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03-12-2003, 08:35 AM
Quote[/b] ]ISSUE: Recently, we alerted you to yet another instance of an
over-zealous prosecutor pressing charges against a homeowner
that used a gun to protect his family against a home invader.
Unfortunately, this happens more than anyone cares to admit.
Now, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) has introduced HR 648, the
"Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2003", to counter these
mis-directed prosecutions and blatant violations of American
citizens' Second Amendment rights.
HR 648 was introduced to "protect the right to obtain firearms
for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family,
or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right."
The bill notes that police "cannot protect, and are not
legally liable for failing to protect, individual citizens,"
and that citizens "frequently must use firearms to defend
themselves."
It also notes that "Law-abiding citizens, seeking only to
provide for their families' defense, are routinely prosecuted
for brandishing or using a firearm in self- defense." Rep.
Wilson's bill seeks to correct this fact; we need to help him
get this bill passed.
ACTION ITEM: The courts have granted immunity from prosecution
to police officers who use firearms in the line of duty.
Similarly, law-abiding citizens who use firearms to protect
themselves, their families, and their homes against violent
felons should not be subject to lawsuits by the violent felons
who sought to victimize them.
Contact your legislators and ask them to support HR 648, the
"Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2003". Go to the site below
to send your Congressman and two Senators a direct message:
http://www.conservativealer ts.com/031103.htm
<a href="http://www.conservativealer ts.com/031103.htm"> AOL GO HERE </a>
NOTE: Be sure to forward this e-mail to everyone you know
who believes that Americans should be guaranteed a basic
right to protect their own families in their own homes. Thank
you!
We need everyones help on this one. Be sure to write your congressmen. To see what kind of results we are having please make an entry to show you have written.
over-zealous prosecutor pressing charges against a homeowner
that used a gun to protect his family against a home invader.
Unfortunately, this happens more than anyone cares to admit.
Now, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) has introduced HR 648, the
"Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2003", to counter these
mis-directed prosecutions and blatant violations of American
citizens' Second Amendment rights.
HR 648 was introduced to "protect the right to obtain firearms
for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family,
or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right."
The bill notes that police "cannot protect, and are not
legally liable for failing to protect, individual citizens,"
and that citizens "frequently must use firearms to defend
themselves."
It also notes that "Law-abiding citizens, seeking only to
provide for their families' defense, are routinely prosecuted
for brandishing or using a firearm in self- defense." Rep.
Wilson's bill seeks to correct this fact; we need to help him
get this bill passed.
ACTION ITEM: The courts have granted immunity from prosecution
to police officers who use firearms in the line of duty.
Similarly, law-abiding citizens who use firearms to protect
themselves, their families, and their homes against violent
felons should not be subject to lawsuits by the violent felons
who sought to victimize them.
Contact your legislators and ask them to support HR 648, the
"Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2003". Go to the site below
to send your Congressman and two Senators a direct message:
http://www.conservativealer ts.com/031103.htm
<a href="http://www.conservativealer ts.com/031103.htm"> AOL GO HERE </a>
NOTE: Be sure to forward this e-mail to everyone you know
who believes that Americans should be guaranteed a basic
right to protect their own families in their own homes. Thank
you!
We need everyones help on this one. Be sure to write your congressmen. To see what kind of results we are having please make an entry to show you have written.