U.S. Senate Turns it's Back
on the First Amendment
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"...[McCain-Feingold] would severely
restrict our ability to provide timely information... to our membership and
tens of millions of other law-abiding gun owners..." |
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The U.S. Senate passed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance "reform" bill
earlier this week, so the battle to protect your NRA-ILA's ability to
communicate with NRA members and the pro-gun community now moves to the
U.S. House of Representatives.
NRA remains opposed to S. 27, "The
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001," because it would severely
restrict our ability to provide timely information - including information
on lawmakers' positions on firearm-related issues - to our membership and
tens of millions of other law-abiding gun owners.
Congress is set to go on
recess for its Easter District Work Period (House scheduled for April
9-20, Senate scheduled for April 7-22), so now is an excellent time to try
to set up face-to-face meetings with your U.S. Representative at his
district office, so that you can urge him to oppose S. 27.
In addition, when the Senate returns from its break, it will likely take
up the issue of education reform, and we anticipate gun-ban extremists
such as U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Schumer
(D-N.Y.) will be working with the gun-ban lobby, HCI, to attempt to attach
anti-gun amendments to any education legislation brought up for
consideration - including a ban on gun shows as we know them today. Your
Senators should be in their district offices for the next two weeks, so
try to schedule personal meetings with them so that you may express your
opposition to any assaults on our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Also, be sure to contact both your Senators and your Representative to see
if there are any Town Hall Meetings scheduled over the next two weeks, and
if there are, be sure to attend, and bring your family, friends, and
fellow gun owners, so that you can take advantage of any opportunities to
express your support for the Second Amendment. If you learn of any of
these meetings, be sure to share the information with the NRA-ILA
Grassroots Division, so we may alert others. To find out your federal
lawmaker's district office number, you can call the U.S. House switchboard
at (202) 225-3121, and the U.S. Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Just
ask for your lawmaker's office, and someone there will be able to tell you
the closest district office to where you live. For those on the Internet,
you can also use the "Write Your Reps" tool at
NRAILA.org.
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