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FIRE MISSION -- National Parks carry moves forward in Senate
The first "action item" applies to everybody.
The second "action item" is more-or-less a Virginia thing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Van Cleave
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:22 AM
Subject: VA-ALERT: National Parks carry moves forward in Senate
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Good news! Senator Tom Coburn (R - Oklahoma) put an amendment on a
credit card bill (HR 627) that repeals the gun ban on National Park
Service (NPS) and National Wildlife Refuge System land. HR 627 just
passed the U.S. Senate by a 67 to 29 vote. Both Virginia Senators,
Mark Warner and Jim Webb, supported the bill.
The bill now goes to a conference committee because the House version
of the bill didn't have the National Parks amendment (and some other
amendments).
The conference committee could strip out the amendment, keep it
intact, or modify it. We need to fight to keep it in, in which case,
the President would have to either sign the bill or veto the entire
bill. The amendment cannot be stripped out by the President.
ACTION ITEMS:
You need to let your congressman know that you want the amendment for
carry in National Parks kept in the credit card bill (HR 627) and not
stripped out in conference committee. You also should thank Senators
Warner and Webb for their support of the amendment.
1. Click on the link below to send a message to your Representative:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Suggested message:
As a constituent, I urge you to support Senator Tom Coburn's amendment
to HR 627 that allows state and local laws to govern firearms
possession on National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge
System land.
Senator Coburn's amendment will in no way change or override state,
local or federal law, but will simply allow these laws -- enacted by
legislatures -- to govern firearms possession.
I urge you to do everything you can to make sure that Senator Coburn's
Amendment, No. 1067, is not stripped out in the conference committee.
Please let me know what you're going to do on this issue that is very
important to my family and me.
--
2. Click on the link below to send a message to Senator Warner and a
message to Senator Webb:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=VA
Suggested message:
Thank you very much for your support of Senator Tom Coburn's amendment
to HR 627 that allows state and local laws to govern firearms
possession on National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge
System land.
I urge you to do everything you can to make sure that Senator Coburn's
Amendment, No. 1067, is not stripped out in the conference committee.
Please let me know what you're going to do on this issue that is very
important to my family and me.
--
Let's roll VCDL!
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VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to
Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org
The first "action item" applies to everybody.
The second "action item" is more-or-less a Virginia thing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Van Cleave
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:22 AM
Subject: VA-ALERT: National Parks carry moves forward in Senate
----------------------------------------------------------------------
VCDL's meeting schedule: http://www.vcdl.org/meetings.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbreviations used in VA-ALERT: http://www.vcdl.org/help/abbr.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Good news! Senator Tom Coburn (R - Oklahoma) put an amendment on a
credit card bill (HR 627) that repeals the gun ban on National Park
Service (NPS) and National Wildlife Refuge System land. HR 627 just
passed the U.S. Senate by a 67 to 29 vote. Both Virginia Senators,
Mark Warner and Jim Webb, supported the bill.
The bill now goes to a conference committee because the House version
of the bill didn't have the National Parks amendment (and some other
amendments).
The conference committee could strip out the amendment, keep it
intact, or modify it. We need to fight to keep it in, in which case,
the President would have to either sign the bill or veto the entire
bill. The amendment cannot be stripped out by the President.
ACTION ITEMS:
You need to let your congressman know that you want the amendment for
carry in National Parks kept in the credit card bill (HR 627) and not
stripped out in conference committee. You also should thank Senators
Warner and Webb for their support of the amendment.
1. Click on the link below to send a message to your Representative:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Suggested message:
As a constituent, I urge you to support Senator Tom Coburn's amendment
to HR 627 that allows state and local laws to govern firearms
possession on National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge
System land.
Senator Coburn's amendment will in no way change or override state,
local or federal law, but will simply allow these laws -- enacted by
legislatures -- to govern firearms possession.
I urge you to do everything you can to make sure that Senator Coburn's
Amendment, No. 1067, is not stripped out in the conference committee.
Please let me know what you're going to do on this issue that is very
important to my family and me.
--
2. Click on the link below to send a message to Senator Warner and a
message to Senator Webb:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=VA
Suggested message:
Thank you very much for your support of Senator Tom Coburn's amendment
to HR 627 that allows state and local laws to govern firearms
possession on National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge
System land.
I urge you to do everything you can to make sure that Senator Coburn's
Amendment, No. 1067, is not stripped out in the conference committee.
Please let me know what you're going to do on this issue that is very
important to my family and me.
--
Let's roll VCDL!
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***************************************************************************
VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to
Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org
