Reply On HR1022

One of the congresscritters I wrote last month wrote back. Here's the text of his letter. Names and places have been changed to protect the innocent, guilty, and downright indifferent. A proper fisking follows in bold.
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March 8, 2007

Dear Mr. Vincent:

Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I value the correspondence I get from people in *, and I would like to take this opportunity to address your concerns.

As you may know, H.R. 1022, the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007, was introduced by Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) on February 13, 2007. This legislation would reinstate the federal ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic assault weapons. This prohibition, which was originally passed as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, expired on September 30, 2004. Yeah, I know it. That's what I was writing you on. It wouldn't reinstate the ban, it would enact a whole new ban on parts, transfers, weapons, magazines, and would begin Nazi-style gun registration on American soil.

I agree that the right of law abiding Americans to own a gun should be protected. However, laws prohibiting felons and other potentially dangerous individuals from owning guns are reasonable and effective ways to reduce violent crime in our communities. In the past, the Senate has considered a variety of gun safety measures. I carefully evaluate each of these proposals, and I only support gun control legislation that corresponds to two important principles. First, I do not believe we should deprive law abiding gun owners, particularly hunters and target shooters, of their Second Amendment rights. Second, I only support proposals that I believe will unquestionably make our communities safer.And Britain, Canada, Australia, Russia, China, Darfur, Rwanda, Washington DC, California, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts have all had such wonderful luck with reasonable and effective ways to reduce violent crime. They've been made UNQUESTIONABLY SAFER.

Bull.

Get it through your thick head:The Second Amendment is NOT about hunting animals and targetshooting. Well actually, in its original format it was about hunting politicians and targetshooting those who'd infringe upon human liberty.

H.R. 1022 has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Similar legislation has not yet been introduced in the Senate. I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind should this legislation be considered by the Senate. Oh I bet you will keep my thoughts in mind. Right in with those other three neurons that make up "US Constitution, sovereignty of."

Again, thank you for contacting me. I appreciate hearing from you.
Sincerely, Herb Kohl U.S. Senator
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Only slightly better than I'd hoped, and that's because he doesn't say anything.