[Vision2020] More on Congressional ownership

Thu Jun 16 19:16:13 PDT 2016

What makes the NRA so effective is not campaign donations, but the ability
to mobilize large numbers of single-issue voters to write, call, and turn
out to vote. Gun control doesn't have such a constituency.
On Jun 16, 2016 3:10 PM, "rhayes at frontier.com" <rhayes at frontier.com> wrote:

> One million dollars just to the top 20. I guess the NRA collected this
> amount through its $40 membership fee. Not.
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> From: "rhayes at frontier.com" <rhayes at frontier.com>
> To: "vision2020 at moscow.com" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
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> The writers of the 2nd Amendment had no intention of arming individuals to
> the teeth with WMD.
> In United States v. Cruikshank (1876), the Supreme Court of the United
> States ruled that, "The right to bear arms is not granted by the
> Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument
> for its existence" and limited the applicability of the Second Amendment to
> the federal government.[9] In United States v. Miller (1939), the Supreme
> Court ruled that the federal government and the states could limit any
> weapon types not having a "reasonable relationship to the preservation or
> efficiency of a well regulated militia."[But of course the weapons industry
> and its NRA mouthpiece wants us to believe that without WMD we should be
> scared little children. And really that is how I see the gun toting
> population. Scared little children.
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> From: g crabtree <direoutcome at gmail.com>
> To: Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in
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> None of the anti second amendment laws currently before congress would have
> done a thing to prevent the tragedy in Orlando.
>
> I would suggest that the legislators listed be called and thanked for their
> steadfast support for the second amendment and encouraged to stand firm in
> the face of the dreaded 'do something disease' that inevitably (and
> cynically) sweeps the nation at times such as these.
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> g
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> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> wrote:
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> > Courtesy of *The Nation* magazine at:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.thenation.com/article/call-the-top-20-top-recipients-of-nra-cash-in-congress/
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> >
> > Call the Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in CongressThey might be able
> > to prevent the next Orlando?if they get out of the way of gun-control
> > legislation
> >
> > Here are the top 20 lifetime recipients
> > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/nra-donations/> of
> cash
> > from the NRA (1998 to 2016) serving in Congress. While many of them
> offered
> > ?prayers? for the victims of gun violence, they refuse to pass the
> > gun-control laws that might have saved their lives instead. Below you?ll
> > see how much each congressman thinks those lives are worth.
> >
> > *Missouri Sen. **Roy Blunt (R)*
> > $60,550
> > (202) 224-5721
> >
> > *Alaska Rep. *
> > *Don Young (R)*$55,650
> > (202) 225-5765
> >
> > *Ohio Rep. *
> > *Steve Chabot (R)*$54,100
> > (202) 225-2216
> >
> > *Virginia Rep. *
> > *Bob Goodlatte (R)*$52,250
> > (202) 225-5431
> >
> > *Texas Rep. *
> > *Pete Sessions (R)*$51,650
> > (202) 225-2231
> >
> > *South Dakota Sen. *
> > *John Thune (R)*$44,155
> > (202) 224-2321
> >
> > *Idaho Rep. *
> > *Mike Simpson (R)*$43,750
> > (202) 225-5531
> >
> > *Alabama Rep. *
> > *Robert Aderholt (R)*$43,749
> > (202) 225-4876
> >
> > *Kentucky Rep. *
> > *Hal Rogers (R)*$41,400
> > (202) 225-4601
> >
> > *Minnesota Rep. *
> > *John Kline (R)*$40,750
> > (202) 225-2271
> >
> > *Georgia Rep. *
> > *Sanford Bishop (D)*$40,650
> > (202) 225-3631
> >
> > *California Rep.*
> > *Ken Calvert (R)*$40,550
> > (202) 225-1986
> >
> > *Oregon Rep. *
> > *Greg Walden (R)*$37,250
> > (202) 225-6730
> >
> > *Missouri Rep. *
> > *Sam Graves (R)*$37,100
> > (202) 225-7041
> >
> > *Wisconsin Rep. *
> > *Paul Ryan (R)*$36,800
> > (202) 225-3031
> >
> > *North Carolina Sen. *
> > *Richard Burr (R)*$35,700
> > (202) 224-3154
> >
> > *Louisiana Sen. *
> > *David Vitter (R)*$35,250
> > (202) 224-4623
> >
> > *Kentucky Rep. *
> > *Ed Whitfield (R)*$34,850
> > (202) 225-3115
> >
> > *Pennsylvania Rep. *
> > *Tim Murphy (R)*$33,500
> > (202) 225-2301
> >
> > *Texas Rep.*
> > *Joe Barton (R)*$31,500
> > (202) 225-2002
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a few phone calls to make.
> >
> > Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
> >
> > "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> > http://www.moscowcares.com/<http://www.moscowcares.com/>
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> > But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> > If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
> >
> > - John Lennon
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