Welcome to Call to Decision
Monday, March 2, 2009
By a resounding vote of 62 to 36 last week, the U.S. Senate has
approved
an amendment, offered by Senator John Ensign of Nevada, to repeal
the
D.C. gun ban.
Congratulations!
But the battle is not over.
This week, the House will take up the D.C. voting legislation. And
anti-gun Speaker Nancy Pelosi is angling to impose a "gag
rule" on the
House, so that D.C. gets its unconstitutional representative,
while
continuing its draconian anti-gun laws (like microstamping).
So here's the deal: The House will be asked to consider a
"rule" which
establishes the time for debate and provides for which amendments
may be
considered -- and which may not.
It is expected that the Pelosi rule will seek to deny the House
any vote
on the D.C. gun ban and thereby strip the repeal of the ban from
the
House bill.
So what we are asking you to do is to write and/or call your
congressman
and demand that he oppose any rule that strips the D.C. gun ban
repeal
from the D.C. voting bill.
Just to remind you of how draconian the D.C. gun law is:
* Following the Supreme Court's decision in Heller declaring the
law to
be unconstitutional, D.C. made a few cosmetic changes which will,
as a
practical matter, allow it to continue to deny its citizens the
right to
keep and bear arms.
* Then, the City Council passed a whole series of new anti-gun
measures.
These include a requirement that most guns used for self-defense
"microstamp" fired casings in two places with a
"unique
serial number."
Aside from being ineffectual with respect to stolen guns or crimes
where
the brass has not been left behind, this microstamping provision
is
intended to make guns so expensive that they won't be available
anywhere
-- including your state.
ACTION: Write your Representative and urge him or her in the
strongest
terms to oppose any rule which will strip the gun ban repeal from
the
D.C. voting bill.
You can go to the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Representative
the
pre-written e-mail message below.
You can also call him or her toll-free at 1-877-762-8762.
----- Prewritten Letter -----
Dear Representative:
This week, when the House takes up the D.C. voting legislation,
please
vote against any rule that strips the Senate's pro-gun language
and/or
imposes a "gag rule" on members of the House.
Just to remind you of how virulently anti-gun the D.C. gun law is:
Following the Supreme Court's decision in Heller declaring the law
to be
unconstitutional, D.C. made a few cosmetic changes which will, as
a
practical matter, allow it to continue to deny its citizens the
right to
keep and bear arms.
But, in addition, the City Council passed a whole series of new
anti-gun
measures. These include a requirement that most guns used for
self-defense "microstamp" fired casings in two places
with a
"unique
serial number."
Aside from being ineffectual with respect to stolen guns or crimes
where
the brass has not been left behind, this microstamping provision
is
intended to make guns so expensive that they won't be available
anywhere
-- including my state.
I urge you, in the strongest terms, to oppose any rule that makes
it
impossible for you to vote on the D.C. gun ban repeal.
Sincerely,
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