Dear Mr. Thunderbolt:
Thank you for contacting me
to express your views on gun control. I appreciate you taking the time to
write.
I am horrified by gun
violence in our country. The shooting that occurred on December 14th in
Newtown, Connecticut - the murder of 20 sweet, innocent children and the
six adults who died protecting them - is an unthinkable, terrible
tragedy. I join with all Americans during this tragic time in extending
my deepest condolences to these victims' families, who are facing an incredible
amount of grief and heartache.
Now more than ever, we need
to work together to make sure another tragedy like this never happens
again. I support the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. I also
believe that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and
those with mental illnesses without infringing on the right of law-abiding
citizens to buy firearms.
That is why I believe that
we must take a substantive look at various proposals to strengthen background
checks and get assault weapons off our streets. This includes reinstating
the Assault Weapons Ban and limiting the use of high capacity ammunition.
I have also continually supported extending required background checks at gun
shows to help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals. Your
views will be helpful to me as we further consider this issue.
While we need to look at gun
control, I believe we must also look at the mental health issues that plague
our nation. We need to make sure that people have access to the services
they need. As a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions (HELP) Committee, I fought for over ten years to get mental health
parity passed so that all Americans suffering from mental illness could have
access to the treatments they need. We also need to find better ways to
treat, or even cure, mental illnesses. That's why I am such a strong
supporter of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH). I will continue to fight to improve and expand
mental health services.
Again, thanks for getting in
touch with me about this issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me if
there is anything I can assist you with in the future.
Sincerely,
Barbara A. Mikulski
United States Senator
Mealymouthed, to say the least...
ReplyDelete"I support the 2A, but..."
ReplyDeleteThey always seem to forget that whole "shall not be infringed" part.
Boy, she's not just sitting on both sides of the fence, but on the fence, the entire farm surrounding the fence, and got the fence posts up her bum!
ReplyDelete"Limiting the use of high capacity ammunition"? What in the world is high capacity ammunition? Would I put high capacity ammunition in my high capacity assault clip? These anti-gun folks just add "high capacity assault" to a noun and think they sound informed.
ReplyDeleteIf you think it's worthwhile, you can send her to an interview with James Alan Fox, who studies mass shootings for a living and concludes they aren't increasing.
ReplyDeleteThere is literally nothing to see here. No new problem. No unique problem. Sometimes the best and most courageous thing to do is nothing.
SouthernKahrCarrier, yepp, they add those words like marketing adds "tactical" or "quantum" or "Nano".
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