Several gun issues could sizzle during the final days of summer
-- Use the letters provided below
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
(Tuesday, September 5, 2000)
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Please use the pre-written letters down below to contact your
Representative and Senators (toll free ph: 1-888-449-3511). The
final days countdown has begun. Congress is planning to adjourn for
the year in mid-October, and lots of gun control could come to the
floor during the next month and a half.
2. The Democrats have threatened to make an issue of gun control in
the final days, and thus, gun owners need to remind their
legislators that the electorate is watching them closely! Here are
some of the items that could greatly affect your rights:
a. Gun owner registration.
The grassroots has been abuzz about Republican Senator Jack Reed's
handgun registration bill (S. 2099). This bill is truly horrible,
but it's probably not going anywhere this year.
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has her own registration bill,
S. 2525, and it is far more likely that we could see Democrats
trying to add this as an anti-gun amendment to appropriation bills
this month.
b. Confiscation and demilitarization of military-style firearms in
private hands.
Buried deep within the DoD authorization bill (H.R. 4205) is a
provision that would allow the Defense Department to collect and
destroy certain privately owned militaria. Yes, that includes your
M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfield, Colt SAA, and more.
GOA has been in contact with the offices of Sen. Bob Smith (R-NH)
and Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) who are working to remove this
particular threat to gun owners. The bill is currently in a
conference committee and could be brought to the floor of each house
sometime in September. Gun owners should ask their Senators and
Representatives to make sure this provision has been taken care of
before the Congress votes on it.
c. Gun bans and the possible death of gun shows.
The anti-gun juvenile crime bill is still in a conference committee,
and gun owners will be biting their fingernails until the final
gavel has sounded this year.
After the horrible tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, it seemed this
bill had all the momentum necessary to get passed into law. But gun
owners rose to the occasion and stung those legislators that had
originally supported the bill.
Many legislators have retreated from their initial support of the
anti-gun travesty, and we are now just a few weeks away from
victory. Remind your legislators that you don't want any
last-minute, anti-gun compromises that would allow the juvenile
justice bill (H.R. 1501) to see the light of day.
3. Please send the following letters. You can use the GOA
Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm
to send the letters via e-mail, even if your Representative and
Senators do not maintain a public e-mail address.
----- Pre-written Message -----
Dear Senator:
There's very little time before the Congress adjourns for the year.
I hope that in these final days you will stand firm in defending the
2nd Amendment and oppose ANY bill that contains the slightest
infringement of our most precious liberties.
I would not be surprised if someone tries to offer self-defense
restrictions to some of the money bills this month. These
restrictions could run the gamut -- anywhere from gun registration
(such as Dianne Feinstein's S. 2525) to draconian restrictions on
people's ability to buy firearms at gun shows (such as the
Senate-passed version of the juvenile justice bill).
Please vote against any such anti-rights amendments, or any bill
that contains one of these poison pills.
Moreover, I hope you will NOT support the authorization bill for the
Department of Defense (H.R. 4205), as long as Section 361 of the
bill remains in its current form. This section would allow the
demilitarization of militaria that is lawfully owned by private
citizens and could require the destruction of guns in honest
citizens' hands -- guns such as the M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfield,
Colt SAA, and more. Please make sure that this "demil provision" is
fixed before you vote on it.
Gun Owners of America is tracking this sneaky provision and will let
me know what happens to it. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written Message -----
Dear Representative:
There's very little time before the Congress adjourns for the year.
I hope that in these final days you will stand firm in defending the
2nd Amendment and oppose ANY bill that contains the slightest
infringement of our most precious liberties.
I would not be surprised if someone on the Senate side tries to offer
self-defense restrictions to some of the money bills this month.
These restrictions could run the gamut -- anywhere from gun
registration (such as Dianne Feinstein's S. 2525) to draconian
restrictions on people's ability to buy firearms at gun shows (such
as the Senate-passed version of the juvenile justice bill).
Please vote against any crime bill or funding bill that contains one
of these poison pills.
Moreover, I hope you will not support the authorization bill for the
Department of Defense (H.R. 4205), as long as Section 361 of the
bill remains in its current form. This section would allow the
demilitarization of militaria that is lawfully owned by private
citizens and could require the destruction of guns in honest
citizens' hands -- guns such as the M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfield,
Colt SAA, and more. Please make sure that this "demil provision" is
fixed before you vote on it.
Gun Owners of America is tracking this sneaky provision and will let
me know what happens to it. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
**************
Are you supporting anti-gun candidates unwittingly?
ATT, Sprint and MCI have a long history of filtering much of their
profits to anti-gun candidates like Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).
But when you use Life Line for your long distance telephone service,
GOA gets 10% of every call, you pay as low as 4.9 cents per minute,
and you give your business to a very pro-Second Amendment company.
Your patronage also deprives ATT and Sprint of your business, thus
reducing their ability to use their Political Action Committee funds
for the anti-gunners in Congress.
Call Life Line's toll free number 1-800-311-2811 to switch your long
distance service.
**************
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-- Use the letters provided below
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
(Tuesday, September 5, 2000)
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Please use the pre-written letters down below to contact your
Representative and Senators (toll free ph: 1-888-449-3511). The
final days countdown has begun. Congress is planning to adjourn for
the year in mid-October, and lots of gun control could come to the
floor during the next month and a half.
2. The Democrats have threatened to make an issue of gun control in
the final days, and thus, gun owners need to remind their
legislators that the electorate is watching them closely! Here are
some of the items that could greatly affect your rights:
a. Gun owner registration.
The grassroots has been abuzz about Republican Senator Jack Reed's
handgun registration bill (S. 2099). This bill is truly horrible,
but it's probably not going anywhere this year.
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has her own registration bill,
S. 2525, and it is far more likely that we could see Democrats
trying to add this as an anti-gun amendment to appropriation bills
this month.
b. Confiscation and demilitarization of military-style firearms in
private hands.
Buried deep within the DoD authorization bill (H.R. 4205) is a
provision that would allow the Defense Department to collect and
destroy certain privately owned militaria. Yes, that includes your
M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfield, Colt SAA, and more.
GOA has been in contact with the offices of Sen. Bob Smith (R-NH)
and Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) who are working to remove this
particular threat to gun owners. The bill is currently in a
conference committee and could be brought to the floor of each house
sometime in September. Gun owners should ask their Senators and
Representatives to make sure this provision has been taken care of
before the Congress votes on it.
c. Gun bans and the possible death of gun shows.
The anti-gun juvenile crime bill is still in a conference committee,
and gun owners will be biting their fingernails until the final
gavel has sounded this year.
After the horrible tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, it seemed this
bill had all the momentum necessary to get passed into law. But gun
owners rose to the occasion and stung those legislators that had
originally supported the bill.
Many legislators have retreated from their initial support of the
anti-gun travesty, and we are now just a few weeks away from
victory. Remind your legislators that you don't want any
last-minute, anti-gun compromises that would allow the juvenile
justice bill (H.R. 1501) to see the light of day.
3. Please send the following letters. You can use the GOA
Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm
to send the letters via e-mail, even if your Representative and
Senators do not maintain a public e-mail address.
----- Pre-written Message -----
Dear Senator:
There's very little time before the Congress adjourns for the year.
I hope that in these final days you will stand firm in defending the
2nd Amendment and oppose ANY bill that contains the slightest
infringement of our most precious liberties.
I would not be surprised if someone tries to offer self-defense
restrictions to some of the money bills this month. These
restrictions could run the gamut -- anywhere from gun registration
(such as Dianne Feinstein's S. 2525) to draconian restrictions on
people's ability to buy firearms at gun shows (such as the
Senate-passed version of the juvenile justice bill).
Please vote against any such anti-rights amendments, or any bill
that contains one of these poison pills.
Moreover, I hope you will NOT support the authorization bill for the
Department of Defense (H.R. 4205), as long as Section 361 of the
bill remains in its current form. This section would allow the
demilitarization of militaria that is lawfully owned by private
citizens and could require the destruction of guns in honest
citizens' hands -- guns such as the M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfield,
Colt SAA, and more. Please make sure that this "demil provision" is
fixed before you vote on it.
Gun Owners of America is tracking this sneaky provision and will let
me know what happens to it. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written Message -----
Dear Representative:
There's very little time before the Congress adjourns for the year.
I hope that in these final days you will stand firm in defending the
2nd Amendment and oppose ANY bill that contains the slightest
infringement of our most precious liberties.
I would not be surprised if someone on the Senate side tries to offer
self-defense restrictions to some of the money bills this month.
These restrictions could run the gamut -- anywhere from gun
registration (such as Dianne Feinstein's S. 2525) to draconian
restrictions on people's ability to buy firearms at gun shows (such
as the Senate-passed version of the juvenile justice bill).
Please vote against any crime bill or funding bill that contains one
of these poison pills.
Moreover, I hope you will not support the authorization bill for the
Department of Defense (H.R. 4205), as long as Section 361 of the
bill remains in its current form. This section would allow the
demilitarization of militaria that is lawfully owned by private
citizens and could require the destruction of guns in honest
citizens' hands -- guns such as the M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfield,
Colt SAA, and more. Please make sure that this "demil provision" is
fixed before you vote on it.
Gun Owners of America is tracking this sneaky provision and will let
me know what happens to it. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
**************
Are you supporting anti-gun candidates unwittingly?
ATT, Sprint and MCI have a long history of filtering much of their
profits to anti-gun candidates like Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).
But when you use Life Line for your long distance telephone service,
GOA gets 10% of every call, you pay as low as 4.9 cents per minute,
and you give your business to a very pro-Second Amendment company.
Your patronage also deprives ATT and Sprint of your business, thus
reducing their ability to use their Political Action Committee funds
for the anti-gunners in Congress.
Call Life Line's toll free number 1-800-311-2811 to switch your long
distance service.
**************
Do not reply directly to this message.
To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web.
To unsubscribe send a message to gunowners_members@mailmanager.net
with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
Change of e-mail address: unsubscribe the old address and
subscribe the new using the above instructions.
Problems, questions or comments? The main GOA e-mail address
goamail@gunowners.org is at your disposal. Please do not add that
address to distribution lists sending more than ten messages per
week or lists associated with issues other than gun rights.