Roy Blunt, ( I changed the names as I sent this to like 6 or 8 people in my state & local government)
If you vote for any bill that further restricts the already too restricted Right to Keep and Bear Arms, I am an ACTIVE VOTER & I will vote against you in 2014 & EVERY ELECTION THEREAFTER.
I have the same high expectations for my Senator, Congressmen, and Representatives and so forth to respect my Liberty here is the state of Missouri.
Our one-time Republic, now just a nation, has strayed from the Liberty-minded, bottom-up structure that the Founders Fathers and Framers sought. Instead, we now have a top-down, all-powerful federal government over which the average citizen feels he exerts no influence.
There are a lot more fixes that are necessary to restore the Republic to its proper balance, where the People and the States are sovereign over a federal government operating within its tiny constitutional box, having a tiny influence on our day-to-day lives, but the absolute WRONG step is to expand the federal government's reach and diminish personal Liberty!
I expect YOU not only to vote AGAINST Feinstein's bill, but to actively work against it and any other bills that will further restrict the ability of law-abiding citizens to Keep and Bear Arms.
This is a must even viewed solely from the standpoint of protecting Liberty. However, if you need a practical reason for dismantling most gun-control legislation, look at where the mass shootings almost always occur--gun-free zones! These shooters are looking for the defenseless. This last time, he found our most precious resources, our children, left totally defenseless.
Instead of further restricting the Right, we should be removing restrictions that don't make sense, like gun-free school zones. Regulating the carry within school buildings makes sense. We want staff members who carry to be well-trained and to be able to keep their firearm secure from little hands. Banning carry within the building does not make sense. And banning carry within 1000 feet is just moronic and oppressive.
Either way, where one is restricted from carry is NOT a federal issue. Let the States do what the Founders and Framers intended. Let them create a marketplace of governments (that will range from tyrannical to near-total Liberty) from which the People can choose. That is true Liberty: the ability to vote with one's feet.
Like I said, I expect you to actively advance the Right to Keep and Bear Arms--and Liberty in general. Anything less is unacceptable and will cause me to vote for anyone but you. This current effort to increase federal interference with the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a make-or-break issue.
Work hard on the correct side of it if your not with us your against us!
Best Regards,