{"id":7687,"date":"2011-09-20T19:58:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T23:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2011-09-20T19:58:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T23:58:51","slug":"pre-written-letter-to-contact-your-congressman-to-support-2nd-amendment-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/09\/pre-written-letter-to-contact-your-congressman-to-support-2nd-amendment-rights.html","title":{"rendered":"Pre-written letter to contact your congressman to support 2nd Amendment Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Americans use a gun in self defense once every 13 seconds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\u25d8 \u00a0The National Self Defense Survey, as conducted by Florida State University criminologists in 1994, indicates that Americans use guns in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/06\/11\/self-defense-the-most-basic-right\/\">self defense<\/a>\u00a02,500,000 times per year, which is once every 13 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>\u25d8 \u00a0In about 30% of the defensive gun uses, the would-be victim believes that the gun \u201calmost certainly\u201d or \u201cprobably\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/07\/31\/bat-wielding-racist-assailant-shot-in-self-defense\/\">saved a life<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u25d8 \u00a0In more than 1\/2 of the self defense gun uses, the would-be victim was under attack by 2 or more criminals, making a firearm the only viable\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/05\/11\/self-defense-tools-guns-vs-tasers-vs-pepper-spray\/\">means of self defense<\/a>\u00a0for most people.<\/li>\n<li>\u25d8 \u00a0The overwhelming majority of these defensive gun uses were never reported by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/03\/31\/gun-crime-in-the-media\/\">news media<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u25d8 \u00a0Gun ownership\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/06\/07\/pregnant-woman-defends-herself-against-home-invaders-by-using-a-shotgun\/\">protects<\/a>\u00a065 lives for every 2 lives lost.<\/li>\n<li>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Source of the above statistics:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/08\/01\/every-13-seconds-an-american-uses-a-gun-in-self-defense\/\">http:\/\/www.learnaboutguns.com\/2008\/08\/01\/every-13-seconds-an-american-uses-a-gun-in-self-defense\/<\/a><\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Please go on to read the following Action Alert from Gun Owners of America&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secureimages.capwiz.com\/SSLProxy\/filemanager\/file-mgr\/gunowners\/GoaLogoEmail.png?host=filemanager.capwiz.com&amp;port=80&amp;path_query=%2Ffilemanager%2Ffile-mgr%2Fgunowners%2FGoaLogoEmail.png\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/td>\n<td><strong>Gun Owners of America<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"6\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<div>\n<div>The Second Amendment<br \/>\nis Coming Under Fire!<\/div>\n<div><strong>Vote could occur as early as Wednesday<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Earlier this month, we alerted you to the fact that Congress will have an opportunity to defund some of the anti-gun programs that the Obama Administration has foisted upon the American people.<\/div>\n<div>Well, we are sorry to report that the congressional leadership is not yet listening to you. The House will soon be taking up H.J.Res. 79, which bundles all 12 appropriation bills to fund the federal government for the next month and a half.<\/div>\n<div>According to\u00a0GOA\u00a0\u2019s sources on\u00a0Capitol Hill, this bill contains:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>NO DEFUNDING of ObamaCare;<\/li>\n<li>NO DEFUNDING of Operation Fast &amp; Furious which was used to demonize American gun owners, while helping send arms to Mexican drug cartels;<\/li>\n<li>NO DEFUNDING of requirements that will register American gun owners in the Southwest &#8212; regulations that were instituted by the Obama Administration as a way of deflecting attention from their involvement in Fast &amp; Furious;<\/li>\n<li>NO DEFUNDING of the shotgun and rifle import bans; and,<\/li>\n<li>NO DEFUNDING of the Administration\u2019s ability to engage in negotiations on an anti-gun small arms treaty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>ACTION<\/strong>: We need to redouble our efforts. Please use the pre-written letter to contact your congressman, and urge your\u00a0friends and family to do the same. Time is of the essence!<\/div>\n<div>Tell your Representative to stake out a position early and publicly that they will oppose any continuing resolution which does not defund ObamaCare, Fast &amp; Furious, the illegal long gun multiple sales regs, the illegal shotgun and rifle bans, and the UN negotiations to produce a treaty which will register American gun owners.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/gunowners\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=53750541\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to send a pre-written letter\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div>Please foward this e-mail to friends and family<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Gun Owners of America<br \/>\n8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102<br \/>\nSpringfield, VA 22151<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">703-321-8585<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.gunowners.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gunowners.net\/cgi-bin\/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Form<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/ean.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">If this alert was forwarded to you, you can subscribe to receive alerts directly by clicking here.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans use a gun in self defense once every 13 seconds: \u25d8 \u00a0The National Self Defense Survey, as conducted by Florida State University criminologists in 1994, indicates that Americans use guns in\u00a0self defense\u00a02,500,000 times per year, which is once every 13 seconds. \u25d8 \u00a0In about 30% of the defensive gun uses, the would-be victim believes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[966,7,1871,1867,2746,705,924,392,1108,450,429,156,1920,101,1159,2838,806],"tags":[2970,2971,2972,2969],"class_list":["post-7687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2nd-amendment-rights","category-america","category-constitutional-unconstitutional","category-evil-plot","category-good-vs-evil","category-government-2","category-heroes","category-justice-2","category-patriots","category-politics","category-society","category-take-action","category-taking-america-back","category-tea-party","category-the-christian-revolution","category-wake-up-america","category-warning","tag-gun-ownership","tag-gunowers-of-america-action-alert","tag-law-abiding-citizens-defend-themselves-every-13-seconds","tag-right-to-bear-arms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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