gun owners ALERT!!! contacts needed for congress

[mike bell]

Contact Your Senators
-- Ask them to oppose naming anti-gun Sen. Arlen Specter as Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman

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, November 9, 2004

You would have thought John Kerry had won an astounding Electoral
College victory, rather than George W. Bush.

But, within 24 hours after the presidential results were in, there
was the Senate Judiciary Committee heir-apparent, Pennsylvania liberal
Republican Arlen Specter, warning Bush not to make conservative
nominations to the U.S. Supreme court.

The "code words" used by Specter centered around abortion, but the
message was clear: "No pro-gun conservatives need apply."

Said Specter:

"That is my view, now, before, and always. ... The president is well
aware of what happened, when a bunch of his [conservative, pro-gun]
nominees were sent up, with the filibuster... I would expect the
president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning..."

Yes, this is the same Specter who GOA opposed in the Pennsylvania
Senate primary earlier this year, when he was being challenged by an
A-rated congressman, Pat Toomey. (GOA was the ONLY national gun lobby
to support Toomey.)

This is the same Specter who has opposed your gun rights over the last
several years. To be sure, this is the Specter who:

* Cosponsored legislation in 1991 to make it a FELONY to possess any
magazine that holds more than 15 rounds (S. 635).

* Voted FOR the crime bill (HR 3355) which contained the Clinton semi-
auto ban in 1994.

* Voted FOR the Incumbent Protection Act in 2002 to prevent groups like
the NRA and GOA from criticizing public officials in the electronic
media up to 60 days before an election (HR 2356).

This is also the same Specter who voted AGAINST arming the nation's
pilots in September 2002. Amazingly, he was one of only SIX senators
who voted against this bill. Even anti-gun Senators John Kerry and
John Edwards voted right!

Specter has shown his true anti-gun colors over his career in the U.S.
Senate, and now he is next in line to be the chairman of the all-
powerful Judiciary Committee which controls judicial nominations --
not to mention gun control legislation.

The last thing we need is for pro-gun Supreme Court nominees to be
blocked by a Republican Chairman.

But there is good news: There is no Senate rule which guarantees
Specter the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- where he
can block Bush's nominees from even getting a Senate vote. The new
chairman will be chosen, first, by a majority of the Republicans on
the Senate Judiciary Committee, and, then, by a majority of all
Senate Republicans.

Thus, it is well within the rights of Senate Republicans to award the
Judiciary Committee post to current-chairman Orrin Hatch, Iowa's Chuck
Grassley, Arizona's Jon Kyl, or Alabama's Jeff Sessions. Any of these
men would presumably support Bush's conservative pro-gun nominees,
rather than opposing them.

ACTION: Contact your Republican senator(s). Ask him or her to vote
against naming anti-gun Senator Arlen Specter as chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee.

Please visit the GOA Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm and look up your Senator(s)
contact information. Just plug in your zip code under "Elected
Officials," and then use the pre-written message below to call, fax or
email your Senator(s).

NOTE: Because committee chairmanships are effectively decided by the
majority party, only Republican Senators need to receive this letter
below. Newly elected Republican Senators are not yet included in the
GOA Legislative Action Center, however, you can contact them using
the following information:

FL -- Mel Martinez, fax: 407-897-8595 or 305-443-3611
GA -- Johnny Isakson, email: ga06@mail.house.gov
LA -- David Vitter, fax: 202-225-0739
NC -- Richard Burr, email: richard.burrnc05@mail.house.gov
OK -- Tom Coburn, fax: 918-294-8380 or 580-353-1978
SC -- Jim DeMint, fax: 202-226-1177
SD -- John Thune, fax: 605-221-1021 or email: info@johnthune.com

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

Dear Senator:

Less than 24 hours after the presidential election, Arlen Specter was
warning George Bush not to nominate pro-gun conservatives for the two
to four anticipated slots expected to be available on the U.S. Supreme
Court.

The last thing we need is for pro-gun Supreme Court nominees to be
blocked by a Republican senator who votes like a Democrat.

Please do what you can to stop Arlen Specter from being named as
chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sincerely,

[Lucius111]

Great post Mike. I didn't vote for the SOB because he is a Republican INO! Unfortanely, if he would have lost here, Joe Hoeffle would have won and he was nothing more than a Kerry wannabe. What is worse is that a day or so after winning his re-election, he threatens Bush that he will oppose any nominated judges that are too conservative(ie, pro-life, pro-gun). Why does PA always have to be so f'ed up with its voting and politicians?

[mike bell]

Lucius111,

Imagin PA with out Philadelpia![:'(] I think the tide would turn up there

[Lucius111]

Yeah it would......and doing something about the Pittsburgh area wouldn't hurt either. Although, the county I live in went to Kerry and it is big on hunting.....but we do have a lot of uneducated people here.

[MarkIIVT]

NO WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, FELLOW REPUBLICANS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO AFTER "MODERATE" REPUBLICANS. I am a strong supporter of 2nd amandement issues. We can't go down this road.
This is absolute disinformation.

Pennsylvania liberal
Republican Arlen Specter, warning Bush not to make conservative
nominations to the U.S. Supreme court.

The "code words" used by Specter centered around abortion, but the
message was clear: "No pro-gun conservatives need apply."

He was talking about appointment of a justice who wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade, not gun issues. What a bunch of BS. He is not a "Liberal", not at all, middle of the road leaning conservative. Check his record with the NRA. He not "anti-gun". He is holding Pennsylvania and working on contributing to the RED State Column, that which is BLUE now. HE is on the new front line in American Politics, and Pennsylvania is one of those front lines. We need him and he deserves our support. This is a man who stood his ground, for a long time on a lot of good solid REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE issues, and now you want to pillery him?!?!?!?
He was saying that we cannot make excuses now that we have the Presidency, Senate, and House, for not getting things done, period. And we cannot let "extremeism" divide our party, look what it did to the Democrats.

Remember 1992? That is when I, and many others left the Republican party and voted for Perot, 19% of the country went that way, and most of us came back. DO NOT TURN VOTERS LIKE US AWAY AGAIN because of fundamentalist views (notice here I did not say Christian views, big difference). The same way many left the Democratic party over Gay Marriage.

The "Evangelicals" are a core consitituency, but so are people like me who are Christians, but are a little put off by the "extremeists" in the religious world. This little statement by GOA is not about GUNS, it is about abortion dressed up in 2nd amemdment clothing. DON'T FALL FOR IT!

[mike bell]

*Cosponsored legislation in 1991 to make it a FELONY to possess any
magazine that holds more than 15 rounds (S. 635).

* Voted FOR the crime bill (HR 3355) which contained the Clinton semi-
auto ban in 1994.

* Voted FOR the Incumbent Protection Act in 2002 to prevent groups like
the NRA and GOA from criticizing public officials in the electronic
media up to 60 days before an election (HR 2356).

[James B]

My letters will be on the way tomorrow.

[MarkIIVT]

Typing it bigger doesn't make any difference, you dimwit.

* Voted FOR the crime bill (HR 3355) which contained the Clinton semi-
auto ban in 1994.

* Voted FOR the Incumbent Protection Act in 2002 to prevent groups like
the NRA and GOA from criticizing public officials in the electronic
media up to 60 days before an election (HR 2356).

Arlene Spector is a SENATOR...These are HOUSE BILLS, how did he vote for them in the House when HE IS A SENATOR????? Now the Senate Bill with the 15 rounds, I will support greivaence with him on that, AND I wrote him and told him my displeasure in that period of time.

BESIDES, Republicans controlled the House in 1994 and in 2002, how many other Rupublicans voted for it, it passes with supermajorities both times, I will gladly join you in GIVING all them the business on these bills IF, you post all names of those that voted infavor of these bills. Anything less is just singling out Sen. Spector


As I said, this about abortion dressed up in 2nd Amendment clothing. This is simply an attack on an honorable man.

[MarkIIVT]

BTW, from Gunowners website.

SPector was a C- your site states:

C & C- Leans Our Way: occasionally.

Why not bring him in instead of grinding against him. WE NEED ALLIES, we do not need to make a sometimes ally into an opponent.

[mike bell]

Typing it bigger doesn't make any difference, you dimwit.

LMAO!

C-??? Why would any gun owner support a flip flopper who has a known record for voting against their rights? Did you vote for Kerry too?? You know he was a hunter dont ya?[:'(]

History will look back at this next Court. I just hope the history making will be the Supreme Court rules that the Second Amendment means what is says. IT SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!!!

2nd amendment before all others, because if not, all others will be taken away!