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<blockquote data-quote="LightningCrash" data-source="post: 1165641" data-attributes="member: 4278"><p>The GOA were the ones rolling over with the FOPA86, nope that was the NRA. The NRA is duking it out with Chuck Schumer right now, nope that's the GOA. The GOA gave "Gun Show Loophole" McCain a C+ on guns, nope that was the NRA. The GOA gave him an F, just like Obama. The GOA backed a governor who banned open carry in an effort to disarm black people, nope that was the NRA.</p><p></p><p>GOA won a huge victory on June 26, 2008, when the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. They ruled in favor of plaintiff Dick Heller and struck down the Washington, D.C. handgun ban. This gave the plaintiff Dick Heller the ability to now apply for a handgun license while living in Washington DC. The ruling also took out any restrictions on forcing guns to have trigger locks on them; citing that "self defense is a protected right envisioned by the [2nd] amendment."[12]</p><p></p><p>On June 6, 1995, GOA successfully helped in lobbying the House of Representatives to vote against the Moran Amendment, by a vote of 278 to 149. The Amendment would have banned .50 caliber weaponry from being licensed for export.[13]</p><p></p><p>On July 13, 2006, The Senator David Vitter (R-LA) got a sweeping victory by a vote of 84-16. His amendment declares that no federal money can be used for federal agents to confiscate weapons during a declared state of emergency. This bill was passed not even a year after the devastation in Vitter's home state from Hurricane Katrina. The GOA consider this a sizable win for pro-gun activists.[14]</p><p></p><p>On June 27, 2007, GOA recorded a victory by getting the Pence Amendment passed. The bill, named after Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), was passed by a vote of 309-115. According to GOA the amendment would have allowed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to radically limit the speech allowed by organizations like GOA over the airwaves.[15]</p><p></p><p>On August 9, 2007, GOA received another huge win in congress. Sen. Vitter once again pushed through a bill stating that no US funds can be used by the United Nations or any group affiliated with the United Nations to restrict or tax the 2nd Amendment rights. If they attempt to do so, the US can rightfully pull out all of their funds from the organization. This bill, HR-2764, passed with an 81-10 vote.[16]</p><p></p><p>On February 25, 2008, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) amended bill S-1200, The Indian Health Care Improvement Act. In the Act, the wording stated that the funds were to be used for "violence prevention". Once the funds were attempted to be used for gun buy-backs and other such anti-firearm policies, Sen. DeMint pushed through an amendment to the Act stating that the money cannot be used for any anti-gun programs. The bill passed by a margin of 78-11</p><p></p><p>The NRA, the only thing I get from them is endless email spam and phone calls. Two months after I got my first membership they sent me messages saying my membership was expiring, begging for more money.</p><p>So don't put the NRA near the GOA... the NRA needs to at least triple its efforts first before we can consider it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightningCrash, post: 1165641, member: 4278"] The GOA were the ones rolling over with the FOPA86, nope that was the NRA. The NRA is duking it out with Chuck Schumer right now, nope that's the GOA. The GOA gave "Gun Show Loophole" McCain a C+ on guns, nope that was the NRA. The GOA gave him an F, just like Obama. The GOA backed a governor who banned open carry in an effort to disarm black people, nope that was the NRA. GOA won a huge victory on June 26, 2008, when the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. They ruled in favor of plaintiff Dick Heller and struck down the Washington, D.C. handgun ban. This gave the plaintiff Dick Heller the ability to now apply for a handgun license while living in Washington DC. The ruling also took out any restrictions on forcing guns to have trigger locks on them; citing that "self defense is a protected right envisioned by the [2nd] amendment."[12] On June 6, 1995, GOA successfully helped in lobbying the House of Representatives to vote against the Moran Amendment, by a vote of 278 to 149. The Amendment would have banned .50 caliber weaponry from being licensed for export.[13] On July 13, 2006, The Senator David Vitter (R-LA) got a sweeping victory by a vote of 84-16. His amendment declares that no federal money can be used for federal agents to confiscate weapons during a declared state of emergency. This bill was passed not even a year after the devastation in Vitter's home state from Hurricane Katrina. The GOA consider this a sizable win for pro-gun activists.[14] On June 27, 2007, GOA recorded a victory by getting the Pence Amendment passed. The bill, named after Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), was passed by a vote of 309-115. According to GOA the amendment would have allowed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to radically limit the speech allowed by organizations like GOA over the airwaves.[15] On August 9, 2007, GOA received another huge win in congress. Sen. Vitter once again pushed through a bill stating that no US funds can be used by the United Nations or any group affiliated with the United Nations to restrict or tax the 2nd Amendment rights. If they attempt to do so, the US can rightfully pull out all of their funds from the organization. This bill, HR-2764, passed with an 81-10 vote.[16] On February 25, 2008, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) amended bill S-1200, The Indian Health Care Improvement Act. In the Act, the wording stated that the funds were to be used for "violence prevention". Once the funds were attempted to be used for gun buy-backs and other such anti-firearm policies, Sen. DeMint pushed through an amendment to the Act stating that the money cannot be used for any anti-gun programs. The bill passed by a margin of 78-11 The NRA, the only thing I get from them is endless email spam and phone calls. Two months after I got my first membership they sent me messages saying my membership was expiring, begging for more money. So don't put the NRA near the GOA... the NRA needs to at least triple its efforts first before we can consider it. [/QUOTE]
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