Posted: 1/29/2013 10:53:57 AM EDT
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This is an email I just received.
Dear Mr.  :
Thank you for contacting me about gun safety issues. I appreciate you sharing your views with me. I support sensible gun safety laws and strict enforcement of those laws to help prevent crimes, suicides and violence committed with firearms. I support the steps President Obama outlined recently to curb the gun violence that plagues our nation, and I believe Congress can and should work to enact legislation to prevent gun violence without infringing on the rights of law-abiding citizens. I was an original cosponsor of the Brady Law (P.L.103-159). This law requires prospective handgun purchasers to undergo criminal background checks before purchasing a firearm from a licensed dealer. The background check system is able to make 92 percent of background check determinations on the spot, and since 1994, has prevented more than 1.5 million firearm purchases. Additionally, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics, since the Brady Law went into effect, the number of gun deaths in the United States dropped 22 percent, from 39,595 in 1993 to 30,769 in 2007. The number of gun homicides dropped by more than 29 percent, from 17,024 in 1993 to 12,129 in 2007. While the Brady Law has been successful in reducing gun violence, I believe more has to be done. For example, only 60 percent of all gun sales in the United States take place at licensed federal dealers, where background checks are mandatory. The remaining 40 percent of gun sales are conducted by unlicensed individual sellers, often at gun shows, and a background check is not required. This means that across our nation, any dangerous individual can go to a gun show and purchase a deadly weapon without any form of background check. To close this ‘gun show loophole,’ I am a cosponsor of the Gun Show Background Check Act. This bill would enact the common sense principle that anyone who wants to purchase a firearm at a gun show should be able to pass a simple background check. Ten national police organizations support closing this loophole. Additionally, I am a cosponsor of the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, a bill that seeks to reduce gun violence by keeping firearms out of the hands of terrorists and criminals. Although hard to believe, nothing in current law prohibits individuals on terrorist watch lists from purchasing firearms, unless they fall into another disqualifying category. This “terror gap” in federal law must be closed, and this bill would do just that. This legislation would deny the transfer of a firearm when a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check reveals that the prospective purchaser is a known or suspected terrorist and the Attorney General has a reasonable belief that the purchaser may use the firearm in connection with terrorism. Keeping guns out of the hands of terrorists is just common sense. I also have always supported the rights of sportsmen and hunters. Hunting is a way of life for millions of Americans and plays an integral role in modern wildlife management. But military style assault weapons have no sporting purpose. Because of these weapons, our nation’s citizens are in greater danger and police officers across the country are encountering criminals armed with highly lethal military style weapons. To support our law enforcement community and to save lives, I am a cosponsor of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. This legislation would prevent the future possession, manufacture, sale and importation of assault-type weapons while grandfathering weapons lawfully possessed at the date of the bill’s enactment. It would ban firearms with detachable magazines and military style features, such as grenade launchers, protruding pistol grips, and barrel shrouds. It would support law enforcement officers across our nation, who should not be forced to confront lawbreakers toting military arms. And it would protect the rights of hunters by specifically naming thousands of firearms with legitimate sporting, sentimental or other value that would remain legal to possess. This bill also would ban high capacity ammunition magazines. Studies have shown that high capacity ammunition magazines are used in 31 to 41 percent of fatal police shootings in cities across our nation. They also have been used by the perpetrators of numerous mass shootings, including at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, the Tucson shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others, the attack on a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, and the horrifying shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The Newtown shooting alone left twenty six people dead, twenty of them children. We must not wait until more places are added to this heartbreaking list. We can and should act swiftly to protect our families and loved ones from mass shootings. These measures have the overwhelming support of law enforcement communities around our nation, who have implored us to make changes to stop the flood of these types of weapons into the hands of those who would use them for harm. I will continue to work for common-sense gun safety measures. Thank you again for contacting me. Sincerely, Carl Levin levin.senate.gov |
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What's the useless piece of skin around a dipshits asshole called?
carl levin. That was the heading I used when sending his reply off to my gun buddies. ----------------- Edit, my state rep Joe Hune: Thank you for taking the time to contact the Office of Senator Hune regarding proposed gun legislation. Your comments are appreciated and have been given to Senator Hune for his consideration. Senator Hune is not in favor of adding any restrictions to guns or your second amendment rights, and he will support legislation protecting your rights. I would suggest you also contact your federal legislators, as a lot of discussion is taking place in Washington D.C. on second amendment rights. Their contact information is as follows: Congressman Mike Rogers 1000 West St. Joseph, Suite 300 Lansing, MI 48915 Phone (517) 702-8000 Fax (517) 702-8642 You can fill out an email form by following this link: http://mikerogers.house.gov/Contact.aspx Senator Carl Levin 269 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6221 You can fill out an email form by following this link: https://levin.senate.gov/contact/email/ Senator Debbie Stabenow 133 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4822 You can fill out an email form by following this link: http://stabenow.senate.gov/?p=contact |
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Me too. We need someone like Shapiro or Lott to tear apart this letter piece by piece, then get it to all of us so we can respond back with real evidence of his misguided information. Just saw something from Lott today that refutes the whole 40% of gun sales being outside the system. And a few hundred 3gun and CMP articles, books, videos refute the whole sporting purpose argument. And the fact almost every AR and semi-auto pistol magazine exceeds 10 rounds proves they are in common use, so that would prove that they don't fall under the Scalia comment in Heller about restrictions.
But none of this really matters to this asshole.
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Got the same response from the douchebag. So anyone replied back yet? I am going to write him another one and tell him that I am going to work hard to see his ass not getting re-elected. We need to coordinate this. This is what I wrote on spur of the moment to the dipshit fuckstain. Re: Your response to gun control You - Additionally, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics, since the Brady Law went into effect, the number of gun deaths in the United States dropped 22 percent, from 39,595 in 1993 to 30,769 in 2007 ---------------- Truth - concealed carry was instituted in most states, criminals got worried who was armed. New York's Sullivan Act was passed for the safety of Sullivan's criminals. Look up it's history. ----------------- You - For example, only 60 percent of all gun sales in the United States take place at licensed federal dealers, where background checks are mandatory. --------------- Truth - To summarize Fund’s case: the study that purportedly produced the 40 percent figure (which was actually 36 percent, but Obama rounded it up, presumably because he thinks his target audience can’t handle two-digit numbers) comes from a tiny survey of only 251 people, conducted twenty years ago, which means “most of the survey covered sales before the Brady Act instituted mandatory federal background checks in early 1994.” And those who responded to this survey only thought they might have been buying guns from unlicensed dealers, based on their perception of the seller’s operation. No effort was made to verify if these impressions were accurate. Furthermore, the total included guns transferred as gifts or inheritances – transactions not even President Obama’s new proposals really crack down on. http://www.humanevents.com/2013/01/17/the-40-percent-unchecked-gun-lie/ ---------------- You - nothing in current law prohibits individuals on terrorist watch lists from purchasing firearms, Truth - from the ACLU on the watch list: they ensnare many innocent travelers as suspected terrorists ---------------- You - But military style assault weapons have no sporting purpose. Truth - millions of Americans use them for target shooting, self defense (which the DHS thinks is just the perfect rifle for self defense) and varmint shooting. ---------------- You - Because of these weapons, our nation’s citizens are in greater danger and police officers across the country are encountering criminals armed with highly lethal military style weapons. Truth - Most citizens are unarmed and have to deal with the criminals, the police arrive after the crime and outline the body and write reports. As the DHS has stated when they ordered 7000 AR style rifles, it's the best self defense gun on the market. ----------------------- You - And it would protect the rights of hunters by specifically naming thousands of firearms with legitimate sporting, sentimental or other value that would remain legal to possess. Truth - The Second Amendment does *edit* ("meant does not") specify hunters or sporting use. ------------------ You - Studies have shown that high capacity ammunition magazines are used in 31 to 41 percent of fatal police shootings in cities across our nation. Truth - There is no high capacity magazines that come with the purchase of guns. Only standard capacity. --------------- You - We can and should act swiftly to protect our families and loved ones from mass shootings. These measures have the overwhelming support of law enforcement communities around our nation, who have implored us to make changes Truth - The only law enforcement who back this bill are politician style chiefs. The larger majority of real police don't back this bill. ----------------- Once again, you are wrong on all this issue. The real issue is how the politicians, including you, have failed on mental health and dealing with crime. How come you haven't joined the chorus on impeaching Eric Holder for the Operation Fast and Furious criminal enterprise? Two federal officers, and hundreds of Mexicans murdered by the guns ATF let go over the border. Where is your outrage? |
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"Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act" has a name only a mother could love. Usually euphamisms aren't quite so blunt. It does, however, let the world know exactly how he and his co-sponsors view anyone that owns a military style or high capacity semi-auto handgun. It also reveals how they intend to deal with anyone who owns a semi-auto if this bill gets passed.
The AR-15 is America's rifle. It has been so for fifty years now. I purchased my first SP-1 in 1981 and still own it today. Most police officer's own these weapons as do hundred's of thousands of veterans who used them in the defense of our nation. Now they can't be trusted to own the civilian sanitized semi-auto version of the M-16 that they risked life and limb with for this country?!? The letter (which I also received) is so full of misrepresentations that it is obvious that he thinks he is addressing a naive population that has no knowledge of firearms, semi-automatics, the Bill of Rights or the limits of government. He is fully aware of the competitive history using M1's, M1-A's and now AR-15's through the DCM, the CMP and NRA based tournaments, yet pretends that they never existed let alone had government support. 3-Gun has been going strong for over 20 years now. Rather than pick his integrity apart, or piece by piece dissect his letter, I will simply say that he and the people that support this, Democrat or Republican, must be routed from office in the next election cycle. The media has tried to promote the idea in the last month or so that the NRA is simply a special interest group, denying the fact that we are 4.5 million citizens that believe strongly in the Bill of Rights, all of it, not just the 2nd Amendment. We also don't forget, and we won't the next time we enter the balloting process. If you aren't a member yet, what are you waiting for? |
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Same thing here.. This is what I got from Stebenow.. Thank you for contacting me about the tragic and senseless violence in Newtown, Connecticut. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and concerns with me. If there is anything that deeply unites Americans across the country it is our love for our children and grandchildren and our desire to keep them safe. In the wake of the heartbreaking tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary, all of us must come together to determine what steps can be taken to protect our children. That means discussing how we can strengthen our gun laws to help stop attacks like this from happening again, while protecting responsible gun ownership and preserving our hunting heritage. It also means strengthening mental health services, and focusing on the broader culture of violence in the media and our society. These solutions may not be easy, but one thing should be clear – complacency and inaction until the next attack must not be an option. Thank you again for contacting me. Please continue to keep me informed about issues of concern to you and your family. Sincerely,  Debbie Stabenow United States Senator |
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just got the same email from him
The best part is where he says " military style assault weapons have no sporting use " wtf he doesn't know what the HE** he is talking about I also got this one from Justin Amash I'm gonna do everything in my power to be there!!!!! Friends,
I would like to invite you, as a resident of the Third District of Michigan, to a town hall I am hosting in Portland, Michigan, on Thursday, January 31. I will discuss matters under consideration in Congress, and I look forward to hearing from you and answering your questions. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Portland District Library at 334 Kent Street . This town hall is free and open to the public. Please contact my Grand Rapids office at (616) 451-8383 if you have any further questions. Sincerely, Justin Amash Member of Congress this is the first one I got from him and it doesn't tell me Sh*t on his stance on the subject, 
This message is to confirm that my office has received your e-mail. Listening to you and responding to your concerns is an essential part of my job as your Representative, and if appropriate, my office will respond to your message as soon as possible. If you have an urgent need, please contact my Grand Rapids office at (616) 451-8383.
Please know that all messages are read and that I take into consideration the thoughts and concerns of everyone I represent. Sincerely, Justin Amash U.S. Representative Third District of Michigan ***This automated message is from an unattended mailbox. Please do not reply to this message. You can reach my office directly at http://amash.house.gov/contact-me .*** |
I can't stand her, and I'm still mad that Hoekstra screwed up another election. I wonder what race he will fuck up next. 6 more years of this drivel, 
On the other hand this is definitely proof that the popvox emails are getting through. May not do anything but they are getting through. Dear DB0351, Thank you for contacting me about the tragic and senseless violence in Newtown, Connecticut. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and concerns with me. If there is anything that deeply unites Americans across the country it is our love for our children and grandchildren and our desire to keep them safe. In the wake of the heartbreaking tragedy at Sandy Hook elementary, all of us must come together to determine what steps can be taken to protect our children. That means discussing how we can strengthen our gun laws to help stop attacks like this from happening again, while protecting responsible gun ownership and preserving our hunting heritage. It also means strengthening mental health services, and focusing on the broader culture of violence in the media and our society. These solutions may not be easy, but one thing should be clear – complacency and inaction until the next attack must not be an option. Thank you again for contacting me. Please continue to keep me informed about issues of concern to you and your family. Sincerely, Debbie Stabenow United States Senator |
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Got the same reply in an e-mail reply from that Lib-Tard Carl.
Probably a waste of time but I did reply back. This was one part of what I wrote: As a “sportsman” I appreciate your desire to protect my ability to hunt but the only problem is the 2nd Amendment has nothing to do with shooting skeet or hunting deer! It has everything to do with asserting my right as an American to be able to defend myself. What right do you have to pronounce what I may legitimately possess to do so? How does such a total Commie Rat get elected in our state? It just amazes me. As I get older and the years go by I want to leave Michigan and go to friendlier confines!
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