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Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org February 16, 2001 Attention Maine Gun Owners: MAYDAY! --- MAYDAY! --- MAYDAY! LD 464: An Act to Require a License to Sell Firearms Will make ordinary citizens like you a FELON for selling or attempting to sell your hunting rifle at the spring Bangor Gun Show. Even selling that rifle through an ad in Uncle Henry's or similar publications will make you a FELON under the draconian act. Under this misguided piece of legislative manure EVERY Mainer selling a gun to other than an immediate family member will be required to submit to the extensive licensing and federal regulations of FFL's. Just imagine, you sell a gun to your neighbor and YOU must jump through mounds of federal paperwork to become a full-fledged FFL. This thinly veiled "Brady instant check registration scheme" is in reality a direct assault on the rights of gun owners, designed to shut down the gun shows where citizen gun owners come together. Under this bill threats of lawsuits and federal intimidation of gun shows will be used to kill off Maine's gun show heritage that the anti-gunners view as a political threat. This bill seeks to make every gun sale that is not conducted through the "Brady instant check registration scheme" a FELONY. Under this bill the proponents seek to REGISTER both the firearm and the citizen. Make no mistake about it, they want to register you, the gun owners of Maine -- so they can later disarm you just like they are doing over the border in Canada! As terrible as the news is, it gets worse when you find representatives like G. DAVIS of Falmouth signing onto this gun owner registration act. And you can be certain the sponsors of LD 464 want to not only register guns, but gun owners -- by having the State of Maine volunteer to coerce you, a citizen of Maine, to join the ranks of the federally regulated firearms dealers. Your attendance, calls, faxes, and e-mails are urgently needed to get the word out of the upcoming PUBLIC HEARING on this GUN OWNER REGISTRATION NIGHTMARE: Friday February 23 at 9:30 in Room 211 of the Cross State Office Building. Be there -- or risk being a felon the next time you buy or sell a firearm at a gun show! The anti-gunners have declared war on your culture and heritage of camaraderie at gun shows. It's now your turn to respond. Please contact your state Representative, the members of the Criminal Justice Committee, and particularly representative DAVIS. Tell them you see through this gun owner registration scheme as a preview of CANADIAN style confiscation of firearms. Demand that Representative Davis withdraw from the bill and denounce it for what it is! Here is what I need you to do: * Identify your district from the roster below. * Start sending in those faxes, e-mails and phone calls. (You can find the contact info.) * SPREAD THE WORD. A lot of folks won't get this letter since they don't have fax or e-mail. Please pass this alert to your pro-gun family and friends and urge them to act. * Don't let your rights fall prey to closet anti-gunners and political operators with another agenda -- take time to write and call. Let the politicians in Augusta know you are watching and waiting for them to stand up for your rights. Please contact your legislator(s) immediately and ask them to work to kill LD 464. Call and leave voice messages in Augusta: (House) 800-423-2900 (Senate) 800-423-6900. The main switchboard is (207) 287-1400. The main fax line is (207) 287-4469. ----- Pre-written message ----- Please Deliver. The Honorable ___________________________ Maine House of Representatives 2 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-1400 / (207) 287-4469 FAX Dear Representative _______________________________, As a law-abiding gun owner of Maine, I urge you to defeat LD 464, the Gun Owner & Firearm Registration Act. This bill is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to bring CANADIAN gun registration as a prelude to confiscation using the Brady instant check registration scheme. Gun Owners of America will keep informed on the outcome of this anti-citizen attempt to bring the "Brady instant check registration scheme" to the free state of Maine. Sincerely, ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Maine House of Representatives District lookup site: http://janus.state.me.us/house/townlist.htm Dis Pty Name Phone (207) E-Mail 002 R Andrews 363-4714 RepMaryBlack.Andrews@state.me.us 112 R Annis 564-0820 RepJames.Annis@state.me.us 105 D Ash 338-3485 goldie@acadia.net 133 D Bagley 255-6567 rep133@hotmail.com 117 D Baker 947-8564 cbaker@maine.edu 147 R Belanger 496-2821 ibelanger@ainop.com 109 R Berry 342-5675 chemman@northlandlink.com 093 D Berry 897-3664 berry@megalink.net 119 D Blanchette 942-8692 024 D Bliss 799-8229 Lawrence.Bliss@state.me.us 090 D Bouffard 782-3663 009 R Bowles 324-9325 daveb@psouth.net 035 D Brannigan 772-6047 joebrannigan@aol.com 107 D Brooks 223-5041 RepJoe.Brooks@state.me.us 038 R Bruno 655-7443 jbruno1@maine.rr.com 067 D Bryant 562-8224 house67@exploremaine.com 044 R Buck 846-9366 johnbuck@maine.rr.com 048 D Bull 865-0190 tbull@javanet.com 106 R Bumps 968-3030 rbumps@pivot.net 136 D Bunker 796-7910 RepGeorge.Bunker@state.me.us 099 D Canavan 872-6221 canavan@wtvl.net 138 R Carr 794-3911 roddy@telplus.net 122 R Chase 884-7416 sylter100@yahoo.com 006 R Chick 457-1141 084 D Chizmar 353-2247 nlchizmar@aol.com 140 D Clark 723-5746 RepJoe.Clark@state.me.us 022 R Clough 839-4696 haclough@juno.com 007 R Collins 985-2485 091 D Colwell 582-5231 RepPat.Colwell@state.me.us 087 D Cote 740-7202 RepWilliamCote@hotmail.com 092 D Cowger 622-0655 060 R Crabtree 785-6398 backpast@tidewater.net 047 R Cressey 625-4557 pcressey@psouth.net 037 D Cummings 775-2560 GCforLeg@yahoo.com 013 R Daigle 282-0761 rdaigle@gwi.net 040 R Davis 797-5309 RepGeraldM.Davis@state.me.us 146 D Desmond 764-1011 RepMabelJ.Desmond@state.me.us 063 D Dorr 236-4710 RepSusan.Dorr@state.me.us 030 D Dudley 774-3623 benfdudley@hotmail.com 131 D Dugay 546-9752 dugay@midmaine.com 145 R Duncan 764-4100 121 D Dunlap 827-8989 029 D Duplessie 797-8482 RepRobert.Duplessie@state.me.us 114 R Duprey 862-5785 RepBrian.Duprey@state.me.us 001 D Estes 439-3479 051 D Etnier 833-2378 RepDavid.Etnier@state.me.us 115 D Fisher 989-4149 dustyfish@hotmail.com 041 R Foster 657-4756 080 D Fuller 622-0293 RepElaine.Fuller@state.me.us 069 D Gagne 336-2836 RepRosita.Gagne@state.me.us 050 D Gerzofsky 373-1328 STAN1340@aol.com 027 R Glynn 799-5319 glynn@maine.rr.com 134 D Goodwin 726-5574 RepAl.Goodwin@state.me.us 078 R Gooley 778-2368 wgooley@mainewest.com 083 D Green 933-9178 056 D Hall 563-8604 drchall@lincoln.midcoast.com 137 R Haskell 827-7296 fpeav69@cs.com 098 D Hatch 474-3435 prhatch@yahoo.com 043 D Hawes 675-3723 rep@suehawes.com 064 R Heidrich 539-4102 thherh@megalink.net 058 R Honey 633-5560 053 D Hutton 666-3811 RepDeb.Hutton@state.me.us 075 D Jacobs 224-7749 RepPat.Jacobs@state.me.us 065 R Jodrey 824-2239 arlan@megalink.net 111 D Jones 695-2604 RepSL.Jones@state.me.us 016 D Kane 934-2066 125 R Kasprzak 368-4990 repkasprzak@hotmail.com 130 D Koffman 288-8930 koffman@acadia.net 023 R Labrecque 892-9532 jel1942@juno.com 141 D Landry 528-2465 077 D LaVerdiere 645-5330 RepCharlie.LaVerdiere@state.me.us 018 D Laverriere-Boucher284-6701 RepMarie.Laverriere@state.me.us 116 R Ledwin 989-4627 nalme@aol.com 020 D Lemoine 934-4146 RepDavid.Lemoine@state.me.us 052 D Lessard 725-4158 salessard@tka.com 021 R Lovett 883-3030 glenys@gplovett.com 144 D Lundeen 429-8558 004 R MacDougall 676-9582 jmacdoug@spencerpress.com 095 R Madore 626-0982 rep95@email.msn.com 086 D Mailhot 783-0841 Ri1mail@exploremaine.com 036 D Marley 878-3224 RepBoyd.Marley@state.me.us 100 D Marrache 861-0154 drlisa@elmcitymed.com 102 D Matthews 873-6523 JudyZack@mint.net 054 R Mayo 442-8053 RepArt.Mayo@state.me.us 032 D McDonough 774-3349 066 D McGlocklin 566-5740 RepMonica.McGlocklin@state.me.us 104 D McGowan 487-2862 bmcgowan@mint.net 079 D McKee 685-4385 repdist79@aol.com 042 R McKenney 829-5472 terrymck@maine.rr.com 025 D McLaughlin 799-6190 RepJanet.McLaughlin@state.me.us 062 R McNeil 596-6242 mcneil@midcoast.com 088 R Mendros 783-6475 zeusstav@yahoo.com 074 I Michael 782-8975 RepJohnMichael@aol.com 151 D Michaud 834-5411 mmichaud@sjv.net 094 D Mitchell 592-3537 votemitchell@hotmail.com 135 R Morrison 427-6161 jbmorrison@nemaine.com 005 R Murphy 698-1355 008 R Murphy 985-3904 RepTom.Murphy@state.me.us 026 D Muse 799-0772 ctmuse@ime.net 045 R Muse 935-4725 kmuse@landmarknet.net 011 R Nass 477-2607 034 D Norbert 797-9757 RepBill.Norbert@state.me.us 120 D Norton 947-8873 103 R Nutting 465-7139 trues@mint.net 096 R O'Brien 623-2930 mobrien41@aol.com 089 D O'Brien 782-5276 015 D O'Neil 284-8850 chrisone@maine.rr.com 150 D Paradis 728-4854 rody@nbnet.nb.ca 070 D Patrick 364-7666 johnpat2000@hotmail.com 055 R Peavey 882-6800 jpeavey@ime.net 128 R Perkins 326-8609 RepRoyce.Perkins@state.me.us 118 D Perry 942-2493 076 D Pineau 897-3898 RepRay.Pineau@state.me.us 132 R Pinkham 667-6214 127 D Povich 667-7116 epovich@acadia.net 033 D Quint 774-8638 MWQuint@aol.com 097 D Richard 696-3049 049 D Richardson 729-5451 richrdsn@blazenetme.net 057 D Rines 882-9794 prines@wiscasset.net 113 R Rosen 469-3779 rrosen113@aol.com 014 D Savage 727-4516 RepBill.Savage@state.me.us 031 D Saxl 828-8052 RepMichael.Saxl@state.me.us 085 R Schneider 926-3051 dist85@aol.com 142 R Sherman 532-7073 RepRoger.Sherman@state.me.us 072 R Shields 782-7451 RepTom.Shields@state.me.us 073 D Simpson 777-1379 RepDeborah.Simpson@state.me.us 061 D Skoglund 372-8893 149 D Smith 868-3418 wjsmith@ainop.com 071 R Snowe-Mello 784-9136 RepLois.SnoweMello@state.me.us 139 D Stanley 746-5371 stanleyss@ime.net 108 R Stedman 938-4890 017 D Sullivan 282-5594 npsullivan@cybertours.com 012 D Tarazewich 247-6907 RepFrank.Tarazewich@state.me.us 101 D Tessier 453-2325 ptessier@mint.net 123 D Thomas 866-7945 jtumaine00@aol.com 039 R Tobin 892-4620 RepDavid.Tobin@state.me.us 126 R Tobin 924-5521 RepJames.Tobin@state.me.us 081 D Tracy 397-5601 RepDick.Tracy@state.me.us 059 R Trahan 832-4135 RepDavid.Trahan@state.me.us 124 R Treadwell 848-5123 010 D Tuttle 324-5964 019 D Twomey 283-3178 RepJoanne.Twomey@state.me.us 028 D Usher 854-8530 RepRon.Usher@state.me.us 129 D Volenik 359-2106 046 R Waterhouse 647-5686 pwaterhouse@cybertours.com 082 D Watson 582-7047 110 R Weston 589-4481 rcweston@midcoast.com 143 R Wheeler 429-9108 burtchel@bangornews.infi.net 003 D Wheeler 439-2082 RepGary.Wheeler@state.me.us 068 R Winsor 527-2233 RepTom.Winsor@state.me.us 148 R Young 325-4497 Flo@ainop.com ************** |
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