NY Patriot
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Hello all, this is my first post here at TheHighRoad.org, but not my last. Some of you may know me from AR15.com, Glocktalk, FALFiles, 1911Forum.com, etc..., and from the good old days over at Thefiringline.com (as I understand it, TheHighRoad.org is sort of refuge for former members of that late, great web site!)
I have been lurking around these parts a bit, & I appreciate these forums as a meeting place for like minded, freedom loving, American gun owners.
I like what I see, and I'm sticking around!
On to the business at hand...
If this topic has been posted already, I apologize, but it is very important & action needs to be taken ASAP.
I recieved the following E-Mail from Bushmaster Firearms and believe this is VERY important to the continued right to Keep and Bear Arms. Groups such as HCI have publicly stated that if they could not legislate guns away, they would litigate the companies that make them out of business.
From Bushmaster:
I have been lurking around these parts a bit, & I appreciate these forums as a meeting place for like minded, freedom loving, American gun owners.
I like what I see, and I'm sticking around!
On to the business at hand...
If this topic has been posted already, I apologize, but it is very important & action needs to be taken ASAP.
I recieved the following E-Mail from Bushmaster Firearms and believe this is VERY important to the continued right to Keep and Bear Arms. Groups such as HCI have publicly stated that if they could not legislate guns away, they would litigate the companies that make them out of business.
From Bushmaster:
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, S.659, is coming up for US Senate approval very soon and your support is urgently needed to help get it passed. The US House of Representatives passed it yesterday, but in the Senate we need you to contact your Senators to urge them to support this bill. There are several Democratic Senators, such as Senator Schumer (D-NY), that are threatening to kill the bill by filibuster, but this can be avoided by getting 60 votes. Currently there are 53 solidly supporting the bill.
These frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers for political purposes are a disgrace and abuse of our legal system. What some of these anti-gun groups have not been able to do through the voting booth, through lobbying, and through the media, they are now trying to accomplish by driving law-abiding gun manufacturers out of business through unfounded lawsuits and blackmail tactics.
The White House issued a statement strongly supporting this bill, saying it would "help prevent abuse of the legal system and help curb the growing problem of frivolous lawsuits."
Please call, email or write both your Senators today. Urge them to support the "common sense" legislation of The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, S.659
The following Senators are sponsors of this bill. Please be sure to thank them.
Sponsor:
Senator Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Co-Sponsors:
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Senator George Allen (R-VA)
Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Senator Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Senator John Breaux (D-LA)
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Senator Ben Campbell (R-CO)
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)
Senator Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Senator John Ensign (R-NV)
Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Senator Bill Frist (R-TN)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Senator Kay Hutchinson (R-TX)
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Senator Zell Miller (D-GA)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Senator Don Nickles (R-OK)
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Senator Arlen Spector (R-PA)
Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Senator John Sununu (R-NH)
Senator James Talent (R-MO)
Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
The following Senators have not signed on to the bill and should be urged to support this legislation.
Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE)
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Senator Thomas Daschle (D-SD)
Senator Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Senator John Edwards (D-NC)
Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI)
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Senator Bob Graham (D-FL)
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Senator Ernest Hollings (D-SC)
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Senator James Jeffords (I-VT)
Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV)
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Senator John Warner (R-VA)
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
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