Gun Bill

The Senate is going to be voting, possibly tomorrow, on the Defense Appropriations bill, to which has been added an amendment by John Thune, to require national recognition of CCW permits. What it says is that if your district recognizes CCW in any form, it must honor a legal carrier from out of state. Not only would Washington DC have to recognize a Colorado CCW permit, but a resident of Vermont or Alaska would get to carry without a permit, just like back home.

A friend of mine in Boulder just wrote Sen. Udall a polite letter requesting that he support the amendment.

Mine, sent to both Senators, wasn't quite so formally polite:

Dear Senator:

It is extremely unsurprising of Senator Schumer to oppose a federal
gun rights measure claiming "states' rights" concerns, as he has been
one of the primary advocates of federal gun control for over 15 years.

Since 1865 the Democratic party has been the party of racism, using the states rights argument as justification for every kind of racist oppressive legislation including gun control, travel control, voting control, school control, labor control, and any other kind of control they could think of.

Now you have one more chance to help the states escape the nationalization of the policies of Jim Crow by supporting John Thune's amendment to extend the doctrine of full faith and credit to CCW.

I urge you to vote "yes" on Mr. Thune's amendment.

Regards

Both my Senators are Ds. When dealing with the professionally PC, you have to push the right buttons.