> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gun Owners of America" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Deon Masker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 11:04 AM > Subject: New DC Gun Control Bill Moving In The U.S. House > > >> As the House Gets Ready to Vote on Repealing the DC Gun Ban >> -- Your Representative now needs to hear from you >> >> Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert >> 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 >> Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 >> http://www.gunowners.org >> >> Monday, September 15, 2008 >> >> >> How quickly things can change. >> >> Last week, the early reports indicated that the Childers bill to repeal >> the >> DC gun ban, HR 6691, was going to be a "cake walk" in the House of >> Representatives. >> >> But now, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) has managed to get an >> alternative, anti-gun bill onto the floor of the House. Her bill passed >> out >> of committee last week on a whopping 17-1 vote. Every Republican on the >> committee -- except for Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) -- voted for the Norton >> bill. >> >> The Norton bill would allow the DC council to continue enacting gun >> control, >> while the Childers bill (HR 6691) would repeal the ban on semi-auto >> pistols >> and rifles in DC, the registration requirements which require residents >> to >> get permission from the city council before they can own a weapon, and >> the >> lock-up-your-safety provision. >> >> Representatives will now have a choice between the two bills -- and the >> fact >> that every Republican in the committee, except for one, voted for the >> Norton >> gun control bill is not a good sign. >> >> ACTION: Please urge your Representative to vote IN FAVOR of the Childers >> bill (HR 6691) and to vote AGAINST the Norton gun control bill (HR 6842). >> You can use the pre-written message below and send it as an e-mail by >> visiting the GOA Legislative Action Center at >> http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone and fax numbers are >> also >> available). >> >> >> ----- Pre-written letter ----- >> >> Dear Representative: >> >> I am glad to see that the House is taking up HR 6691, a bill introduced >> by >> Mississippi Democrat Travis Childers. His bill would help enforce the >> recent Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Heller by repealing the gun ban >> in >> the District -- including the ban on semi-auto pistols and rifles, and >> the >> registration requirements which require residents to get permission from >> the >> city council before they can own a weapon. >> >> The Childers bill will also strike the "trigger lock" provision which >> endangers gun owners by forcing the lucky ones who successfully jump >> through >> the 12-step process to render their guns unusable for immediate defensive >> purposes. >> >> However, I strongly oppose the Norton gun control bill which would allow >> the >> District to continue passing gun control legislation. Please vote for HR >> 6691 and against the Norton compromise (HR 6842). Thank you. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> >> **************************** >> >> "Live Fire" radio with Larry Pratt is broadcast by the Information >> Radio Network on Saturdays at 12:00 Noon Eastern. "Live Fire" is >> simulcast on the web at http://inforadionet.com and previous episodes >> are archived at http://www.soundwaves2000.com/livefire/ with a number >> of listening formats, including podcasts, supported. >> >> Recent guests, among many others, have included: >> >> * Len Savage >> * Dr. Herb Titus (of GOA's law firm) >> * David Keating >> >> >> **************************** >> >> Please do not reply directly to this message, as your reply will >> bounce back as undeliverable. >> >> To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to >> http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web. Change of e-mail >> address may also be made at that location. >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in >> the subject line or use the url below. >> >> Problems, questions or comments? The main GOA e-mail address >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] is at your disposal. Please do not add that >> address to distribution lists sending more than ten messages per >> week or lists associated with issues other than gun rights. >> --- >> If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please visit >> http://capwiz.com/gunowners/lmx/u/?jobid=109043574&queueid=2379459106. >>
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