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Apr. 17th, 2013 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rain_gryphonSo, then I wrote my senators:
I'm writing to urge you to vote against the Manchin/Toomey amendment. While the amendment itself is a commonsense piece of legislation, and would deserve support if offered as a standalone bill, passing it under the current circumstances would simply encourage the anti-gun extremists and further polarize the situation. Please vote against the whole gun control bill. Later, perhaps a few months down the road, it might be possible to introduce standalone legislation to accomplish the same effect.
I'm writing to urge you to vote against the Manchin/Toomey amendment. While the amendment itself is a commonsense piece of legislation, and would deserve support if offered as a standalone bill, passing it under the current circumstances would simply encourage the anti-gun extremists and further polarize the situation. Please vote against the whole gun control bill. Later, perhaps a few months down the road, it might be possible to introduce standalone legislation to accomplish the same effect.
