---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dudley Brown <[email protected]> Date: Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:10 PM Subject: They hate him but fear you To: Richard Martin <[email protected]> Richard, Senator Rand Paul took on the entire Senate leadership -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- and the Washington Establishment while fighting to protect gun owners from the onerous Patriot Act. Despite the machinations of Harry Reid and his Republican conspirators' schemes, the U.S. Senate held a recorded vote on Paul’s amendment to exempt firearm records from Patriot Act searches. Senator Paul took a courageous and personally challenging stand against the conventions and go-along-get-along attitude that powers the U.S. Senate. Many who should have stood with him, didn’t. Watch what Senator Paul said on Fox News prior to the vote: Instead of championing Paul’s amendment to protect gun owners, the NRA sat on the sidelines and trumpeted the lies of Harry Reid (which isn’t surprising, considering their duplicitous endorsement of Reid in the last election). Instead of fighting to protect gun owners, they elected to stand with the Political Establishment AND to give cover to the politicians who won’t vote for our gun rights unless it’s convenient. However, gun owners' voices were heard. Your phone calls -- FIRST TO YOUR SENATORS AND Majority Leader Harry Reid and THEN TO the week-kneed Republican leaders -- made this vote possible and sent an important message to every single member of the United States Senate. You scared them. Your tidal wave of phone calls and e-mails told them that Rand Paul isn’t alone. Hundreds of thousands of Americans demanded that the U.S. Senate protect their right to keep and bear arms from the police-state, warrant-less searches of the mis-named Patriot Act. They hate that Senator Paul stands with the people and not the politicians, because they fear you and your power at the ballot box. Now it’s the responsibility of every gun owner -- you and me -- to make sure we connect the legislative season with the electoral season. You can click here to see how your Senator voted on Rand Paul’s pro-gun amendment. The 10 Senators who voted for your Second and Fourth Amendment rights were: Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) If your Senators didn’t vote for the Paul Amendment to protect gun owners from the warrant-less Patriot Act searches, you may want to call and give them an earful. Also, please give Senator Rand Paul a phone call at (202) 224-4343 and thank him for his dedication to gun owners. Tell him that members of the National Association for Gun Rights -- like you -- greatly appreciate his sacrifices for our gun rights. You can also e-mail Senator Paul a big “Thank you” by clicking here. For Freedom, Dudley Brown Executive Director P.S. Please click here to chip in $15 or $20 to help the National Association for Gun Rights mobilize more gun owners against attempts to subvert your Second Amendment rights. The National Association for Gun Rights is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the Constitutionally protected right-to-keep-and-bear-arms through an aggressive program designed to mobilize public opposition to anti-gun legislation. The National Association for Gun Rights' mailing address is P.O 7002, Fredericksburg, VA 22404. They can be contacted toll-free at 1-877-405-4570. Its web address is www.NationalGunRights.org/ Not produced or e-mailed at taxpayer expense. To help the National Association for Gun Rights grow, please forward this to a friend. To view this email as a web page, please click this link: view online. Help fight gun control. Donate to the National Association for Gun Rights! This message was intended for: [email protected] You were added to the system March 9, 2011. For more information click here. Update your preferences | Unsubscribe -- Always remember and never forget. Competition is the catalyst that allows capitalism to work?" Rich Martin -- To join RichsRants, send email to: [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/richsrants?hl=en
