Posted on 01/28/2008 8:40:11 PM PST by neverdem
www.gunowners.org/a012308.htm
Jan 2008
The Bush administration has continued veering toward gun control. You know it is bad when The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence salutes the administration's support for gun control.
Why would anti-gunners praise the Bush administration? For one, signing the first gun control legislation in over a decade, the Veterans Disarmament Act (H.R. 2640). For another, the very anti-gun brief the Solicitor General (the Justice Department's lawyer) filed in the DC gun ban case, D.C. v. Heller.
As you know, Rep. Virgil Goode is rounding up other members of the U.S. House of Representatives to join with him on his letter to the President asking him to withdraw that brief.
Gun Owners of America has taken the lead in building public awareness of the Solicitor General's action, and the need to urge all members of Congress to support Rep. Goode's efforts.
We know it is imperative for the NRA to encourage their members to weigh in with their representatives on behalf of Rep. Goode.
It would be very helpful if you -- and as many gun owners as you can recruit to help -- would call the NRA and urge them to publicly encourage members of Congress to join with Rep. Goode by signing his letter to the White House.
The toll-free number to call at the NRA is 800-392-8683. To maximize your effort, please call rather than e-mail.
For your information, the GOA press release that explains what is wrong with the administration's brief is here.
The D.C. v. Heller case is by far the most important Second Amendment court case of our lifetime. Thank you for doing all you can to help secure a pro-gun outcome.
Don’t waste the time. Bush won’t do it, and the Supreme Court doesn’t care what he thinks anyway. They will decide based on their interpretation of the Constitution, in the case of the 4 conservatives, or based on the liberal policy argument, in the case of the 4 liberals, or based on the way the wind is blowing that day, in the case of Kennedy.
Well I*m going to call anyway, can*t hurt. Like to feel I*m fighting this poison pill! You are right though, Bush will not withdraw it. A couple of years ago I heard a former CA congressman (on a talkshow) say that Bush was the most stubborn man he had ever known. But why is he stabbing us in the back with this one??
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