If you understand the significance of the 2nd Amendment and its
importance to maintaining liberty in America, here is your chance to put
teeth to your position at no personal expense except a few moments of
your time.
Feel free to use the following – edit as you wish
January XX, 2013
Honorable XXXX
Address
City State Zip
Senator XXXXX:
My wife and I are constituents in your district (optional – who have voted for you consistently.)
Today for the first time we call for your swift and dedicated action
as our elected representative. The so called “assault weapon” ban
legislation as proposed by Senator Feinstein’s is a gross abuse of the
American public’s rights as enumerated under the U.S. Constitution. As
you well know, the US Constitution provides every American protection
from government abuse under the Bill of Rights. The Constitution does
not provide for merely a Bill of Needs – As such, the U.S. Government
has no right to limit our rights based on its interpretation of our
needs.
Further, the proposed Firearm Ban provides for the uncompensated
seizure of private property by banning the inheritance or transfer of
legally purchased and processed firearms to family members. It thus
requires upon the death of the owner that those guns be surrendered to
the government. This is yet, another abridgment of our Constitutional
rights against unlawful seizure. Let us remember that from the adoption
of the Constitution until the National Firearms Act of 1934, the intent
of our founders was clear and unchallenged – the right to bear arms was
the second most fundamental right we possess as Americans, and is
specially designed to protect against the tyranny of our
Government. The red-herring and false arguments of the Anti-Gun
ownership leaders fall flat in face of the fact that not one founding
father acted to modify the 2nd Amendment or limit the ownership of
firearms to only state chartered militia members, even after such
periods as the Whiskey Rebellion and the Civil War. Their intent is
clear and ratified by their actions.
Also, the U.S. Supreme court has already ruled in Haynes v. United
States against the forced federal registration of firearms as a
violation of the Constitution. Yet, we see the willing disregard for
well settled law and trampling our Constitutional rights by Senator
Feinstein and the supporters of her efforts to violate the rights of
every American. The Ban also ignores and would violate the rulings of
Heller v The District of Columbia and McDonald v. Chicago the most
recent Supreme Courts cases related to the 2nd Amendment. While,
additional arguments and facts are available to defeat every element of
the Gun Ban bill basis, the fundamental element of our rights, as
established in the Bill of Rights, reduces the proposed ban and its
seizure of property to an intolerable affront of our rights as
enumerated by the U.S. Constitution.
The only true cause of the recent tragedies has been ignored and
untreated mental health issues. Firearms, like the automobiles used to
drive to the site of the crimes, were only tools used … not the cause of
the actions. Let us address the true cause of these crimes – the lack
of mental health treatment because of invented privacy laws which impede
the identification and treatment of these persons. We call upon you
as our elected representative to ensure the proposed Ban in its entirety
is blocked or defeated. We also call for the mental health laws of this
country to be modified to ensure that those in need get the treatment
they require, and the public is protected from their untreated violent
natures.
Sincerely
YOUR NAME
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