Lautenberg: A Line In The Sand

Time to Draw the Line on Repealing Lautenberg Gun Ban

(June 9, 1998) — Gun Owners of America today put Representatives on notice in Washington that the cosponsorship of H.R. 1009 would be counted as a ratings vote in 1998. Rep. Helen Chenoweth (R-ID) is the chief sponsor of this very important bill repealing the Lautenberg gun ban.

In a prepared statement, GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt told Congressmen that, “This unconstitutional law must be repealed, and Congress owes it to the people to put Rep. Chenoweth’s bill to a vote.

“But if Congress doesn’t, then Gun Owners of America will rate the cosponsorship of her bill instead of a vote. Those who cosponsor H.R. 1009 will be listed as having cast a pro-gun vote. All the others will be ranked as having cast an anti- gun vote and will have to answer to their constituents in November.”

The Lautenberg ban, passed in 1996, imposes a lifetime gun ban on those who have committed minor infractions in the home– “offenses” as slight as shoving a spouse or spanking a child.

“So far, only 37 Representatives have taken a stand for freedom and cosponsored H.R. 1009,” Pratt said. “This is one of the most important bills in the Congress, and Rep. Chenoweth deserves a lot of thanks from the American people.”

Current cosponsor list for H.R. 1009:

BATEMAN (R-VA)
BUNNING (R-KY)
CANNON (R-UT)
CHAMBLISS (R-GA)
CHENOWETH (R-ID) (sponsor)
COBURN (R-OK)
COMBEST (R-TX)
COOKSEY (R-LA)
CRAPO (R-ID)
CUBIN (R-WY)
DICKEY (R-AR)
DOOLITTLE (R-CA)
GIBBONS (R-NV)
GOODE (D-VA)
HALL (D-TX)
HASTINGS (R-WA)
HEFLEY (R-CO)
HERGER (R-CA)
HILL (R-MT)
HOSTETTLER (R-IN)
KIM (R-CA)
KOLBE (R-AZ)
LAHOOD (R-IL)
LEWIS, R (R-KY)
McINTOSH (R-IN)
PAUL (R-TX)
PICKETT (D-VA)
REDMOND (R-NM)
RIGGS (R-CA)
SKEEN (R-NM)
SMITH (R-MI)
SPENCE (R-SC)
STUMP (R-AZ)
THORNBERRY (R-TX)
TIAHRT (R-KS)
WATTS (R-OK)
WICKER (R-MS)
YOUNG, D (R-AK)

— Clip & Fax — (see http://www.gunowners.org/h105th.htm for fax numbers and e-mail addresses or call your Rep. and ask)