From firearms-alert-owner Tue Jan 24 19:53:51 1995 Return-Path: firearms-alert-owner Received: (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id TAA06022 for firearms-alert-outgoing; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 19:53:51 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id TAA06012 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 19:53:49 -0800 Received: from gatekeeper.nra.org (gatekeeper.NRA.Org [192.156.97.62]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id TAA19344 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 19:53:47 -0800 Received: by gatekeeper.nra.org (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA27717; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 22:54:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 22:54:08 -0500 Message-Id: <9501250354.AA27717@gatekeeper.nra.org> Reply-To: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org Originator: rkba-alert@nra.org From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts) To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Subject: INFO! Bloc of Democrats who want firearms ban lifted! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: NRA Alerts list Sender: firearms-alert-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: R Bill K. Brewster 3rd District Oklahoma Ways and Means Committee Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515-3603 The Honorable Newt Gingrich Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232, The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker: As you know, there is a large bloc of Democrats who were vehemently opposed to including a ban on firearms in President Clinton's Omnibus Crime Bill signed into law during the 103rd Congress. The purpose of this letter is to let you know that we remain opposed the gun ban and are resolute in our commitment to repealing this ill-conceived measure at the first opportunity. Such an opportunity appears to be at hand with the Republican " Contract with America" crime bill scheduled for Judiciary Committee mark-up January 25th. We believe that a central theme established by the most recent Congressional elections is that the American people strongly resent government intrusions into their personal freedoms. As a party which has always striven to represent individual freedom, as a group we are going to work to focus our leadership's attention on the importance of this issue for the system of government for which we share a common love. With this purpose in mind, we hope that you and the rest of the Republican leadership will join us in supporting the inclusion of a repeal of this gun as original text in the bill when it is marked up and reported by Judiciary Committee in the coming weeks. If such a provision is not included in the Sub-Committee or Committee mark, it is our intention to offer an amendment to the Rules Committee to accomplish this purpose. With this correspondence we wish to inform you and the rest of the Republican Leadership it is our full intention to use every parliamentary opportunity and procedure to repeal the ban. It is our sincere hope that we will be able to work in full cooperation with the Republican leadership and party on this most important issue. If we can be of assistance in bringing the facts of this issue to the attention of the American people please call on us. It is our belief that our nation is served best by those who support the rights inimical to preserving their personal freedom. We urge you to join with us in addressing this issue, and look forward to your reply. Sincerely, Bill K. Brewster (D-OK) W. J. (Billy) Tauzin (D-LA) Ralph Hall (D-TX) Charlie Stenholm (D-TX) Collin Peterson (D-MN) Gene Taylor (D-MS) Greg Laughlin (D-TX) Nathan Deal (D-GA) Bill Orton (D-UT) Karen Thurman (D-FL) James Hayes (D-LA) Pete Geren (D-TX) John Tanner (D-TN) Mike Parker (D-MS) Glenn Poshard (D-IL) Rick Boucher (D-VA) Lee Hamilton (D-IN) John Murtha (D-PA) Robert (Bud) Cramer, Jr. (D-AL) Jim Chapman (D-TX) Harold Volkmer (D-MO) Gene Green (D-TX) L.F. Payne (D-TX) Frank Tejeda (D-TX) Chales Wilson (D-TX) Soloman P. Ortiz (D-TX) -- This information is presented as a service to the Internet community by the NRA/ILA. Many files are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.nra.org, via WWW at http://www.nra.org, via gopher at gopher.nra.org, and via WAIS at wais.nra.org Be sure to subscribe to the NRA mailing lists. Send the word help as the body of a message to listproc@NRA.org Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK BBS at (703) 934-2121.