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Dec 1997

Spank Your Child ... Lose Your Guns!

-- Cosponsor H.R. 1009, the FULL Lautenberg repeal bill

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(December 10, 1997)

Well, another parent has forfeited her Second Amendment rights for a mere swat given as discipline. Earlier this year, the New York Times (10/10/97) reported how two parents might easily be convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors for swatting their children on a plane.

Now, a Michigan mother is losing her right of self-defense because she swatted her child in discipline (see the article below). The Lautenberg gun ban, passed late last year, is not only disarming parents for mere spanking, it is also disarming them for simple arguments!

In Virginia recently, the slight tearing of a husband's breast pocket was enough to cart a wife off to jail -- even though the husband refused to press charges. In fact, the husband states he had only called the police to get "documentation in a custody dispute" (The Washington Post Magazine, 10/26/97). Unfortunately, Virginia law now requires police to press charges in such cases. If convicted, that wife will lose her gun rights forever!

[TWP Magazine also reported how a daughter was recently arrested, to the shock and horror of the family for throwing a set of keys near her mother! She might have to forget about defending her family in years to come since a minor misdemeanor conviction for a crime such as this would trigger the Lautenberg sanction. The Lautenberg law, which arguably cast its net for sharks, is now bringing in all kinds of innocent minnows and other fish.]

H.R. 1009 would reverse travesties such as this by repealing the Lautenberg gun ban IN FULL!

At a minimum, every other bill that deals with this horrendous law keeps the gun ban in place (for ordinary citizens) for "offenses" committed after September 28, 1996. These "offenses" could be as slight as spanking a child or grabbing a spouse.

H.R. 1009 is pro-family. is pro-Second Amendment ... it is pro-Tenth Amendment.

If you have not done so yet, please cosponsor H.R. 1009, the ONLY full Lautenberg gun ban repeal!


 

 
Despite serving NO jail time despite this being a VERY minor "offense" . . she still loses her gun rights forever!

Mom Convicted of Slapping Daughter

By Jim Suhr
Associated Press Writer
Friday, November 14,1997; 9:27 a.m. EST

NOVI, Mich. (AP) -- A woman who disciplined her wayward 14-year-old daughter with a slap in the face, giving her a black eye, has been found guilty of misdemeanor assault and battery.

Kathi Herren, 32, said her conviction Thursday sends the wrong message for parents who want to disciple their children.

"You're going to have a bunch of out of control teen-agers; doing whatever they want," she said. Jurors "have no idea ! what they've done."

The count carries a penalty of up to three months in jail and a $500 fine, although Judge Brian MacKenzie said he had no intention of sending her to jail.

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