California: support AB 357 - CCW
**Take 3 minutes, copy/paste the letter down below into an email and send it to your assemblyman!**
AB 357 (to amend California's unconstitutional CCW laws) is currently in the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety. We need your help NOW to write, call, email and fax your support to the following Legislators as well as your local Assemblymember (find them here Your Legislature). A form letter is included in the next post for your use. If you have not yet done so, join Calguns.net (completely free of charge) and help us take back our fundamental and constitutional rights. Public Safety Committee email: Assemblymember.solorio@assembly.ca.gov, Assemblymember.hagman@assembly.ca.gov, Assemblymember.furutani@assembly.ca.gov, Assemblymember.gilmore@assembly.ca.gov, Assemblymember.hill@assembly.ca.gov, Assemblymember.ma@assembly.ca.gov, Assemblymember.skinner@assembly.ca.gov, Jose Solorio - Chair, Anaheim CA State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0069 Tel: (916) 319-2069 Fax: (916) 319-2169 Curt Hagman - Vice Chair, Diamond Bar CA State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 916-319-2060, 916-319-2160 fax Warren T. Furutani, Long Beach CA State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0055 (916) 319-2055 (916) 319-2155 Fax Danny D. Gilmore, Hanford CA State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 916-319-2030, 916-319-2130 fax Jerry Hill, San Mateo CA State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0019 Tel: (916) 319-2019 Fax: (916) 319-2119 Fiona Ma, San Francisco CA State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0012 Tel: (916) 319-2012 Fax: (916) 319-2112 Nancy Skinner, Oakland CA State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0014 Tel: (916) 319-2014 Fax: (916) 319-2114 ---AutoMerged DoublePost--- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx March XX, 2009 To: California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety From: YOUR NAME YOUR ADDRESS Re: AB 357 To the Members of the State Safety Committee: As a voting Californian, please vote 'yes' on AB 357, the Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) reform bill. You should support this bill because: 1. It fixes a system which is broken, unfair and highly discriminatory 2. It helps California's public safety at no cost 3. It brings California into compliance with the rest of the country 4. It directly protects the safety of retired police officers This bill will finally bring equal protection under the law to the citizens of California who were previously subject to the personal whims and moods of 58 separate county Sheriffs and hundreds of city Police Chiefs. California's current statutory requirement to show “good cause” [which is currently undefined by the statute] has been grossly misused and abused by various county Sheriffs and Police Chiefs for too many years, and the current system is flawed to the point of being useless. For 58 separate county Sheriffs to make determinations that certain citizens are more deserving of the right to protect and defend themselves because they hold a particular job, are in a particular income range, are of a certain race or sexual orientation or have donated to a re-election campaign is the height of hubris and reeks of an attitude of Aristocracy. While I do not have a personal relationship with our Sherrif or contribute to their re-election campaign, carry large sums of cash, or transport briefcases full of diamond jewelry, I do have one irreplaceable and highly-valuable commodity: my life and those of my family and friends. To be told that a merchant’s daily deposits are more worthy of protection and defense than the lives of my loved ones is a personal insult- one which is remembered at the voting booth. Assembly Bill 357 will allow law abiding citizens the fundamental right to self defense that has thus far been denied by the State of California. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the police have no constitutional duty to protect- please do not continue to hinder our fundamental and constitutional right to protect ourselves by failing to pass AB 357. Over the past 20 years 38 states have passed "Shall Issue" CCW laws which none have since repealled; all experienced a decrease in violent crime rates after passage, a goal we should all strive for here in California. Pass this bill. Regards, YOUR NAME |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:28 AM. |
© 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands