Emailing my congresscritters re: HR 297 & S 1237

Sent to Sens. Hutchison & Cornyn:

As good law-abiding Texans, I'm sure we agree that the right to own a firearm for personal, family, and community defense is one of the most important rights we have, and should not be surrendered lightly. In the strongest possible terms I urge you to work against the passage of one of your colleague's bills, Sen. Lautenberg's S 1237. This bill gives entirely too much power to those in power to assign an arbitrary label to individuals as being "suspected" of certain activity, which would unconstitutionally restrict that individual's ability to own a firearm for any reason, whether that label was justly applied or not! Obviously Sen. Lautenberg threw out the presumption of innocence our legal system was founded on when he wrote this bill. The way this bill is written, any activist protesting anything (from the latest tax increase to the ingredients in fast food) can be labeled a "suspected terrorist" and therefore not trusted to own a firearm! The application of a restrictive legal status without probable cause or due process is unconstitutional and unacceptable.

This language must NOT become law, and your constituents are depending on you to make our voice heard.

Thank you,
Jason Trippet
Helotes

Sent to Rep. Rodriguez:

As good law-abiding Texans, I'm sure we agree that the right to own a firearm for personal, family, and community defense is one of the most important rights we have, and should not be surrendered lightly. In the strongest possible terms I urge you to work against the passage of one of your colleague's bills, Rep. McCarthy's HR 297. This bill gives entirely too much power to those in power to assign an arbitrary label to individuals as being "mentally defective" (even a high-school guidance counselor can do so!), which would permanently end that individual's ability to own a firearm for any reason, whether that label was justly applied or not! The way this bill is written, even if a doctor orders an individual to undergo observation and the observation reveals no defects of any kind, that individual ist still considered to "have been forcibly committed", and therefore not trusted to own a firearm!

This language must NOT become law, and your constituents are depending on you to make our voice heard.

Thank you,
Jason Trippet
Helotes