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LB

This really isn't good for people who have kids.

In the H.R. 45 Bill there is this ––-> SEC. 305. CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION.

We all need to do our part.

I wrote both my WA Senators (Murray and Cantwell) and my Representative (Larsen) over a month ago.

Even encouraged my wife to do the same. Luckily, she's as concerned as I.

Getting ready for round 2!

rich

Maybe this will get some use here...


Dear Senator/Representative _____,

I am writing to express my concern over the current debate on firearms. As a hard-working, law-abiding citizen, I am worried that legislation which would limit my constitutional rights to keep and bear arms could be passed into law. I consider my right to keep and bear arms as important as my right to life and liberty, as I am prepared to use firearms, if necessary, to protect my own life.

The Sandy Hook Shooting is a terrible tragedy, but it is vital that we don't allow emotion to override logic and reason. Existing laws didn't prevent Adam Lanza from killing those people. He was denied the purchase of a gun because of existing laws, but that didn't prevent him from getting one. Instead, he turned to another source. If his mother didn't have guns, he would have turned to another source. People who are insistent upon getting their hands on a gun will always be able to do so. We must ensure that we don't prevent good people from having access to guns as well.

I strongly urge you to fight against, and vote NO on any legislation that comes to a vote. Senators Feinstein and Lautenberg have both announced they will be presenting gun-control bills. Please work to protect our Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms.

Respectfully,

_____

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you can send a mass email via the NRAILA website to your reps---- http://www.nraila.org/get-involved-locally/grassroots/write-your-reps.aspx

This should be tacked in General Discussion, where it will get more exposure............

this is my letter feel free to use if just don't send it to anyone in Wisconsin. That's my turf

Excellent write!
Used and shared on another (Veteran's) Forum; hope you don't mind.

ALL ABOARD IN DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION AND 2nd AMENDMENT!!!

Okay, I cheated. I took the letters and cut and pasted what I wanted to say.

As your constituent, I strongly urge you to oppose any and all legislation to b efforts to enact new Federal gun control measures such as a ban on so-called "assault weapons" and "large" ammunition magazines.

A previous ban on these inanimate objects was in effect from 1994-2004 and had no discernible effect on violent crime. In fact, a study of the ban mandated by Congress found: "At best, the assault weapons ban can have only a limited effect on total gun murders, because the banned weapons and magazines were never involved in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders."

Tens of millions of Americans choose to own semi-automatic firearms with ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds for the same reason as law enforcement officers: they are effective for self-defense. One never knows how many rounds he or she will need for self-defense or defense of others, or how many criminals may attack. Thus having a firearm that allows its lawful user to discharge multiple shots can often be the difference between life and death. In fact, a number of studies have shown that firearms are used for self-defense hundreds of thousands of times to 2.5 million times annually. This amounts to guns being used 3-5 times more often for self-defense than to commit a crime.

Rather than expanding previously failed legislation that won't curb violence, but will affect law-abiding gun owners, I urge you to support legislation to enhance school security and improve our nation’s ailing mental health system.
For the sake of perspective, I will point out that the 1994 Federal "Assault Weapons" ban was originally passed in a Democrat-controlled Congress by a very slim margin and by a slightly larger margin in the Senate.

The result... In the 1994 national elections, three months after passage, the Democrats lost nine seats in the Senate and 54 seats in the House. There is no denying that gun control, specifically the "Assault Weapons" ban" was a very large part of why the Democrats lost the House for the first time in 50 years. Former President Bill Clinton once even estimated that voting for the ban cost 20+ Democrat Representatives their seats.
I have decided that I am now a one-issue voter. I do this because I’m a law-abiding citizen who is sick and tired of having his rights stripped away by people that are ignorant on the subject. Those that take the time to study the issue of "gun control" know that when you restrict the right to self-defense from lawful citizens, crime actually increases in those areas. This is because by definition, criminals do not obey the law (if they did, they would not be criminals.) I do not believe that restrictive "gun control" measures have ever saved a life. In point of fact, & as seen in the recent shootings in gun free zones, “gun control” actually costs lives!

I want to be perfectly clear here... elected officials and political candidates who support ANY form of restrictive gun control WILL LOSE MY VOTE and the votes of my family members. Please do your part to cast the flawed concept of "gun control" on to the ash heap of failed ideas.

Please reply to me indicating your position on Sen. Feinstein's most recent proposal.

I donated $25 to the NRA

I wrote my Senators and Rep, and trust me when I say that Rubio is the only one of those three that represent me.

Sent in my paperwork for CCW and was one of those 2.8 million NCIS checks for Dec.