I found out this is a hoax as reported on Snopes. I got this from a legitimate source and thought they would authenticate it before sending it out, but they didn't. Please accept my apology. I am really embarrassed.
HERE IS AN EMAIL I GOT FROM A LOCAL TEA PARTY GROUP. LET"S NOT TAKE THIS SITTING DOWN. PLEASE, SPREAD THE WORD
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It will require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.
This bill was introduced on Feb.. 24, 2009, by the Omama staff. BUT . . this bill will only20become public knowledge 30 days after the new law becomes effective ! This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee has passed this without the Senate voting on it at all. Trust Obama ? ..... you must be kidding !
The full text of the IRS amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage,U.S. Senate You know who to call; I strongly suggest you do. Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.
Text of H.R.45 as Introduced in House: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - U.S..... OpenCongress Obama's Congress is now starting on the firearms confiscation bill. If it passes, gun owners will become criminals if you don't fully comply.
It has begun . .. . Whatever Obama's secret Master Plan is....this is just the 'tip of the iceberg!'
Very Important for you to be aware of another new bill HR 45 introduced into the House. This is the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009.|
Even gun shop owners didn't know about this because the government is trying to fly it under the radar as a 'minor' IRS revision, and, as usuual, the 'political' lawmakers did not read this bill before signing and approving it !
To find out about this - go to any government website and type in HR 45 or Google HR 45 Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sales Act of 2009. You will get all the information.
Basically this would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a clip or ANY pistol unless:
-It is registered -You are fingerprinted -You supply a current Driver's License -You supply your Social Security # -You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing -Each update - change of ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25 - Failure to do so you automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail. -There is a child provision clause on page 16 section 305 stating a child-access provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under 18. -They would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and fine is punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.
If you think this is a joke - go to the website and take your pick of many opt- ions to read this.. It is long and lengthy. But, more and more people are becoming aware of this. Pass the word along. Any hunters in your family pass this along.|
This is just a "termite" approach to complete confiscation of guns and disarming of our society to the point we have no defense - chip away a little here and there until the goal is accomplished before anyone realizes it.
This is one to act on whether you own a gun or not..
Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress) <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45& gt; <http://thomas.loc..gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45> <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.45> :
H.R.45: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress <http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/show> <http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/show> <http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/show>
H.R. 45: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (GovTrack.us) <http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-45> <http://www.govtrack..us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-45> <http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-45>
Please.. copy and send this out to EVERYONE in the USA , whether you support the Right to Bear Arms or are for gun control. We all should have the right to choose.
4 Comments
therealevil
The opencongress.org page says this bill is dead on arrival.
Of course it's a wicked bad idea, and you should let your reps know what you think about it, but stupid bills like this get tossed out there for consideration all the time. The person behind this bill knows it's never going to pass, but he needs some red meat for his constituents.
Chilli
This is a bogus, viral email. It contains elements of truth, but is essentially false. (A quick Internet search can reveal the details.) Here is one of the better explanations...
http://www.isra.org/alerts/SB-2099/ -- (copy below)
BTW, as far as I know, bills that are in committee have no expiration and can be resurrected on a dime. That is exactly how the Wall Street Bailout was pushed through so quickly. It was cobbled together from an older bill that had been sitting in committee (possibly staged there for a purpose). Groups like Snopes that discount the threat aspects of these old pieces of stale proposed legislation are being less than honest. While this e-mail is mostly false, the threat of the legislative action isn't.
Eternal vigilance.
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There really was a Senate Bill 2099, introduced by anti-gunner Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) but it was in the year 2000. And it didn't go anywhere.
What this bill would have done would have expanded the National Firearms Act of 1934 to encompass all common firearms to tax and register their sale with the same kind of bureaucracy that goes along with the transfer of machine guns, short-barreled shotguns, and silencers. The $50 tax and the fingerprinting were indeed part of the attempt, but nothing to do with your Form 1040.
But, to repeat, it's old, it's dead, it's not going anywhere, thanks to the vigilance of gun owners across the nation.
Update:
Later versions of email about SB-2099 add confusion by describing, in the same post, HR-45, submitted by Congressman Bobby Rush (IL1-D), the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009. This bill is very far reaching, so much so that is has no support from any of Bobby Rush's peers. Repeat, the bill has no support, no sponsors other than Rush. Congressman Rush submits a similar bill every session, and it never goes anywhere. The ISRA and other Second Amendment supporters will remain vigilant, but the email messages making the rounds make passage of the bill seem eminent. The bill is stagnant, not moving.
The people who forward these and similar emails are alarmed, naturally, and well intentioned.
optionsgirl
Here is the response I got from the NRA Today. Sorry for the confusion. I trusted the source of that first email. Learned my lesson, and here is what the NRA wrote back:
Here is the response I got from the NRA. I have to compliment them on immediately getting back to me. I'm glad there is such a strong lobbying interest for gun ownership:
Thank you for your inquiry regarding H.R. 45/S.B. 2099.
Over the past few months, NRA-ILA has received hundreds of e-mails warning us about "SB-2099," a bill that would supposedly require you to report all your guns on your income tax return every April 15.
Like many rumors, there's just a grain of truth to this one. Someone's recycling an old alert, which wasn't even very accurate when it was new.
There actually was a U.S. Senate bill with that number that would have taxed handguns -- nine years ago. Introduced by anti-gun Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the bill would have included handguns under the National Firearms Act's tax and registration scheme. This has nothing to do with anyone's Form 1040, of course. And, fortunately, S. 2099 disappeared without any action by the Senate, back when Bill Clinton was still in the White House. We reported about it back then, just as we report about new anti-gun bills every week. Now, it's time for gun owners to drop this old distraction and focus on the real threats at hand.
To be clear, there is no such bill in the current Congress, and the emails about SB 2099 being sent around are false and unnecessary distractions from real threats.
To read a story by NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox on this and other rumors, please click here: http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?id=367&issue=047.
As for H.R. 45, in early January of this year, U.S. Representative Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) introduced H.R. 45, also known as "Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act." The bill is, at its core and as its name implies, a licensing and registration scheme.
The measure calls for all handgun owners to submit to the federal government an application that shall include, among many other things: a photo; an address; a thumbprint; a completed, written firearm safety test; private mental health records; and a fee. And those are only some of the requirements to be licensed!
The bill would further require the attorney general to establish a database of every handgun sale, transfer, and owner's address in America. Moreover, the bill would make it illegal to own or possess a "qualifying firearm" -- defined as "any handgun; or any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device..." [emphasis added] without one of the proposed licenses.
Additionally, the bill would make it illegal to transfer ownership of a "qualifying firearm" to anyone who is not a licensed gun dealer or collector (with very few exceptions), and would require "qualifying firearm" owners to report all transfers to the attorney general's database. It would also be illegal for a licensed gun owner to fail to record a gun loss or theft within 72 hours, or fail to report a change of address within 60 days. Further, if a minor obtains a firearm and injures someone with it, the owner of the firearm may face a multiple-year jail sentence.
H.R. 45 is essentially a reintroduction of H.R. 2666, which Rush introduced in 2007. H.R. 2666 contained much of the same language as H.R. 45, and was co-sponsored by several well-known anti-gun legislators--including Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.
H.R. 45 currently has no co-sponsors. It is in a committee and is not up for a vote. However, this is an important bill because every element it contains--from regulation of all detachable-magazine semi-autos, to licensing and the elimination of private sales--is part of the agenda of major anti-gun groups.
Thank you again for contacting our office. Please rest assured that NRA-ILA will continue to monitor these bills closely, and will keep you informed, via our website (www.nraila.org) and magazines, of any developments if they materialize.
Cordially,
Kaelan Jones
NRA-ILA Grassroots Division