Posted: 2/25/2013 9:51:54 AM EDT
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Thank you for writing to voice your opposition to the Assault Weapons Ban. Like you, I believe that the right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Constitution’s Second Amendment. The recent Supreme Court decisions reinforced this fact, but I believed that this was the case prior to those decisions.
While the right to bear arms is enshrined by the Second Amendment to the Constitution, I believe that we have a collective interest in keeping guns out of the hands of those who want to harm the innocent. I believe it is possible to strike a reasonable balance. I have long advocated for faster and more accurate background checks so legal purchasers can receive their guns quickly while ensuring criminals do not illegally purchase and possess firearms. In 2011, I proposed S. 436, the Fix Gun Checks Act to provide more funding to states to compile required background data for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This legislation builds on the National Rifle Association-supported NICS Improvements Amendment Act, passed by Congress in 2007. Ensuring that this information is comprehensive and up to date will protect law enforcement from criminals with illegally obtained weapons while speeding up the process for law abiding citizens. You may also be pleased to know that I have successfully fought to create new opportunities for gun owners to exercise their right to use guns. For example, in the 109th Congress, I secured federal money to expand the scarce hunting grounds in New York State by creating a financial incentive for private landowners to allow hunters access to their property. L Thank you for contacting me about this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I can ever be of assistance to you on this, or any other matter |
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Quoted: There is no point in even writing to that dickhead. Don't waste your time. Typical lib form letter--"I support the 2nd Amendment...but not really." Tell me about it. I got an email today from GOA titled "GOA Alert: Will Sen. Tom Coburn Buy Off on the "Schumer Sell-Out"?". It says to "Contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to oppose the "Schumer sell-out."" ROTFLMAO! Contact Schumer and Gillibrand? That is two minutes of my life I would never get back. |
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There is no point in even writing to that dickhead. Don't waste your time. Typical lib form letter--"I support the 2nd Amendment...but not really." Tell me about it. I got an email today from GOA titled "GOA Alert: Will Sen. Tom Coburn Buy Off on the "Schumer Sell-Out"?". It says to "Contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to oppose the "Schumer sell-out."" ROTFLMAO! Contact Schumer and Gillibrand? That is two minutes of my life I would never get back. Same thing! How do we reply to the actual instigators? BTW I get the same "reply" to all my letters too. I'm hurt. |