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Urgent! We need to roll up our sleeves and hit this hard!

Senator George Allen, keeping his word to gun owners, has introduced S 4057, the National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2006, which will allow gun owners to carry in a National Park as long as the state where the National Park is located allows carry in parks!

Senator Allen needs to get the bill a Floor vote in the Senate and get it off to the House for passage that must happen before the end of the current session of Congress.

We need to do the following things ASAP to help Senator Allen MAKE THIS HAPPEN!:

1. Contact Senator John Warner and ask him to support S. 4057

Phone: 202-224-2023
Fax: 202-224-6295

Email web page:

http://warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

2. Contact Senator Majority Leader, Bill Frist, and ask him to fast track S 4057!

Phone: 202-224-3344
Fax: 202-228-1264

Email web page:

http://frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

3. Spread this email on other gun-related web sites and email lists so we can get the word out to gun owners across the nation! Send it to family, friends, and coworkers, especially those outside of Virginia. We need Senators from other states to support this bill and quickly!

Here is the web page that lists all Senators and their contact information for those not in Virginia:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

They should contact both of their Senators and Bill Frist (item #2 above).

LET'S ROLL!

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Cross Posted on Captain of a Crew of One

What does the Bill Actually Say?

Is there a link to the actual bill? I've googled it and came up blank. Looked at Govtrack and didn't get any resolution their either.

I usually want to read the bill before I start supporting it.

Nylarthotep

  • By Nylarthotep at 2006-11-17 08:07
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Bill Text

The bill was just introduced yesterday has not yet been intered into the Library of Congress' system. I don't blame you for wanting to read it first, I generally do so myself, but I trust Senator Allen to do what he says he will do so I don't believe it will contain any poison pills.

I also agree that we have to act fast to get this out of committee and to the floor if we are to have any hope of getting it to the President's desk before the end of the term.

The basic premise is a law requiring National Parks to conform to the laws of the States in which they are located when setting firearms policies vis-a-vis CHP holders.

It is not perfect, but it is better than the current "no guns" policy that is the standing administrative rule in National Parks right now.

VCDL has been fighting to get this changed through an administrative rule change for quite some time. The National Park Service has done nothing but stonewall and delay. This bill is Senator Allen's fulfillment of a promise to help us out on this issue.

I will keep my eye on it and provide a link as soon as the bill text becomes available in the LOC's legislation system.

  • By Sailorcurt at 2006-11-17 16:17
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Bill Text

From over at Gun Law News:

S.4057, The National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2006 was introduced yesterday by Senator Allen.

The meat of the bill is:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), the possession or carrying of a firearm at a unit of the National Park System in compliance with Federal law and the law of the State in which the unit of the National Park System is located shall not be prohibited.

It is short, simple and clear. There are no limitations on open vs. concealed and no usurption of state's rights. This is a bill we need to get behind quickly.

As a final note, isn't it great that a senator, who has been sent home by the electorate, continues to fight the good fight as long as he can? Character counts.

Enjoy!

KCSteve :-)

  • By KCSteve at 2006-11-17 17:52
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while I'm not saying I don't trust Gun Law News...

While I'm not saying I don't trust Gun Law News, but this is teh inter-tubes. It's easy to add the full text of the bill somewhere and link to it.

Here's the govtrack.us page, as of today (2006-11-18) the data is still not up:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-4057

  • By Standard Mischief at 2006-11-18 22:14
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Bill Text

I found this link at Of Arms and the Law. The link is in the Comments section and if from Oregon Firearms. PDF warning.

Nylarthotep

  • By Nylarthotep at 2006-11-19 13:17
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