ten gun bills introduced today - action item

[W.E.G.]

Feel free to forward to like-minded persons.

Mostly bad bills to oppose.
Two good ones at the bottom of the list.


Go to LINK for sending messages to federal elected officials and enter these short messages for your elected officials.
The system will remember your name, etc., so you only need to enter all that once.
After that, its cut-and-paste to hammer each of the respective the messages forward.

Please send a separate message for each bill

Please oppose H.R. 137(sponsor: Representative McCarthy)
This bill would prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition clips.

Please oppose H.R. 138 (sponsor: Representative McCarthy)
This bill would prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition clips.

Please oppose H.R. 141 (sponsor: Representative McCarthy)
This bill would require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions at gun shows.

Please oppose H.R. 142 (sponsor: Representative McCarthy)
This bill would require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, the licensing of ammunition dealers, and the reporting of bulk ammo purchases.

Please oppose H.R. 34 (sponsor: Representative Rush)
This bill would "tighten" firearms "licensing" requirements.

Please oppose H.R. 117 (sponsor: Representative Holt)
This bill would "tighten" firearms "licensing" requirements.

Please oppose H.R. 65 (sponsor: Representative Lee)
This bill would raise the eligibility age to carry a handgun from 18 to 21.

Please oppose H.R. 21 (sponsor: Representative Moran)
This bill would require background checks for all gun sales, and to require gun owners to report when their guns have been stolen.




Please support H.R. 35 (sponsor: Representative Stockman)
This bill would end federal law requiring that areas around schools be designated as "gun free zones."

Please support H.R. 133 (sponsor: Representative Massie)
This bill would end federal law requiring that areas around schools be designated as "gun free zones."

 

[Beemer-mark]

I happen to think this might be a good bill if written correctly.

Please oppose H.R. 21 (sponsor: Representative Moran)
This bill would require background checks for all gun sales, and to require gun owners to report when their guns have been stolen.

Who on this forum would not report the thief of a personal firearm? I have a gut feeling that a lot of guns that end up used in a crime aren't reported missing until after the crime. For example Mary who has no criminal record purchases a firearm and gives it to her dead beat boyfriend who then holds up the 7-11 the next month. Police traces the gun to Mary who says "Oh MY! My gun was stolen".

My 2 cents.

 

[ladder13]

Let McCarthy ban clips, I don't have any.

 

[Joewisc]

None appeal to me. Not one. You can join the military at 17, but not carry a gun? The only difference between the universe and human stupidity is that there are limits to the universe.

 

[Aticus]

My Congressman is anti-gun but I'll contact him any way.

 

[scooter123]

Links to the various bills might be helpful.

For example if McCarthy's 2 bills to ban high capacity clips actually says clips and nothing else it's a relatively harmless bill. Because the highest capacity clip that I know of is the clip for the M1 Garand which only carries 10 rounds.

Given a choice between a poorly written bill that bans something that doesn't exist versus a bill that uses proper definitions I'm inclined to let the harmless bill pass so the knuckleheads think they accomplished something when they actually did nothing.

I also think that these automated "pass your opinion on" web sites are basically useless. IMO what we need to start doing is paying an "in the flesh" visit to our representatives state offices. If enough people make the effort to spend time with a representatives aid in a respectful face to face encounter it WILL carry some real weight. Don't go in looking for a debate on the issue, simply ask to see an aid and respectfully state that you wish this particular representative to vote against these specific proposals. Also tell that aid that you will be watching to see how the representative votes and will consider his vote in any future support or opposition. Now, if that aid wants to start a debate simply tell him that you are not there for a debate, you are simply there to express your opinion and that you expect that aid to relay that opinion on to the representative. Stay on message, stay calm, and eventually even the most hard core anti gun aid will allow you to express your opinion just to get you out of his face. I do not expect that you'll turn an Anti to our side, however if enough of us make the effort to go face to face those aids will tell their representatives that he's facing an extreme level of resistance and may want to consider abstaining on voting.

 

[W.E.G.]

I happen to think this might be a good bill if written correctly.

The sponsor of that bill (Moran) is the bane of gun owners.
That's before you even get into the issues with his son, the full-time, paid campaign worker, accused of encouraging voter fraud during the recent election Rep. Jim Moran's son quits campaign over vote fraud video and then the fact that the same son was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend outside a bar in Washington DC (a charge that was conveniently kept out of the public eye until AFTER his father's election) Rep. James Moran?s son pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend - Washington Post

DO NOT let Moran get traction with ANYTHING that has the word "gun" in it.

If he personally sponsored a bill to allow me unfettered access to all the rare guns in the inventory of the United States federal authorities, I would write letters to oppose it.

Its a trap for certain. Don't fall for it.

 

[W.E.G.]

I also think that these automated "pass your opinion on" web sites are basically useless.

Funny.

I have received substantive replies from my representatives after I used the "pass your opinion on" web site that I linked above.

I guess that means they are ignoring me.

If you have the time to go to Capitol Hill in person, and in your individual capacity, so you can say hello to a partisan-and-beholden congressional intern, I admire your spirit.

I'm sure your message will carry weight.

 

[Steve in Vermont]

Just remember, what we're seeing is typical Washington behavior. Put everything you want and more into a bill, ask for things you know will never pass, then "settle" for what you wanted in the first place. I don't mean this to be a call to do nothing, it isn't, but just to understand how the game is played (and not "settle" for something you know is wrong).

 

[2hawk]

W.E.G. THANKS!
Whether or not these venues will make a difference, our participation in EVERY means at our disposal is all that stands between us and a "brave new world" that none of us wants to see.

As Always:

JOIN: NRA Memebership
and
WRITE: Write Your Reps!

 

[danysw]

Wrote again to all my elected officials. I have a new Democrat elected for the House that is not rated by NRA yet, I'm waiting for his response to my letter.

 

[retarmyaviator]

Because the highest capacity clip that I know of is the clip for the M1 Garand which only carries 10 rounds.

M1 Garand is only 8 rounds.