Gun Owners of America tells me that there are ongoing negotiations over the anti-gun VAWA bill (H.R. 1585). I hope that you will NOT support this bill if it contains any gun control provisions -- which means I’m talking about Sections 101, 801, 802 and Title XII. It is imperative that these provisions be removed. Otherwise, Gun Owners of America will mark down the grades of every Republican Senator who votes for H.R. 1585, as they are scoring this bill. Please don’t fall for the trick that “red flag” gun confiscation orders can exist with “due process.” Every state that has enacted a red flag gun confiscation law has deprived gun owners of their constitutional right to due process. That is the reason the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU has voiced such strong opposition alongside Gun Owners of America. I urge you to fight the gun control clearly contained within the language of H.R. 1585 and to keep any alternative reauthorization free of unconstitutional language like “red flag” gun confiscation orders, as well.

Gun Owners of America tells me that there are ongoing negotiations over the anti-gun VAWA bill (H.R. 1585). I hope that you will NOT support this bill if it contains any gun control provisions -- which means I’m talking about Sections 101, 801, 802 and Title XII. It is imperative that these provisions be removed. Otherwise, Gun Owners of America will mark down the grades of every Republican Senator who votes for H.R. 1585, as they are scoring this bill. Please don’t fall for the trick that “red flag” gun confiscation orders can exist with “due process.” Every state that has enacted a red flag gun confiscation law has deprived gun owners of their constitutional right to due process. That is the reason the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU has voiced such strong opposition alongside Gun Owners of America. I urge you to fight the gun control clearly contained within the language of H.R. 1585 and to keep any alternative reauthorization free of unconstitutional language like “red flag” gun confiscation orders, as well.