GlenJ
Member
No big earth shattering news. The letter puts quotation marks around the words assault weapons. Does anyone read that as an encouraging sign?
Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to the Assault
Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007. I appreciate your
taking the time to share your thoughts on this matter with me.
On September 13, 2006, the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly known as the "Assault Weapons Ban",
expired. As you may know, Title XI of this legislation banned the
manufacture or importation of certain firearms defined by Congress as
"assault weapons." These firearms were categorized as such by certain
features, namely cosmetic and ergonomic, that present a military-like
appearance, but have no effect on the weapon's lethality. The Act also
banned so-called "high capacity" magazines.
Several legislative efforts have been made to renew and extend provisions
of the Assault Weapons Ban. Among these is H.R. 1022, as you may know,
the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007,
introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
H.R. 1022 has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where it is
being carefully reviewed. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, rest
assured that I will continue to monitor this important issue and will
certainly keep your comments in mind should I have the opportunity to
consider H.R. 1022.
As your Representative in Congress, I appreciate your input in this
matter. As always, if I may be of assistance to you on this, or any other
issue, please feel free to contact me in my Washington DC office at (202)
225-6365 or online at http://randyforbes.house.gov. With kind personal
regards, I am
Yours truly,
J. RANDY FORBES
Member of Congress
JRF:SEM
Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to the Assault
Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007. I appreciate your
taking the time to share your thoughts on this matter with me.
On September 13, 2006, the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law
Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly known as the "Assault Weapons Ban",
expired. As you may know, Title XI of this legislation banned the
manufacture or importation of certain firearms defined by Congress as
"assault weapons." These firearms were categorized as such by certain
features, namely cosmetic and ergonomic, that present a military-like
appearance, but have no effect on the weapon's lethality. The Act also
banned so-called "high capacity" magazines.
Several legislative efforts have been made to renew and extend provisions
of the Assault Weapons Ban. Among these is H.R. 1022, as you may know,
the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007,
introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.
H.R. 1022 has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where it is
being carefully reviewed. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, rest
assured that I will continue to monitor this important issue and will
certainly keep your comments in mind should I have the opportunity to
consider H.R. 1022.
As your Representative in Congress, I appreciate your input in this
matter. As always, if I may be of assistance to you on this, or any other
issue, please feel free to contact me in my Washington DC office at (202)
225-6365 or online at http://randyforbes.house.gov. With kind personal
regards, I am
Yours truly,
J. RANDY FORBES
Member of Congress
JRF:SEM