23 State Attorneys General To Attorney General Holder: "No Semi-Auto Ban"

NRA - ILA ^ | June 12, 2009 | 23 State Attorneys General

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23 State Attorneys General To Attorney General Holder: "No Semi-Auto Ban"

Friday, June 12, 2009

On June 11, the top law enforcement officials of nearly half the states signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, expressing their opposition to reinstatement of the federal ban on semi-automatic firearms. 

"We share the Obama Administration's commitment to reducing illegal drugs and violent crime within the United States. We also share your deep concern about drug cartel violence in Mexico. However, we do not believe that restricting law-abiding Americans' access to certain semi-automatic firearms will resolve any of these problems," the letter said. 

The letter notes congressional opposition to bringing back the ban, and calls for increasing enforcement of existing laws. 

We encourage NRA members to let these state officials know we appreciate them standing up to the incessant clamor for gun control that is currently coming from anti-gun groups and their media allies. 

The 23 state Attorneys General, in alphabetical order, by state, are: 

Arkansas – The Honorable Dustin McDaniel
Alabama - The Honorable Troy King
Colorado - The Honorable John W. Suthers
Florida - The Honorable Bill McCollum
Georgia - The Honorable Thurbert E. Baker
Idaho - The Honorable Lawrence G. Wasden
Kansas - The Honorable Steve Six
Kentucky - The Honorable Jack Conway
Louisiana - The Honorable James D. Caldwell
Michigan - The Honorable Mike Cox
Missouri - The Honorable Chris Koster
Montana - The Honorable Steve Bullock
Oklahoma - The Honorable W.A. Edmonson
Nebraska - The Honorable Jon Bruning
Nevada - The Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto
New Hampshire - The Honorable Kelly A. Ayotte
North Dakota - The Honorable Wayne Stenehjem
South Carolina - The Honorable Henry McMaster
South Dakota - The Honorable Lawrence Long
Texas - The Honorable Greg Abbott
Utah - The Honorable Mark L. Shurtleff
Wisconsin – The Honorable J.B. Van Hollen
Wyoming - The Honorable Bruce A. Salzburg

To read the letter in its entirety, please click here.

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Find this item at: http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4971

[freekitty]

Me too.

[CRBDeuce]

the government has no authority to rule against the Second Amendment...Just as roaches have no authority to rule against the Orkin man.

very poetic, Jeffersonian, great notable quotable!

[MeekOneGOP]

Ping! Ping! Ping!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[CRBDeuce]

Eric Holder dismissed charges of Black Panthers intimidating voters in Philadelphia

He may have gotten one by the rubes, but the unintended consequence of putting the New Black Panther Party on the front pages again shows he's not immune to petard hoisting like most Rats.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank YOU!

Happy Saturday! :)

[MeekOneGOP]

** “So what? I won.” **

B. Huzzy Obozo: The most ARROGANT President EVER !!

[Quickgun]

I will borrow that phrase on occasion, comparing govt. to roaches! :)

[John Leland 1789]

Save for distribution

[BigEdLB]

And how about the lack of California’s Moonbeam Brown. Is anyone surprised?

[Lady Jag]

[Terpfen]

Florida - The Honorable Bill McCollum

He had my vote in the 2004 Senate primary, and he'll have my vote for Governor in 2010.

[relee]

The Virginia Attorney General, Bill Mims, was appointed a few months ago so he’s probably still moving in.

[EdReform]

I wonder why Indiana is missing from that list. The Hoosier state is pretty pro-2A.

[ColdWater]

I wonder why Indiana is missing from that list. The Hoosier state is pretty pro-2A.

Zoeller claims to be a conservative but I couldn't find his position on guns.

[Eaker]

Zoeller claims to be a conservative but I couldn't find his position on guns.

Now you have.

[pleikumud]

NY Man Has Bad Memories of Sotomayor (video report)
June 13, 2009 8:53:55 AM EDT · 25 of 27
FreepShop1 to pleikumud
Sotomayor and the 2nd Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision that the 2nd Amendment applies only to federal laws and not to states or municipalities.

BUT:
The 10th Amendment is crystal clear: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

The 10th Amendement guarantees that the 2nd Amendment applies to all the states, just as the 1st and 14th do. To argue that the 2nd Amendment applies in one state but not another, is akin to arguing that slavery is permissible in one state but not another.

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Sotomayor would do her best to undermine the Constitution.

[potlatch]

[The most ARROGANT President EVER !!]

BUMP that!

[SunkenCiv]

It’s hard to be humble when you’ve risen to the Presidency despite never having worked for a living, gotten away with various illegal acts, told both some incomplete truths and whopping lies about ones past, and still winding up rich to boot.

[HotLead61]

I see My Tennessee is missing also

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I’m not worried about Tennessee. Aside from Memphis, it seems like a part of the “Solid South” to me.

I’d head there if I needed to.