should we be concerned?

[Johannes_Paulsen]

we're 6 months into the year. our congresspeople have put in about 50 of the hundred hours they work a year, nothing has moved on the firearm front.
every state and federal bill has stalled?
some states have taken action and moved bills affecting their people, not ours.

what can we do? is this normal?
it's cool to see all the bills from the anti's stall out, but we've got some goodies that were introduced in january and nothing has happened yet.

Yes, you should be.

I've heard that people on the Administration's own Second Amendment Council are concerned as well.

The Gorsuch nomination was good, but no progress at all on reciprocity or even the Hearing Protection Act is very disappointing.

[Justin2012]

This is why people get disgusted with the GOP and Congress. I can almost guarantee that this special privilege bill will come out for a vote, but National Reciprocity will wait. If they want concealed carry rights so badly, then they can simply pass National Reciprocity or attach their special privilege to it as a provision! Fuck this special privilege bill!

[fallenleader]

This is why people get disgusted with the GOP and Congress. I can almost guarantee that this special privilege bill will come out for a vote, but National Reciprocity will wait. If they want concealed carry rights so badly, then they can simply pass National Reciprocity or attach their special privilege to it as a provision! Fuck this special privilege bill!

except the Nat.recip. bill has way more co-sponsors. and was introduced earlier, it has a much higher chance of passing to vote stage.
would help if we could convert some moderate dems. using the repub shooting as an example.

[fallenleader]

there are 17 in here that are currently co-signers for national recip. the rest are fair game.(i missed a few, took an hour to compile the list) we've got a handful of R in PA and several within a state of us.
maybe we should focus attention on our state and the states adjacent?
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[longcall911]

maybe we should focus attention on our state and the states adjacent?

As I said above: "In PA the 3 GOP holdouts are Fitzpatrick (PA-8) Meehan (PA-7) & Costello (PA-6)."

We just don't have enough people willing to engage for us to focus on our entire state and adjacent states. IMO the best strategy is to pick one Rep. and focus on him. Get a commitment and go to the next.

Predators (Lions, wolves, etc) don't attack a herd. They pick a single target.

[fallenleader]

fitzpatrick dc phone 2022254276 fax 2022259511, langhorn office 2155798102 fax 2155798109
meehan dc phone 2022252011 fax 2022260280 springfield office 6106907323 fax 6106907329
costello dc 2022254315 westchester 6106962982 fax 6106962985 wyomissing 6103767630 fax 6103767633

[alpacaheat]

Message from GOA this morning:



Time for Congress to Stop Messing Around and Pass the Bill!

Great news!

The concealed carry reciprocity bill (H.R. 38) has just reached 200 backers in Congress.
With 199 cosponsors, plus chief sponsor Richard Hudson (R-NC), support for the bill has reached an almost unprecedented level of support.
GOA will continue working to get more cosponsors. And we will continue to encourage current sponsors of the bill to lobby their fellow Representatives to join them in cosponsoring H.R. 38.

It is almost certain to us that we -- today -- have the 218 votes (out of 435) we need in order to pass H.R. 38 in the House.

In the Senate, we believe we're close to the 60 votes we need to break a filibuster.
Bottom line: There is no reason that we should wait to move this legislation through the House.

If H.R. 38 doesn't move until then, it will be clear to us that Paul Ryan has no serious interest in passing this legislation.
We want the bill to move quickly ... sooner than later.

In GOA's Legislative Action Center, there are two email responses:
* For those who have already cosponsored H.R. 38, the letter thanks them and urges them to speak to their fellow congressmen about the bill -- urging them to cosponsor the bill as well.
* For those who have NOT cosponsored H.R. 38, the letter reminds them the bill is a huge priority for the gun rights community, which often puts the Second Amendment first at election time.

When you take action here, the GOA action center will automatically select the correct letter.

So please urge your congressman, Rep. Scott Perry (R), to join others in doing their part to get an immediate vote on H.R. 38 -- without any anti-gun amendments.

Thank you.
In Liberty,
Erich Pratt
Executive Director



Link to letter:

https://cqrcengage.com/gunowners/app...eJs0i0dm8&lp=0

[fallenleader]

i just faxed a short letter to all three. but costellos machine didnt pick up.

[alpacaheat]

Write your Congressmen about pushing a vote for HR38 - the Constututional Carry bill. It has over 200 co-sponsors and it's within reach, likely more than it ever will be after the DC shooting last week. We have never and may never again get this good of a shot at passing it...we need to be pushing our reps HARD!

[longcall911]

HR 38 is actually Concealed Carry Reciprocity, not Constitutional Carry.

Yes you should contact him, but please use the right name.

You can make it very easy on yourself. Sign the petition which faxes it to your congressman and both Senators.