http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-2/120348842937790.xml&coll=1Please write to your U.S. Sentators and Congressman to block
The Traitor Bush's nomination of Michael Sullivan to head the ATF. He is one who has been instrumental in harrassing gun dealers and is now being rewarded for it. This will only promote more abuse and the RINO Republicans are running roughshod over us. See my response to my senator below....you can use it...my senators are strong 2nd ammendment supporters, yours may not be so if you want to use it just change the name/party as necessary:
MY BASIC RESPONSE TO OUR U.S. SENATORS AND TO MY CONGRESSMAN….READ THE ARTICLE BELOW.
I would greatly appreciate your immediate consideration in supporting the U.S. Senator from Louisiana, the Honorable David Vitter, in opposing Michael Sullivan’s nomination to the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. This nomination from the Bush administration is yet another attack on 2nd Amendment rights that is strikingly similar to the disdain for the 2nd Amendment expressed in the administration’s Amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court concerning D.C. vs. Heller.
It is clear the mainstream Republican Party is no longer a supporter of the 2nd Amendment. Were it not for your outstanding conservative efforts and outstanding record I would see absolutely no difference in Republicans and Democrats.
Again, thank you sir for being an honest and capable statesman.I pulled the article below from the link I pasted at the top!
Vitter opposes Bush's choice for ATF
La. senator disagrees with his gun policies Wednesday, February 20, 2008
By Bruce Alpert
WASHINGTON -- Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has joined two other Republican senators to block the nomination of Michael Sullivan to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on grounds that he hasn't offered specific steps to end what Vitter calls the bureau's overzealous regulation of legal gun dealers.
Vitter said last week that he is continuing his hold on the Bush nomination after receiving Sullivan's responses to his questions, which the senator labeled a disappointment.
"The ATF is continuing policies that place an impossible standard on gun owners when it comes to apply for a license, as well as not allowing for a reasonable method for gun owners to challenge those overly burdensome regulatory policies," Vitter said. "The nominee seems to support the ATF's current inadequate polices and exhibits a lack of willingness to address these problems."
Vitter did not release his correspondence with Sullivan. Vitter spokesman Joel DiGrado said it is office policy not to release such communications.
Idaho Sens. Larry Craig and Mike Crapo also are opposed to Sullivan's appointment. Craig has said some gun dealers in Idaho have had their licensing applications rejected because of simple paperwork errors.
However, Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr told The Washington Post that Sullivan is "the right person for the job" and "critical to the department's effort to combat violent crime."
Kerry says he's qualified
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., called Sullivan, a Republican who has served as U.S. attorney for Boston since 2001, "a qualified professional" whose nomination is in jeopardy "simply because he has responsibly enforced our country's laws."
"He's the farthest thing from an ideologue that you could imagine," Kerry said. "I think it's an understatement that my differences with George Bush have been fairly well-chronicled, but neither of us want to see a decent and professional law enforcement officer's nomination jeopardized."
The ATF has recently been caught in a dispute between police chiefs and mayors who want access to the bureau's records to help trace guns used in crimes and the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights advocates who say the information is being sought to unfairly harass legitimate gun dealers.
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