Your Activism Is Getting Noticed

[PegLeg45]

Now is not the time to sit back..... keep the heat on your Congress members.

Your Activism Is Getting Noticed by the Power Players on Capitol Hill!

GOA thanks its grassroots for making the difference

“Gun Owners of America, with its war chest, membership and lobbying strength dwarfed by the National Rifle Association, is emerging as an influential force as a series of gun control measures heads to the Senate floor.” - New York Times, April 4, 2013

The Senate was supposed to be taking up gun control next week. But now it looks like the outpouring of grassroots opposition from GOA activists has forced Harry Reid to push back his plans for at least a week.

Said the New York Times, “The group [GOA] has already been successful in both freezing senators, particularly Republicans, who have appeared to be on the fence about supporting bills to expand background checks and [has been] empowering those who have a strong gun rights background.”

The article cited GOA’s work in bolstering the resolve of several Senators, but especially that of Tom Coburn of Oklahoma who has been frequently wooed by anti-gun Senator Chuck Schumer.

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To date, no compromise has been reached. And that means Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just doesn’t have the votes yet.

Here’s why:

1. More Senators have committed to support the Paul-Cruz-Lee filibuster, including James Inhofe (R-OK) and Marco Rubio (R-FL). There are even more Senators who are joining this list, and we will share those names with you next week.

2. A plurality of Senators voted for a GOA-supported Lee amendment, two weeks ago, requiring a super-majority vote to pass gun control. While the amendment failed (as it needed support from 60% of the Senate), it nevertheless sent a “shot across the bow” of the gun controllers ship.

3. On March 23, a majority of Senators voted to bar the Obama Administration from signing onto an anti-UN treaty. This was an important development, seeing as that the United Nations General Assembly approved the Arms Trade Treaty earlier this week.

4.More Congressman are joining the fight in the House to put pressure on House Speaker John Boehner to support the Hastert Rule - a rule that would kill all gun control. The number of Congressmen supporting the Stockman-Broun letter is now up to 30.

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More at link:

http://gunowners.org/a04062013.htm

[Star Tripper]

Good news.  A recommendation for those sending letters to their Congress Critters (I am polite in my letters).  Send to their DC office but also send a copy to their local office.  Double shots work as well here as in self defense.

[tombogan03884]

I like a more personal approach .
My congress critter was having lunch in the restaurant I'm working at.
As I went past I leaned over and said "Remember Dick Swett, vote NO on gun control."

Richard "Dick" Swett was a Republican congressman here in NH who voted for the Clinton gun ban.
His defeat in the next primary was a lesson to all NH politicians.

[Ulmus]

Good, 'causeI just fired off another round of letters.