Those of you that have paid attention to the threads on the attempt by Customs to reclassify your assisted opening pocket knives as switchblades know that people all over the country wrote, faxed, emailed and called in to complain.
An Senate amendment to the federal switchblade law was introduced as part of the Homeland Security funding bill that would specifically exclude assists and one hand openers from being classified as switchblades. Great!
Now we need the House to go along and specifically the following Congresscritters on the DHS Appropriations Committee need to be called and faxed by everyone encouraging them to keep Senate Amendment 1447 in the final bill. Keep your call POLITE, SHORT and TO THE POINT! Do NOT ramble, do NOT discuss any other issues. Just say that you wanted them to know that you support Senate Amendment 1447 and want them to keep it.
Here's how to find them, http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml .
David R. Obey (D-WI)
David E. Price (D-NC)
Jose E. Serrano (D-NY)
Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Sam Farr (D-CA)
Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ)
Jerry Lewis (D-CA)
Harold Rogers (D-KY)
John R. Carter (D-TX)
John Abney Culberson (D-TX)
Mark Steven Kirk (D-IL)
Ken Calvert (D-CA).
An Senate amendment to the federal switchblade law was introduced as part of the Homeland Security funding bill that would specifically exclude assists and one hand openers from being classified as switchblades. Great!
Now we need the House to go along and specifically the following Congresscritters on the DHS Appropriations Committee need to be called and faxed by everyone encouraging them to keep Senate Amendment 1447 in the final bill. Keep your call POLITE, SHORT and TO THE POINT! Do NOT ramble, do NOT discuss any other issues. Just say that you wanted them to know that you support Senate Amendment 1447 and want them to keep it.
Here's how to find them, http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml .
David R. Obey (D-WI)
David E. Price (D-NC)
Jose E. Serrano (D-NY)
Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Sam Farr (D-CA)
Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ)
Jerry Lewis (D-CA)
Harold Rogers (D-KY)
John R. Carter (D-TX)
John Abney Culberson (D-TX)
Mark Steven Kirk (D-IL)
Ken Calvert (D-CA).
