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Oppose every effort to tamper with the filibuster!
Gun Owners of America has shared with me a Slate article (from January 8) that reports you might transfer your party identification to the Democrats. If this is true, it raises a whole bunch of alarms.
After all, the core agenda of the Democrat Party, and the “to do” list of Joe Biden, is breathtaking. Biden proposes to effectively ban most semi-automatic firearms -- including AR-15’s -- and to register those currently in private hands.
There is a possibility that he will do the same with all handguns which do not have “smart gun” technology. Biden proposes to compile a national gun registry on the basis of the Universal Background check legislation. And Biden proposes to confiscate guns which he has banned through middle-of-the-night Red Flag Gun Confiscation raids.
But the only thing which prevents him from doing all these things is … the Senate filibuster. In 2013, when Republicans were in the minority, you issued a press release stating that the filibuster was an important tool to protect the rights of the minority and to preserve the Senate’s historical function.
But if you switch parties -- which would be a betrayal to the Alaskans who voted for you -- would you also switch positions on the filibuster? I hope not!
Please oppose any and every effort to tamper with the legislative filibuster. I hope to hear from you on this issue.
Biden can only decimate the 2A if the filibuster is eliminated
Gun Owners of America has shared with me a Slate article (from January 8) that reports you might transfer your party identification to the Democrats. If this is true, it raises a whole bunch of alarms.
After all, the core agenda of the Democrat Party, and the “to do” list of Joe Biden, is breathtaking. Biden proposes to effectively ban most semi-automatic firearms -- including AR-15’s -- and to register those currently in private hands.
There is a possibility that he will do the same with all handguns which do not have “smart gun” technology. Biden proposes to compile a national gun registry on the basis of the Universal Background check legislation. And Biden proposes to confiscate guns which he has banned through middle-of-the-night Red Flag Gun Confiscation raids.
But the only thing which prevents him from doing all these things is … the Senate filibuster. In 2013, when Republicans were in the minority, you issued a press release stating that the filibuster was an important tool to protect the rights of the minority and to preserve the Senate’s historical function.
But if you switch parties -- which would be a betrayal to the Alaskans who voted for you -- would you also switch positions on the filibuster? I hope not!
Please oppose any and every effort to tamper with the legislative filibuster. I hope to hear from you on this issue.
GOA will score a vote to nix the filibuster as an anti-gun vote
Although he is a Democrat, Senator Joe Manchin has promised his constituents (and the American people) that he would NOT support New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s efforts to end the filibuster. Here’s what he told Fox News in November:
“I commit to you tonight, and I commit to all of your viewers and everyone else that’s watching, I want to allay those fears, I want to rest those fears for you right now. Because when they talk about, whether it be packing the courts or ending the filibuster, I will not vote to do that. I will not vote to pack the courts … and I will not vote to end the filibuster. … I will not be the 50th Democrat voting to end that filibuster or to basically stack the court, and in all the other things you’re hearing about.”
Likewise, I hope that no matter how hard Chuck Schumer presses, you will oppose any and every effort to pack the Supreme Court or tamper with the legislative filibuster. Gun Owners of America will score a vote to do either as an anti-gun vote.
GOA will deem a vote to pack the Supreme Court as an anti-gun vote
Although he is a Democrat, Senator Joe Manchin has promised his constituents (and the American people) that he would NOT support New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s efforts to end the filibuster. Here’s what he told Fox News in November:
“I commit to you tonight, and I commit to all of your viewers and everyone else that’s watching, I want to allay those fears, I want to rest those fears for you right now. Because when they talk about, whether it be packing the courts or ending the filibuster, I will not vote to do that. I will not vote to pack the courts … and I will not vote to end the filibuster. … I will not be the 50th Democrat voting to end that filibuster or to basically stack the court, and in all the other things you’re hearing about.”
Likewise, I hope that no matter how hard Chuck Schumer presses, you will oppose any and every effort to pack the Supreme Court or tamper with the legislative filibuster. Gun Owners of America will score a vote to do either as an anti-gun vote.
Will you stand by your commitment on the filibuster?
In the past, you have praised the importance of the legislature filibuster. In 2013, you stated that eliminating the Senate filibuster would be a “power grab, plain and simple.” You said the filibuster was an important tool that is “designed to guard the views and the voices of the minority.”
Well, I couldn’t agree more! The Senate filibuster has been an important tool which the minority has used to protect the constitutional gun rights of law-abiding citizens.
But it now appears we have reached the point where your loyalty to your past positions will determine the future of the country.
I want to hear from you that you will resist every attempt by Senator Schumer to get your support on ending the filibuster. If you support a suspension of the filibuster to get some piece of legislation that you want, then you will help create a very dangerous precedent. It will ultimately allow passage of anti-gun legislation, the Green New Deal -- and the decimation of our state.
Therefore, as one of your constituents, I am asking you to reaffirm that commitment to me -- and to assure Alaskans that you would not support a precedent which will ultimately devastate our state.
Please oppose any and every effort to tamper with the legislative filibuster. Gun Owners of America will let me know what you do on this very important subject.