T Dubya
Campaign Veteran
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"Dear ****,
Please act quickly to keep our parks safe.
In the dead of night, the gun lobby snuck an amendment onto a bill in the U.S. Senate that allows people to carry loaded guns, including AK-47s, in national parks. We can't waste a minute to fight this amendment.
We already won this battle in court. The Obama Administration agreed not to appeal a federal judge's order barring guns in parks.
But that made the gun lobby mad. Now they are taking a sneaky legislative route to press their "guns for anyone, anywhere" agenda — even when it puts the safety of visitors to recreation areas at risk.
The amendment goes even further than the rule we stopped in court. It allows for both concealed and openly carried firearms, including AK-47s, in parks and wildlife refuges.
It's a foolish and dangerous amendment. I urgently need your help to stop it. Please give whatever you can right now.
The recent mass shootings — more than 50 people shot and killed in March and April — should be lesson enough for the Congress that we need stronger laws to keep our communities safe, not more guns in more places.
We have to defeat this amendment. I hope you will help today.
Sincerely,
Sarah Brady, Chair"
"Dear ****,
Please act quickly to keep our parks safe.
In the dead of night, the gun lobby snuck an amendment onto a bill in the U.S. Senate that allows people to carry loaded guns, including AK-47s, in national parks. We can't waste a minute to fight this amendment.
We already won this battle in court. The Obama Administration agreed not to appeal a federal judge's order barring guns in parks.
But that made the gun lobby mad. Now they are taking a sneaky legislative route to press their "guns for anyone, anywhere" agenda — even when it puts the safety of visitors to recreation areas at risk.
The amendment goes even further than the rule we stopped in court. It allows for both concealed and openly carried firearms, including AK-47s, in parks and wildlife refuges.
It's a foolish and dangerous amendment. I urgently need your help to stop it. Please give whatever you can right now.
The recent mass shootings — more than 50 people shot and killed in March and April — should be lesson enough for the Congress that we need stronger laws to keep our communities safe, not more guns in more places.
We have to defeat this amendment. I hope you will help today.
Sarah Brady, Chair"