NC: Make Sure to Hold Senator Kay Hagan Accountable

 

Last Wednesday was generally a good day for the Second Amendment.

Sadly, your Senator Kay Hagan was more interested in doing the bidding of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg than of representing the people who elected her.  Her vote for the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer national gun registry amendment was particularly disappointing.

 

She may try to claim that this amendment was a mild imposition on gun owners which only applied to gun show and internet sales.  She may also claim that she voted for protections against gun owner registration.

 

But in fact, by voting for the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer text, Senator Hagan voted to:

 

• Impose, for the first time ever, a ban on many, many private sales of firearms - requiring buyers to first get permission from the government;
• Sweep virtually ALL private gun sales into the background check system, as all gun sales advertised on a bulletin or the Internet would be covered;
• Expand the framework for a massive, national gun registry by adding millions of private gun sales into the NICS system; and,
• Weaken privacy protections, making it more likely that health records information could deny guns to millions of Americans - in a manner similar to the more than 150,000 military veterans who have already been denied for ailments such as PTSD.

 

ACTION:  Contact Senator Kay Hagan and let her know how disgusted you are about her vote for gun control.

 

You can email her by using her webform at:  http://www.hagan.senate.gov/contact

 

Make sure you select the “Topic” as “Second Amendment.”

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

Dear Senator Hagan:

I am disgusted about your votes for gun control on April 17.

Senators Toomey, Manchin and Schumer may have told you that their amendment was a mild imposition on gun owners which only applied to gun show and internet sales.  But in fact, by voting for the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer text, you voted to:

 

* Impose, for the first time ever, a ban on many, many private sales of firearms - requiring buyers to first get permission from the government;

 

* Sweep virtually ALL private gun sales into the background check system, as all gun sales advertised on a bulletin or the Internet would be covered;

 

* Expand the framework for a massive, national gun registry by adding millions of private gun sales into the NICS system; and,

 

* Weaken privacy protections, making it more likely that health records information could deny guns to millions of Americans - in a manner similar to the more than 150,000 military veterans who have already been denied for ailments such as PTSD.

You seemed more interested in doing the will of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg than of representing the people who elected you.

Perhaps Bloomberg can give you a job when your seat is given to a Second Amendment supporter next year.

 

Sincerely,