Today, John Culberson, R. TX 7th Congressional District e-mailed this disturbing letter to me and I guess the rest of his District's e-mail list about his intentions/promises to thwart President Obama's efforts to safeguard our schools and our streets from military style semi automatic weapons.
If your Congressman is Republican and if you are on his/her mailing list, like I am, did you get this same letter? (You're invited to please respond in the poll below or even better in the comments ). I don't think Culberson wrote this. I suspect it was written for him and his fellow sock puppets by some third party, e.g. an NRA or right wing think tank attorney.
Mr. Culberson's e-mail after the orange intermission.
I Will Protect the Second Amendment
Dear Neighbor:
HE STARTS WITH THE AD NAUSEUM REPETITION OF REPUBLICAN FAUX ATTACKS ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MISREADING/MISUSE OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT:
Now that President Obama has issued his list of Executive Orders and proposed legislation to restrict our Second Amendment rights, I want to reassure you I will be one of the leaders in the House working to defeat his gun control proposals. Our right to keep and bear arms is unambiguous and unequivocal and is one of our most sacred rights because it is fundamental to our right to self defense.
HE CONTINUES WITH THREATS TO CUT OFF THE PRESIDENT'S ACCESS TO MONEY TO ACHIEVE HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS EVEN THOUGH MOST OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE REQUESTS TO THE CONGRESS TO DO THEIR JOBS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM WAR WEAPONS ON THEIR STREETS. CULBERSON THREATENS TO WRITE LEGISLATION -REALLY???? IN THE 112TH CONGRESS, CULBERSON SPONSORED 13 BILLS BETWEEN MAY 2011 AND JANUARY 2013, ONLY 3 HAD MORE THAN 2 COSPONSORS, MOST HAD NO COSPONSORS AND ONLY ONE SEEMS TO HAVE PASSED IF MY READING OF THOMAS IS CORRECT
http://thomas.loc.gov/...
THEN MR CULBERSON ASSURES HIS READERS THAT HE WILL "STOP (OBAMA) IN HIS TRACKS":
The quickest and most effective way to stop President Obama from interfering with our Constitutional right to bear arms is to cut off the money he needs to implement the Executive Orders. I am already developing several legislative proposals to cut off funding for them through the Appropriations Committee to ensure that our right to keep and bear arms remains undiminished. Many of his gun control proposals will go through the Department of Justice, and since I serve on Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Subcommittee, I am ideally positioned to stop him in his tracks.
HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO ARM TEACHERS; HE LIES ABOUT HOW THE SANDY HOOK TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED; HE PLEDGES TO FIGHT FOR ARMED INTERSTATE TRAVEL WITH CONCEALED WEAPONS; HE THREATENS TO INVADE THE PRIVATE FILES OF PEOPLE ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH CARE (haven't I heard that somewhere? oh yeah, one Wayne LaPierre:
It will be difficult to pass funding restrictions through the Senate, but there are many things we can do in the weeks ahead without passing legislation, and I will pursue every one of these avenues aggressively. I will also be filing legislation to create an exception to the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1991 so that teachers, principals, and school administrators can apply, if they wish, to obtain a concealed carry permit. If the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary had a concealed carry permit, lives would have been saved. We also need legislation to guarantee individuals can freely travel from state to state with a concealed weapon without being harassed or arrested. I am also exploring ways to improve the accuracy of mental health background checks and to ensure that mental health providers are required to submit information regarding their patients through state and federal authorities to ensure they don’t get access to firearms.
HIS CHEST THUMPING FINISH:
The bottom line is this: I will not compromise on our absolute right to keep and bear arms. Thank you for entrusting me with the privilege of representing you in the United States Congress.
(PEOPLE IN TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 7 IN HOUSTON, DO WE REALLY WANT TO "ENTRUST" THIS PERSON WITH REPRESENTING US IN CONGRESS?)
Sincerely,
John Culberson
Member of Congress
Did anyone else receive this letter or something similar?
Just curious if perhaps this letter originated from somewhere other than Mr. Culberson's unproductive hand.