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
>
>
>(Friday, May 21, 1999)-- On May 19, Senate Democratic leader Tom
>Daschle (SD) said, "There may not be much difference between
>Democrats and Republicans anymore." Gun owners need to let the above
>words sink in. It remains to be seen if Republicans in the House
>show more spine than their Senate counterparts. In the Senate,
>Daschle made these comments as he reflected on the Republican
>"concessions and reversals on guns in the past week." Not much
>difference indeed.
>
>Led by high-ranking Republicans such as Majority Leader Trent Lott
>(MS) and Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (OR), thirty-one Republicans
>voted with the Democrats to pass a crime bill that was loaded with
>gun rights restrictions:
>
> * Private sales at gun shows will be BANNED unless the buyer
>submits to a background registration check;
> * Dealers who sell handguns will be forced to include "lock up
>your safety" devices with every handgun sold, and gun owners are now
>encouraged to "lock up their safety" or else face the possibility
>they could be liable in court if another person steals their gun and
>misuses the firearm;
> * A ban on the further importation of ANY magazine that holds
>over 10 rounds; and
> * A various assortment of other anti-gun provisions, including, a
>ban on the mere possession of certain firearms by young adults,
>massive increases in funding for the BATF, and more.
>
>[Readers should also check the GOA web page next week for a final
>compilation and more detailed analysis of everything that passed the
>Senate.]
>
>What's the difference? One day after the Republicans handed
>President Clinton and Sarah Brady an incredible media relations
>victory, many gun owners have publicly been asking: If there's not
>much difference between the two parties on Capitol Hill, then why
>should I make a distinction between the two parties at the ballot
>box.
>
>Even Republican Senator and Presidential candidate Bob Smith of New
>Hampshire just recently launched a "shot across the bow" and shocked
>Party chieftains. He said that as he travels around the country, he
>is seeing a growing frustration with Republicans, specifically over
>the gun rights issue. "I believe you may well have seen the
>beginning . . . [of] the end of the Republican Party," Smith said.
>"If it happens, I'm not leaving my party-- my party is leaving me."
>
>The Battle Now Moves to the House
>
>As the anti-gun juvenile crime bill now moves to the House, top
>Republicans are already lining up in support of certain gun
>restrictions. House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL) and House
>Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL) have both announced
>their support for some of the anti-gun provisions included in the
>Senate bill. This is not surprising, considering the respective "C"
>and "D" ratings that they have earned from Gun Owners of America.
>
>ACTION: Contact the top honchos in the Republican Party to express
>your outrage over the sell-out of gun owners nationwide. GOA has
>included a sample letter for you to send to Republican National
>Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson. You can reach him at (ph)
>202-863-8500, 863-8700 (e-mail) info@rnc.org or (fax) 202-863-8774,
>863-8820.
>
>It would also be worthwhile to contact Representatives Hastert (ph:
>202-225-2976, e-mail: dhastert@mail.house.gov or fax: 225-0697) and
>Hyde (ph: 202-225-4561; fax: 225-1166; no e-mail). You can tweak
>the same letter and send it to them.
>
>How they voted in the Senate. When the smoke cleared yesterday, the
>final tally in favor of passing S. 254 was 73-25. Go to http://www.
>senate.gov/legislative/vote1061/legis_rollcall_vote1061.html on the
>web and click on vote numbers 121-140 to see how Senators voted on
>all amendments relating to Hatch's bill, S. 254. Listed below is a
>breakdown of yesterday's vote on final passage.
>
>Did Your Senator Vote Against the 2nd Amendment?
>
>All Democrats voted in favor of S. 254 except Senators Russ Feingold
>(WI) and Paul Wellstone (MN) who voted against the bill. Not voting
>were Senators Fritz Hollings (SC) and John McCain (AZ).
>Twenty-three Republicans voted correctly and opposed the bill (those
>*not* listed below). The Republicans who betrayed gun owners and
>voted for the anti-gun crime bill (S. 254) were the following:
>
>Abraham (MI) Frist (TN) Roth (DE)
>Allard (CO) Grams (MN) Santorum (PA)
>Ashcroft (MO) Hagel (NE) Sessions (AL)
>Bennett (UT) Hatch (UT) Gordon Smith (OR)
>Bond (MO) Jeffords (VT) Snowe (ME)
>Chafee (RI) Kyl (AZ) Specter (PA)
>Cochran (MS) Lott (MS) Stevens (AK)
>Collins (ME) Lugar (IN) Thurmond (SC)
>DeWine (OH) Mack (FL) Warner (VA)
>Domenici (NM) McConnell (KY)
>Fitzgerald (IL) Murkowski (AK)
>
>
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>
>Dear Mr. Nicholson:
>
>Words can not express the outrage that I feel over what Republicans
>in the U.S. Senate just did to gun owners' rights. Watching
>Republicans stumble over themselves to violate their oath of office
>and pass restrictions upon the 2nd Amendment was simply disgusting.
>
>The media says there has been a public "mood shift" following the
>Colorado shooting. But that's just a figment of their collective
>imagination. A new poll released by the Denver Rocky Mountain News
>on May 20 showed that "Gun-control opinions [are] unchanged"
>following the Littleton tragedy.
>
>The poll found that a full 65-percent of Coloradans FAVOR allowing
>decent citizens to carry concealed firearms. This is barely down
>from the 66 percent figure that was taken in February-- a difference
>well within the margin of error.
>
>So why then have Republicans run for the tall grass? Why have they
>betrayed their oath of office to sacrifice my constitutional rights
>on the altar of gun control?
>
>While I probably disagree with Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle
>most of the time, he hit the nail on the head just recently. On May
>19, he said, "There may not be much difference between Democrats and
>Republicans anymore."
>
>Indeed, if there is "no difference" between the two parties
>legislatively, then why should I make a distinction between the two
>monetarily? Moreover, why should I make any distinction at all--
>like at the ballot box? Please tell me.
>
>Sincerely,
------------------
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
>8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
>Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
>http://www.gunowners.org
>
>
>(Friday, May 21, 1999)-- On May 19, Senate Democratic leader Tom
>Daschle (SD) said, "There may not be much difference between
>Democrats and Republicans anymore." Gun owners need to let the above
>words sink in. It remains to be seen if Republicans in the House
>show more spine than their Senate counterparts. In the Senate,
>Daschle made these comments as he reflected on the Republican
>"concessions and reversals on guns in the past week." Not much
>difference indeed.
>
>Led by high-ranking Republicans such as Majority Leader Trent Lott
>(MS) and Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (OR), thirty-one Republicans
>voted with the Democrats to pass a crime bill that was loaded with
>gun rights restrictions:
>
> * Private sales at gun shows will be BANNED unless the buyer
>submits to a background registration check;
> * Dealers who sell handguns will be forced to include "lock up
>your safety" devices with every handgun sold, and gun owners are now
>encouraged to "lock up their safety" or else face the possibility
>they could be liable in court if another person steals their gun and
>misuses the firearm;
> * A ban on the further importation of ANY magazine that holds
>over 10 rounds; and
> * A various assortment of other anti-gun provisions, including, a
>ban on the mere possession of certain firearms by young adults,
>massive increases in funding for the BATF, and more.
>
>[Readers should also check the GOA web page next week for a final
>compilation and more detailed analysis of everything that passed the
>Senate.]
>
>What's the difference? One day after the Republicans handed
>President Clinton and Sarah Brady an incredible media relations
>victory, many gun owners have publicly been asking: If there's not
>much difference between the two parties on Capitol Hill, then why
>should I make a distinction between the two parties at the ballot
>box.
>
>Even Republican Senator and Presidential candidate Bob Smith of New
>Hampshire just recently launched a "shot across the bow" and shocked
>Party chieftains. He said that as he travels around the country, he
>is seeing a growing frustration with Republicans, specifically over
>the gun rights issue. "I believe you may well have seen the
>beginning . . . [of] the end of the Republican Party," Smith said.
>"If it happens, I'm not leaving my party-- my party is leaving me."
>
>The Battle Now Moves to the House
>
>As the anti-gun juvenile crime bill now moves to the House, top
>Republicans are already lining up in support of certain gun
>restrictions. House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL) and House
>Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-IL) have both announced
>their support for some of the anti-gun provisions included in the
>Senate bill. This is not surprising, considering the respective "C"
>and "D" ratings that they have earned from Gun Owners of America.
>
>ACTION: Contact the top honchos in the Republican Party to express
>your outrage over the sell-out of gun owners nationwide. GOA has
>included a sample letter for you to send to Republican National
>Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson. You can reach him at (ph)
>202-863-8500, 863-8700 (e-mail) info@rnc.org or (fax) 202-863-8774,
>863-8820.
>
>It would also be worthwhile to contact Representatives Hastert (ph:
>202-225-2976, e-mail: dhastert@mail.house.gov or fax: 225-0697) and
>Hyde (ph: 202-225-4561; fax: 225-1166; no e-mail). You can tweak
>the same letter and send it to them.
>
>How they voted in the Senate. When the smoke cleared yesterday, the
>final tally in favor of passing S. 254 was 73-25. Go to http://www.
>senate.gov/legislative/vote1061/legis_rollcall_vote1061.html on the
>web and click on vote numbers 121-140 to see how Senators voted on
>all amendments relating to Hatch's bill, S. 254. Listed below is a
>breakdown of yesterday's vote on final passage.
>
>Did Your Senator Vote Against the 2nd Amendment?
>
>All Democrats voted in favor of S. 254 except Senators Russ Feingold
>(WI) and Paul Wellstone (MN) who voted against the bill. Not voting
>were Senators Fritz Hollings (SC) and John McCain (AZ).
>Twenty-three Republicans voted correctly and opposed the bill (those
>*not* listed below). The Republicans who betrayed gun owners and
>voted for the anti-gun crime bill (S. 254) were the following:
>
>Abraham (MI) Frist (TN) Roth (DE)
>Allard (CO) Grams (MN) Santorum (PA)
>Ashcroft (MO) Hagel (NE) Sessions (AL)
>Bennett (UT) Hatch (UT) Gordon Smith (OR)
>Bond (MO) Jeffords (VT) Snowe (ME)
>Chafee (RI) Kyl (AZ) Specter (PA)
>Cochran (MS) Lott (MS) Stevens (AK)
>Collins (ME) Lugar (IN) Thurmond (SC)
>DeWine (OH) Mack (FL) Warner (VA)
>Domenici (NM) McConnell (KY)
>Fitzgerald (IL) Murkowski (AK)
>
>
>-------- Clip-n-Send -----------
>
>Dear Mr. Nicholson:
>
>Words can not express the outrage that I feel over what Republicans
>in the U.S. Senate just did to gun owners' rights. Watching
>Republicans stumble over themselves to violate their oath of office
>and pass restrictions upon the 2nd Amendment was simply disgusting.
>
>The media says there has been a public "mood shift" following the
>Colorado shooting. But that's just a figment of their collective
>imagination. A new poll released by the Denver Rocky Mountain News
>on May 20 showed that "Gun-control opinions [are] unchanged"
>following the Littleton tragedy.
>
>The poll found that a full 65-percent of Coloradans FAVOR allowing
>decent citizens to carry concealed firearms. This is barely down
>from the 66 percent figure that was taken in February-- a difference
>well within the margin of error.
>
>So why then have Republicans run for the tall grass? Why have they
>betrayed their oath of office to sacrifice my constitutional rights
>on the altar of gun control?
>
>While I probably disagree with Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle
>most of the time, he hit the nail on the head just recently. On May
>19, he said, "There may not be much difference between Democrats and
>Republicans anymore."
>
>Indeed, if there is "no difference" between the two parties
>legislatively, then why should I make a distinction between the two
>monetarily? Moreover, why should I make any distinction at all--
>like at the ballot box? Please tell me.
>
>Sincerely,
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"