WAGCEVP
July 29, 2002, 07:44 PM
Contact Senator Specter Today! Ask Him To Cosponsor Armed Pilots
Legislation
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
(Monday, July 29, 2002) -- Senator Bob Smith's bill to allow pilots
to use firearms to protect themselves, their passengers, and their
crew could be voted on as early as this week.
Sen. Smith's bill, S. 2554, currently has 25 bipartisan sponsors and
cosponsors, including liberal Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer (CA)
and John Kerry (MA).
But Senator Arlen Specter is still on the fence regarding this
critical legislation.
It is crucial that you call or e-mail Senator Specter within the
next 48 hours. Urge him to cosponsor S. 2554 NOW!
At least two times in the last year, federal tests of airport
screening have shown that EVEN CURRENT DRACONIAN PROCEDURES ARE
INEFFECTUAL IN STOPPING TERRORISTS.
In one test, fully half of the guns, knives, and bombs being carried
by testers eluded airport screeners.
We cannot wait until an F-16 is forced to shoot a commercial airline
out of the air.
Before that horrible eventuality arrives, we must give commercial
pilots the ability to use firearms as a last line of defense to
prevent the destruction of the aircraft.
ACTION: Please contact Sen. Specter and ask him to cosponsor
S. 2554. You can reach him at 202-224-4254 or toll-free at
877-762-8762 by phone, or use [email protected] to
send him an e-mail message.
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Senator Specter,
I am concerned that you have not yet cosponsored S. 2554, the armed
pilots bill introduced by Senator Bob Smith.
In two federal tests, airport screening procedures have proved
utterly ineffective in stopping terrorists.
Pilots must be given one last opportunity to save their planes
before an F-16 shoots three hundred innocent passengers out of the
sky.
I urge you to cosponsor S. 2554. Please let me know how you intend
to act on this issue.
Sincerely,
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Legislation
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
(Monday, July 29, 2002) -- Senator Bob Smith's bill to allow pilots
to use firearms to protect themselves, their passengers, and their
crew could be voted on as early as this week.
Sen. Smith's bill, S. 2554, currently has 25 bipartisan sponsors and
cosponsors, including liberal Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer (CA)
and John Kerry (MA).
But Senator Arlen Specter is still on the fence regarding this
critical legislation.
It is crucial that you call or e-mail Senator Specter within the
next 48 hours. Urge him to cosponsor S. 2554 NOW!
At least two times in the last year, federal tests of airport
screening have shown that EVEN CURRENT DRACONIAN PROCEDURES ARE
INEFFECTUAL IN STOPPING TERRORISTS.
In one test, fully half of the guns, knives, and bombs being carried
by testers eluded airport screeners.
We cannot wait until an F-16 is forced to shoot a commercial airline
out of the air.
Before that horrible eventuality arrives, we must give commercial
pilots the ability to use firearms as a last line of defense to
prevent the destruction of the aircraft.
ACTION: Please contact Sen. Specter and ask him to cosponsor
S. 2554. You can reach him at 202-224-4254 or toll-free at
877-762-8762 by phone, or use [email protected] to
send him an e-mail message.
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Senator Specter,
I am concerned that you have not yet cosponsored S. 2554, the armed
pilots bill introduced by Senator Bob Smith.
In two federal tests, airport screening procedures have proved
utterly ineffective in stopping terrorists.
Pilots must be given one last opportunity to save their planes
before an F-16 shoots three hundred innocent passengers out of the
sky.
I urge you to cosponsor S. 2554. Please let me know how you intend
to act on this issue.
Sincerely,
****************************