<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9662" dir="ltr">The writers of the 2nd Amendment had no intention of arming individuals to the teeth with WMD. <br><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9635" size="2">In <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9505"><a title="United States v. Cruikshank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9506" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Cruikshank"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9507" color="#0066cc">United States v. Cruikshank</font></a></i> (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.<sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9508"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9509" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-9"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9510" color="#0066cc">[9]</font></a></sup> In <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9511"><a title="United States v. Miller" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9512" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Miller"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9513" color="#0066cc">United States v. Miller</font></a></i> (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."<sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9514"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9515" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-10"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9516" color="#0066cc">[</font></a></sup></font></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9663" dir="ltr">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. <br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9411" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9410" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9409" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9408" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9407" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9412"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9483"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9482" style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "vision2020-request@moscow.com" <vision2020-request@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 16, 2016 10:45 AM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9446"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9445" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Vision2020 Digest, Vol 120, Issue 46<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9444"><br>Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<br> <a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9553" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9452" href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466089646350_9453" href="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com">vision2020-request@moscow.com</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:vision2020-owner@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020-owner@moscow.com">vision2020-owner@moscow.com</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: The Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in Congress (g crabtree)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:45:11 -0700<br>From: g crabtree <<a href="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com">direoutcome@gmail.com</a>><br>To: Moscow Cares <<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>><br>Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in<br> Congress<br>Message-ID:<br> <CACn+POZexUJ1aUjq52W7T+<a href="mailto:gO5nyHZGkGDHuwjBcDwkGTN20jFQ@mail.gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:gO5nyHZGkGDHuwjBcDwkGTN20jFQ@mail.gmail.com">gO5nyHZGkGDHuwjBcDwkGTN20jFQ@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>None of the anti second amendment laws currently before congress would have<br>done a thing to prevent the tragedy in Orlando.<br><br>I would suggest that the legislators listed be called and thanked for their<br>steadfast support for the second amendment and encouraged to stand firm in<br>the face of the dreaded 'do something disease' that inevitably (and<br>cynically) sweeps the nation at times such as these.<br><br>g<br><br>On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Moscow Cares <<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><br>> Courtesy of *The Nation* magazine at:<br>><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/call-the-top-20-top-recipients-of-nra-cash-in-congress/" target="_blank">http://www.thenation.com/article/call-the-top-20-top-recipients-of-nra-cash-in-congress/</a><br>><br>> --------------------------------<br>><br>> Call the Top 20 Top Recipients of NRA Cash in CongressThey might be able<br>> to prevent the next Orlando?if they get out of the way of gun-control<br>> legislation<br>><br>> Here are the top 20 lifetime recipients<br>> <<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/nra-donations/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/nra-donations/</a>> of cash<br>> from the NRA (1998 to 2016) serving in Congress. While many of them offered<br>> ?prayers? for the victims of gun violence, they refuse to pass the<br>> gun-control laws that might have saved their lives instead. Below you?ll<br>> see how much each congressman thinks those lives are worth.<br>><br>> *Missouri Sen. **Roy Blunt (R)*<br>> $60,550<br>> (202) 224-5721<br>><br>> *Alaska Rep. *<br>> *Don Young (R)*$55,650<br>> (202) 225-5765<br>><br>> *Ohio Rep. *<br>> *Steve Chabot (R)*$54,100<br>> (202) 225-2216<br>><br>> *Virginia Rep. *<br>> *Bob Goodlatte (R)*$52,250<br>> (202) 225-5431<br>><br>> *Texas Rep. *<br>> *Pete Sessions (R)*$51,650<br>> (202) 225-2231<br>><br>> *South Dakota Sen. *<br>> *John Thune (R)*$44,155<br>> (202) 224-2321<br>><br>> *Idaho Rep. *<br>> *Mike Simpson (R)*$43,750<br>> (202) 225-5531<br>><br>> *Alabama Rep. *<br>> *Robert Aderholt (R)*$43,749<br>> (202) 225-4876<br>><br>> *Kentucky Rep. *<br>> *Hal Rogers (R)*$41,400<br>> (202) 225-4601<br>><br>> *Minnesota Rep. *<br>> *John Kline (R)*$40,750<br>> (202) 225-2271<br>><br>> *Georgia Rep. *<br>> *Sanford Bishop (D)*$40,650<br>> (202) 225-3631<br>><br>> *California Rep.*<br>> *Ken Calvert (R)*$40,550<br>> (202) 225-1986<br>><br>> *Oregon Rep. *<br>> *Greg Walden (R)*$37,250<br>> (202) 225-6730<br>><br>> *Missouri Rep. *<br>> *Sam Graves (R)*$37,100<br>> (202) 225-7041<br>><br>> *Wisconsin Rep. *<br>> *Paul Ryan (R)*$36,800<br>> (202) 225-3031<br>><br>> *North Carolina Sen. *<br>> *Richard Burr (R)*$35,700<br>> (202) 224-3154<br>><br>> *Louisiana Sen. *<br>> *David Vitter (R)*$35,250<br>> (202) 224-4623<br>><br>> *Kentucky Rep. *<br>> *Ed Whitfield (R)*$34,850<br>> (202) 225-3115<br>><br>> *Pennsylvania Rep. *<br>> *Tim Murphy (R)*$33,500<br>> (202) 225-2301<br>><br>> *Texas Rep.*<br>> *Joe Barton (R)*$31,500<br>> (202) 225-2002<br>> --------------------------------<br>><br>> Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a few phone calls to make.<br>><br>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<br>><br>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<br>> <a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a><<a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a>><br>><br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>><br>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.<br>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<br>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<br>><br>> - John Lennon<br>><br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net/</a><br>> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>> =======================================================<br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20160616/8d82a40c/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20160616/8d82a40c/attachment.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net/</a><br> mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br>End of Vision2020 Digest, Vol 120, Issue 46<br>*******************************************<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>