Here's the text of the email I just received from The "Honorable" Lindsey Graham

lgraham.senate.gov ^ | 4-12-2013 | The "Honorable" Lindsey Graham

[servo1969]

April 12, 2013

Dear Friends,

I believe every senator should be required to go on the record about their views on the Second Amendment.

And yesterday, I voted for a procedural motion to require senators to go on the record about where they stand on gun control. I believe the American people deserve to know where the Senate stands on this issue.

I want to debate and I want to vote. I’m not afraid to show my support for the Second Amendment.

Here's why:

· Many senators have refused to take a position on some of these gun control issues for fear of angering one side or the other. There’s only one way to see where Senators actually stand on the Second Amendment – make them vote.

· We still have the ability to filibuster and subject any gun control legislation to the 60 vote threshold in the United States Senate.

· Filibustering, before the debate even begins, means many senators get a free pass. Some politicians’ dream scenario is one where they don’t actually have to vote FOR or AGAINST a gun control proposal but can tell each side they were with them all along. Again, let’s make senators vote.

· Nothing the Democrats are proposing in their gun control bill would have prevented the Sandy Hook massacre. We need senators on record. Do you support these gun control measures?

· Finally, I have my own legislation, supported by the National Rifle Association (NRA), which I want to bring forward in the Senate. My legislation would make a real difference in keeping guns out of the wrong hands.

It’s designed to prevent individuals like Alice Boland, a mentally disturbed individual who once pled ‘Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity’ in federal court for threatening to kill the President of the United States from legally buying a firearm. Under current law, she was able to pass a background check, buy a pistol, and go to Ashley Hall School in Charleston where she tried to shoot several school officials. One bullet in her hands is one too many.

Again, as a strong supporter of the Second Amendment I welcome a debate on gun control. The American people deserve to see where their elected representatives stand on the Second Amendment.

Let’s vote.

Sincerely,

Lindsey O. Graham United States Senator

To contact me, please click here to visit my website. Please do not respond to this email, the mailbox is unattended.

[upchuck]

Just remembered I had this and it is 100% germane to our discussion:

[CottShop]

[[Spell check is our FRiend.....]]

I have no firiends

[BykrBayb]

Gee, I wonder why?

[CottShop]

because I smell- but thankls for askin

[BykrBayb]

Naw, I consider that an asset in a friend. Could you smell this thing in my fridge and tell me what it used to be?