reggie_love
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- Dec 15, 2012
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Critiques welcome. Motivation and resources at the bottom.
Did you guys write your reps to let them know how you feel? It takes like two seconds. Show them how popular these "weapons of war that nobody needs" really are, especially the Democrats (remind them of how 1996 turned out for them). Go down to your local gun store/show and tell everybody there to do the same.
If you remain silent on this, you might as well say "I deserve to have my guns confiscated and be put in gitmo" because you are abandoning the defense our constitution through the channels our veterans died to keep open. It is your duty to stand up for your rights and interests. You are your congressman's boss, not the other way around. Do your job and write those letters/emails.
The NRA-ILA has a handy write-your-reps tool here. Let DC know how you feel, and what awaits them if they don't listen. Keep it civil, use your best grammar, and remind them of the political consequences that await those who tread on our civil rights.
And to my local repsDear Senator Feinstein,
As your constituent, I am writing you to inform you that I will be voting against you and your party in any upcoming elections. It is unfortunate that I have to do this, as you have faithfully represented many of my stances in other matters, but due to your insistence on re-instituting the failed experiment and egregious violation of civil liberties that is the so-called "Assault Weapons" ban, you have forced my hand to the other side. Bills like these have no demonstrable impact on public safety or crime. They did not work in 1994, they do not work in California, and they will not work in the future. The only thing they will do is harass and malign the millions of law-abiding Americans, myself included, who own such weapons for purely legitimate purposes.
On another note, I did appreciate your efforts to restore the Fifth Amendment rights of American citizens in the face of the National Defense Authorization Act. I hope that Congress will act on your good ideas instead of the bad ones. I am deeply sorry to have to vote Republican, but you and your party have betrayed my interests.
Thank you for your time,
Reginald Z. Love {NOTE: I signed my real name in the actual letter}
As your constituent, I am writing you to inform you that I will vote against any candidate who supports a federal ban on so-called "assault weapons." These bills represent an egregious violation of civil liberties, and have had no demonstrable impact on public safety nor reduced crime. They did not work in 1994, they do not work in California or New York, and they certainly did not work in Connecticut. I have supported your stances on many issues in the past, but if you support this legislation, I will have no choice but to vote for your opponent in any and all upcoming elections.
This is a political warning from someone who is immersed in America's lawful gun culture. You will force our hands to vote against you if you support this offensive and useless legislation. "Assault weapons" bans only serve to target and malign millions of lawabiding Americans who own such weapons for purely legitimate purposes. I support the Democratic party, and I support my representatives, but I will hold my nose and vote Republican on this issue if need be. Millions of us will do the same. I do not want this to happen, as I very much approve of your leadership, but the response to such legislation will only go one way. I hope I need not remind you of the backlash to the Democratic party in the 1996 elections.
There are many "common sense" solutions to violence in our country, but this is not one of them. Do the right thing, and vote against any ban that uses the vacuous term "Assault Weapons." I would hate to have to vote you out of office.
Did you guys write your reps to let them know how you feel? It takes like two seconds. Show them how popular these "weapons of war that nobody needs" really are, especially the Democrats (remind them of how 1996 turned out for them). Go down to your local gun store/show and tell everybody there to do the same.
If you remain silent on this, you might as well say "I deserve to have my guns confiscated and be put in gitmo" because you are abandoning the defense our constitution through the channels our veterans died to keep open. It is your duty to stand up for your rights and interests. You are your congressman's boss, not the other way around. Do your job and write those letters/emails.
The NRA-ILA has a handy write-your-reps tool here. Let DC know how you feel, and what awaits them if they don't listen. Keep it civil, use your best grammar, and remind them of the political consequences that await those who tread on our civil rights.