I had same thought.
People should be writing their congressmen!
Not only your congressman, but every member on the House Judiciary committee (plus one bill went to the Ways and Means committee).
If we can convince them to bottle these bills up in committee, they never get to the floor for a vote and your congressman's opinion will be mooted.
The gun grabber's legislative (National) bill compendium, updated (almost) daily:
House Bills:
H.R. 21: NRA Members' Gun Safety Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep Moran, James P., Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 34: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L., Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 117: Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush, Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 137: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn, Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 138: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act. Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn, Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 141: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn, Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 142: Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn, Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 226: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act. Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L., Referred to the Ways and Means committee.
H.R. 227: Buyback Our Safety Act. Sponsor: Rep Deutch, Theodore E., Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 236: Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013. Sponsor: Rep Langevin, James R., Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 238: Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act. Sponsor: Rep Meng, Grace, Referred to the Judicary committee.
H.R. 329: To amend the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to encourage States to provide records to the National Instant Background Check System.
H.R. 404: To enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms.
Senate Bills:
S.22: A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows.
S.33: A bill to prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.
S.34: A bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.
S.35: A bill to require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition.
S.54: A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. ("trafficking = "private sales")
And an interesting side note:
H.R. 339: To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.
And one to support! H.R. 410: To provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.
Go to www.ruger.com. Ruger set up an email site. They take your address info and generate an email that goes to every local, state, Congress rep and the POTUS against new gun laws. Last I saw the site had sent up to 740,000 emails. The site is a little under 3 weeks old. Get on it and send the emails. Even the NY owners need to do that so the Dem reps from rural areas understand the anger at them. Many state reps and Congress are counting responses before they decide to act.
My trio of congressional losers is John F’n Kerry (”I served in Vietnam”), Liz “Liawatha” Warren, and Jim “Bagman” McGovern. They remain such great champions of the 2nd Amendment. /S
We have....we have, believe me. I get frustrated by getting all these emails from companies and organizations that have bought my name, email and phone number from a number of the online gun/ammo/accessory retailers with whom I do a lot of business.
Nearly all are blurbs about things I’ve seen here previously, many are a little too alarmist. ALL end with pleas for money.
Finally, I don’t like unsigned editorials even though I agree with a lot of the points made, even though they are just preaching to the choir who wrote the sermon for them.