(Tuesday, February 27, 2001) -- You guys are doing a great job! Last week, we alerted you to the most recent effort by Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) to dismantle the gun control legacy of President Clinton. Because of your help, Hostettler has almost three dozen Representatives joining him on the letter.
Hostettler is leading the drive in Congress to petition HUD Secretary Mel Martinez to eliminate the so-called Communities for Safer Guns Coalition. This coalition was formed under President Clinton's watch, and it has been very active in helping cities and localities in bringing lawsuits against gun makers. Now almost three dozen Congressmen, whose names are listed below, have agreed to sign on to the Hostettler letter addressed to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Martinez. (The text of the letter has been posted at http://www.gunowners.org/hs0101.htm if you wish to read it.)
Bartlett (MD) Everett (AL) Pombo (CA) Brady (TX) Goode (VA) Riley (AL) Callahan (AL) Hansen (UT) Ryun (KS) Camp (MI) Hart (PA) Sessions (TX) Cannon (UT) Hayes (NC) Shimkus (IL) Cooksey (LA) Hilleary (TN) Strictland (OH) Cunningham (CA) Hoekstra (MI) Taylor (NC) Doolittle (CA) Hostettler (IN) Tiahrt (KS) Duncan (TN) Hutchinson (AR) Wamp (TN) Ehrlich (MD) Istook (OK) Wicker (MS) English (PA) Petri (WI)
Akin (MO) Green (TX) Pence (IN) Baker (LA) Hall (TX) Peterson (MN) Bartlett (MD) Hansen (UT) Petri (WI) Brady (TX) Hart (PA) Phelps (IL) Brown (SC) Hastings (WA) Pombo (CA) Burr (NC) Hayes (NC) Putnam (FL) Buyer (IN) Hayworth (AZ) Rehberg (MT) Callahan (AL) Hilleary (TN) Reynolds (NY) Calvert (CA) Hoekstra (MI) Riley (AL) Camp (MI) Hostettler (IN) Rohrabacher (CA) Cannon (UT) Hulshof (MO) Ryan (WI) Cantor (VA) Hutchinson (AR) Ryun (KS) Chambliss (GA) Istook (OK) Sandlin (TX) Coble (NC) Jenkins (TN) Schaffer (CO) Combest (TX) Johnson, S. (TX) Sessions (TX) Cooksey (LA) Johnson, T. (IL) Shimkus (IL) Cubin (WY) Largent (OK) Shows (MS) Cunningham (CA) Lewis (KY) Simpson (ID) Deal (GA) Linder (GA) Skeen (NM) DeFazio (OR) Manzullo (IL) Stenholm (TX) DeMint (SC) McCrery (LA) Strictland (OH) Doolittle (CA) Miller (CA) Stump (AZ) Duncan (TN) Moran (KS) Taylor (NC) Ehrlich (MD) Nethercutt (WA) Thornberry (TX) English (PA) Ney (OH) Tiahrt (KS) Everett (AL) Norwood (GA) Traficant (OH) Flake (AZ) Ose (CA) Vitter (LA) Gibbons (NV) Otter (ID) Weldon (PA) Goode (VA) Oxley (OH) Whitfield (KY) Goodlatte (VA) Paul (TX) Wicker (MS)
ACTION: If your Congressman is NOT listed above, please urge him or her to cosign the Hostettler letter. The deadline for doing so is the end of this week.
Please use the pre-written letter below to help direct your comments to Capitol Hill. You can call your Representative at 1-877-762-8762 (toll free) or at 202-225-3121. To identify your Representative, as well as to send a message via e-mail, see the Legislative Action Center at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm on the GOA website.
Dear Representative:
According to Gun Owners of America, you still have not signed on to the letter being circulated by Rep. John Hostettler. He will soon be sending a very important letter to Mel Martinez, the new Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. I urge you to join Rep. Hostettler in asking HUD to pull out of the so-called Communities for Safer Guns Coalition.
This group is assisting cities and localities all over the country to bring lawsuits against the gun makers of America. I completely disagree with this use of taxpayer funds and hope that you will sign on to the Hostettler letter. Please let me know what you intend to do. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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