[Peace-discuss] could we get Rep. Rodney Davis to support somereasonable gun control measures?

[Robert Naiman]

Please spare me your Spartacist diatribes.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:23 PM, David Johnson
<davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Excuse me Bob,
>
> but I thought this was the Peace Discuss list against war and corporate
> imperial aggresion,
> NOT gun control / disarmament of the Working class list !
>
> Sincerely, with all due respect to your excellent work in support of justice
> in Palestine / Israel.
>
> David Johnson
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Naiman"
> <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 2:42 PM
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] could we get Rep. Rodney Davis to support
> somereasonable gun control measures?
>
>
>> Here's what the President asked Congress to do:
>> ---
>> Eliminate loopholes and require background checks for all gun sales
>>
>> Reinstate the prohibition on high-capacity magazines
>>
>> Renew and strengthen the ban on assault weapons
>>
>> Create serious penalties for gun traffickers
>>
>> Get armor-piercing bullets off the streets by prohibiting the
>> possession and transfer of this dangerous ammunition
>>
>> Keep 15,000 cops on the street
>>
>> Further research on gun violence
>>
>> Help schools develop and implement comprehensive emergency management
>> plans
>>
>> Remove restrictions that require ATF to authorize importation of
>> dangerous weapons simply because of their age
>> ---
>>
>> It seems likely that whether any of these things happen and if so
>> which ones will be significantly determined by "swing Republicans" in
>> the House, Republicans representing purple districts, like our own
>> Rep. Rodney Davis.
>>
>> What if we could generate some phone calls from the district in
>> support of the reasonable gun control measures the President has
>> proposed?
>>
>> People could say: "I urge you to support the reasonable gun-control
>> measures the President has proposed," and/or they could pick specific
>> things from the list and advocate for those. I did both, singling out
>> background checks for all sales and cracking down on gun traffickers.
>> I chose these in part because they seemed to me the ones with the most
>> overlap with what people in Mexico are complaining out in terms of
>> gun-running from the United States that is fueling violence there.
>>
>> Here's the number for Rep. Davis' Washington office:
>>
>> 202-225-2371
>>
>> --
>> Robert Naiman
>> Policy Director
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>>
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Robert Naiman
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Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org