SECOND AMENDMENT ACTION ALERT NETWORK
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ACTION ALERT!!
ACTION NEEDED NOW TO PRESERVE AMERICAN FREEDOMS!
STOP THE CARNEY/TOWNSEND GUN BAN BILL
SENATE BILL 163 ON THE AGENDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 19TH!!
Like the proverbial phoenix, Governor Carney’s far-reaching gun ban bill, SB 163 sponsored by Senator Townsend, has arisen from the ashes of defeat in the Senate’s Judicial and Community Affairs Committee and is on the move again. Read SB 163 here.
We’ve seen gun ban bills before, but this is more draconian and far-reaching than Gov. Castle’s and Carper’s combined!
SB 163 would outlaw thousands upon thousands of semi-auto rifles, pistols and shotguns owned by tens of thousands of law-abiding Delawareans – including America’s favorite rifle, the Colt AR-15, and many pistols used by thousands of Delaware home-owners as home and personal defense firearms.
The Synopsis of Sen. Townsend’s bill is full of lies, half-truths and falsifications – all designed to make your senators believe that it is both necessary and constitutional. Shame on him! He’s a lawyer; he knows better.
Nationally renowned constitutional law expert and successful U.S. Supreme Court Litigator Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook, Esq. has said that SB 163 violates not only the Second Amendment of the US Constitution but also the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause and even the Commerce Clause.
Delaware’s own constitutional law expert, Francis G.X. Pileggi, Esq. testified before the Committee that SB 163 violates Article I Section 20 of Delaware’s Constitution.
Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride (D)(SD#13), catering to Governor Carney and his totalitarian anti-gun, anti-freedom socialist agenda has announced that SB 163 will be #1 on the Senate’s agenda on when it reconvenes at 2 pm on Tuesday, June 19th. To do that, Senator McBride will invoke a highly unusual and unorthodox procedure calling for a Motion to Suspend Rules which will allow SB 163 to come to the floor despite having been soundly rejected by the Committee as being unconstitutional. This is considered the “NUCLEAR OPTION” and has never been successfully attempted before.
McBride’s use of the Motion to Suspend Rules means there could be two votes – one vote to suspend the rules and force SB 163 out of Committee and onto the floor of the Senate, and then a second vote on the bill itself.
The first vote to suspend the rules is, in effect, a condemnation of the Committee and the entire committee process by which business is conducted in the Senate – a dramatic move in and of itself. It is considered an affront to the integrity and tradition in the Senate. It is also an abuse of the minority party by the majority.
If the first vote succeeds in circumventing the Senate’s established committee processes, then a second vote will be held, after debate, on the actual bill, SB 163.
CALL TO ACTION
Make no mistake: misguided, anti-gun supporters of this freedom-robbing, unconstitutional bill are attempting to spin the truth and influence public opinion by promoting skewed results from a biased, agenda-pushing telephone poll.
We must promote the real opinions of law-abiding, freedom-loving Americans by following the steps outlined below! Your legislators need to hear from all of us! Act now before it’s too late!
2. Contact Sen. Townsend (D) (District 11) and politely express your displeasure with SB 163. Call or email 302-744-4165 Brian.Townsend@state.de.us
Senator Henry (D)(Dist. 2)
302-744-4191: MargaretRose.Henry@state.de.
Senator Marshall (D) Dist.3
4. Call or email your senator and politely ask that they vigorously oppose SB 163 in every way possible.
Senator Ennis (D) Dist. 14