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Did Your Rep. Vote for the Beast?
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H.R. 666 could give green light for massive gun sweeps
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by Gun Owners of America
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(February 21, 1995) -- On February 8, Congress passed H.R. 666 -- a bill
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that would allow evidence seized from an illegal search to be included in a
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trial if the officers can claim they were acting in "good faith." (We're not
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joking; that is the bill's number.)
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On that same day, pro-gun Rep. Harold Volkmer (D-MO) introduced an
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amendment to exempt the BATF from getting these expanded powers. Mr. Volkmer
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defended his amendment saying that without it, the bill will give the BATF a
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"green light" to conduct warrantless searches. "They [will] not have to go to
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the magistrate and get a warrant for anything. They [can] just go right in
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there and bust those doors down and go in and take the guns," Volkmer said.
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The Volkmer amendment passed 228-198.
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The Representatives below voted against the Volkmer amendment. Gun Owners
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of America sent a letter to every Representative before the vote warning them
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that a vote against this amendment would be counted as an anti-gun vote. Mr.
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Volkmer helped publicize GOA's position by reading the letter on the House
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floor.
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If your Representative is listed below, please call and voice your
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displeasure (202-225-3121). Let them know that if the bill comes back from the
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Senate without the Volkmer amendment, you strongly urge him to VOTE AGAINST THE
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BILL. (It's a bad bill -- even if they keep the Volkmer amendment. Why should
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Congress remove the disincentives for ANY law enforcement agency to conduct
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warrantless searches?)
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Also, ask your Senators (202-224-3121) to oppose S 54, which is the House
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version of HR 666. Again, the following people voted anti-gun by voting
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AGAINST the Volkmer amendment in the House:
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Abercrombie Cunningham Hefley Lowey Rohrabacher Andrews
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Davis Heineman Lucas Ros-Lehtinen Archer Deal
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Hilleary Luther Roukema Armey DeLauro Hobson
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Maloney Royce Bachus DeLay Hoekstra Manton
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Sanford Baesler Deutsch Hoke Manzullo Sawyer Baker
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(CA) Diaz-Balart Horn Markey Saxton Baker (LA) Dickey
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Hostettler Martini Schiff Ballenger Dixon Houghton
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McCollum Schumer Barr Doggett Hoyer McCrery
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Sensenbrenner Barrett(NE) Dornan Hutchinson McDade Shadegg
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Barton Dreier Hyde McHale Shaw Bateman Ehlers
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Inglis McKeon Shays Beilenson Ehrlich Johnson (CT)
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McNulty Skeen Bentsen English Johnson (SD) Meyers
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Smith (MI) Bereuter Eshoo Johnston Mfume Smith
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(NJ) Berman Everett Jones Mica Smith (TX) Bilbray
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Ewing Kaptur Miller (FL) Talent Blute Fawell Kasich
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Molinari Taylor (NC) Boehlert Flanagan Kennelly Moran
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Thomas Boehner Ford Kim Morella Torkildsen
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Bonilla Fowler King Myrick Torricelli Bono
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Fox Kingston Neal Upton Brownback Frank (MA) Kleczka
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Nethercutt Waldholtz Bryant (TN) Franks (NJ) Knollenberg Neumann
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Walker Bunning Frelinghuysn Kolbe Norwood Wamp Burr
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Gallegly LaFalce Nussle Ward Buyer Ganske Lantos
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Owens Watts (OK) Calvert Gekas Largent Oxley
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Weldon (FL) Canady Gibbons Latham Packard Weldon (PA)
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Cardin Gilchrest LaTourette Pallone Weller Castle
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Gillmor Lazio Paxon White Chabot Goodlatte
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Leach Porter Wolf Chambliss Goodling Lewis (CA)
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Portman Wyden Christensen Goss Lewis (KY) Pryce Yates
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Clinger Greenwood Lightfoot Quinn Young (FL) Coble
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Gunderson Linder Radanovich Zeliff Collins(GA) Hansen
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Livingston Ramstad Zimmer Cox Hastert LoBiondo
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Regula Coyne Hayworth Longley Rivers
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This alert was posted by Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place, Suite
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102, Springfield, VA 22151, (703)321-8585, fax: 321-8408. We cannot respond
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to e-mail.
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