Virginia – -(AmmoLand.com)- This Tuesday, March 26, 2019, the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee is going to be hearing a Red Flag gun-control/gun confiscation bill put in by Florida Republican Marco Rubio. Yes, the Republican controlled Senate is going to hear a bill that a Republican put in.
President Trump said right after the Florida school massacre that he thought Red Flag laws were a good idea.
We need to let our Senators, hear from us on this AND the President and Vice President, too. I think the President can be swayed if he learns the truth about what Red Flag laws really do and don’t do. The Vice President might be able to help, as he as the President’s ear.
I know, I know – we in Virginia are not likely to sway either of our Senators. But by reminding them in large numbers that we are here, we don’t want any more gun control, and we are watching, that might at least slow down any pro-active gun control coming from them. I’m thinking a Virginia Citizens Defense League protest at some of their district offices this year might also be in order.
Thanks to our sister organization, the Arizona Citizens Defense League, for setting up a special version of their Congressional contact system for us Virginians to use. The Board is considering getting our own Congressional contact system.
ACTION ITEM 1:
Click here to send the pre-written message to Senators Kaine, Warner, President Trump, and Vice President Pence (NOTE: uncheck “Email Opt-in” if you don’t want to get future emails from the Arizona Citizens Defense League):
https://cqrcengage.com/azcdl/a
Let’s get a few thousand emails headed their way to get their attention and to educate them as well! We dare not ignore Red Flag bills.
ACTION ITEM 2:
Let’s contact the Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, so he knows that gun owners do NOT want Red Flag laws. He can help keep the bill from getting a Floor vote if it clears the committee.
Here’s a link to his contact form on the web:
https://www.mcconnell.senate.g
For the Topic, select “Congressional Rules and Procedures”
Suggested subject: “Please do not let any ‘Red Flag’ gun bills get a vote on the Senate Floor!
Suggested message:
Extreme Risk Protection Orders, also known as “Red Flag” laws, such as S. 7, are about gun confiscation, not public safety.
Red Flag laws leave the “dangerous” person free to kill himself or others, as the law merely takes away his guns (assuming the police even find all his guns). If a person is too dangerous to have guns, how is anyone safer if he is still walking around with the rest of us? Red Flag laws also violate due process, as the accused doesn’t have his day in court for weeks after his property (guns) has already been taken and he then has the almost impossible task of proving he’s not dangerous. How do you prove a negative?
Protect America’s gun owners and the Constitution – don’t let S. 7, or any other Red Flag bills, get to the Floor!
About Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL):
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
For more information, visit: www.vcdl.org.
There must be more restrictions applied to gun owners. Too many people think owning and carrying a gun makes them stronger, tougher, more of a man. These people are very dangerous. These are the people who should NOT possess a gun. Too many innocent people are being killed in America by Americans who for psychological reasons should not possess a gun. Psychological testing should be done and not permit people with inferiority complexes to possess a gun. Anybody who currently owns a gun should be made to take and pass such a psychological test. Anybody that does not take and… Read more »
The same date this is set to be heard the same type of bill will be heard in Tennessee and it is written by a republican, RINO. Send all the cross dressers home. No one needs or wants them and they should back up to get their last paycheck. RINO= useless.
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These Red Flag laws are nothing but a scam to apply more unconstitutional restrictions on gun owners. They are a dream come true for divorce lawyers and vindictive ex’s wanting to bleed their spouses even more, as well as anyone who has a disagreement with or bad dealings with someone who is a gun owner.
I intend to draft a letter and send it to Marco, and the others. Will not be your typical cut and paste. Will be from the heart and voice support of the majority of those who want, and demand safer communities.
If any of you are in the Oklahoma City area this week-end , we are having a March for Our Lives at the State Capitol. Last year we had over 4000 strong. I should be easily recognizable. Would love to converse on issues that are important to all.
Just another politician that has written off the Constitution.
Rubio has always been and will always be an idiot
These red flag laws are spreading like a plague. Again the left has come up with a plan no judge is going to research or ignore. A judge will automatically issue a confiscation order because it costs the accusers nothing to be wrong. Meanwhile the list of who’s asking about your guns is growing: Doctors, Cops, Welfare, Social Services and now Teachers. Then there’s that ex-spouse or lousy neighbor. What could possibly go wrong?
Salute from Arizona Citizens Defense League. These Red Flag laws are on the books in a number of Blue Utopias like California and Maryland. So far they have been a disaster. LA Times, Sacramento Bee and San Jose Mercury News reported last fall an almost 75% failure rate of initial orders. I am aware of a case in Rialto CA where a fellow had guns seized in April of 2015, he beat the initial order at his 21 day mandatory cause hearing the judge ordered his property returned (San Bernardino County Superior Courts). Rialto PD has yet to return his… Read more »
Good morning, my opinion on the bill is “NO . NO! NO! NO!
We have our 2nd amendment….
We have background checks,
We have to register hand guns.
Enough of the gun grab agendas!
Criminals do not follow any laws let alone any new gun laws!!!!
Stop!!! Just Stop!!!