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Vote on Right to Carry Coming Soon

-- Please urge your Senators to vote YES!

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert

8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151

Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408

http://www.gunowners.org

Friday, July 17, 2009

A vote to protect your right to travel out-of-state with a firearm could

come to a vote next week -- even as early as Monday!

Senators John Thune and David Vitter are the sponsors of S. 845 -- a

bill that will establish concealed carry reciprocity amongst the several

states.

Senators Thune and Vitter offered the bill as an amendment (#1618) to

the Department of Defense authorization bill (H.R. 2647).

This provision will use the constitutional authority allowing Congress

to enforce "full faith and credit" across the country, so that each

state respects the "public acts, records, and judicial

proceedings" of

every other state (Article IV).

The benefit of the Thune/Vitter legislation is that -- unlike other,

competing measures -- it would protect the right of any U.S. citizen to

carry out of state (regardless of whether he possesses a permit), as

long as he is authorized to carry in his home state. This is important

because of states like Vermont and Alaska, where residents can carry

concealed without prior approval or permission from the state... in

other words, without a permit!

ACTION: Please urge your Senators to vote YES on the Thune/Vitter

concealed carry reciprocity amendment that will be offered to the

Department of Defense authorization bill and NO on any modifying

amendments. This vote could come as early as Monday, so please act on

this right away!

You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at

http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Senators the

pre-written e-mail message below.

----- Pre-written letter -----

Dear Senator:

Please support the Thune/Vitter amendment to the Department of Defense

authorization bill. This amendment will protect the right of citizens to

carry firearms outside of their home state without violating the rights

of the other states. Thus, the reciprocity language masterfully protects

the principle of federalism while also promoting Second Amendment

rights.

A person's right to defend himself and his family should not end at the

border of his state.

I urge you to vote for the Thune/Vitter concealed carry amendment and to

oppose any modifying actions that seek to weaken their amendment.

Sincerely,

[G27]

Written...

[garethsk]

Written

[USMCJG]

Sent my emails as well. Anyone who wants to get these alerts directly can sign up for them at GOA's website. I'm pretty sure you don't have to be a member of GOA to get the alerts, but if you don't mind spending a few bucks join up. I'm still an NRA member, but I belong to the GOA too. I prefer the GOA's no compromise stance on gun issues.

[Volzfan]

I am also a member of both and I have signed up for the GOA alerts but I didn't get this one. I have heard others complain that they were signed up but not getting them all. It has just started happening to me. I have sent an email to GOA but have not received a reply yet.

Sent my emails. Again!