**PRESS RELEASE** RAY SCHOENKE SENDS LETTER TO AG HOLDER RE: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
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Post #1
Ray wroteon February 26, 2009 at 1:48pm
Contact: Colin Rogero February 26, 2009
Cell: 202-262-9995
Email: Colin@huntersandshooters.c
***************For Immediate Release*******************
Ray Schoenke tells Attorney General Holder: Don’t renew the assault weapons ban. It didn’t reduce crime. It’s bad policy and even worse politics.
Washington, D.C. - Ray Schoenke, the President of the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), delivered a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to reconsider his comments about renewing the federal assault weapons ban.
Schoenke, who campaigned in key battleground states for Barack Obama last fall told Holder:
“Based on your comments today, it appears that the Obama administration may attempt to reinstate [the federal assault weapons] ban. As President of AHSA, I encourage you to negate that effort. The assault weapons ban is an issue of personal freedom, that deeply concerns America’s hunting, shooting, and sporting community. And even greater than the politics, the issue is bad policy.
Most importantly, the law had no measurable effect on crime reduction. Instead, the law demonized lawful gun owners and became a lightning rod for a decade long public debate over gun crime that merely served to divert time and resources from our already over-burdened law enforcement agencies. Frankly, it has been an unnecessary distraction. Gun owners support efforts to keep our communities safe. We just want those policies directed at the root cause of crime and violence and not just symbolism, which is how the Washington Post accurately described the ban back in 1994.”
After sending the letter, Schoenke stated, “The Obama administration shouldn’t be distracted from handling the important economic issues currently facing our country. This type of legislation will only disillusion the millions of law-abiding gun owners who voted for Barack Obama, believing that he did indeed support their right to own firearms.”
Cell: 202-262-9995
Email: Colin@huntersandshooters.c
***************For Immediate Release*******************
Ray Schoenke tells Attorney General Holder: Don’t renew the assault weapons ban. It didn’t reduce crime. It’s bad policy and even worse politics.
Washington, D.C. - Ray Schoenke, the President of the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), delivered a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to reconsider his comments about renewing the federal assault weapons ban.
Schoenke, who campaigned in key battleground states for Barack Obama last fall told Holder:
“Based on your comments today, it appears that the Obama administration may attempt to reinstate [the federal assault weapons] ban. As President of AHSA, I encourage you to negate that effort. The assault weapons ban is an issue of personal freedom, that deeply concerns America’s hunting, shooting, and sporting community. And even greater than the politics, the issue is bad policy.
Most importantly, the law had no measurable effect on crime reduction. Instead, the law demonized lawful gun owners and became a lightning rod for a decade long public debate over gun crime that merely served to divert time and resources from our already over-burdened law enforcement agencies. Frankly, it has been an unnecessary distraction. Gun owners support efforts to keep our communities safe. We just want those policies directed at the root cause of crime and violence and not just symbolism, which is how the Washington Post accurately described the ban back in 1994.”
After sending the letter, Schoenke stated, “The Obama administration shouldn’t be distracted from handling the important economic issues currently facing our country. This type of legislation will only disillusion the millions of law-abiding gun owners who voted for Barack Obama, believing that he did indeed support their right to own firearms.”
Post #2
Zakariah wroteon February 26, 2009 at 2:21pm
"This type of legislation will only disillusion the millions of law-abiding gun owners who voted for Barack Obama, believing that he did indeed support their right to own firearms."
Exactly. Well put.
Exactly. Well put.
Post #3
Ray wroteon February 26, 2009 at 2:30pm
Agreed.
Post #4
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Ray wroteon March 3, 2009 at 1:56pm
Obama "Gun owner's have nothing to fear from me".
If you noticed strategically Pelosi and Reid immediately killed the idea it would ever come up.
FYI
If you noticed strategically Pelosi and Reid immediately killed the idea it would ever come up.
FYI
Post #5
Greg replied to Ray's poston March 11, 2009 at 11:16am
if obama was progun right's he'd of fired holder's ass so fast he never would have been nominated
Post #6
Ray wroteon March 11, 2009 at 11:33am
Answer this question. _ Have you heard anything else about it????
NO
NO
Post #7
Wade wroteon March 12, 2009 at 3:15pm
Greg, can't we express differences of opinion without being disrespectful? As much as I support AHSA, I don't agree with EVERY opinion they express, but that doesn't mean I have to personally insult anyone or use unnecessary expletives.
As for Eric Holder's opinion on the Assault Weapons Ban, perhaps I am naive in thinking it may not be brought up for some time as The United States has bigger issues to resolve, but even if proposed, I believe the Democratic Majority will sorely remember the lesson learned in the mid-90's when the original bill was passed and a ton of them were voted out of office.
If politicians are foolish enough to make this a political issue again, then voters will have no problem expressing their opinions at the polls.
As for Eric Holder's opinion on the Assault Weapons Ban, perhaps I am naive in thinking it may not be brought up for some time as The United States has bigger issues to resolve, but even if proposed, I believe the Democratic Majority will sorely remember the lesson learned in the mid-90's when the original bill was passed and a ton of them were voted out of office.
If politicians are foolish enough to make this a political issue again, then voters will have no problem expressing their opinions at the polls.
Post #8
Zakariah wroteon March 16, 2009 at 10:52pm
Pelosi and Reid both shot down Holder's trial balloon. Holder's personal position on gun rights is pretty clear, but floating an idea like that without backing wasn't good politics or policy. Existing U.S. and Mexican gun laws are already broken by the drug cartels, which have access to just about any military hardware they can get their hands on. Any restrictions on civilian ownership of firearms in the U.S. will have no effect in Mexico, but it could make U.S. citizens in border states more susceptible to cross-border crime.
My guess is Holder got a phone call from his boss on this one with a pretty clear directive to cease and desist. No doubt he got an earful from Pelosi and Reid as well.
My guess is Holder got a phone call from his boss on this one with a pretty clear directive to cease and desist. No doubt he got an earful from Pelosi and Reid as well.