REID AT HIS USUAL ANTICS - HE'LL DO ANYTHING TO REMAIN IN THE MOJORITY

Dear Conservatives,

I've got good news and bad news to tell you about the "Sportsmen's Bill" we've been alerting you to.

First the good news:

Your pressure is working!

Right now, the radical gun-grabbing Democrats who were scheming to amend anti-gun amendments into this bill have been exposed by your phone calls.

As a result of your activism, Harry Reid cannot get away with letting those anti-gun amendments come up for a vote.


That's because he knows his vulnerable anti-gun allies like Mark Pryor (D-AR), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Mark Begich (D-AK) and Kay Hagan (D-AK) will be put in a very tough spot.

Remember, the whole point of this "Sportsmen's Bill" was to let vulnerable Democrats pad their voting records with a "pro-gun" vote, even though the bill does virtually nothing for gun owners.

The goal was to pull one over on you, because these Senators have spent the last year voting for gun control and opposing real meaningful pro-gun reforms almost every chance they got.

They fear unless they try something, they'll be held accountable in November.

That leads me to the bad news:

Harry Reid is so hell-bent on letting his fellow anti-gun Democrats check the "pro-Second Amendment" box on their résumés, he's hijacking this bill for them.

Reid is trying to force it to a vote without any input from pro-gun Senators using a process called "filling the tree."

What this means is that Harry Reid has selfishly dictated that there will be no meaningful amendments at all.

Since this bill does almost nothing to protect or restore your Second Amendment rights, there's virtually no reason to support it without pro-gun amendments.

Now, in the U.S. Senate, the supposedly more "deliberative" of the two houses of Congress, every bill has an opportunity for amendments and input from Senators before it's passed.

But that won't happen this time.

Instead, only the amendments Harry Reid hand-picks will be allowed to be considered.  Those are likely to be more "do-nothing" amendments -- or worse.

Every proposal to make this so-called "Sportsmen's Bill" a real pro-Second Amendment bill have already been shot down by the Senate's dictator, Harry Reid.

All because Reid is more interested in protecting the political keisters of his friends than supporting your right to keep and bear arms. 

Yesterday we told you that we were working closely with pro-gun U.S. Senators to offer a response to the anti-gunners' assault.

We worked with the offices of Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Ted Cruz on several real pro-gun amendments for this bill.

But because of Harry Reid's selfish trick, none of them will EVER see the light of day.

The pro-gun proposals would have restored Second Amendment rights to residents of the District of Columbia, and repealed the Post Office Gun Ban once and for all.

They would have also blocked Obama from using his executive powers to shut down bank accounts of gun manufacturers and sellers.

But Harry Reid won't budge.

Make no mistake, the "Sportsmen's Bill" as written, is a farce and none of Harry Reid's hand-picked selfish amendments are going to make it any better.

That's why I need you to take a moment to contact your U.S. Senator's one more time.

*** Sen. Dean Heller can be reached at (202) 224-6244

*** Sen. Harry Reid can be reached at (202) 224-3542

Call them right away and urge them to "OPPOSE cloture" on the "Sportsmen's Bill" (S. 2363) and only support passage of the "Sportsmen's Bill" if meaningful pro-gun amendments are adopted.

The legislative process is a fluid, and often times confusing process.

That's why we here at NAGR are committed to keeping you updated, and informed about what's really going on, and giving you the power to take actions that can make a difference.

Please contact your Senators and deliver that message right away.

For Freedom,


Dudley Brown
Executive Vice President

P.S. Your pressure is working.  We're on the verge of beating back the most atrocious anti-gun amendments to the so-called "Sportsmen's Act".

But Harry Reid is hell-bent on giving his fellow anti-gun Democrats a free "Second Amendment" cover vote they can use at election time as a reward for their gun-grabbing actions earlier last year.

To do that, Reid has hijacked the bill and is refusing to allow any real pro-gun amendments to make the bill worth voting for.

Please contact your U.S. Senator's one more time.

*** Sen. Dean Heller can be reached at (202) 224-6244

*** Sen. Harry Reid can be reached at (202) 224-3542

Urge them to "OPPOSE cloture" on the "Sportsmen's Bill" (S. 2363) and only support passage of the "Sportsmen's Bill" if meaningful pro-gun amendments are adopted.