PRO-GUN BILLS NEED COSPONSORS

      The pro-Second Amendment agenda has begun to take shape on Capitol Hill with the introduction of two key bills in both the House and the Senate.

The first order of business is ending the onslaught of reckless litigation aimed at the firearms industry. H.R. 1032, introduced by NRA Board member Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.), has already gained 48 cosponsors; the bill would enact into law the common sense principle that firearms or ammunition manufacturers and dealers couldn't be sued over the criminal or unlawful misuse of their product.	Rep. Bob Barr
Rep. Barr's fellow NRA Director, Sen. Larry Craig (R-Id.), plans to introduce a companion bill right after the Easter recess.	Sen. Larry Craig
In the Senate, Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) has introduced S. 597, which would permanently enact the provisions of last year's Smith amendment to the Justice Department Appropriations bill -- which forbids the imposition of a gun tax on law-abiding citizens who go through the National Instant Check System (NICS), and also prohibits the FBI from keeping records on honest gun buyers.	Sen. Bob Smith
Rep. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has introduced an identical bill, H.R. 1178, in the House.	Rep. Tom Coburn

      Call your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121 and ask him to cosponsor Rep. Barr's H.R. 1032 and Rep. Coburn's H.R. 1178. Also call your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to cosponsor Sen. Smith's S. 597 and Sen. Craig's bill to block reckless lawsuits against firearm manufacturers!

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