Feinstein Planning to Offer Semi-auto Ban as an Amendment Soon
-- Please urge your Senators to oppose this effort
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
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Well, we knew this day would eventually come.
GOA has been warning gun owners that Democrat Senator Dianne
Feinstein of California would be looking for an avenue to attach her
gun ban to unrelated legislation sometime this year.
According to Senate sources, Feinstein will be making her move quite
soon.
While she reportedly has her eyes on a number of different bills as
possible vehicles for her amendment, it seems certain that she will
try to piggy-back her anti-gun language onto a legal reform bill
(such as S. 2062) within the next few weeks.
You will remember that when Feinstein offered her gun ban amendment
in March, it passed 52-47.
While a switch of only three Senators would be enough to kill the
amendment, it seems that the easiest way to defeat Feinstein will be
through a filibuster. Our side only needs 41 Senators to kill her
amendment through the art of filibuster, and it would appear that we
definitely have that many votes... BUT ONLY IF THE 47 SENATORS WHO
VOTED RIGHT LAST TIME CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE!
That’s why we need another barrage of phone calls and e-mails going
into Senate offices.
ACTION: Please contact your Senators and urge them to oppose any
Feinstein amendment to reinstate the semi-auto ban. Tell them to
also support any effort to filibuster this unconstitutional
legislation.
You can send the letter as an e-mail by visiting the GOA Legislative
Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone
and fax numbers are also available).
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
I have been alerted to the fact that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is
planning to offer the renewal of Clinton’s semi-auto ban as an
amendment to legislation in upcoming weeks.
I would join the voices of many other Americans who would urge you
to support our call for a filibuster against the reauthorization.
Please know that the Clinton semi-auto ban is one of the most hated
pieces of legislation ever enacted, and those who support its
reauthorization will find no friends or votes within the pro-gun
community.
Sincerely,
****************************
Pratt To Speak
Larry Pratt, Gun Owners of America’s Executive Director, will be
speaking at the Freedom Roast in Sioux Falls, SD on Saturday, June
12.
This is a family event with attractions for the kids while the
parents are taking in the speeches or filling up on the free eats at
this gala hog roast.
Pratt will be available at the GOA tent when he is not at the
podium. His book and GOA membership applications will be available.
See http://www.freedomroast.us for more information.
****************************
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-- Please urge your Senators to oppose this effort
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
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Well, we knew this day would eventually come.
GOA has been warning gun owners that Democrat Senator Dianne
Feinstein of California would be looking for an avenue to attach her
gun ban to unrelated legislation sometime this year.
According to Senate sources, Feinstein will be making her move quite
soon.
While she reportedly has her eyes on a number of different bills as
possible vehicles for her amendment, it seems certain that she will
try to piggy-back her anti-gun language onto a legal reform bill
(such as S. 2062) within the next few weeks.
You will remember that when Feinstein offered her gun ban amendment
in March, it passed 52-47.
While a switch of only three Senators would be enough to kill the
amendment, it seems that the easiest way to defeat Feinstein will be
through a filibuster. Our side only needs 41 Senators to kill her
amendment through the art of filibuster, and it would appear that we
definitely have that many votes... BUT ONLY IF THE 47 SENATORS WHO
VOTED RIGHT LAST TIME CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE!
That’s why we need another barrage of phone calls and e-mails going
into Senate offices.
ACTION: Please contact your Senators and urge them to oppose any
Feinstein amendment to reinstate the semi-auto ban. Tell them to
also support any effort to filibuster this unconstitutional
legislation.
You can send the letter as an e-mail by visiting the GOA Legislative
Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone
and fax numbers are also available).
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
I have been alerted to the fact that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is
planning to offer the renewal of Clinton’s semi-auto ban as an
amendment to legislation in upcoming weeks.
I would join the voices of many other Americans who would urge you
to support our call for a filibuster against the reauthorization.
Please know that the Clinton semi-auto ban is one of the most hated
pieces of legislation ever enacted, and those who support its
reauthorization will find no friends or votes within the pro-gun
community.
Sincerely,
****************************
Pratt To Speak
Larry Pratt, Gun Owners of America’s Executive Director, will be
speaking at the Freedom Roast in Sioux Falls, SD on Saturday, June
12.
This is a family event with attractions for the kids while the
parents are taking in the speeches or filling up on the free eats at
this gala hog roast.
Pratt will be available at the GOA tent when he is not at the
podium. His book and GOA membership applications will be available.
See http://www.freedomroast.us for more information.
****************************
Please do not reply directly to this message, as your reply will
bounce back as undeliverable.
To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to
http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web. Change of e-mail
address may also be made at that location.
