have NOT been committed to a mental
institution.
WHAT SB 2081 DOES:
* IMPACTS PEOPLE NOT DANGEROUS: Unlike federal law, Rand's bill would
create new language to bar from possessing firearms people who are
remanded to OUTPATIENT care by the courts. Under N.C.G.S.
122C-263(d)(2), the only people who can be remanded to OUTPATIENT care
by courts are those are NOT DANGEROUS. Therefore, the Cooper/Rand
atrocity would strip the rights of people who aren't a threat to
anyone.
* EXTENDS FAR BEYOND FEDERAL LAW: While U.S.C. 922(g)(4) creates a
firearm disability for people "adjudicated as a mental defective
or who has been committed to a
mental institution," Cooper/Rand TARGETS PEOPLE WHO DO *NOT* HAVE A
FIREARM DISABILITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
* MAKES RESTORATION OF RIGHTS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE: While the bill
purports to allow people to petition for restoration of their rights,
it is a paper tiger. By requiring an affidavit from a psychiatrist or
psychologist that the patient is no longer undergoing treatment and is
no longer a danger, and by further requiring the applicant to prove,
at an unachievable standard, that he is no longer a danger, the bill
sets an unattainable bar for restoration of gun rights.
* ERRODES MEDICAL PRIVACY: If you have the audacity to pursue
restoration of your gun rights, ALL OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
WOULD BECOME PUBLIC RECORD.
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
* IMMEDIATELY E-MAIL ALL members of the Senate Judiciary I Committee
using GRNC's automated e-mail system located at:
http://www.grnc.info/alert/email_6_8_08.htm
* IMMEDIATELY CALL Senators listed below IN ADDITION to sending the
e-mail above.
* CALL YOUR STATE SENATOR, IF HE/SHE IS ON COMMITTEE: You may find
the name of your NC State Senator by going to:
http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm
DELIVER THIS MESSAGE:
Dear Senator:
Senate Bill 2081: "Firearms/Mental Incompetence" is a dangerously
over-reaching bill which exceeds federal law and stands to people
guilty of nothing. Sponsored by Senator Tony Rand, the bill purports
to require clerks of court to report involuntary commitments to mental
institutions for inclusion in gun purchase background checks done via
the National Instant Check System.
In reality, however, the bill vastly exceeds federal law by also
including people undergoing OUTPATIENT care. Doing so creates two
problems: First, under U.S.C. 922(g)(4) federal law creates a firearm
"disability" only for people who are INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED to mental
institutions. People undergoing outpatient care have no federal
disability.
Second, although federal code deprives of gun ownership only those
who have been "adjudicated to be a danger to themselves or others,"
N.C.G.S. 122C-263(d)(2) specifies that a court may mandate OUTPATIENT
treatment only for those who are specifically *not* dangerous.
Therefore, SB 2081 strips the rights of people who are neither
dangerous not prohibited under federal law.
Although SB 2081 purports to provide a mechanism for petitioning for
the restoration of the individual's constitution rights, in truth the
evidentiary standard set by its language - a requirement for "clear
and convincing evidence" - is all but unattainable by the petitioner.
I expect you to oppose this bill, Senator, by all means procedural
and substantive. At your earliest convenience, please advise me of
your position.
Respectfully,
CALL THESE SENATORS:
Majority Leader
Senator Tony Rand (D-Bladen/Cumberland, GRNC 1-star)
Majority Whip
Senator Katie G. Dorsett
Deputy Minority Leader
Judiciary I Chairman
Senator Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr. (D-Buncombe, **)
Vice Chairman & Senate Minority Leader
Senator Phil Berger (R- Guilford, Rockingham, ****)
Senator Andrew C. Brock (R-Davie, Rowan, ****)
Senator Harry Brown (R-Jones, Onslow, ****)
Senator Peter S. Brunstetter (R-Forsyth, GRNC-?)
Senator Malcolm Graham (D-Mecklenburg, ****)
Senator David W. Hoyle (D-Gaston, ***)
Senator Clark Jenkins (D-Edgecombe, Martin, Pitt, ****)
Senator Richard Stevens (R-Wake, ****)
Minority Whip & Committee Member
Senator Jerry W. Tillman (R-Montgomery, Randolph, ****)
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You may find your NC representative by going here:
http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm
You may write your federal congressman by going here:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
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