Letter to Schwarzenegger on Microstamping Bill

[eflatminor]

Folks:
I plan to send this letter to Arnie today but would love your thoughts on it effectiveness. Either way, please write to YOUR governor and encourage him to contact Schwarzenegger opposing the bill. My letter:

September 8, 2007

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814

Re: “Microstamping” Bill AB1471

Dear Governor:

I write to express my strong aversion to the referenced bill before you. Simply stated, if you sign this bill into law, I will cease to support your future political aspirations as I have in the past. In fact, should this bill become law, I would consider it the final blow to the Republican party in California, at least as far as my vote is concerned.

I am a shooting enthusiast and competitor with aspirations of international contention in the shooting disciplines. I am a member of the NRA, USPSA and IDPA through which I participate in weekly matches. This bill, if it becomes law, would effectively cripple my aspirations for the gold medal by preventing me from obtaining the pistols I will need to compete. I will have to make the touch choice of moving my family and business out of the state of California.

If political support lost is not enough to prevent you from signing this bill, perhaps logic and reason will:

1. Microstamping the shell casing is nearly impossible as the firing pin hits the primer NOT the shell casing.

2. Even if technically possible, a microstamping requirement could never be implemented due to the millions of dollars it would cost manufacturers to retool production lines and to design “California-only” firearms. The bill would effectively ban semiautomatic weapons in California (something I’m sure you realize the bill’s supports know very well).

3. Getting “around” such a law for bad guys would be laughably easy as firing pins can be and are commonly replaced. They are removable in less than 10 seconds with a nail file and replaceable with after-market pins.

4. Of course, such technology would not work for Revolvers that do not eject spent shell casings.

5. This bill will NOT effect crime, criminals, and illegal gun ownership. Guns used by criminals are stolen or handed down through family members and are therefore not easily traceable to the user. This bill will only prevent law abiding, tax payers (and voters!) from acquiring otherwise legal firearms.

6. Lastly, such a law would increase the already widening disparity between Law Enforcement and politically connected "Haves" and ordinary citizens, the "Have Not's". California’s LEO's already can purchase guns NOT on the CA DOJ approved list. In most counties of California, only the famous and politically connected can carry concealed, a clear 14th amendment violation. Please see the big picture here! The Second Amendment was designed as a last line of defense to allow the People to prevent their government from becoming tyrannical. This is increasingly difficult when the People are prevented from bearing arms that are defensible against those held by government officials.

Thank you for your consideration. I hope you will do the right thing and refuse to sign into law AB1471.

Sincerely

 

[50 Shooter]

Thankfully the budget was just passed so the Dems can't dangle that carrot in his face again.

Hopefully he's still feeling plenty of guilt over banning .50's that he'll keep on vetoing these rediculous laws.

 

[glockman19]

Good letter you touched upon all of the major points. I also added in my letter that some manufacturers might cease to sell to CA LEO all together leaving our law enforcement professionals without the tools they require to properly do their jobs.

I also called Glock in GA this morning, Spoke with the legal Department, and urged them to have Gaston make a personal phone call to Arnold, a fellow Austrian, urging him NOT to sign the bill.

 

[MakAttak]

Good letter, well reasoned points.

One small edit though. I would suggest you use active verbs in your opening statement instead of:

I write to express my strong aversion to the referenced bill before you.

I suggest:

I write to oppose “Microstamping” Bill AB1471.

More concise and stronger because of the active verb

 

[hankpac]

Misspelling: Touch choice. Should be TOUGH choice.
Otherwise good letter.

 

[otcconan]

Agree with MakAttack. Brief and concise are always better. The active verb is more assertive.

All of which makes for better reading.

I can use 2500 words to say "this is bull*****," but it's much more effective to just say, "this is bull*****."

 

[eflatminor]

Thanks!

Good suggestions, which I've implemented. Sending the letter off now.

 

[davinci]

remember, he's a RINO (Republican in Name only). If a lobbyist (who has a budget much bigger than yours) wants the opposite, your letter isn't going to do much.

Unfortunately, at the state level, it's not about the voters it's about lobbyists.

 

[Nitrogen]

The bill will not affect crime. (not effect)

Otherwise, good show.

 

[Mainsail]

Lastly, such a law would increase the already widening disparity between Law Enforcement and politically connected "Haves" and ordinary citizens, the "Have Not's".

I get the gist of this, but it’s really a tough read. I’d suggest rewriting it.

Please see the big picture here! The Second Amendment was designed as a last line of defense to allow the People to prevent their government from becoming tyrannical. This is increasingly difficult when the People are prevented from bearing arms that are defensible against those held by government officials.

I’d drop this entirely. It has little to do with the actual bill itself, and politicians don’t think ‘The People’ will ever need to take up arms against the government. To them you’ll sound like an anarchist.

 

[HonorsDaddy]

Unless...

...you wrap the letter around a brick, and toss it through the window of the governor's mansion, it will be simply ignored.

 

[HonorsDaddy]

Mainsail

maybe its time the people of California did exactly what you think the politicians believe they will never do.

 

[spencerhut]

I just sent mine to the govenator. Very similar.

 

[romma]

Dear Arnold,

I refuse to travel or vacation in your Commie, Micro-stamping state!

Your State politicians are Un-American and I have no desire to associate with those types.

I also think California should be kicked out of the United States on principle...

It is a shame your State takes up so much beautiful coastline and scenery.

Az and Nevada could so well with it!



Sincerely, Romma from CT

 

[kermit315]

I sent off an email last night. still not even an auto-response saying they recieved it. i am pretty sure it will probably get round filed.

 

[Blackbeard]

I wouldn't use THR abbreviations. "Law Enforcement Officers", not "LEO's".

 

[Werewolf]

The 1st half of the letter is little more than insulting threats. Get rid of that part. If you must include it then at least put it at the end.

The rest of the letter is pretty good as is. Go with it.

For those who don't live in CA writing a letter to the Governator and copying the state tourist bureau and informing them that you aren't ever going there again and why is a pretty good idea.

 

[Ieyasu]

Werewolf, that Madison quote in your sig is bogus.

 

[M_Olson]

Werewolf, that Madison quote in your sig is bogus.

ive searched, and i cant find anything saying that quote is bogus. could you provide a cite please as that is one of my favorites?

 

[Ieyasu]

ive searched, and i cant find anything saying that quote is bogus. could you provide a cite please as that is one of my favorites?

I have yet to see a citation that checks out. Most of the time the quote is uncited.

Real quotes have real citations. It's not a gun control quote so the usual sites probably won't have anything concerning it. But, by all means if you find a citation, feel free to post it here.

A couple of times I've seen Federalist #10 cited which is a bogus citation, and sometimes it's accompanied with, "while a United States Congressman," which is not a valid citation.

You can also try a search here: http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/search.htm or ask those folks about the quote.

Edited to add: I emailed the center. Of course I'll post the response.

 

[ServiceSoon]

What Madison quote are you referring to?

IMO that letter is abrasive, accurate but abrasive none the less.

 

[Ieyasu]

A poster had a bogus Madison quote in his sig. The quote was removed. It was: "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

And ironically, I believe the Jefferson quote in your sig is bogus. Got a citation?

 

[ara]

otcconan

There's a spelling error in your post. There are not five asterisks in "bull****."




ara

 

[skinnyguy]

I have considered writing the cali governor's office concerning this bill. I am a resident of Utah, but I believe this sets a very dangerous precedent, especially since the California of Utah. It seems that in quite a few instances, tobacco taxes being the most notable, and firearms being the exception, but as Cali goes, so does Utah.

I know that "firearms being the exception" bodes well for Utah, but there's a first time for everything. It also sets precedent for other, more anti states and cities to follow.

My question is; would it be a waste of time and effort to even try to let the governor know I'm upset about this bill, and that it has much more far-reaching effects than california, and would it be considered at any level at all, even if the governor never even knows about it?

 

[Geno]

The correct word is effect (numeric). The word "affect" regards emotional state. A couple of samples:

1) "It had a tramatic affect on me". (emotional)

2) "The plan effectively reduced crime". (numeric)