Repeal Of D.C. Gun Ban Comes To The House Next Week
 -- Contact Your Representative

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
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Thursday, September 23, 2004

It's a familiar refrain:  The gun-grabbers clearly want to take away
your "big, ugly" semiautomatics.  But, they claim, they don't support
an outright firearms ban.

Well, next week, the gun-grabbers will have an opportunity to show
their true colors.

Next week, the House is scheduled to vote on repealing Washington,
D.C.'s gun ban.

That ban -- surely the most draconian anti-gun abomination in the
country -- registers (and effectively bans) rifles and shotguns, bans
handguns, bans semiautomatics, and bans ammunition.

And, for all of its contempt for individual liberties, the District
of Columbia has moved from a relatively safe place prior to the ban
to the murder capital of the nation.

H.R. 3193 -- a bill introduced by Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) -- will
bring an end to this travesty by repealing Washington's myriad gun
bans.  It will allow D.C. residents -- once again -- to purchase
firearms to defend themselves and their families.

ACTION:  Please contact your Representative and urge him or her to
vote for H.R. 3193, Congressman Mark Souder's bill to abolish the
D.C. gun ban.  You can use the pre-written message below and send it
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 message -----

Dear Representative:

Next week, the House will vote on H.R. 3193, Congressman Mark
Souder's bill to eliminate the D.C. gun ban.  I would urge you, in
the strongest terms, to support this pro-self-defense and pro-Second
Amendment legislation.

Washington, D.C. now bans virtually every type of firearm -- and
registers those few guns it graciously allows its residents to
possess.  Yet, for all of its contempt for self-defense and
individual rights, the District of Columbia has become the murder
capital of the nation.

Please demonstrate that you care about the right of self-defense.
Please show that you believe the residents of D.C. and their families
should be more than "sitting ducks" to predatory criminals.

Please vote for H.R. 3193.

Sincerely,

sounds like a nice idea to me, only the good guys can say "do it for the children" this time