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02.11.08
NATIONAL ID CARD COMING TO OREGON |
YOUR PAPERS PLEASE.
Oregon moved a step closer to capitulating to a national ID
card today as the Oregon Senate overwhelmingly approved SB
1080.
The bill was sold as method of assuring that persons who got
Oregon driver's licenses were in Oregon legally.
News reports repeatedly commented that the bill did not
comply with the Federal "Real ID" act (The National
ID Card.) However, on the Senate floor today, both Senators
Bruce Starr and Rick Metsger claimed that the bill took large
steps in that direction.
This bill has been racing through the legislature at remarkable
speed. It passed a Senate committee and went immediately to
Ways and Means. It will NOT receive a hearing in a House Committee
and cannot be amended. It could be on the House floor any day.
While we agree it is essential for Oregon to change its policy
of being a safe haven for law breakers and illegal aliens, this
bill requires that you provide the Department of Motor Vehicles
with your Social Security number before being allowed to apply
for a driver's license. Those who have chosen not to have a
"government" number or force their children to get
one will not be allowed to apply, even if they provide proof
of legal residency like a birth certificate.
Americans, born in America, will now be compelled to give up
the most regularly stolen piece of ID in order to be allowed
to drive, and Oregon will be far closer to capitulating to the
Federal Government's demand for National ID.
Gun owners should be very concerned about the promotion of a
national ID card. The current administration has been openly
hostile to gun ownership while pushing the "Department
of Homeland Security" to demand national ID. Of the current
front runners for president, ALL are anti-gun. That means that
the next administration will almost certainly be no friend to
gun owners.
The failed Brady Bill has proven what corrupt national databases
can do to harm gun rights.
National ID cards under the control of administrations hostile
to gun rights promise to be a nightmare. Oregon should join
the states
that have the courage to
stand up to the Federal Government and not capitulate to
unconstitutional demands.
Please contact House Speaker Jeff Merkley and urge him not to
support SB 1080.
Please also contact your own rep. You can contact them with
this link:
Contact info and a suggested message follow:
Speaker Jeff Merkley
503-986-1200
rep.jeffmerkley@state.or.us
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Dear Speaker Merkley,
SB 1080 has been promoted as a way to stop people who are not
in the US legally from getting Oregon driver's licenses. But
its supporters on the Senate floor admitted it was really an
effort to move us to compliance with "Real ID" and
a National ID card.
I urge you to join other western states and refuse to capitulate
to unconstitutional Federal demands that Oregonians be required
to have a national id card.
Oregonians should not be subject to invasions of their privacy
because the Federal Government has failed in its obligation
to secure our borders.
Reject SB 1080.
Very truly yours,
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