If this has been posted please combine, I checked and didn't see a thread on this. The following is exerpted from the Federalist:
On the eve of the upcoming presidential election, Constitutional constructionists -- Patriot advocates of the liberty and freedom ordained by our Creator as framed in our Constitution -- were informed by the Bush administration that President George Bush will sign renewal of the 1994 Clinton-Feinstein-Schumer gun-control regulations scheduled to expire on 13 September, 2004 -- if Congress supports extending the measure.
It is understood that the administration's position on this legislation -- which is indistinguishable from that of John Kerry -- politically calculates that the measure will not get through Congress. This would prevent the legislation from becoming political fodder just prior to the presidential election.
However calculated, it is a stupefying example of bad judgment and timing -- arrogance in fact -- that President Bush's pragmatic handlers have taken a public stand on this legislation when the administration could have remained silent and waited for Congress to act one way or the other. In taking a position on the legislation now, the administration offended both the overwhelming majority of the President's constituency, and the constitutional foundational of our Republic -- a colossal blunder!
Senators Dianne Feinstein and Charles Schumer were the original sponsors of this gun-control measure, which narrowly passed the Democrat-controlled House and Senate in 1994 and was signed into law by Bill Clinton. Though House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says that the votes in the House are not there to renew the measure, Feinstein and Schumer will press for a roll-call vote in order to politicize this legislation prior to the election.
Feinstein and Schumer even applauded the Bush administration's position on the measure, writing: "We welcome your support and look forward to working with you to gain swift passage of this legislation. With your assistance, we will be able to pass legislation to continue the ban and help make America's streets safer."
"Safer"? For whom?
The Bush administration's calculation that the renewal of the Feinstein-Schumer legislation will never get to the President's desk because it won't make it through Congress is a dangerous gambit, and there is no excuse for the advance notice that Mr. Bush would sign the renewal, which served only to encourage Leftist gun confiscators. That encouragement just made re-election of conservatives in Congress -- and the White House -- more difficult and more expensive.
There are at least six bills reauthorizing Feinstein-Schumer pending in the Senate and House. Congress will return from its summer recess on 7 September and will be in session only four work-days before the sunset date. Fellow Patriots, let us urge our elected representatives to oppose H.R. 3831 and S. 2498 and any other legislation seeking to extend the so-called "assault-weapons" ban. And let us not underestimate the resolve of those who would infringe upon our Second Amendment rights: "I really believe passionately in this," said Senator Feinstein. "I'm not going to give up." (Memo to Senator Feinstein: Neither are we.)
Please act now -- join more than 60,000 fellow Patriots on the frontlines in defense of our Constitutional liberties who have already signed a petition against Feinstein-Schumer renewal. Link to -- http://patriotpetitions.us/nogunban/
(If you don't have Web access, please send a blank e-mail to: Each e-mail sent to this address will be counted as one signature for the petition. (No duplicate e-mail addresses are counted.)
Don't just sign the petition, call, phone, write your congress critters, don't allow them to have a "voice only" called vote, because if that is allowed there will be no record of how each of them voted. We need to get the word out and let them know we're watching. (for what good that will get us)!
E-mail President Bush, link to -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/webmail
Contact your Senator --
http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm
Contact your Representative --
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
White House switchboard: (202) 456-1414
House and Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Links to Central Government Agencies -- http://www.firstgov.gov/
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Visit the most comprehensive tribute to Ronald Reagan on the
Internet and read the definitive conservative platform for the
next century -- http://www.Reagan2020.com/
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God and established in the governmental context framed by our
nation's Founders in our Declaration of Independence and its
subordinate guidance, our Republic's Constitution, as explicated by
The Federalist Papers. Our mission is to provide Constitutional
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allegiance to the same, so help me God."
The Federalist Patriot is a publication of Publius Press, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1981-2004 Publius Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
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On the eve of the upcoming presidential election, Constitutional constructionists -- Patriot advocates of the liberty and freedom ordained by our Creator as framed in our Constitution -- were informed by the Bush administration that President George Bush will sign renewal of the 1994 Clinton-Feinstein-Schumer gun-control regulations scheduled to expire on 13 September, 2004 -- if Congress supports extending the measure.
It is understood that the administration's position on this legislation -- which is indistinguishable from that of John Kerry -- politically calculates that the measure will not get through Congress. This would prevent the legislation from becoming political fodder just prior to the presidential election.
However calculated, it is a stupefying example of bad judgment and timing -- arrogance in fact -- that President Bush's pragmatic handlers have taken a public stand on this legislation when the administration could have remained silent and waited for Congress to act one way or the other. In taking a position on the legislation now, the administration offended both the overwhelming majority of the President's constituency, and the constitutional foundational of our Republic -- a colossal blunder!
Senators Dianne Feinstein and Charles Schumer were the original sponsors of this gun-control measure, which narrowly passed the Democrat-controlled House and Senate in 1994 and was signed into law by Bill Clinton. Though House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says that the votes in the House are not there to renew the measure, Feinstein and Schumer will press for a roll-call vote in order to politicize this legislation prior to the election.
Feinstein and Schumer even applauded the Bush administration's position on the measure, writing: "We welcome your support and look forward to working with you to gain swift passage of this legislation. With your assistance, we will be able to pass legislation to continue the ban and help make America's streets safer."
"Safer"? For whom?
The Bush administration's calculation that the renewal of the Feinstein-Schumer legislation will never get to the President's desk because it won't make it through Congress is a dangerous gambit, and there is no excuse for the advance notice that Mr. Bush would sign the renewal, which served only to encourage Leftist gun confiscators. That encouragement just made re-election of conservatives in Congress -- and the White House -- more difficult and more expensive.
There are at least six bills reauthorizing Feinstein-Schumer pending in the Senate and House. Congress will return from its summer recess on 7 September and will be in session only four work-days before the sunset date. Fellow Patriots, let us urge our elected representatives to oppose H.R. 3831 and S. 2498 and any other legislation seeking to extend the so-called "assault-weapons" ban. And let us not underestimate the resolve of those who would infringe upon our Second Amendment rights: "I really believe passionately in this," said Senator Feinstein. "I'm not going to give up." (Memo to Senator Feinstein: Neither are we.)
Please act now -- join more than 60,000 fellow Patriots on the frontlines in defense of our Constitutional liberties who have already signed a petition against Feinstein-Schumer renewal. Link to -- http://patriotpetitions.us/nogunban/
(If you don't have Web access, please send a blank e-mail to: Each e-mail sent to this address will be counted as one signature for the petition. (No duplicate e-mail addresses are counted.)
Don't just sign the petition, call, phone, write your congress critters, don't allow them to have a "voice only" called vote, because if that is allowed there will be no record of how each of them voted. We need to get the word out and let them know we're watching. (for what good that will get us)!
E-mail President Bush, link to -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/webmail
Contact your Senator --
http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm
Contact your Representative --
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
White House switchboard: (202) 456-1414
House and Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Links to Central Government Agencies -- http://www.firstgov.gov/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Visit the most comprehensive tribute to Ronald Reagan on the
Internet and read the definitive conservative platform for the
next century -- http://www.Reagan2020.com/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF LIBERTY" The Federalist Patriot is an
advocate of individual rights and responsibilities as ordained by
God and established in the governmental context framed by our
nation's Founders in our Declaration of Independence and its
subordinate guidance, our Republic's Constitution, as explicated by
The Federalist Papers. Our mission is to provide Constitutional
Conservatives with a quick-reading e-journal digesting a wide
spectrum of reliable information from reputable research, advocacy
and media organizations -- a brief, timely, informative and
entertaining survey and analysis of the week's most significant
news, policy and opinion as anecdotal rebuttal to political, social
and media Leftists. The Federalist Patriot is protected speech
pursuant to the First (and Second) Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States of America. Statement of Allegiance as
subscribed
by The Federalist's National Advisory Committee, Staff and
Associates: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I will support and
defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same, so help me God."
The Federalist Patriot is a publication of Publius Press, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1981-2004 Publius Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Federalist Patriot is a Town Hall Citizen Organization In
God we trust. ><>