>From: "NRA-ILA_Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Franklin Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: House Passes NRA-Backed "Disaster Recovery Personal Protection >Act" >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:24:13 -0400 > >Fairfax, VA-The National Rifle Association (NRA) and law-abiding gun >owners won another major victory today when the U.S. House of >Representatives voted to pass HR 5013, the NRA-backed "Disaster Recovery >Personal Protection Act". HR 5013 passed with a broad bi-partisan margin >of 322-99. "Law-abiding gun owners scored a significant victory in the >House of Representatives today," said Chris W. Cox, NRA's chief >lobbyist. "The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina confirmed a fear long-held >by American gun owners: the day government bureaucrats declare our >Second Amendment null and void, leaving law-abiding citizens defenseless >in the midst of chaos and lawlessness." This is the second NRA win on >this issue in less than two weeks. On July 13, 2006, Senator David >Vitter's (R-LA) amendment to prohibit the use of funds appropriated >under the Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5441) for the >confiscation of lawfully possessed firearms during an emergency or major >disaster passed the United States Senate with a final vote margin of >84-16. H.R. 5013 amends federal emergency statute laws to prohibit >federal, state and local authorities from confiscating lawfully owned >firearms during times of national emergencies, as witnessed in the >aftermath of Hurricane Katrina last year when police and military >confiscated firearms from law-abiding citizens. "No matter what the >circumstances, lawful gun owners have the right to possess their >firearms in their homes," continued Cox. "And if forced to evacuate, >they have the right to transport their firearms to a safe place. Nobody >has the right to disarm them. That's what this legislation ensures." >After witnessing the draconian confiscation of firearms from law-abiding >residents in New Orleans, Alaska, Idaho, Florida, Kentucky, >Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and >Louisiana passed measures that echo the spirit of HR 5013 ."On behalf of >our four million NRA members nationwide, I want to thank Rep. Bobby >Jindal (R-LA) for introducing this legislation and the House Republican >leadership for seeing that the 'Disaster Recovery Personal Protection >Act' got a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives," concluded >Cox.-nra-Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is >America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million >members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment >rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent >offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader >in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law >enforcement and the military. > >_______________________________________________________________ >Please note: In their efforts to curb SPAM, many ISPs, servers and SPAM >filters treat legitimate and legal bulk emails as SPAM. In order to >ensure you receive NRA-ILA email alerts in a timely manner, please >adjust your SPAM settings to accept bulk emails from the "nraila.org", >"www.nranews.org" and "www.ilaalerts.org" domains. Otherwise, there is a >possibility that our email alerts will not make it to your inbox. > >____________________________________________________________ >This email was sent by National Rifle Association Institute for >Legislative Action. Please do not reply to this email as you will not >receive a response. This email is a broadcast list generated by an >automated system. To contact NRA-ILA call 800-392-8683. > >If you would like to remove yourself from this list, please click: >http://www.ilaalerts.org/UM/U.asp?B1.2.744.455348 and you will be >removed immediately! Thank you! > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/3EuRwD/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
