My Senator's reply to my email regarding the S&W deal

Svt

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From: Senator_Specter@specter.senate.gov (Senator Specter)
To: taos@redrose.net
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:50:33 -0800
Subject: Re: Smith & Wesson Deal



Thank you for contacting me with your concerns about gun control.
I welcome the opportunity to hear the opinions of my constituents and
to make my views known.

I recognize the reality of gun problems in the United States.
Because of this, I have taken significant measures to combat criminal
violence and the unlawful use of firearms. I have supported increases
in law enforcement efforts directed at prosecuting felons who carry
guns or use them to commit crimes as well as state and local gun
buy-back programs. I successfully urged my colleagues on the
Appropriations Committee to provide funding for a program called
Project Exile. This program is designed to provide additional federal
prosecutors to prosecute persons who violate federal firearms laws.
Project Exile also doubles the presence of agents with the U.S. Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to help in apprehending violators of
these laws.

Where there were real issues of public safety, I have opposed
many gun control measures which are essentially ineffective where a
sizable constituency of about 2 million Pennsylvanians strongly favor
Second Amendment rights.

The real answer to the gun-crime problem involves:

1) long sentences for career criminals,

2) realistic rehabilitation (education; job training;
counseling) for juveniles and non-career criminals and

3) long term action to change our culture of violence.

I wrote the Armed Career Criminal Act which provides sentences of
15 years to life for habitual felons found in possession of a gun
after three major convictions.

I have also sponsored legislation to provide education and
counseling for juveniles, and to provide job training and literacy
education for offenders scheduled for release from prison. When a
functional illiterate without a trade or skill leaves jail, that
person returns to a life of crime. In my capacity as Chairman of the
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, I am
currently working with former Surgeon General Koop and Surgeon General
Satcher to address the problem of youth violence. I opposed measures
on the pending Senate juvenile crime bill because they were offered
without hearings or without adequate opportunity for analysis and some
involve complex Constitutional issues on freedom of speech.

I recognize the importance of this issue and I appreciate hearing
your concerns. I will keep your views in mind as I consider related
issues in the Senate. Thank you again for contacting my office.
Please do not hesitate to do so again with additional concerns.

My best.

Sincerely,



Alren Specter
United States Senator
 
Svt, I just got the same one today? Still waiting to hear from Santorum and Holden :)

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We preserve our freedoms by using four boxes: soap,ballot,jury, and cartridge.
Anonymous
 
Standard bovine exhaust form letter. "I support the Second Amendment, blah-blah-blah, reasonable measures, blah-blah-blah, keep guns away from criminals."

Specter didn't even mention S&W in his reply. Your letter wasn't read; some staff flunkie just put it in the Gun Nuts pile.

Our elected things, working hard for you and America. :mad:

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That's why I posted it. I wanted to see how many people from PA got the same letter. I didn't get a reply back from Santorum and Pitts.

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Spector is self-serving forked-tongue snake. I'm sorry to say that he's my senator too. My fellow Pennsylvanian's need to help to get this state-wise shame out of office.

The weasel has the nerve to write back (I know it's a form letter) to you about a 2nd amendment issue by saying that he voted to increase ATF officers, and what the heck is the #3 answer? "long term action to change our culture of violence." Wow Mr. Spector, you must be a magician, because I certainly don't know of any way to legislate behavior.

Santorum is a little better. I don't always agree with him, but I actually get the impression that he listens to his constituants.
 
Be happy you even get replies. My reps and senators are SILENT. They NEVER reply.


More fuel to feed the comming revolution.
 
JimDiver....
LMAO!! I read your post and thought to myself, that guy is in California. Sure enuff!
Feinstein and Boxer never reply to we, the unwashed rabble

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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
 
I get the same type of letter in TX.
Must be the gunloonie template in MS Office.

Says nothing from a do nothing Congress.

Send them a letter that says all guns must banned and you hope the GOP switches its positions to ban guns.

See if you get the antigun nut template letter.
 
Hey, I got a warm and fuzzy letter from Madame Feinstein, after writing her a rocket. She finished by saying something inane and fallacious...can't remember what...all I remember is jumping up and down in the kitchem with the letter in my hand, yelling at it "FU FU FU FU!!!!"

I don't waste my ink on her anymore. Grrrrrrr
 
Senator Spector is my Senator too. He lies! He voted for the gun bill last year and will do it again! He HAS to go.

He is the same spineless Republician that came out 2 days before the impeachment vote and said "Under Scottish law I vote not proven." Correct me but this is the U.S. right Senator! We are not under SCOTTISH LAW!
Clinton had his FBI files and Spector is scared of him! If you are a PA resident please vote agaisnt him this fall!
 
I've gotten a couple of mass mailing replies from Fendstine They both said that although we disagree on the issue of gun control, I'm sure that there are more issues that we agree on.

I've been wanting to write and tell her that she is wrong.... There is not one issue that I agree with her on that I know of.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
Senator John Warner has sent me the same letter 4 times like I don't notice. It is two pages long and I don't type well or know how to scan it to here. Did any one eles in VA get the same letter? Robb has only sent one letter. Scott has sent the same one paragraph twice. I don't think he cares aabout my opinion. I did meet him at his town hall meeting and was able to give him 5 mins of my thoughts.
 
Spector is a blowhard loser. He was the genius who came up with the one bullit theory in the Kennedy assasination, Yeah right :D. He speaketh with forked tongue :D
Gotta go!

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We preserve our freedoms by using four boxes: soap,ballot,jury, and cartridge.
Anonymous
 
All things being equal, can you trust a single word that comes from the mouth of the one who developed the magic bullet theory for the Warren Commission?

Let's be for real, folks.
 
I originally sent his office an email roughly a week and half ago. The very next day, I sent another one. Guess what! This morning, I got the EXACT same template as above.. geez

I'm going to send him my "I hate guns!" letter and see if I get an anti template back.

[This message has been edited by Svt (edited March 25, 2000).]
 
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