Senator Casey And HR 297, PA'ers Need To Read!!!

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Will Schumer Get Sen. Casey To Cosponsor His Legislation?

-- Your help is desperately needed to keep this from happening

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert

8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151

Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408

http://www.gunowners.org

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

"The Gun Owners of America [has] already launched a public campaign

to block the legislation... warning that the proposal could 'block

millions of additional, honest gun owners from buying firearms.'" --

Newsweek, April 24, 2007

As indicated by the Newsweek article, the GOA campaign is well

underway. We are mobilizing the gun owning community across the

country and have sent press releases into selected congressional

districts to put pressure on waffling legislators.

And that is why you are getting this email, because your Senator,

Robert Casey (D), is going to be a key player in this fight.

You are, no doubt, aware that GOA has alerted you several times to

the Brady Law expansion bill -- legislation that will continue the

assault on your Second Amendment rights.

We've also provided our members postcards to send their

Representatives and Senators. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'VE SENT THOSE

POSTCARDS IN!

Now, we need you to e-mail a specially-tailored message (which is

found below) to Senator Casey. In the past, the Senator has bragged

about how pro-gun he is.

Well, if he's going to talk like that, now is his time to prove it!

As we told you before, the Brady expansion bill is gun control, pure

and simple. Current and past sponsors include anti-gun Senators

Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and Dick Durbin (D-IL).

And on the House side, there's the notoriously anti-gun Carolyn

McCarthy (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI) who are in full support of

this gun control measure.

At this point there is no Senate bill -- at least not yet. But

Senator Chuck Schumer is expected to be the lead sponsor in the

senate, just as he was in 2003. And if history repeats itself, he

will have some strange company, as he did four years ago.

This bill from four years ago is virtually identical to HR 297, which

is the bill that Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) is now pushing in the

wake of the Virginia Tech shootings. To make matters worse,

top-ranking Democrats are in negotiations with the NRA to come up

with a "compromise" as quickly as possible.

So what can we do? Or more importantly, what can YOU do? Well,

there are three important action items for all gun owners to take:

ACTION:

1. Tell Senator Casey that grassroots gun owners do NOT want more gun

control! If he's going to talk a pro-gun game, now is the time for

him to prove it.

2. Urge the Senator to refrain from adding his name to any proposed

Schumer gun control bill.

3. Circulate this alert to other gun owners that you know.

CONTACT INFORMATION: You can e-mail Senator Casey by using his

webform at http://casey.senate.gov/contact.cfm -- simply cut and

paste the message below into the box provided.

Or you can contact Senator Casey by:

Phone: 202-224-6324 or use the toll-free switchboard at 877-762-8762

Fax: 202-228-0604

----- Pre-written letter -----

Dear Senator Casey:

Gun Owners of America informs me that HR 297, a colossal gun control

bill, is on the fast track and can come up in the Senate at any time.

As a supporter of Second Amendment rights, I do NOT support this

bill, which is being pushed by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and Senator

Chuck Schumer.

You have campaigned as pro-gun in the past. I hope that you will

stand by your statements and OPPOSE the Schumer-McCarthy legislation.

In years past, Senator Schumer was the lead sponsor on this measure.

When he reintroduces this bill, I hope that you will REFUSE to lend

your name as a cosponsor and will OBJECT to any Unanimous Consent

agreement regarding its passage.

The Virginia Tech tragedy, which Senator Schumer is using to try to

push this bill, highlights the failure, not success, of gun control.

Instead of passing yet more laws that restrict my Second Amendment

rights, Congress should consider repealing the failed gun control

laws on the books.

Again, please oppose the Schumer-McCarthy bill, and object to any

Unanimous Consent agreement. Please let me know what you intend to

do.

Sincerely,