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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: FAXALERT: All Politics is Taxable? (fwd)
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> NRA-ILA FAX ALERT
> 11250 Waples Mill Road * Fairfax, VA 22030
> Phone: 1-800-392-8683 * Fax: 703-267-3918 * GROOTS@NRA.org
>
>Vol. 4, No. 13 3/28/97
>
> ALL POLITICS IS TAXABLE?
>
> On March 24, the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation
>launched an investigation into allegations -- which have been
>reported in both the Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post
>in recent days -- that the IRS has engaged in politically
>motivated audits of certain tax exempt groups, including the NRA,
>that have been active in opposing legislative pursuits of the
>Clinton White House. As reported in previous Fax Alerts, the
>IRS's audit of NRA comes in the form of a Coordinated Examination
>Program (CEP) -- a far-reaching tax audit that lasts years and
>demands considerable time and resources to accommodate. The
>driving forces behind the review of the IRS's actions are the
>Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation, Reps. Bill Archer
>(R-Tex.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Sens. William Roth
>(R-Del.) and Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.). These lawmakers have
>required that the IRS probe be completed by September 15. You'll
>recall that President Clinton made headlines in 1995 by crediting
>the NRA with changing the face of Congress during the 1994
>elections, the same year NRA learned that we'd be subjected to a
>multi-year audit. Similarly, the Washington Times ran a story on
>March 25, where it noted "In many instances, the IRS says it
>chooses audit subjects based on news reports." The story notes a
>liberal group that "peppers the IRS with written complaints,
>hoping to spur audits of conservative" groups. IRS leaders claim
>they conduct all audits fairly and without bias, and that this
>congressional inquiry is welcomed.
>
>"HATCHING" A PREDICTION: The Salt Lake Tribune reported this
>week (3/23/97) some encouraging words from the Chairman of the
>Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.) predicted
>that the Brady Act will be struck down as unconstitutional by the
>Supreme Court. As you may recall, the Supreme Court heard
>opening arguments earlier this year on whether the "background
>check" provision of the Brady Act was constitutional. A group of
>local law enforcement officers, with the support of the NRA,
>agreed that the federal government cannot commandeer local and
>state law enforcement officials to carry out a federally-mandated
>background check. In discussing the case, Hatch noted, "The
>Brady Act was designed to fail. [It] will be held
>unconstitutional." The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the
>case later this Spring or by early Summer.
>
>A LOOK AT THE STATES:
>
>ALASKA: SB 141, an NRA-backed bill that would make technical
>changes to the state's current carry system has been reported out
>of the Senate State Affairs Committee. The measure now moves to
>the Senate Finance Committee for consideration. Members: Please
>call your local Legislative Information Office and send a public
>opinion message to your State Senator urging them to support SB
>141.
>
>ARKANSAS: The end of the legislative session is rapidly
>approaching and the House Judiciary Committee has yet to
>schedule a hearing on House Bill 2181, a bill which would
>eliminate the requirement of listing handgun serial numbers on
>carry permits. Members: Please contact Representative Beatty,
>the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee at (501) 921-4219
>and encourage him to consider HB 2181 today!
>
>KANSAS: Yesterday, the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
>reported out HB 2159, the NRA-backed right to carry bill. HB
>2159 is now on the Senate floor. Members: Please call your State
>Senators and urge them to support HB 2159. Also, please call
>Governor Bill Graves at 1-800-748-4408 and urge him to support HB
>2159.
>
>NEBRASKA: Action on LB 465, the NRA-supported right to carry
>bill, will be held off until mid-April, as NRA-ILA staff and the
>bill sponsor work to make necessary changes before
>reconsideration by the full Legislature. Anti-gun Sen. Ernie
>Chambers plans to continue filibustering the measure. Members:
>Please keep calling your Senators and urging them to: (1)
>support ending debate on LB 465 and (2) support passage of LB 465
>on General File.
>
>NEW MEXICO: The legislature adjourned Saturday without giving
>final consideration to SB 676, the NRA-backed right to carry
>bill. Thanks to the hard work of state activists and NRA-ILA
>staff, the bill progressed further through the process than ever
>before, clearing three Senate committees, the full Senate and the
>House Business & Industry Committee before failing to be heard in
>the House Judiciary Committee before adjournment. We'll push
>this legislation again, either in special or future regular
>sessions.
>
>OREGON: On Wednesday, April 2, the House Education Committee will
>hear HJM 2, a resolution urging Oregon schools to adopt NRA's
>nationally-recognized Eddie Eagle children's gun safety program.
>It's important that NRA members turn out to support this measure
>to counter the numerous trigger-lock and mandatory firearms
>storage bills introduced this session. Members: Please call your
>State Representatives at 1-800-332-2313 and urge them to support
>HJM 2.
>
>WASHINGTON: HB 2078 and HB 2273 are currently pending in the
>House. These measures would require mandatory storage of
>personally-owned firearms kept in the home. Members: Please
>contact your State Representatives and urge them to oppose HB
>2078 and HB 2273.
>
>WEST VIRGINIA: Contrary to false and misleading reports, NRA did
>not support SB 98, legislation that called for damaging changes
>to the state's current right to carry system, in the form it
>passed the State Senate. By working with the leadership in the
>House, we were able to amend SB 98 so that the training
>requirements for permit applicants will remain as they are today.
>We are currently working to address other shortcomings with this
>legislation to ensure that the rights of permit applicants and
>permit holders are protected. We'll keep you posted!
>
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>This information is provided as a service of the National Rifle
>Association Institute for Legislative Action, Fairfax, VA.
>
>This and other information on the Second Amendment and the NRA is
>available at: http://WWW.NRA.Org
>
>
>
>
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