Fwd: If we want to stop the terrorists, we have to stop the guns.

[.:.joshua gottdenker]

We make a war on terrorism against people from other nations. What about the terrorism that our businesses and policies facilitate? Please do something.
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.:.joshua

http://gotblogua.gotjosh.net

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From: CREDO Action <credo-help-14...@list.credoaction.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Subject: If we want to stop the terrorists, we have to stop the guns.
To: work4...@gotjosh.net

Thanks for taking action.

Another great way to drum up support for H.R. 2324 is to spread the word to your friends and family. You can just forward the sample letter below.

Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.

Thanks for all you do.

--The CREDO Action Team

Here's a sample message to send to your friends:

Subject: Stop domestic right wing terrorists from getting guns.

Dear Friend,

First the murder of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-choice extremist. Now the murder of a security guard at the Holocaust Museum by a white supremacist. As we all know, these acts of terrorism were carried out with guns. Scott Roeder, who's being held for the murder of Dr. Tiller, has a history of mental illness and threatened violence against abortion providers a week before he allegedly shot Dr. Tiller. James W. von Brunn, who allegedly killed a security guard at the Holocaust Museum, has his own white supremacy website and is a convicted felon (he stormed the Federal Reserve Bank 1981).

Why is it so easy for domestic terrorists to get hold of guns?

Here's one way to make it harder. The Brady Bill requires criminal background checks before the purchasing of guns. But there's a tremendous loophole for gun shows and similar events - a loophole that criminals know only too well how to exploit.

Currently, there's a bill in Congress to close this loophole - H.R. 2234, "To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows." We need this law to reduce future attacks like those on Dr. Tiller and at the Holocaust Museum, but it won't go anywhere without significant support in Congress - and right now it has only seven sponsors.

I just signed a petition to tell my representative to co-sponsor H.R. 2234 - I hope you will, too. Please have a look and take action.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/gunshow_loophole/?r_by=4475-1479813-nbYFLMx&rc=confemail

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