From: “Dudley Brown” <dudley.brown@nationalgunrights.org>Date: August 30, 2010 12:56:05 PM PDTTo: Mark mekenas <cbsurf@cannonbeachsurf.com>Subject: You stalled Barack’s Bullet BanReply-To: dudley.brown@nationalgunrights.org
Dear Mark,
On Saturday I warned you that Barack Obama was trying to use the Environmental Protection Agency to sneak through a ban on traditional ammunition.
I’ve got good news.
Due to your immediate, and resounding response the EPA is backing away from their ammo-banning scheme — for now.
I’ve got to warn you though, this war is not over.
I know the way the radical gun-grabbers think, and the way they work within government agencies like the EPA.
It goes without saying that the EPA is filled with Obama-crat, freedom-haters.
And those people didn’t mean to kick up a hornet’s nest – though that’s exactly what happened.
Make no mistake about it: this plan (to destroy our gun rights by banning traditional ammo) is going to rear its ugly head again, once the coast is clear.
And like that children’s game, Whack-a-Mole, we have to be sure to take a swing at it the instant its head pops up.
To do that, we need to be ready to react.
I fully expect them to try this again. To simply bypass the democratic, legislative process all together by counting on bureaucrats in the EPA — or any other agency for that matter — to do their anti-gun dirty work.
The goal of this sort of rule change is simple: drive the price of ammo through the roof for all but law enforcement and the military.
Virtually all hunting, target and self-defense ammo has some lead components.
They want to disarm us one bullet at a time.
But here’s where our opportunity comes: while we’ve beaten back the EPA for now, we need to build a mountain of Congressional opposition to this legislation.
And I want you to join with me in making them think twice before they consider opening up this can of worms.
I want federal staff members –- who are required by law to seek “public input” into regulatory changes –- to receive an avalanche of “public input” on this issue.
But comments to the Obam-crats are not likely to make much difference. After all, they are not up for re-elections.
That’s why I am going to take a copy of every single petition and deliver it to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid with a simple message…
If Obama tries to use a government agency to ban ammunition, gun owners will hold Pelosi, Reid and their Democrat majorities 100% responsible for doing nothing to stop it.
Seriously. I want this to go down in the history books right next to dumping tea in Boston harbor as a moment of public protest over unjust and outrageous government overstepping of authority.
Please take a moment to make your voice heard by the bureaucrats in the Obama Administration and in Congress… and be a part of this battle to save our firearms rights.
My staff and I, at the National Association for Gun Rights, will compile your petitions for public comment and forward them to the EPA as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
Once you’ve signed the petition, please consider making a contribution to help the National Association for Gun Rights. $25, $10 or even $5 can help us build our war chest to fight this outrageous battle.
Gun owners like you and me must make our voices heard. The anti-gun special interest groups are going to try again to ban all hunting, target and self-defense ammo that contains even trace elements of lead.
I know it’s hard to believe, but the anti-gunners in D.C. think they’ve found the perfect way to violate your rights and avoid the tough legislative battles they would need to pass this as a bill.
It’s virtually certain that they will try again to bypass the legislative process so that they can achieve their two most important goals: banning guns and protecting their puppet politicians’ reelections.
I’ll be honest: backroom deals and midnight bureaucratic rule changes like this are hard to fight.
Unelected bureaucrats aren’t susceptible to the same kind of grassroots pressure that elected members of Congress are.
But if Pelosi and Reid figure out gun owners will turn on their Democrat majorities in mass, you can bet they will light up the White House phones with demands they back down.
Or they could even do the right thing — don’t bet on it — and pass emergency legislation to strip funding from any government agency that tries to regulate guns and ammo.
That’s why it’s so important that you click here to sign our petition, RIGHT NOW.
The only way we can stop this ban on all traditional ammo is by making our voices heard LOUD AND CLEAR.
My staff will complete and deliver these petitions to maximize their affect.
Unfortunately, we don’t have much time. Federal agencies like the EPA don’t really want to hear from you and me.
Your immediate action is vital to our success. We must make sure that the anti-gunners in Washington know were ready to fight any attempts to ban all hunting, target and self-defense ammo which contains even trace elements of lead.
For liberty,
Dudley Brown
Executive DirectorP.S. We must make sure that the anti-gunners in Washington know we’re ready to fight any attempts to ban all hunting, target and self-defense ammo which contains even trace elements of lead.
They’re going to try again to use a bureaucratic end-run to bypass the legislative process and ban ammo without a single member of Congress casting a single vote.
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