McCain Betraying Gun Owners

[Dale00]

Sorry for the repost but the other thread title wasn't cutting it. (Mods please delete the other one)

I fear they are pulling every dirty trick in the book and we need to keep letting our reps know we are not fooled. This is the kind of subterfuge at which RINOS excel.

From the latest GOA Alert

McCain is now working with Leftist anti-gun Senator Carl Levin on a series of rules changes to make gun control a lot easier to pass.

The first McCain-Levin rules change would make it impossible to fight -- what's known in Washington as -- the "motion to proceed." Remember ObamaCare? Our last real shot to kill ObamaCare was by filibustering the "motion to proceed" to that anti-gun legislation. Once the motion was adopted, the bill became amendable and Harry Reid could play “let’s-make-a-deal.” So this change would eliminate our last real opportunity to set up a roadblock and keep anti-gun legislation from even being considered.

The second McCain-Levin rules change would make it easier to add gun control to a bill in conference. Currently, senators can block a House-Senate conference from considering an anti-gun bill. But if the McCain proposals are adopted, a "must-pass" bill could be sent to conference ... amended in conference with a draconian gun ban ... and then sent back to the House and the Senate on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.

McCain will try to tell you that that inserting a gun ban into a bill that is sitting in a House-Senate conference would be outside the “scope of conference.” But that would be a lie, because as any Senator knows, "scope of conference” rules are never followed. For example, the Gramm-Rudman spending guidelines were written in conference from the ground up.

The third McCain-Levin rules change would block any amendments except for those offered by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or Floor Manager John McCain. All other senators would be left out in the cold.

This McCain-Levin package must be stopped.

We are currently working with Senator Rand Paul, who is planning to offer a GOA-originated amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in the Senate before any anti-gun measure can be passed.

We know. We know. If it were up to us, gun control would not be able to be passed with 100 votes. But we need to propose something which will pass the Senate.

So we need your help in opposing the McCain package and supporting the Paul amendment.

ACTION: Demand that your Senators (1) oppose the McCain-Levin package to make gun control easier to pass, and (2) support the Rand Paul amendment to require a two-thirds vote to enact gun control.

Pre-written e-mails, ready to send are at http://capwiz.com/gunowners/issues/a...ertid=62315921 Modify as you wish and send

This only works for Inhofe. To contact Coburn go to http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/?p=ContactForm

 

[MyMonkey]

This is nothing new. My Dad used to warn me that McCain was not so gun friendly for years! No surprise here.

 

[abajaj11]

Thanks for the heads up. note sent to both senators. while Obama sucks, maybe it is good that insane-mccain and gunbanny-romney were not elected.

 

[gaseous maximus]

The Maverick John McCain. and darling of the liberal press, has always been a swine. That is why in 08, I held my nose and voted for Palin, Had they been elected, my next step would have been to pray, fervently to god, that McCain would be incapacitated. and unable to serve.

 

[JesseR]

I'm faxing new letters almost every day to both of the Senator's as well as the Reps when needed... I'm working on those fax's

 

[been]

He did not betray me...I never trusted him to begin with.

 

[WTJ]

He did not betray me...I never trusted him to begin with.

There it is. Given his history, I'm surprised that you're surprised. YOU CANNOT TRUST POLITICIANS OF ANY STRIPE!

 

[Fredkrueger100]

Here we go with another politician betraying our constitution. But this is no surprise to me. They are all crooked in some way or another. It sickens me how long McCain and others have been in office. There really needs to be time limits for congressman and senators. Why does the president have term limits but they don't? And more worse than that is how people keep on voting these liberals back into office. That just shows how liberal this country is now. And that is the biggest problem. There are too many dang liberals. We should kick every one of them out of this country and it would do everyone a favor. They are the biggest problem we face. They believe in everything that is wrong. End rant.

 

[gaseous maximus]

Here we go with another politician betraying our constitution. But this is no surprise to me. They are all crooked in some way or another. It sickens me how long McCain and others have been in office. There really needs to be time limits for congressman and senators. Why does the president have term limits but they don't? And more worse than that is how people keep on voting these liberals back into office. That just shows how liberal this country is now. And that is the biggest problem. There are too many dang liberals. We should kick every one of them out of this country and it would do everyone a favor. They are the biggest problem we face. They believe in everything that is wrong. End rant.

Please keep going, you were doing REAL good.