Our constitutional rights are in danger

A bill SB 1237, Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) introduced in the US Senate under the guise of "national security" trashes basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution by allowing the attorney general at his/her whim based on mere suspicion to prohibit citizens under penalty of federal felony from procurement and possession of ammunition and firearms without disclosure of suspicions, charges, arrest, trial, conviction, and right of appeal. It creates a new class of felons based on suspicion and without due process of law.

SB 1237 negates basic rights guaranteed in the:

Second Amendment — Individual right to keep and bear arms.

Fifth Amendment — No person shall be deprived of liberty or property without due process of law.

Sixth Amendment — In criminal prosecutions accused shall have the right to public trial by impartial jury, be informed of the nature and cause of accusation-be confronted with the witnesses against him.

This terrible bill is reminiscent of the old Soviet Union and it's KGB (Committee for State Security.) It must never become law in America.

To learn more go to www.nraila.org and/or www.nranews.com. I would encourage you to correspond with our U.S. senators and representatives expressing opposition to SB 1237.

PHIL POUTRE

Cocolalla