JBryan314
Master
Districts 1, 2 and 3 representatives received this from me:
"I am a recent US Army combat veteran of OEF writing to thank you very much for voting against the recent gun control bill that now sits on Governor Scott's desk. I recognize that in this bill, we law abiding gun owners were given nothing. This was no compromise. Bump stocks (which can be recreated with two key rings and a piece of twine) were banned. Age restrictions were added. Waiting periods were added. Additional confiscatory powers were given to law enforcement officers. And what did we received in exchange? They claim that teachers can now be armed, but when I read into the bill text itself, I see that rather than arming teachers for protection of students, the bill actually bars the majority of teachers from carrying. In my daughter's school, there are TWO staff members who will be allowed to carry, but that's only if the sheriff, Bill Johnson allows it by creating a whole new "Coach Aaron Feis" program in the county.
I appreciate your voting against this unconstitutional legislation, but it seems most of your colleagues are easily swayed by emotional convulsing of teenagers on TV who are nothing more than the puppets of the adults behind the gun control push we've been fighting for years. The republicans in the Florida legislature have been unable to pass any pro-gun bills out of the committees for years now, yet in a few weeks after a shooting (where the federal and local law enforcement systems failed us and allowed it happen) they have legislation drawn up and ready to pass, get it passed and on the governor's desk? How does this happen?
I have a pro-gun, survivalism blog with 30,000+ views, I email my representatives regularly, call sometimes, vote for pro-gun candidates, and yet I am obviously powerless to stop these infringements on our rights. I've used my soap box and ballot box and have little effect. I have little access to the jury box since the people who would be controlled by the jury box, actually themselves seem to be immune from it's effects. We have but one box left and there are millions of Americans, many of whom are Floridians, who see this. We have restrained ourselves, but for how much longer? We are being ignored. Brushed aside. Please respond and tell me what we can do. What we have tried for years in Florida is failing. We make no progress on pro-gun bills, while the latest anti-gun bill gets rushed through as soon as we see some crying teenagers on TV.
We feel like we are having our hand forced. This message MUST be relayed. We will not comply. Please help and stand with us. We must find a new way to reverse this course before those of us who are armed are forced into action. We are begging and pleading, Tallahassee (and Washington) must cease pushing us."
"I am a recent US Army combat veteran of OEF writing to thank you very much for voting against the recent gun control bill that now sits on Governor Scott's desk. I recognize that in this bill, we law abiding gun owners were given nothing. This was no compromise. Bump stocks (which can be recreated with two key rings and a piece of twine) were banned. Age restrictions were added. Waiting periods were added. Additional confiscatory powers were given to law enforcement officers. And what did we received in exchange? They claim that teachers can now be armed, but when I read into the bill text itself, I see that rather than arming teachers for protection of students, the bill actually bars the majority of teachers from carrying. In my daughter's school, there are TWO staff members who will be allowed to carry, but that's only if the sheriff, Bill Johnson allows it by creating a whole new "Coach Aaron Feis" program in the county.
I appreciate your voting against this unconstitutional legislation, but it seems most of your colleagues are easily swayed by emotional convulsing of teenagers on TV who are nothing more than the puppets of the adults behind the gun control push we've been fighting for years. The republicans in the Florida legislature have been unable to pass any pro-gun bills out of the committees for years now, yet in a few weeks after a shooting (where the federal and local law enforcement systems failed us and allowed it happen) they have legislation drawn up and ready to pass, get it passed and on the governor's desk? How does this happen?
I have a pro-gun, survivalism blog with 30,000+ views, I email my representatives regularly, call sometimes, vote for pro-gun candidates, and yet I am obviously powerless to stop these infringements on our rights. I've used my soap box and ballot box and have little effect. I have little access to the jury box since the people who would be controlled by the jury box, actually themselves seem to be immune from it's effects. We have but one box left and there are millions of Americans, many of whom are Floridians, who see this. We have restrained ourselves, but for how much longer? We are being ignored. Brushed aside. Please respond and tell me what we can do. What we have tried for years in Florida is failing. We make no progress on pro-gun bills, while the latest anti-gun bill gets rushed through as soon as we see some crying teenagers on TV.
We feel like we are having our hand forced. This message MUST be relayed. We will not comply. Please help and stand with us. We must find a new way to reverse this course before those of us who are armed are forced into action. We are begging and pleading, Tallahassee (and Washington) must cease pushing us."