Final Push Against Holder!

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*Action Alert from The Firearms Coalition*

Three items:

1. Hearings on Holder just days away ? Action Needed!
2. Texas Needs Your Help.
3. Virginia ? Crime Commission meeting.

 

*Hearings on Holder Confirmation just days away ? Action Needed!*

    Today is the 10th of January.  The Judiciary Committee hearing on
Holder's confirmation is set for next Thursday, the 15th.  Opposition to
Holder?s confirmation continues to grow and we need it to reach a
crescendo next week.  The Firearms Coalition has received confirmation
from Gun Owners of America that they are sending out an alert urging
their members to get involved and they are actively seeking to testify
at the hearing.  Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation and
the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has also
spoken out against Holder?s confirmation.  The Heritage Foundation has
illuminated some additional skeletons in Mr. Holder?s closet and
numerous grassroots Second Amendment, privacy rights, and other liberty
focused organizations have joined in the call for Barack Obama to
withdraw Holder?s name from consideration or for the Senate to reject
the nomination.

   Beginning Monday we need to flood the Senate Judiciary Committee
members with calls and e-mails.  We want to generate a wave of objection
which hits the committee members before the hearing so here is what
we?re asking you to do: 

*ACTION  ITEM: ***

   1. Whether you have already done so or not, write e-mail messages to
every member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and to your two senators
and send those messages at least once Every Day from now until the
hearing on Thursday.  It can be the same or a different message each
day, that doesn't really matter, but be sure to make your position clear
in the "Subject" line; something like "No Holder," "Reject Holder," or
"Oppose Holder" should be in the subject line of every e-mail because it
is likely to be all that the staffer stuck on e-mail duty will read
before jotting a hash-mark in the "Opposed" column of a tally-sheet and
moving to the next message.  Messages themselves should be short and
clear, something like: ?Dear Senator, Reject the nomination of Eric
Holder for Attorney General.  He has demonstrated a serious lack of
understanding of, and respect for the Constitution of the US and is an
exceedingly poor choice for the office.? 

   2. Place phone calls to all of the committee members and your two
senators on Tuesday during your lunch period.  If your time is limited,
prioritize; call the Republicans on the committee first, then the
Democrats, then your own two senators.  If you run out of time, you run
out of time, but make as many calls as you can. (Set the alarm in your
cell phone to remind you.  Go ahead set it now; I'll wait.)

   3. Copy this call to action and re-post it on every blog, forum, and
bulletin board you can find.

Contact information for the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee
can be found here:

*http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2009/01/contacting-senate-judiciary-commit
tee.html* 

   While it is extremely unlikely that we can muster enough votes to
block this appointment in a straight up or down vote, we should
definitely be able to generate enough support to stage a long filibuster
and draw attention to Mr. Holder?s shortcomings.  Once Holder?s record
is before the public and his credibility put in question, it is likely
that he will withdraw from consideration (at the quiet request of Mr.
Obama) and another name will be offered. 

   Such a victory is not a pipe-dream.  We can achieve it and in doing
so send a loud message to Obama and Congress that we are not to be taken
lightly or dismissed.  Even if we fail to block the appointment, if we
succeed at damaging Holder?s credibility, we help our cause and still
send the message that we are ready for a fight.  And when your opponent
knows you are ready and willing to fight, he is less likely to rush in. 
That is what we need to achieve with this action and to do that, we must
all do our part.

 

*Texas** Needs Your Help!* 

   Our friends over at OpenCarry.org have been leading a valiant fight
to restore the right to open carry in the six states where such is
currently completely prohibited, particularly Texas and Arkansas.  In
Texas they have been running ad campaigns on billboards, taxis, and on
the radio, informing people about the situation and urging legislative
action.

   The Advertising is Working!

   They are successfully raising awareness and getting more and more
people involved.  Unfortunately they have run into a cash crunch and are
urgently needing extra help right now.  If you have been involved in the
fight for gun rights for any length of time you know that it is
unprecedented for one organization which depends on contributions to
urge contributions to another organization ? it simply isn?t done.  The
competition for your dollars between organizations is friendly but
fierce and none of us can afford to be sending you and your money to
another group.  But ? I know the folks at OpenCarry.org and I strongly
support what they are doing.  They?re filling an important niche and
doing it well.  I also know that they are being responsible with the
money they receive and making every dollar go as far as possible.  We
need your support as much as ever, but if you can afford to give a
little extra to help pay for the advertising in Texas, I encourage you
to do so.  You can learn more by going to www.OpenCarry.org.

 

*Virginia Crime Commission Meeting*

   For those of you who live in Virginia, the Virginia Crime Commission
is meeting this Tuesday and will be deciding whether to recommend that
the Legislature consider a ?gun show loophole? bill in this session. 
Such legislation has failed repeatedly in the state legislature and
little has changed to suggest that it wouldn?t fail again, but the
anti-rights forces are mustering to try and force it back into
consideration once more.

   Virginians are urged to contact the Crime Commission immediately and
let them know that you strongly oppose any further consideration of this
useless and intrusive legislation.  The Crime Commission can be reached
via e-mail at: vsccinfo@vscc.virginia.gov

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for our Second Amendment rights. 

Yours for the Second Amendment,

Jeff Knox
Director, The Firearms Coalition

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