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Today, President Obama released a series of executive actions and legislative ideas as part of his recently announced gun control initiative.
As we learn more details about the President’s proposals, I believe we must protect Second Amendment rights and ensure the federal government does not punish responsible gun owners. I will not support legislation or executive actions that would affect gun ownership rights for law-abiding citizens, including any assault weapons ban.
The Newtown shooting was a horrific tragedy that had an impact on all Americans but especially every parent, teacher and student, and it is right for our country to reflect on how we can prevent such events in the future. Laws alone cannot eliminate all acts of violence. As Americans we need to examine a culture that increasingly glamorizes violence and determine how we can better identify and address mental illness in our society.
Fired off a bunch of e-mails yesterday morning. Received a canned response I had previously received from Representative Todd Young and this one from Coats. We'll see if he follows through.
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Today, President Obama released a series of executive actions and legislative ideas as part of his recently announced gun control initiative.
As we learn more details about the President’s proposals, I believe we must protect Second Amendment rights and ensure the federal government does not punish responsible gun owners. I will not support legislation or executive actions that would affect gun ownership rights for law-abiding citizens, including any assault weapons ban.
The Newtown shooting was a horrific tragedy that had an impact on all Americans but especially every parent, teacher and student, and it is right for our country to reflect on how we can prevent such events in the future. Laws alone cannot eliminate all acts of violence. As Americans we need to examine a culture that increasingly glamorizes violence and determine how we can better identify and address mental illness in our society.
Fired off a bunch of e-mails yesterday morning. Received a canned response I had previously received from Representative Todd Young and this one from Coats. We'll see if he follows through.
Dirty Steve[FONT="] [/FONT]
