une 20, 2011

Dear Mr. Shaw:



Thank you for contacting me to express your opinion regarding H.R. 1781, the Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011.  As your Congressman, I appreciate hearing your thoughts and welcome every opportunity to be of service.



As you may know, H.R. 1781 was introduced by Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) on May 5, 2011 and was subsequently referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Education and the Workforce, where it awaits further action. If enacted, it would require a background check for every firearm sale. Furthermore, it would create regulation to require that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system.



As the author of Fairness in Firearms Testing Act, I have made it one of my primary responsibilities in Congress to defend our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.  I have been committed to working with other like-minded Members of Congress to develop a legislative strategy to protect our gun rights.  Though I am not a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary or the Committee on Education and the Workforce, please be assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind should H.R. 1781 come before the full House for a vote.



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Dr. Gingrey is about as good as I can ask for with a Congressman.

That was a politician's way of skirting around whether he supports it or not.  I saw no hard stance in either direction there.