"Make-Or-Break" Day On Your Right To Carry A Gun For Self-Protection In A
National Park
-- Tell your Senators to vote against "Cloture" on the Parks Bill
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, April 8, 2008
What happens tomorrow -- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -- will probably determine
whether or not you will be able to carry a gun in a national park.
The first key vote will be a vote to cut off debate on the motion to take up
the "alternate" version of the "parks bill." That bill is S. 2739.
Why, you might ask, is such an arcane procedural vote so important?
To answer that question, it is necessary to look at a little history:
Earlier this year, the first "parks" bill came onto the Senate calendar. It
was not a good bill: In terms of private property rights, it was one of the
biggest federal land grabs in American history. In addition, it would grant
another liberal anti-gun congressman to the Mariana Islands.
But Senator Tom Coburn was able to use the Senate rules to secure a right to
offer his gun amendment to that first bill -- an amendment which would
affirm your right to carry a firearm for self-defense in most national
parks.
The Senate Democratic leadership was terrified. If presidential candidates
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were required to cast an anti-gun vote on
the eve of the presidential election, it could arguably cost Democrat states
like Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, and New
Hampshire in November.
So Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-NV) came up with a plan: He would kill
the bill on which Coburn had the right to offer his gun amendment. Instead,
he would bring up a similar bill -- but one on which Coburn had not secured
a parliamentary right to offer the gun amendment. Once the new "alternate"
gun bill was pending, Reid would add so many amendments that the Coburn gun
amendment could not be offered.
So, to recapitulate: The "alternate" parks bill -- S. 2739 -- exists for
one reason and one reason only: to block consideration of a Coburn
amendment to allow you to use a gun to defend yourself in a national park.
ACTION: Tell your Senator to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed
to the parks bill. You can use the pre-written message below and send it
as an e-mail by visiting the GOA Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone and fax numbers are also
available).
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
What happens on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 will probably determine whether or
not Americans will be able to carry a gun in a national park.
The key vote will be a vote to cut off debate on the motion to take up the
"alternate" version of the "parks bill." That bill is S. 2739.
This "alternate" parks bill exists for one reason and one reason only: to
block consideration of a Coburn amendment to allow Americans to use a gun to
defend themselves in many national parks. Coburn had secured the right to
offer this amendment to the original bill, S. 2483.
The procedure which is being used to shut out gun owners is not only unfair;
it is sneaky and underhanded.
Please do not let it succeed.
Gun Owners of America has told me it will rate this vote as a gun vote.
Sincerely,
****************************
"Live Fire" radio with Larry Pratt is broadcast by the Information
Radio Network on Saturdays at 12:00 Noon Eastern. "Live Fire" is
simulcast on the web at http://inforadionet.com and previous episodes
are archived at http://www.soundwaves2000.com/livefire/ with a number
of listening formats supported.
Podcasts are now available!
Recent guests, among many others, have included:
* GOA attorney Bill Olsen describing GOA efforts in DC v Heller
* John Bolton (former UN Ambassador) on anti-gun UN activities
* "Machine Gun Preacher" Sam Childers and troubles in Sudan and Uganda
National Park
-- Tell your Senators to vote against "Cloture" on the Parks Bill
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, April 8, 2008
What happens tomorrow -- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -- will probably determine
whether or not you will be able to carry a gun in a national park.
The first key vote will be a vote to cut off debate on the motion to take up
the "alternate" version of the "parks bill." That bill is S. 2739.
Why, you might ask, is such an arcane procedural vote so important?
To answer that question, it is necessary to look at a little history:
Earlier this year, the first "parks" bill came onto the Senate calendar. It
was not a good bill: In terms of private property rights, it was one of the
biggest federal land grabs in American history. In addition, it would grant
another liberal anti-gun congressman to the Mariana Islands.
But Senator Tom Coburn was able to use the Senate rules to secure a right to
offer his gun amendment to that first bill -- an amendment which would
affirm your right to carry a firearm for self-defense in most national
parks.
The Senate Democratic leadership was terrified. If presidential candidates
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were required to cast an anti-gun vote on
the eve of the presidential election, it could arguably cost Democrat states
like Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, and New
Hampshire in November.
So Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-NV) came up with a plan: He would kill
the bill on which Coburn had the right to offer his gun amendment. Instead,
he would bring up a similar bill -- but one on which Coburn had not secured
a parliamentary right to offer the gun amendment. Once the new "alternate"
gun bill was pending, Reid would add so many amendments that the Coburn gun
amendment could not be offered.
So, to recapitulate: The "alternate" parks bill -- S. 2739 -- exists for
one reason and one reason only: to block consideration of a Coburn
amendment to allow you to use a gun to defend yourself in a national park.
ACTION: Tell your Senator to vote against cloture on the motion to proceed
to the parks bill. You can use the pre-written message below and send it
as an e-mail by visiting the GOA Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm (where phone and fax numbers are also
available).
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
What happens on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 will probably determine whether or
not Americans will be able to carry a gun in a national park.
The key vote will be a vote to cut off debate on the motion to take up the
"alternate" version of the "parks bill." That bill is S. 2739.
This "alternate" parks bill exists for one reason and one reason only: to
block consideration of a Coburn amendment to allow Americans to use a gun to
defend themselves in many national parks. Coburn had secured the right to
offer this amendment to the original bill, S. 2483.
The procedure which is being used to shut out gun owners is not only unfair;
it is sneaky and underhanded.
Please do not let it succeed.
Gun Owners of America has told me it will rate this vote as a gun vote.
Sincerely,
****************************
"Live Fire" radio with Larry Pratt is broadcast by the Information
Radio Network on Saturdays at 12:00 Noon Eastern. "Live Fire" is
simulcast on the web at http://inforadionet.com and previous episodes
are archived at http://www.soundwaves2000.com/livefire/ with a number
of listening formats supported.
Podcasts are now available!
Recent guests, among many others, have included:
* GOA attorney Bill Olsen describing GOA efforts in DC v Heller
* John Bolton (former UN Ambassador) on anti-gun UN activities
* "Machine Gun Preacher" Sam Childers and troubles in Sudan and Uganda
