Texan Or Not, We NEED you NOW!!! The trial lawyers are screwing us!

N

nralife

New member
-- Texas State Rifle Association Email ---
March 24, 1999

Action needed immediately! -

Senate Bill SB717 (to stop the frivolous gun maker lawsuits) was
tabled again this morning. The Texas Trial Lawyers have gotten to
Senator David Bernsen 512 463 0104 (Voice)
512 463 6373 (FAX) david.bernsen@senate.state.tx.us

Bernsen is a trial lawyer himself, but he is also pro gun. He had
offered to be our champion in the Senate. Some champion, huh?

At any rate, we don't want to quit now on this very important piece of
legislation. We need to hammer Senators Bernsen, Ratliff, Sibley and
Whitmire, as well as our individual senators. The Senate probably
won't put up with much more tabling, if any.

Two years ago, we jammed the senate fax machine and telephone
lines. In the end, those contacts had the desired effect and we got an
improved CHLaw.

Can we do it again or are we going to let a bunch of trial lawyers
hold the fort? Do it all - CALL plus FAX plus E-mail.

Senator David Bernsen
512 463 0104
512 463 6373 FAX
david.bernsen@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Bill Ratliff
512 463 0101
512 475 3571 FAX
bill.ratliff@senate.state.tx.us

Senator John Whitmire
512 463 0115
512 475 3737 FAX
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us

Senator David Sibley
512 463 0122
512 475 3729 FAX
david.sibley@senate.state.tx.us


Texas Legislative information at: http://www.tsra.com/Leg99.htm

Texas Senator contact information automatically sent to you by sending
a blank email to: senate99@tsra.com

Please visit the Texas State Rifle Association website: http://www.tsra.com/

Please come vist my message board which also has a link to my Second
Amendment activist homepage where you can learn how to effectively
battle the foes of the Second Amendment.
Feel free to visit and have
some fun while speaking your mind on a variety of subjects ranging
from gun issues, politics, the great outdoors to self sufficiency.

Joe

<A HREF="http://www.netbabbler.com/goto/?forumid=12204">Joe's
Second Amendment Message Board</A>

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/nralife/politics">Joe's Second
Amendment Homepage</A>
 
Hokay, I E-Mailed the four Senators. For others who contact Reps/Sens, you might mention that in Georgia, the effort was bi-partisan. Passed jointly, signed by a Democratic Governor...

Later, Art
 
Thank you for your help! We still need everyone else to join in and call/fax/email the senators NOW! They are going to vote today.

Joe
nralife
 
MarkW, Thanks a million!!! Now how can I help you in Kansas? Come on over to my board and post how we can help you!!!

Please come vist my message board which also has a link to my Second
Amendment activist homepage where you can learn how to effectively
battle the foes of the Second Amendment.
Feel free to visit and have
some fun while speaking your mind on a variety of subjects ranging
from gun issues, politics, the great outdoors to self sufficiency.

Joe

<A HREF="http://www.netbabbler.com/goto/?forumid=12204">Joe's
Second Amendment Message Board</A>

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/nralife/politics">Joe's Second
Amendment Homepage</A>
 
Done deal here also! According to Senator Eddie Lucio's office the vote is at 10:00 CST today. Call early and call often!
 
Thanks for all of your hard work!!!The vote was postponed untill Tuesday. Things are looking good, but we need to keep the heat on untill the end. Here is a complete list of the State Senators in Texas. Let's keep the calls/faxes/and emails going... I will post an updated list of "problem" Senators when I get it. *grin*

Joe

Please immediately call your senator and politely urge them to vote for the passage of SB
717 without any amendments!

District- 1 - Bill Ratliff
512-463-0101
512-475-3571-fax
bill.ratliff@senate.state.tx.us

District- 2 David Cain
512-463-0102
512-463-7202 -fax
david.cain@senate.state.tx.us

District- 3 Drew Nixon
512-463-0103
512-463-1526 -fax
drew.nixon@senate.state.tx.us

District- 4 David Bernsen
512-463-0104
512-463-6373 -fax
david.bernsen@senate.state.tx.us

District- 5 Steve Ogden
512-463-0105
512-463-5713 -fax
steve.ogden@senate.state.tx.us

District- 6 Mario Gallegos Jr.
512-463-0106
512-463-0326 -fax
Mario.gallegos@senate.state.tx.us

District- 7 Jon Lindsay
512-463-0107
512-463-0155 -fax
jon.lindsay@senate.state.tx.us

District- 8 Florence Shapiro
512-463-0108
512-463-7579 -fax
florence.shapiro@senate.state.tx.us

District- 9 Jane Nelson
512-463-0109
512-463 0923-fax
jane.nelson@senate.state.tx.us

District-10 Christopher'Chris'Harris
512-463-0110
512-463-7003 -fax
chris.harris@senate.state.tx.us

District-11 Mike Jackson
512-463-0111
512-475-3727 -fax
mark.loeffler@senate.state.tx.us

District-12 Mike Moncrief
512-463-0112
512-463-0326 -fax
mike.moncrief@senate.state.tx.us


District-13 Rodney Ellis
512-463-0113
512-463-0006 -fax
rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us

District-14 Gonzalo Barrientos
512-463-0114
512-463-5949 -fax
gonzalo.barrientos@senate.state.tx.us

District-15 John Whitmire
512-463-0115
512-475-3737 -fax
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us

District-16 John Carona
512-463-0116
512-463-3135 -fax
john.carona@senate.state.tx.us

District-17 J.E.'Buster'Brown
512-463-0117
512-463-0639 -fax
e-mail through http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist17/dist17.htm#form

District-18 Ken Armbrister
512-463-0118
512-475-3736 -fax
ken.armbrister@senate.state.tx.us

District-19 Frank Lloyd Madla
512-463-0119
512-463-1017 -fax
sherry.muller@senate.state.tx.us

District-20 Carlos F. Truan
512-463-0120
512-475-3741-fax
carlos.truan@senate.state.tx.us

District-21 Judith Zaffirini
512-463-0121
512-475-3738 -fax
judith.zaffirini@senate.state.tx.us

District-22 David Sibley
512-463-0122
512-475-3729 -fax
david.sibley@senate.state.tx.us

District-23 Royce West
512-463-0123
512-463-0299 -fax
royce.west@senate.state.tx.us

District-24 Troy Fraser
512-463-0124
512-475-3732-fax
troy.fraser@senate.state.tx.us

District-25 Jeff Wentworth
512-463-0125
512-463-7794 -fax
jeff.wentworth@senate.state.tx.us

District-26 Gregory Luna
512-463-0126
512-463-2114 -fax
gregory.luna@senate.state.tx.us

District-27 Eddie Lucio Jr
512-463-0127
512-463-0061-fax
ignores his e-mail-use fax

District-28 Robert Duncan
512-463-0125
512-463-2424-fax
robert.duncan@senate.state.tx.us

District-29 Eliot Shapleigh
512-463-0129
512-463-0218-fax
eliot.shapleigh@senate.state.tx.us

District-30 Tom Haywood
512-463-0130
512-463-8874 -fax
tom.haywood@senate.state.tx.us

Please visit the Texas State Rifle Association website: http://www.tsra.com/
 
Ok, activist...here we go again! lET'S GET BUSY!!!

Some State Senators Working to Uphold Frivolous Lawsuits and Shut
Down Your Gun Rights

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

Texas March 25 1999

Your immediate action is needed to push through a vital protective
measure for your right to keep and bear arms. Please contact the
state Senators listed below and your own state Senator if he or she
is not on the special list.

GOA has included a clip and Fax or copy and E-mail message to
facilitate your response action.

If you prefer to do so, please write your own message but remember
the one you actually send is better than the masterpiece that never
gets sent.

One Senator, Bill Ratliff, objects to the idea that the Texas
Attorney General would be prohibited from engaging in these
frivolous lawsuits. It seems that Mr. Ratliff doesn't like to have
the hands of the AG "tied" by legislative restrictions, which
protect your freedom.

Ask Senator Ratliff if he also objects to having the powers of
government "tied" by the chains of constitutional law. If he
doesn't, then you'll know why he opposes a clean lawsuit bill
because he wants a worthless one.

++++++++++++++++++++++

As city after city falls prey to greed and sues the gun industry,
state legislatures are reacting. One by one, state legislators are
coming forth with bills to prevent these frivolous lawsuits from
going forward. You are receiving this alert because Texas has had
such a bill in the works-- SB 717.

Your tax dollars, even if you don't live in the municipality which
is suing, are being used to fund the judicial destruction of your
gun rights. "How so," you ask?

Quite simply most U.S. cities, towns and/or counties are on the
federal and/or state dole in the form of grants and loans. If you
pay state and federal taxes of any kind you're funding these
ridiculous and dangerous lawsuits.

Money is fungible!

So gun owners across the states are fighting back. The legislature
of Texas can clearly restrain what its agents-- municipalities-- do
with their power and your tax dollars.

GOA would also like to see a "loser pays" rule for suits involving
certain private parties who bring frivolous, strict liability
lawsuits.

Such legislation is important because it offers the gun industry
protection from unwarranted liability. If a gun works, the
manufacturer cannot be held liable. It's that simple, really. The
present lawsuits wrongly claim that since the gun worked properly,
the manufacturer is responsible for someone else's misuse of it!!!

Thankfully, there are pro-gunners in Texas that have taken the bull
by the horns and said, "stop these foolish lawsuits!" You MUST show
the legislature your support!! Please read on and take the
recommended action.

Please take the actions below and help to stop these dangerous,
freedom-robbing lawsuits from going forward.

As this is written SB 717 has been tabled and is being held for
further action. Here is what to do:

Contact the following Senators who have been involved in the tabling
of SB 717--

Sen. David Sibley
E-mail: david.sibley@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: 512-463-0122 / 512-475-3729

Sen. Rodney G. Ellis
E-mail: rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: 512-463-0113

Sen. Bill Ratliff
E-mail: bill.ratliff@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: 512-463-0101

Sen. David Bernsen
E-Mail: david.bernsen@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: 512-463-0104 / 512-463-6373 fax

Sen. John Whitmire
E-Mail: john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us
Capitol Phone: 512-463-0115 / 512-475-3737 fax

Besides the above legislators, please FAX, E-Mail and call your
state SENATOR and urge him or her to support SB 717 and oppose
tabling motions. Urge him or her to oppose any weakening amendments
to SB 717.

To email ANY Senate member, the general rule is this:
firstname.lastname@senate.state.tx.us


David Cain 512-463-0102
Drew Nixon 512-463-0103
Steve Ogden 512-463-0105
Mario Gallegos, Jr. 512-463-0106
Jon Lindsay 512-463-0107
Florence Shapiro 512-463-0108
Jane Nelson 512-463-0109
Chris Harris 512-463-0110
Mike Jackson 512-463-0111
Mike Moncrief 512-463-0112
John Whitmire 512-463-0113
John Carona 512-463-0116
J. E. "Buster" Brown 512-463-0117
Ken Armbrister 512-463-0118
Frank L. Madla 512-463-0119
Carlos F. Truan 512-463-0120
Judith Zaffirini 512-463-0121
Royce West 512-463-0123
Troy Fraser 512-463-0124
Jeff Wentworth 512-463-0125
Gregory Luna 512-463-0126
Eddie Lucio, Jr. 512-463-0127
Robert Duncan 512-463-0128
Eliot Shapleigh 512-463-0129
Tom Haywood 512-463-0130
Teel Bivins 512-463-0131


Pre-Written Message:

Dear Senator _______________________:

I urge you to cast your every vote, both procedural and substantive,
to pass SB 717. I urge you specifically to oppose any more efforts
to table this bill.

Frivolous lawsuits designed to plunder, if not shut down, the
businesses which make firearms are a threat to my rights and safety.
The small businessmen and workers who make the products which save
lives and thwart over a million crimes a year deserve protection
from greedy government officials.

Please stop municipalities and state officials from using my tax
dollars to fund the lawsuits.

Let me know what you intend to do. GOA will keep me informed of the
action in the Senate.

Sincerely,

________________________________________


Any ?s Call GOA / Guns Save Lives

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Joe
 
Proud to say the nice lady in my State Senator's office says Sen. Jeff Wentworth fully supports SB717. Noted that my wife, mother, two daughters, future son-in-law and I (6 votes) have consistently supported Sen. Wentworth, in the past.

Now, we (that's WE) ask the Senator to:
1) fix the potholes in our streets,
2) pick up the garbage,
3) put more cops on the street,
4) buy the cops GOOD bulletproof vests,
5) put the violent crooks in jail & keep them there, and
6) stop wasting our time, money, and efforts suing the gun manufactuers.

Thanks for the tip, Joe!
 
Ok guys, (U 2 DC)

We need to keep the pressure on the Texas State Senantors for just a while longer. They are going to vote on this bill sometime Tuesday. We need one to give them one more last burst of calls/faxes/and emails right before they vote. Let's keep the pressure on til the end.

Thank you,
Joe
 
Okay, stupid question:

How do I find out which senator/district is mine?

I'm in Abilene TX

Spencer Stewart

BTW, I emailed the four mentioned earlier. Bill Ratliff's and John Whitmore's didn't work.
 
Spencer: You might check the blue pages, the post office, or city hall.

[This message has been edited by Bulldog (edited March 30, 1999).]
 
All the info you need is on your voter's registration card.
Using your local address, you can get the information from your local tax office, local library, local magistrate (e.g.Justice of the Peace). It may even be in the blue pages of your phone book (if your phone book is like ours....) Call your local Court House or you could contact your local "Friends of NRA", or even the NRA itself. Any others?? :)
 
Spencer..
This is coming from my house in Calif :)

You are in Taylor county. Your representatives are:
Texas U.S. Representatives
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 17 - CONGRESSMAN CHARLES W. STENHOLM
Address: 1211 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6605
State District Offices

Texas State Senators
SENATE DISTRICT 24 - SENATOR TROY FRASER
Capitol Office: CAP GE.5
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0124
District Address: P.O. Box 932
Abilene, TX 79604
District Phone: (915) 676-7404

SENATE DISTRICT 30 - SENATOR TOM HAYWOOD
Capitol Office: EXT E1.606
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0130
District Address: 2525 Kell, Suite 305
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
District Phone: (940) 767-3073

Texas State Representatives
HOUSE DISTRICT 60 - REPRESENTATIVE JIM KEFFER
Capitol Office: EXT E1.424
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0656
District Address: P.O. Box 857
Eastland, TX 76448
District Phone: (254) 433-1716

HOUSE DISTRICT 70 - REPRESENTATIVE DAVID COUNTS
Capitol Office: CAP GW.11
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0480
District Address: P.O. Box 338
Knox City, TX 79529
District Phone: (940) 658-5012

HOUSE DISTRICT 71 - REPRESENTATIVE BOB HUNTER
Capitol Office: CAP GS.2
Capitol Phone: (512) 463-0718
District Address: PO Box 1498
Abilene, TX 79604
District Phone: (915) 674-2495

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm

------------------
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
 
Naw, Spencer. Not stupid. I just asked the same question before you did. So I gave you the answers I got. :)
 
-- Texas State Rifle Association Email ---
March 30, 1999

Senate Bill SB 717 has been tabled once again because of a point of order
that did not get it on the calendar. It is scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday).
Allegedly the Trial Lawyers Assoc. is stalling to gain more support from others
outside of their association. Unconfirmed rumor has it that the Municipal League
has joined with the Trial Lawyers Association.

This is certainly an ideal time to send your Senator another Fax, E-mail, or
make a telephone call. The effort is worth it. Even if you have already contacted
your Senator, it is time to contact them again to keep their support for SB717.

Congressman Rick Green says he has the votes to get the Hupp/Green HB 1716 passed through
the House. (HB1716 is the House version of SB717).

Joe
 
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