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From GOA, Ping Sen. Webb on gun control...

roscoe13

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Subject: VA: Sen. Webb Should Refuse To Cosponsor New Gun Control
Date: May 29, 2007 3:35:54 PM EDT
From: Gun_Owners_of_America@capwiz.mailmanager.net
To: roscoe@aiko.com
Reply-To: Gun_Owners_of_America@capwiz.mailmanager.net

Will Schumer Get Sen. Webb To Cosponsor His Legislation?
-- Your help is desperately needed to keep this from happening

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

Tuesday, May 29, 2007


"The Gun Owners of America [has] already launched a public campaign
to block the legislation... warning that the proposal could 'block
millions of additional, honest gun owners from buying firearms.'" --
Newsweek, April 24, 2007

As indicated by the Newsweek article, the GOA campaign is well
underway. We are mobilizing the gun owning community across the
country and have sent press releases into selected congressional
districts to put pressure on waffling legislators.

And that is why you are getting this email, because your Senator, Jim
Webb (D), is going to be a key player in this fight.

You are, no doubt, aware that GOA has alerted you several times to
the Brady Law expansion bill -- legislation that will continue the
assault on your Second Amendment rights.

We've also provided our members postcards to send their
Representatives and Senators. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'VE SENT THOSE
POSTCARDS IN!

Now, we need you to e-mail a specially-tailored message (which is
found below) to Senator Webb. In the past, the Senator has bragged
about how pro-gun he is.

Well, if he's going to talk like that, now is his time to prove it!

As we told you before, the Brady expansion bill is gun control, pure
and simple. Current and past sponsors include anti-gun Senators
Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL).
And on the House side, there's the notoriously anti-gun Carolyn
McCarthy (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI) who are in full support of
this gun control measure.

At this point there is no Senate bill -- at least not yet. But
Senator Chuck Schumer is expected to be the lead sponsor in the
senate, just as he was in 2003. And if history repeats itself, he
will have some strange company, as he did four years ago.

This bill from four years ago is virtually identical to HR 297, which
is the bill that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) is now pushing in the
wake of the Virginia Tech shootings. To make matters worse,
top-ranking Democrats are in negotiations with the NRA to come up
with a "compromise" as quickly as possible.

The NRA itself told Newsweek in an exclusive interview on April 24
that the group "backs [the] proposed new legislation" in the House.
No wonder so many pro-gun congressmen feel like they are caught in a
crossfire between GOA and NRA.

So what can we do? Or more importantly, what can YOU do? Well,
there are three important action items for all gun owners to take:

ACTION:

1. Tell Senator Webb that grassroots gun owners do NOT want more gun
control! If he's going to talk a pro-gun game, now is the time for
him to prove it.

2. Urge the Senator to refrain from adding his name to any proposed
Schumer gun control bill.

3. Circulate this alert to other gun owners that you know.

CONTACT INFORMATION: You can e-mail Senator Webb at
http://webb.senate.gov/contact -- simply copy and paste the message
below into the box provided.

Or you can contact Senator Webb by:

Phone: 202-224-4024 or use the toll-free switchboard at 877-762-8762
Fax: 202-228-6363

----- Pre-written letter -----

Dear Senator Webb:

Gun Owners of America informs me that HR 297, a colossal gun control
bill, is on the fast track and can come up in the Senate at any time.
As a supporter of Second Amendment rights, I do NOT support this
bill, which is being pushed by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and Senator
Chuck Schumer.

You have campaigned as pro-gun in the past. I hope that you will
stand by your statements and OPPOSE the Schumer-McCarthy legislation.

In years past, Senator Schumer was the lead sponsor on this measure.
When he reintroduces this bill, I hope that you will REFUSE to lend
your name as a cosponsor and will OBJECT to any Unanimous Consent
agreement regarding its passage.

The Virginia Tech tragedy, which Senator Schumer is using to try to
push this bill, highlights the failure, not success, of gun control.

Instead of passing yet more laws that restrict my Second Amendment
rights, Congress should consider repealing the failed gun control
laws on the books.

Again, please oppose the Schumer-McCarthy bill, and object to any
Unanimous Consent agreement. Please let me know what you intend to
do.

Sincerely,


****************************
 

Tess

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Won't matter. Webb doesn't bother with constituents' communications.

I've been asking since about 3 days after it was introduced whether he would co-sponsor S388, or explain why he wouldn't. No response yet.
 

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I don't get it completely. Why isn't GOA urging us to contact our Representative? It IS a house bill and there is no senate version, yet.

Tess, what is S388?
 

Tess

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VAopencarry wrote:
I don't get it completely. Why isn't GOA urging us to contact our Representative? It IS a house bill and there is no senate version, yet.

Tess, what is S388?
S 388 IS
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State. (Introduced in Senate) introduced by Thune (SD) with 24 cosponsors to date.
 
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