Hold My Senators Accountable

Friday, 12/20/2019, the Washington Post published an opinion piece written by Jeff Flake, the former AZ Senator, entitled, The president is on trial. So are my Senate Republican colleagues, which can be read here.

I believe he hits the nail on the head and as such, I wrote the following letter to my Senators, Marco Rubio and the junior, Rick Scott.  I encourage you to do the same; just copy the following and send it off in the mail.  I think you may reach an actual person given that mail has become so passé.

Dear Senator,

I want to ensure that you received Jeff Flake’s memo that was published in the Washington Post Friday afternoon.  I have attached a copy.

Normally, I do not expect nor seek a response, but this time I do. Please:
1. Acknowledge receipt of Jeff Flake’s memo,
2. Whether you read it or not and
3. If you read it, that you aware of how your actions will most likely be viewed historically.

Kind Regards,

We Just Learned Of A Limit

Today the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided to not hear an appeal from Remington Arms (RA) seeking to prevent a lawsuit by the families who lost their children from a massacre caused by one young white male wielding an assault rifle manufactured by RA at Sandy Hook elementary school.

RA sought to dismiss the lawsuit saying that it had protections under 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which offers very, very broad immunity, but obviously not broad enough.

SCOTUS, in its landmark DC vs Heller decision, the majority stated that the Second Amendment is not without limits, but it failed to specifically state those limits.  Obviously there is one now even though I am not certain of the limit.

Hopefully, gun manufacturers going forward will seek to limit gun sales to individuals deemed responsible and who will not violate others's unalienable rights while exercising their own Second Amendment right.