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Dear Mr. Inslee,As one of your voting constituents, I am writing to you to express my disgust in a proposed House Bill. The Bill I am referring to is HR 6257. It has been proven that violent criminals will never care about what laws are written, and that restricting the rights of good citizens has no effect on violent crime. Washington DC and New York are perfect examples, with some of the highest crime and most restrictive gun laws in the nation.As a voter, law abiding gun owner, shooter, firearms collector, hunter, outdoorsman, and former serviceman, I find it necessary to contact my representatives and remind you to represent your constituents as opposed to treating them as your servent. HR 6257 is a horrible, treasonous bill that would, among other things, criminalize manufacture and sale of practically all semi-automatic firearms, for no good reason and in direct opposition of our US Constitution. I need your help in defending our Constitution from its domestic enemies. I need you to vote against HR 6257 in any form. I also ask that you speak against any such laws at the first opportunity, and use your influence to prevent further introduction of the same in the House when possible.I personally will not stand for any elected official who tells me that they are rational for regulating excessively against law abiding citizens on gun ownership and sales in order to fight crime. The criminals are not obeying the laws we have now. Therefore we don't need to make more laws we need to start arresting and prosecuting the criminals in America. I will vote 100% based upon my Constitutional Rights and that includes the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights. Please continue to support law-abiding citizens, and our Constitution by letting any co-sponsors know that the American people want crime control and not more restrictive gun control as presented in HR 6257. The 2nd Amendment of our Constitution is very clear, "…The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed". Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and thank you for your service to our country and the State of Washington. As this is a very actively discussed subject on the internet, be prepared to receive other phone calls and letters, as I am one of many of your constituents that feel the same about this type of outlandish proposed bill.I look forward to your personal response.Sincerely,
Here is my letter which I sent through the NRA at Site http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/?lvl=C
Thank you for contacting me again regarding protecting the second amendment. As always, I appreciate hearing from you. I believe that Members of Congress must keep the lines of communication open between themselves and constituents. My most important duty as your Representative is to listen to your concerns and ideas and represent your views, to the best of my abilities, in Congress. As you know, H.R. 6257, the Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008, would reinstate the assault weapons ban for 10 years. This bill has been referred to the House Committee on Judiciary, of which I am not a member. Should this legislation be reintroduced in the 111th Congress, I will be sure to keep your thoughts in mind. As the 111th Congress addresses gun safety issues, I would like you to know that I believe that law-abiding adults and non felons, should have the ability to own firearms for hunting, target shooting, recreational purposes, and self-protection. My goals during future gun safety debates will be to preserve our Second Amendment rights while keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals and untrained children.You may also be interested to know that during the 109th Congress I voted for the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 5013). This bill would have prohibited the confiscation of legally possessed firearms during a national emergency in areas where such arms are permitted. However, H.R. 5013 was not considered by the Senate before the 109th Congress adjourned and, therefore, was not enacted into law.Please continue to contact me about the issues that concern you, as I both need and welcome your thoughts and ideas. I encourage you to contact me via email, telephone, or fax, because security measures in the House cause delays in receiving postal mail. For more information on my activities in Congress, and for information on services that my office can provide, please visit my website at http://www.house.gov/inslee. If you would like to subscribe to my email updates, please visit http://www.house.gov/inslee/signup.htm. Very truly yours,JAY INSLEEMember of Congress
