Time to contact your swamp creatures again.
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Here he does the math and one or more of these bills can easily get to 57 votes in the Senate. That's not far away from passage:
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badkarmamib
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Lucky me, I got Kaine and Warner here in VA. But, I still felt like I should say a few words to them:
I know that I am wasting my time writing this, but I am writing it anyways. I am against all of the knee-jerk, unconstitutional, ineffective, feel-good gun control proposals that Joe Biden is pushing. And before you lie about your so-called "support of the second amendment", try to imagine one piece of pro-gun legislation that you have written or voted for. There you go, I saved you from wasting your time with a response. But, now you know where this constituent stands.
mokin
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I contacted mine yesterday. I had a good feeling with Boebert. Hickenlooper, not so much. Bennett was around when his partner was fired for his votes regarding gun control. Maybe he will think about it. I doubt it, but maybe.
...well....having to do ANYTHING but type a keyboard warrior profile on a 2A website. Dead blow hammer sound. Thud. Even with that , look at how many post this thread isn't ! ! !
The primary problem of why all this is happening is exposed, being APATHY.
Ppl...just...can't ...lift that....heavy....phone receiver...make...that call.....oooh my aching arm....
The primary problem of why all this is happening is exposed, being APATHY.
Ppl...just...can't ...lift that....heavy....phone receiver...make...that call.....oooh my aching arm....
wiscoaster
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Emailed to my Senators & Represenative:
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Sen Johnson / Baldwin:
Rep Grothman:
I'm opposed to raising the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle to 21. If a person is legally an adult at age 18 and is old enough and mature enough to join the military and learn to shoot a fully-automatic military assault rifle it just makes no sense at all to prohibit that same person from acquiring the semi-automatic civilian version of the same rifle.
I'm opposed to an assault weapons ban. The Second Amendment contains no restriction on the type of arms a lawful citizen has the right to bear. There was no distinction between civilian and military firearms when the Bill of Rights was passed. The argument that a person has no “need” for a military-style firearm is a complete red herring. It's not a question of need if it's a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
I'm opposed to any “red flag” legislation that enables any parties other than law enforcement to petition a court for an Extreme Risk Protection Order, and I'm opposed to any such legislation that has an “ex-parte” provision because it violates an individual's right to due process. I'm also opposed to incentivizing states to implement red flag laws by dangling Federal grants in front of them.
I'm opposed to firearm safe storage legislation. How a firearm owner safely stores their firearms in their own home should be their decision and free of government intrusion into their privacy.
Although I'm not absolutely opposed to universal background checks, I am opposed to how background checks are implemented in proposed legislation and also current law. There are easier and better ways to verify that the permanent ownership transfer of a firearm is between two parties lawfully authorized to engage in that transfer. Temporary transfers, gifts and bequests need not be checked at all where the parties are known to each other.
I'm opposed to limits on firearm magazine capacity. Most common in-use handguns have “normal” capacity magazines that exceed 10 rounds. To artificially limit those normal capacities is just plain silly and to expect owners of current magazines that exceed 10 rounds capacity to discard and replace them is just impossible to enforce, not to mention an egregious expense.
I'm opposed to additional taxes on firearm purchases. Such taxes just make it more difficult for individuals with limited means – those individuals most in need of self-protection – to protect themselves, and they are an infringment on the rights of a segment of society, making it an issue of non-equality.
I'm opposed to any type of “may-issue” permitting system for firearm acquisition and ownership. I'm opposed to any type of proof of need requirement. And I'm opposed to any training requirement, even though I personally think it's a good idea, any ownership requirement turns what is a right into a reward.
Frankly, I'm pretty much opposed to all new “gun safety” and “gun control” legislation because current law isn't being strictly enforced, criminals don't obey the law, gun control doesn't address the expression of violence, and pretty much only law-abiding citizens would be adversely affected by laws that won't solve the problems they claim to address. The gun isn't the problem - the violent or criminal individual is the problem. Gun control doesn't address those problems.
Regards,
(me)
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Please advise if I forgot anything. I'm not too worried about Johnson and Grothman, and Baldwin is a waste of time, but at least I exercised my First Amendment right to protect my Second.
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Sen Johnson / Baldwin:
Rep Grothman:
I'm opposed to raising the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle to 21. If a person is legally an adult at age 18 and is old enough and mature enough to join the military and learn to shoot a fully-automatic military assault rifle it just makes no sense at all to prohibit that same person from acquiring the semi-automatic civilian version of the same rifle.
I'm opposed to an assault weapons ban. The Second Amendment contains no restriction on the type of arms a lawful citizen has the right to bear. There was no distinction between civilian and military firearms when the Bill of Rights was passed. The argument that a person has no “need” for a military-style firearm is a complete red herring. It's not a question of need if it's a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
I'm opposed to any “red flag” legislation that enables any parties other than law enforcement to petition a court for an Extreme Risk Protection Order, and I'm opposed to any such legislation that has an “ex-parte” provision because it violates an individual's right to due process. I'm also opposed to incentivizing states to implement red flag laws by dangling Federal grants in front of them.
I'm opposed to firearm safe storage legislation. How a firearm owner safely stores their firearms in their own home should be their decision and free of government intrusion into their privacy.
Although I'm not absolutely opposed to universal background checks, I am opposed to how background checks are implemented in proposed legislation and also current law. There are easier and better ways to verify that the permanent ownership transfer of a firearm is between two parties lawfully authorized to engage in that transfer. Temporary transfers, gifts and bequests need not be checked at all where the parties are known to each other.
I'm opposed to limits on firearm magazine capacity. Most common in-use handguns have “normal” capacity magazines that exceed 10 rounds. To artificially limit those normal capacities is just plain silly and to expect owners of current magazines that exceed 10 rounds capacity to discard and replace them is just impossible to enforce, not to mention an egregious expense.
I'm opposed to additional taxes on firearm purchases. Such taxes just make it more difficult for individuals with limited means – those individuals most in need of self-protection – to protect themselves, and they are an infringment on the rights of a segment of society, making it an issue of non-equality.
I'm opposed to any type of “may-issue” permitting system for firearm acquisition and ownership. I'm opposed to any type of proof of need requirement. And I'm opposed to any training requirement, even though I personally think it's a good idea, any ownership requirement turns what is a right into a reward.
Frankly, I'm pretty much opposed to all new “gun safety” and “gun control” legislation because current law isn't being strictly enforced, criminals don't obey the law, gun control doesn't address the expression of violence, and pretty much only law-abiding citizens would be adversely affected by laws that won't solve the problems they claim to address. The gun isn't the problem - the violent or criminal individual is the problem. Gun control doesn't address those problems.
Regards,
(me)
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Please advise if I forgot anything. I'm not too worried about Johnson and Grothman, and Baldwin is a waste of time, but at least I exercised my First Amendment right to protect my Second.
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