An amendment allowing concealed carry gun  permit holders in any state to carry in every state is up for a vote as early as Monday afternoon.  After some horse trading late last week, the Democrats were able to add the hate crime bill as an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill and in return Republicans were permitted to add the national concealed carry amendment.
Calls are needed to U.S. Senators all over the country.  Please take two simple steps.

Please help stop this madness.  Imagine walking along the Hudson River next to someone with a  LOADED gun tucked in their shirt or rubbing elbows with tourists packing heat in Times Square or on the subway.  This could be a reality.  New York State currently has the best gun laws in the country and New York City is the safest large city in the country.  In New York City it is very hard to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon on the streets.  In other states it is easy and many people have them.   More than 500,000 people in Florida alone have such permits. Do we want them visiting New York WITH their guns?

1)    Reach out today to at least five people you know from out of state and ask them to call their Senators’ offices on Monday morning.  The message is simple. Please call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard Monday at (202) 224-3121 and ask to speak to your Senators. Tell them to vote NO on Senator Thune’s Amendment No. 1618 to the Defense Authorization Bill (S.1390).

2)     Go to Senator Schumer and Senator Gillibrand’s Websites and send them a comment asking them to work with their colleagues to defeat this amendment.  Particularly ask Schumer to work with those Senators he helped get elected.  Don’t allow New York’s safety to be sacrificed to other political agendas.

Senator Gillibrand – http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Schumer – http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm