{"id":591,"date":"2022-12-24T00:20:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T00:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=591"},"modified":"2022-12-24T00:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T00:20:41","slug":"senate-passes-12-gun-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=591","title":{"rendered":"Senate PASSES 12 Gun Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Your Congressman Has One LAST CHANCE to Stop 12 Gun Controls<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Watch <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EsTISDI1S4E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>our video action alert<\/i><\/a><i> and read our full analysis\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOA-Fact-Sheet-Gun-Control-Problems-with-FY-2023-Omnibus-Appropriations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill, Gun Owners of America is strongly objecting to the Omnibus government funding bill on your behalf, because it is infested with Second Amendment infringements.<\/p>\n<p>The Swamp loves to pass infringements when no one is looking, and the holidays provide the perfect cover to ram through unwanted spending and gun control.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why it\u2019s all the more important that you stay vigilant this Christmas and contact your elected representatives to tell them to vote against this monstrosity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Please call Congress at (202) 224-3121 and\u00a0demand they oppose the bill<\/u><\/strong><u>!<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, 12 gun control items just passed the Senate with the help of these 18 Republican turncoats:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Blunt (MO)<br \/>\nBoozman (AR)<br \/>\nCapito (WV)<br \/>\nCollins (ME)<br \/>\nCornyn (TX)<br \/>\nCotton (AR)<br \/>\nGraham (SC)<br \/>\nInhofe (OK)<br \/>\nMcConnell (KY)<br \/>\nMoran (KS)<br \/>\nMurkowski (AK)<br \/>\nPortman (OH)<br \/>\nRomney (UT)<br \/>\nRounds (SD)<br \/>\nShelby (AL)<br \/>\nThune (SD)<br \/>\nWicker (MS)<br \/>\nYoung (IN)<\/p>\n<p>A later action alert will allow you to punish these senators for voting against your rights in due time, but for now we need you to pick up the phone and call the House of Representatives immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Your Congressman is our LAST SHOT at stopping this omnibus gun control proposal, so give Congress a call at \u00a0(202) 224-3121<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday, <i>Politico<\/i> reported that Democrats in state legislatures are excitedly preparing to ram \u201cred flag\u201d gun confiscation laws when session begins in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But what\u2019s worse is that the Biden Administration will be handing out millions of federal dollars to reward those states which pass \u201cred flag\u201d gun confiscation laws, and all that money will be coming from the new $700 million grant fund that Congress is about to vote on!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any vote in favor of this omnibus is a vote to help President Biden bribe your home state legislature to pass gun confiscation laws.<\/p>\n<p>We already asked you to send an email using our action alert link. But we need all the backup we can get. That\u2019s why we\u2019re asking for you to call your representative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Pick up the phone and call the Congressional switchboard now at (202) 224-3121<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An operator will connect you to your elected representative. Then demand each office votes \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On your behalf, Gun Owners of America has already notified the House and Senate that we will be scoring all votes to advance the anti-gun appropriations package unless each of the following gun control provisions are struck from the bill:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Massive 14.1% ATF Budget Increase to Facilitate Biden\u2019s Pistol Ban<\/li>\n<li>50% Increase for ATF\u2019s NTC Budget to Maintain the Illegal Near-Billion Record Gun Registry<\/li>\n<li>$700+ Million in Funding Available to Bribe States to Pass \u201cRed Flag\u201d Gun Confiscation Laws<\/li>\n<li>Directing VA Medical Centers to Utilize Confiscation Orders on Vulnerable Veterans<\/li>\n<li>Department of Education to Push \u201cSafe Storage\u201d of Parents\u2019 Firearms<\/li>\n<li>Funding for VA to Maintain \u201cGun Storage Maps\u201d to Keep Tabs on Where Veterans Keep Guns<\/li>\n<li>New Annual Compensation for Families of Deceased ATF Agents Could be an Indication of Upcoming Gun Confiscation<\/li>\n<li>Gun Control Earmarks for \u201cOrchid Healing Circles\u201d and More!<\/li>\n<li>Dickey Violations Galore While CDC Suppresses Self-Defense Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Programs Discouraging Women from Exercising their Second Amendment Rights<\/li>\n<li>Anti-Gun \u201cCommunity Violence Intervention\u201d Initiatives<\/li>\n<li>\u201cViolent Anti-Government Ideology\u201d and \u201cDomestic Radicalization Research\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We need you to tell Congress that gun owners mean business. They need to know that if they stab gun owners in the back, they <i>will\u00a0<\/i>regret that vote in the next election.<\/p>\n<p>Phone calls to Capitol Hill are one of the best ways for constituents to influence how members of Congress vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>You can help GOA on Capitol Hill by picking up the phone and calling your House representative and telling them to vote no on this Omnibus gun control package at (202) 224-3121!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is an outrage that many Republican Senators already voted for this anti-gun monstrosity. Quite frankly, it\u2019s outrageous that any legislator sworn to uphold the Constitution and the Second Amendment would even consider passing a 4,155-page $1,700,000,000,000 appropriations bill with so many gun control provisions.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about each of these gun control proposals in GOA\u2019s full analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/GOA-Fact-Sheet-Gun-Control-Problems-with-FY-2023-Omnibus-Appropriations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EsTISDI1S4E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">watch our latest episode of the Minute Man Moment<\/a> which also deep-dives on what\u2019s going on in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Truly, our Founding Fathers would be ashamed of this lame-duck Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Each gun control must be struck from any final government appropriations package in order to respect the Second Amendment and eliminate opposition from gun owners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Thank you for taking the time to call your representative at (202) 224-3121<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not convenient to pick up the phone around the holidays and tell Washington D.C. how patriotic Americans and gun owners feel about their plan to fund the government, but it is incredibly important for the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more important legislative updates as the Omnibus moves through Congress and as the Biden Administration finalizes the ATF pistol ban.<br \/>\nvar vvWindow={sitePadding:20,selectors:{main:&#8217;vv\\\\:main&#8217;},stripSelectorPrefix:function(){for(var i in this.selectors){this.selectors[i]=this.selectors[i].replace(&#8216;vv\\\\:&#8217;,&#8221;)}}};if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf(&#8220;MSIE 7.&#8221;)!==-1){vvWindow.sitePadding=25;document.namespaces.add(&#8216;vv&#8217;,null,null);vvWindow.stripSelectorPrefix()}else if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf(&#8220;MSIE 8.&#8221;)!==-1){document.namespaces.add(&#8216;vv&#8217;,null,null)}var vvRoot=location.hostname==&#8221;pennsylvania.gunowners.org&#8221;?&#8217;https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/iframes\/GunOwners\/1&#8242;:&#8217;https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/iframes\/GunOwners&#8217;;(function(doc,params,undefined){var siteRootUrl=params.siteRootUrl;var defaultSource=params.defaultSrc;var defaultWidth=params.siteWidth?params.siteWidth+doc.sitePadding:&#8217;100%&#8217;;var scripts=document.getElementsByTagName(&#8216;script&#8217;);var thisScriptTag=scripts[scripts.length-1];function getQuery(name){name=name.replace(\/[\\[]\/,&#8221;\\\\\\[&#8220;).replace(\/[\\]]\/,&#8221;\\\\\\]&#8221;);var regexS=&#8221;[\\\\?&amp;]&#8221;+name+&#8221;=([^&amp;#]*)&#8221;;var regex=new RegExp(regexS);var results=regex.exec(window.location.search);if(results!==null){return decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(\/\\+\/g,&#8221; &#8220;))}}var settings={createInline:!document.head.contains(thisScriptTag),src:siteRootUrl+(getQuery(&#8216;vvsrc&#8217;)||defaultSource),width:defaultWidth,createIframe:function(){var iframe=document.createElement(&#8216;iframe&#8217;);iframe.src=this.src;iframe.width=this.width;iframe.frameBorder=&#8221;0&#8243;;iframe.sandbox=&#8217;allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin&#8217;;iframe.id=&#8217;vv-widget&#8217;;iframe.style.minHeight=&#8221;400px&#8221;;return iframe}};document.addEventListener(&#8220;DOMContentLoaded&#8221;,function(){var iframe=settings.createIframe();var marker=document.querySelector(doc.selectors.main);if(marker!==null){marker.innerHTML=&#8221;}else if(settings.createInline===true){marker=thisScriptTag}marker.after(iframe);bindIframe(iframe)});function bindIframe(iframe){function getHost(origin){var match=\/^[a-z]+:\\\/\\\/([^\\\/]+)\/.exec(origin);return match===null?null:match[1]}function getOrigin(){var url=iframe.src;var match=\/^[a-z]+:\\\/\\\/[^\\\/]+\/.exec(url);return match===null?null:match[0]}function processMessage(message){var parts=message.split(&#8216;:&#8217;);message={name:parts[0],data:parts[1]};switch(message.name){case &#8216;height&#8217;:var extraHeight=0;var height=message.data*1+extraHeight;iframe.height=height;break;case &#8216;navigated&#8217;:window.scrollTo(0,0);break}}if(window.postMessage!==undefined){window.addEventListener(&#8216;message&#8217;,function(event){if(getHost(event.origin)===getHost(getOrigin())){processMessage(event.data)}})}else{if(iframe.height===&#8221;){processMessage(&#8216;height:800&#8242;)}}}})(vvWindow,{siteRootUrl:vvRoot,defaultSrc:&#8217;\/Campaigns\/99492\/Respond?hideAlert=true&#8217;,siteWidth:null});<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/12222022\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Congressman Has One LAST CHANCE to Stop 12 Gun Controls Watch our video action alert and read our full analysis\u00a0here. 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