Stabenow

[JDubya]

A month after I wrote the lovely stabenow, she sent me this reply. After you read her reply, please note she forgot to mention she voted to add the amendments that killed the bill (I watched her do it on C-SPAN). So essentially she (along with the other Dems/Libs) got their way, allowing frivolous lawsuits against legal gun manufactures to continue. Then she has the nerve to say she supports gun rights. What a joke!




----- Original Message -----
From: "Senator Debbie Stabenow" <senator@stabenow.senate.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: Amendments to S. 1805


March 23, 2004

Thank you . . .

. . for contacting me regarding the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (S.1805, previously S.659). I appreciate you taking the time to share your views with me.

As you may know, Senator Larry Craig introduced S.1805 on October 31, 2003. This legislation was designed to prohibit civil legal action from being brought against firearms manufacturers or dealers for damages resulting from the misuse of their products. I understand your concern about the addition of certain amendments to the bill including the assault weapons ban extension, the handgun safety lock requirement, and the mandatory background checks at gun shows. During floor debate, these three specific amendments were included in the final bill. As a result, Senator Craig, who authored the bill, withdrew his support for the bill and asked his fellow Senators to vote against the bill as well. I voted, with 89 other colleagues, including Senator Craig, to defeat this bill.

I share your support for Second Amendment rights, and I believe that a top priority should be to enforce our current laws. Should further legislation come before the Senate, I will be sure to keep your strong views in mind.

Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. Please feel free to do so whenever I may be of assistance to you or your family.


Sincerely,
Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator

[Hamilton Reef]

Yea, even GW Bush is siding with the liberal commies to support the extention of the 1994 assault gun ban. During his 2000 presidential campaign, Bush said he supported extending the 10-year ban, which is due to expire in September 2004, and an accompanying measure that would ban high-capacity ammunition clips. Feinstein and her co-sponsor, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said they are confident of Senate passage of the controversial measure, which barely passed Congress in 1994.

[TrailFndr]

.I understand your concern about the addition of certain amendments to the bill including the assault weapons ban extension, the handgun safety lock requirement, and the mandatory background checks at gun shows. During floor debate, these three specific amendments were included in the final bill. As a result, Senator Craig, who authored the bill, withdrew his support for the bill and asked his fellow Senators to vote against the bill as well


Sounds like she did excatly what the AUTHOR of the bill wanted to have done, Defeat it due to add-ons that arre NOT needed, and not wanted...

Lets change the laws so that a bill can ONLY go to vote as the original author worded it, NO ADD ons, NO Changes..that would limit both parties from changing a good thing to suit thier desires