Instead of starting a new thread, I figured most of the Freedom Fighters were on this thread.
Please read and consider this.
I sent this to my entire email contact list and hope that you would do the same. This post may be a bit long but I believe it's very important, so please check it out. Thanks.
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Hello,
In light of the recent shootings by the crazy monsters in our society, it has created much discussion about the 2nd Amendment, gun rights & control, gun and magazine bans and potentially violating/attacking your freedom and liberty. I have prepared the below letter and sent it to my Congressman and Senators. I hope you will contact your elected official also (see the below websites to find them per your zip code) and send a similar letter. You can copy and paste my text below if you want (add your name under sincerely) or use it as reference.
Remember, evil will flourish, when good men do nothing. I believe the government is getting out of control. It's size is growing and growing. It is true that a large government creates small citizens. They are succeeding is control every aspect of our life and I fear they can use these tragic shootings and exploit our emotions and control our only and last means of protecting ourselves from the bad man and them.
Please, look over my letter below and truly consider taking a few minutes to send yours, ASAP.
We have to be vocal, no matter what the issue.
Please, pass this on to your contact whether you take action or not.
This needs to circulated and acted upon fast because the Obama Administration is moving fast on this topic. They wanna come up with some sort of decision with a deadline of January 2013.
Thanks, Steve
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Hello,
In light of the very sickening and tragic shooting in the Connecticut school, I am writing to you to express my opinion in hopes it will be heard and recognized. Our goal is to do something which will curb or stop the senseless murders. I believe that the blame and actions our government may take will be focused on the wrong culprit. Focusing on the weapon, an inanimate object makes no sense. Man has murdered using numerous means very effectively in the past. Adam Lanza could have easily thrown a few homemade bombs in those classrooms and accomplished the same terrible results. People create the mayhem and destruction, not the items they choose to use. They are the thinking and acting person that follows through with whatever evil that resides in their heart and mind, so it is not the guns!
My concern is with this highly politicized Gun topic and the negative, untruthful, propagandized, Anti-Gun Movement/Media, is that our Gun Rights and the 2nd Amendment will be dismantled one regulation at a time. I fear that my freedom of using my guns to defend myself from evil and my freedom to use any gun for sport and hunting will be violated. I fear my CPL right may be in jeopardy too. Please do not ban any specific weapon (AR15), category, model, magazine (30 round), part or accessory. To vilify one specific gun or magazine makes no sense and takes focus off the real reasons and answers. It also gives potentially dubious power to those who instate that law/decision to vilify and ban the next gun and the next. A very slippery slope.
In my mind the issue and solution is found in the individual person and being personally responsible for his actions. Our morally declining culture, the mental health issue, the medications, our ‘We don’t need God’ mentality, our legal system and prison sentencing, etc., all weigh in on why things like this happen and need to be highly considered for the steps to curb tragic occurrences from happening. I also support having police and/or trained concealed teachers at the schools.
Man is either good or bad. He shows love or hate. He can defend/support life or he can maliciously take it away. The object that the bad man uses to carry out evil should not be on trial or banned, whether it’s a pillow, ax, knife, baseball bat, gun or the ingredients to create a homemade bomb. It’s the man. It’s the continual downward spiral in our society that truly needs to be heavily considered.
Please, keep our freedom and liberty, our 2nd Amendment and Gun Rights fully intact. No matter what you ban or make illegal, will only affect the good, peaceable, law abiding man. The evil doer or criminal will always find the means to carry out his evil plans.
Sincerely,
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http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=MI