Time: Wed Mar 12 21:49:13 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA24180; Wed, 12 Mar 1997 20:23:20 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 21:41:53 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: GOA Federal Alert -- 03/12/97 (fwd) <snip> >> Chenoweth Introduces Full Lautenberg Repeal >> -- Your work helps deliver 11 Cosponsors! >> >> by Gun Owners of America >> 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 >> Springfield, VA 22151 >> http://www.gunowners.org >> >> >> (Wednesday, March 12) -- Rep. Helen Chenoweth (R-ID) >>yesterday introduced a full repeal of the Lautenberg gun ban. >>Thanks to your help, phones have been ringing off the hook on >>Capitol Hill, and 11 Representatives have signed on to her bill >>as original cosponsors. >> >> [By contrast, the other leading bill to repeal the >>Lautenberg gun ban only had one original cosponsor when it was >>introduced earlier this year. That bill, introduced by Rep. >>Bob Barr (R-GA), would only repeal the retroactive part of the >>gun ban, leaving the ban in place for the future. While >>opposing the retroactive part of the ban, Rep. Barr endorsed >>the underlying principle behind the Lautenberg gun ban last >>Thursday (3/6/97) in USA Today, calling it "important and >>worthwhile legislation."] >> >> Rep. Chenoweth's bill (H.R. 1009) repeals the ENTIRE >>Lautenberg ban. Entitled the "States' Rights and Second and >>Tenth Amendment Restoration Act of 1997," the bill lays out 17 >>findings that help advance the pro-gun cause. For instance, >>the bill states that, >> >> * "Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves >>against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year. Of >>these self-defense cases, as many as 200,000 are by women >>defending themselves against sexual assault." >> >> * "The Lautenberg Amendment oversteps federal authority, >>violating states' rights . . . [and] violates all notions of >>constitutional Due Process and constitutes an ex post facto >>law." >> >> * "The Lautenberg Amendment does not deal with a subject >>delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the >>Constitution of the United States and is therefore >>unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, >>as interpreted by United States v. Lopez." >> >> HERE'S WHAT TO DO: >> >> If you're Representative is not listed below, keep on him. >>Get your friends, neighbors, family, gun clubs, etc. to support >>the Chenoweth repeal bill. And remember to emphasize that the >>Chenoweth bill (H.R. 1009) is the only bill to *completely* >>repeal the Lautenberg gun ban from the federal code. All the >>other half-baked repeals would still leave the ban in the federal >>code for the future. >> >> WHO HAS COSPONSORED THE CHENOWETH BILL ALREADY? >> >> 1. Rep. Tom Coburn (R-OK) >> 2. Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY) >> 3. Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) >> 4. Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) >> 5. Rep. Virgil Goode (D-VA) >> 6. Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) >> 7. Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) >> 8. Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) >> 9. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) >> 10. Rep. Joe Skeen (R-NM) >> 11. Rep. Don Young (R-AK) >> >> >>Are you receiving this as a cross-post? You can subscribe to our >>E-mail Alert Network directly. Address your request to >>crfields@gunowners.org and include in the body of the message either >>your state of residence or the word "all". If you subscribe by state, >>you will receive every federal alert plus alerts which are specific >>to your home state. Requesting "all" means you will receive all >>alerts generated whether federal or state in nature. ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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