Good Riddance to Congress!
-- As legislators leave town, gun owners dodge major bullet
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org
(Monday, November 22, 1999) -- Well it has finally happened.
Congress has left town without further eroding our Second Amendment
rights, at least for now.
The anti-gun juvenile crime bill is still deadlocked in a conference
committee, with both sides blaming the other for inaction.
Truth be known, however, some Senate leaders wanted to force the
bill out of conference recently. According to insiders on Capitol
Hill, the Senate Republicans held a meeting on the bill-- a number
of them extolling the virtues of moving the bill forward.
But two senators stood up and insisted they would fight the anti-gun
bill tooth and nail. Senators Bob Smith (R-NH) and Mike Enzi (R-WY)
indicated they would filibuster the bill. So, the decision was made
that it would not come up this session.
ACTION: Gun owners should thank those two men for standing for
principle.
You can thank Sen. Smith at:
(ph) 202-224-2841
(fx) 202-224-1353
(em) opinion@smith.senate.gov
You can thank Sen. Enzi at:
(ph) 202-224-3424
(fx) 202-228-0359
(em) senator@enzi.senate.gov
Chenoweth-Hage Reintroduces Bill (H.R. 3444) To Repeal Lautenberg
Gun Ban
Yesterday, Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID) reintroduced her very
popular bill to repeal the misdemeanor gun ban.
Passed in 1996 as part of the omnibus spending bill, the Lautenberg
ban would disarm people for offenses that include pushing, shoving
(or in some cases, even yelling at) a family member. The language
of the gun ban is so expansive that legitimate corporal punishment
can be used-- and has been used-- to disarm unsuspecting parents.
Chenoweth-Hage's bill would repeal the entire ban, unlike other
proposals in Congress which only repeal the retroactive nature of
the law. Those unfamiliar with the Lautenberg ban should see http://www.gunowners.org/kldvtb.htm on the GOA website.
H.R. 3444 currently has 19 cosponsors. During the Congressional
recess, gun owners should ask their Representatives to cosponsor the
bill.
Joe's Second Amendment Message Board
-- As legislators leave town, gun owners dodge major bullet
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org
(Monday, November 22, 1999) -- Well it has finally happened.
Congress has left town without further eroding our Second Amendment
rights, at least for now.
The anti-gun juvenile crime bill is still deadlocked in a conference
committee, with both sides blaming the other for inaction.
Truth be known, however, some Senate leaders wanted to force the
bill out of conference recently. According to insiders on Capitol
Hill, the Senate Republicans held a meeting on the bill-- a number
of them extolling the virtues of moving the bill forward.
But two senators stood up and insisted they would fight the anti-gun
bill tooth and nail. Senators Bob Smith (R-NH) and Mike Enzi (R-WY)
indicated they would filibuster the bill. So, the decision was made
that it would not come up this session.
ACTION: Gun owners should thank those two men for standing for
principle.
You can thank Sen. Smith at:
(ph) 202-224-2841
(fx) 202-224-1353
(em) opinion@smith.senate.gov
You can thank Sen. Enzi at:
(ph) 202-224-3424
(fx) 202-228-0359
(em) senator@enzi.senate.gov
Chenoweth-Hage Reintroduces Bill (H.R. 3444) To Repeal Lautenberg
Gun Ban
Yesterday, Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID) reintroduced her very
popular bill to repeal the misdemeanor gun ban.
Passed in 1996 as part of the omnibus spending bill, the Lautenberg
ban would disarm people for offenses that include pushing, shoving
(or in some cases, even yelling at) a family member. The language
of the gun ban is so expansive that legitimate corporal punishment
can be used-- and has been used-- to disarm unsuspecting parents.
Chenoweth-Hage's bill would repeal the entire ban, unlike other
proposals in Congress which only repeal the retroactive nature of
the law. Those unfamiliar with the Lautenberg ban should see http://www.gunowners.org/kldvtb.htm on the GOA website.
H.R. 3444 currently has 19 cosponsors. During the Congressional
recess, gun owners should ask their Representatives to cosponsor the
bill.
Joe's Second Amendment Message Board