CoRoMo
Member
Most of you should remember the letter from 65 Democrat Congressmen and women that was sent to Eric Holder when this administration first took office.
Of the 65 Congressmen and women that signed this letter, many still remain in office. We all need to find our state's elected official and remind them of the promise they made publicly to this administration; "We would actively oppose any effort to reinstate the 1994 ban, or to pass any similar law". We need their votes to hold that promise!
There are still dozens of votes right here that we need to secure for our side of this issue.
I will list the Congressmen and women who retain office and include their contact info for you all to use. Please do so! If you see a typo or any correction that needs to be made, please post because I'm simply googling their name and if they don't have a .gov website, I state that they are 'no longer in office'.
Mod note: I wanted to post this in General because it obviously gets more traffic.
Those who don't remember the letter, here is the text of it...
2. Tim Holden (D-PA): https://holden.house.gov/contact-me
3. Jerry Costello (D-IL): No longer in office
4. Jim Matheson (D-UT): http://matheson.house.gov/contact/
5. Sanford Bishop (D-GA): https://bishop.house.gov/contact-me
6. John Dingell (D-MI): https://dingell.house.gov/contact-me
7. Marion Berry (D-AR): No longer in office
8. Nick Rahall (D-WV): https://rahall.house.gov/contact-me
9. Gene Green (D-TX): https://green.house.gov/contact-me
10. Chet Edwards (D-TX): No longer in office
11. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX): No longer in office
12. Gene Taylor (D-MS): No longer in office
13. Bart Stupak (D-MI): No longer in office
14. Collin Peterson (D-MN): https://collinpeterson.house.gov/contact-me
15. Harry Teague (D-NM): No longer in office
16. John Tanner (D-TN): No longer in office
17. Allen Boyd (D-FL): No longer in office
18. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA): No longer in office
19. Eric Massa (D-NY): No longer in office
20. Steve Kagen, M.D. (D-WI): No longer in office
21. Betsy Markey (D-CO): No longer in office
22. Paul Hodes (D-NH): No longer in office
23. Ron Kind (D-WI): https://kindforms.house.gov/contact
24. Peter Welch (D-VT): http://www.welch.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1476&Itemid=80
25. Leonard Boswell (D-IA): http://boswell.house.gov/contact/
26. Tim Ryan (D-OH): https://timryan.house.gov/contact-me
27. Walt Minnick (D-ID): No longer in office
28. John Boccieri (D-OH): No longer in office
29. Joe Donnelly (D-IN): http://donnelly.house.gov/contact/contact-us-form.shtml
30. Tom Perriello (D-VA): No longer in office
31. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND): No longer in office
32. Ben Chandler (D-KY): https://chandler.house.gov/contact-me
33. Martin Heinrich (D-NM): No longer in office
34. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL): No longer in office
35. Travis Childers (D-MS): No longer in office
36. Tim Walz (D-MN): http://walz.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=7
37. Peter DeFazio (D-OR): http://www.defazio.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&Itemid=93
38. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX): No longer in office
39. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA): No longer in office
40. Rick Boucher (D-VA): No longer in office
41. Mike McIntyre (D-NC): http://mcintyreforms.house.gov/contact/
42. John Murtha (D-PA): No longer in office
43. Bart Gordon (D-TN): No longer in office
44. Zach Space (D-OH): No longer in office
45. Alan Mollohan (D-WV): No longer in office
46. Lincoln Davis (D-TN): No longer in office
47. Artur Davis (D-AL): No longer in office
48. Charlie Melancon (D-LA): No longer in office
49. John Barrow (D-GA): https://forms.house.gov/barrow/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
50. Christopher Carney (D-PA): No longer in office
51. Dan Boren (D-OK): http://boren.house.gov/contact.shtml
52. Parker Griffith (D-AL): No longer in office
53. Charlie Wilson (D-OH): No longer in office
54. Heath Shuler (D-NC): https://shulerforms.house.gov/contact/
55. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD): No longer in office
56. Jim Marshall (D-GA): No longer in office
57. Jason Altmire (D-PA): http://altmire.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=38
58. Larry Kissell (D-NC): http://kissell.house.gov/contact/index.shtml
59. John Salazar (D-CO): No longer in office
60. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN): No longer in office
61. Frank Kratovil (D-MD): No longer in office
62. Glenn Nye (D-VA): No longer in office
63. Bobby Bright (D-AL): No longer in office
64. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ): http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/contact
65. Joe Baca (D-CA): http://baca.house.gov/contact
Also, both of the following Democrats from Montana and the one from Alaska sent their own letters to the administration rebuking the calls for gun control:
Max Bacus (D-MT): http://www.baucus.senate.gov/?p=contact
Jon Tester (D-MT): http://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Mark Begich (D-AK): http://www.begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenator
Demand that they keep their word; no voting present, no skipping the vote. They promised to ACTIVELY OPPOSE new gun control legislation. Demand that they do so or vacate their elected office!
Of the 65 Congressmen and women that signed this letter, many still remain in office. We all need to find our state's elected official and remind them of the promise they made publicly to this administration; "We would actively oppose any effort to reinstate the 1994 ban, or to pass any similar law". We need their votes to hold that promise!
There are still dozens of votes right here that we need to secure for our side of this issue.
I will list the Congressmen and women who retain office and include their contact info for you all to use. Please do so! If you see a typo or any correction that needs to be made, please post because I'm simply googling their name and if they don't have a .gov website, I state that they are 'no longer in office'.
Mod note: I wanted to post this in General because it obviously gets more traffic.
Those who don't remember the letter, here is the text of it...
1. Mike Ross (D-AR): http://mikeross.house.gov/contact/As strong supporters of the Second Amendment, we were very concerned to see your recent remarks suggesting that the administration will push for the reinstatement of the 1994 ban on "assault weapons" and ammunition magazines.
We believe that this ban was ineffective during the 10 years it was law, and would oppose its reenactment. Crime began falling before the ban was passed in 1994, and continued falling during and after the ban. The last time the murder rate was at its current level was more than forty years ago.
Even the Urban Institute study of the ban's effectiveness mandated by the 103rd Congress found that it could only have a limited effect because "the banned weapons and magazines were never used in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders."
It is hard to believe the ban would be any more effective in controlling crime by well-funded international drug traffickers, who regularly use grenade launchers, anti-tank rockets and other weapons that are not available on the civilian market in the United States.
The gun control community as intentionally misled many Americans into believing that these weapons are fully automatic machine guns. They are not. these firearms fire one sot for every pull of the trigger. Some of the guns that would be banned under proposed bills have been around for more than 70 years, and are often passed down from generation to generation.
Many of our constituents lawfully own and use these firearms and ammunition magazines that would be affected by the new ban. Indeed, these are commonly owned firearms through the country. Law-abiding Americans use these guns for all the same reasons they use any other kind of gun--competitive shooting, hunting, and defending their homes and families.
Our constituents also have very real and serious problems that we in Congress urgently need to address. People are worried about keeping their jobs, paying for their families' health care, educating their children, and retiring with the kind of security their parents and grandparents enjoyed. A long and divisive fight over a gun control issue will only distract us from giving these more important issues the attention they deserve.
Again, we would actively oppose any effort to reinstate the 1994 ban, or to pass any similar law. We urge you to abandon this initiative and to focus instead on effective law enforcement strategies to enforce our current laws against violent criminals and drug traffickers.
2. Tim Holden (D-PA): https://holden.house.gov/contact-me
3. Jerry Costello (D-IL): No longer in office
4. Jim Matheson (D-UT): http://matheson.house.gov/contact/
5. Sanford Bishop (D-GA): https://bishop.house.gov/contact-me
6. John Dingell (D-MI): https://dingell.house.gov/contact-me
7. Marion Berry (D-AR): No longer in office
8. Nick Rahall (D-WV): https://rahall.house.gov/contact-me
9. Gene Green (D-TX): https://green.house.gov/contact-me
10. Chet Edwards (D-TX): No longer in office
11. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX): No longer in office
12. Gene Taylor (D-MS): No longer in office
13. Bart Stupak (D-MI): No longer in office
14. Collin Peterson (D-MN): https://collinpeterson.house.gov/contact-me
15. Harry Teague (D-NM): No longer in office
16. John Tanner (D-TN): No longer in office
17. Allen Boyd (D-FL): No longer in office
18. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA): No longer in office
19. Eric Massa (D-NY): No longer in office
20. Steve Kagen, M.D. (D-WI): No longer in office
21. Betsy Markey (D-CO): No longer in office
22. Paul Hodes (D-NH): No longer in office
23. Ron Kind (D-WI): https://kindforms.house.gov/contact
24. Peter Welch (D-VT): http://www.welch.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1476&Itemid=80
25. Leonard Boswell (D-IA): http://boswell.house.gov/contact/
26. Tim Ryan (D-OH): https://timryan.house.gov/contact-me
27. Walt Minnick (D-ID): No longer in office
28. John Boccieri (D-OH): No longer in office
29. Joe Donnelly (D-IN): http://donnelly.house.gov/contact/contact-us-form.shtml
30. Tom Perriello (D-VA): No longer in office
31. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND): No longer in office
32. Ben Chandler (D-KY): https://chandler.house.gov/contact-me
33. Martin Heinrich (D-NM): No longer in office
34. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL): No longer in office
35. Travis Childers (D-MS): No longer in office
36. Tim Walz (D-MN): http://walz.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=7
37. Peter DeFazio (D-OR): http://www.defazio.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&Itemid=93
38. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX): No longer in office
39. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA): No longer in office
40. Rick Boucher (D-VA): No longer in office
41. Mike McIntyre (D-NC): http://mcintyreforms.house.gov/contact/
42. John Murtha (D-PA): No longer in office
43. Bart Gordon (D-TN): No longer in office
44. Zach Space (D-OH): No longer in office
45. Alan Mollohan (D-WV): No longer in office
46. Lincoln Davis (D-TN): No longer in office
47. Artur Davis (D-AL): No longer in office
48. Charlie Melancon (D-LA): No longer in office
49. John Barrow (D-GA): https://forms.house.gov/barrow/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm
50. Christopher Carney (D-PA): No longer in office
51. Dan Boren (D-OK): http://boren.house.gov/contact.shtml
52. Parker Griffith (D-AL): No longer in office
53. Charlie Wilson (D-OH): No longer in office
54. Heath Shuler (D-NC): https://shulerforms.house.gov/contact/
55. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD): No longer in office
56. Jim Marshall (D-GA): No longer in office
57. Jason Altmire (D-PA): http://altmire.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=38
58. Larry Kissell (D-NC): http://kissell.house.gov/contact/index.shtml
59. John Salazar (D-CO): No longer in office
60. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN): No longer in office
61. Frank Kratovil (D-MD): No longer in office
62. Glenn Nye (D-VA): No longer in office
63. Bobby Bright (D-AL): No longer in office
64. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ): http://www.kirkpatrickforarizona.com/contact
65. Joe Baca (D-CA): http://baca.house.gov/contact
Also, both of the following Democrats from Montana and the one from Alaska sent their own letters to the administration rebuking the calls for gun control:
Max Bacus (D-MT): http://www.baucus.senate.gov/?p=contact
Jon Tester (D-MT): http://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Mark Begich (D-AK): http://www.begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailsenator
Demand that they keep their word; no voting present, no skipping the vote. They promised to ACTIVELY OPPOSE new gun control legislation. Demand that they do so or vacate their elected office!