Pro-gun group: Gonzales should resign Michael Roston

Published: Wednesday May 2, 2007 Print This Email This The head of an organization that strongly opposes gun control measures called on Tuesday for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. "He took an oath to uphold the Constitution, not trample it. Perhaps it is time for him to go," said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. Gottlieb's organization is critical of Gonzales for backing legislation that would give the Attorney General the discretionary power to deny the purchase of a firearm or the issuance of a firearm license or permit to Americans suspected of having links to terrorism. "This bill raises serious concerns about how someone becomes a 'suspected terrorist.' Nobody has explained how one gets their name on such a list, and worse, nobody knows how to get one's name off such a list," Gottlieb argued in the group's press release. The Second Amendment Foundation was particularly exercised over Gonzales' cooperation with a Senate Democrat in advancing the measure. "We're not surprised that General Gonzales has found an agreeable sponsor in Frank Lautenberg. The senator from New Jersey has never seen a restrictive gun control scheme he did not immediately embrace, and S. 1237 is loaded with red flags," the group said. "Attorney General Gonzales has no business asking for that kind of power over any tenet in the Bill of Rights." The Second Amendment Foundation's full press release can be read at this link.



