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billh58

(6,641 posts)
Sat Feb 15, 2014, 09:04 PM Feb 2014

Pia Carusone Statement on Defeat of the Paul Amendment

Feb 10th, 2014

Pia Carusone, Executive Director of Americans for Responsible Solutions, issued the following statement on the defeat of the Paul Amendment, which would have reversed a 40 year prohibition of guns in post offices:

We’re pleased that the efforts of ARS and its half-million members helped defeat Senator Rand Paul and GOA Director Larry Pratt’s amendment to open post office doors to firearms. ARS strongly opposes any effort to use unrelated legislation, like Postal Reform, to weaken our nation’s gun laws. Changes to firearms policy should be part of more comprehensive legislation aimed at reducing gun violence while respecting the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens.”

http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/2014/02/10/pia-carusone-statement-defeat-paul-amendment/

Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly are at the forefront of the gun control movement, and their efforts are bearing fruit. The right-wing gun lobby will go to any lengths to ensure that more and more guns can flood our streets and public buildings -- all in the name of corporate greed and profits.

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Pia Carusone Statement on Defeat of the Paul Amendment (Original Post) billh58 Feb 2014 OP
it is not "gun control", it is "well regulated" as in the constitution nt msongs Feb 2014 #1
Seeing as how this billh58 Feb 2014 #2

billh58

(6,641 posts)
2. Seeing as how this
Sat Feb 15, 2014, 10:02 PM
Feb 2014

is the "Gun Control Reform Activism (Group), I believe that it IS indeed gun control. The "well regulated" part comes in after gun control legislation is enacted, and enforced.

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