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Date Posted: 11/25/08 8:01:41pm
Author: markm
Subject: Re: Hang onto your guns, The Obama appoitments have started
In reply to: Jim 's message, "Hang onto your guns, The Obama appoitments have started" on 11/24/08 10:01:41am

This is just the beginning, 6 months from now we'll have so many anti hunting/Gun issues, we'll be over welmed! I'm working on a steel Case to Hide!

>The Obama appoitments have started....jc
>
>U.S. Sportsmen�s Alliance
>
>801 Kingsmill Parkway, Columbus, OH 43229
>
>Ph. 614/888-4868 � Fax 614/888-0326
>
>Website: www.ussportsmen.org � E-mail:
>info@ussportsmen.org
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Greg R.
>Lawson (614) 888-4868 ext. 214
>
>November 21, 2008
>Sharon Hayden (614) 888-4868 ext. 226
>
>Sportsmen Dismayed by Overthrow of Congressman John
>Dingell
>
>Anti-Hunting Representative Assumes Pivotal Committee
>Chairmanship
>
>
>(Columbus, Ohio) � The United States Sportsmen�s
>Alliance (USSA) expresses its dismay today over the
>news that U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D- CA)
>toppled Representative John Dingell (D- MI) as Chair
>of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep.
>Dingell has been a tireless champion of sportsmen
>issues for decades, while Rep. Waxman has a long
>history of supporting the causes of extremist animal
>rights and anti-firearm groups. Given the recent call
>by President-elect Barack Obama for a broad and
>bipartisan approach to governing, this action raises
>serious doubts in the eyes of sportsmen.
>
>�Rep. Dingell understood and cared about sportsmen and
>their devotion to conservation,� said USSA Vice
>President of Government Affairs, Rob Sexton. �On the
>other hand, Rep. Waxman, an environmental activist,
>has consistently earned a 100 percent rating from the
>leading anti-hunting group in the country, the Humane
>Society of the United States (HSUS), which has sought
>to use the Endangered Species Act to stop hunting.�
>
>Among Rep. Waxman�s anti-hunting votes are:
>
>against allowing hunting, fishing, and trapping in the
>East Mojave Scenic Area;
>against the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act
>of 1996 that enshrined hunting, fishing, and trapping
>as a priority use of wildlife refuges;
>for banning the importation of polar bear trophies and
>resulting in a loss of conservation funding;
>Beyond his strong support of anti-hunting legislation,
>Rep. Waxman has also been a consistent opponent of
>Second Amendment rights. According to Sexton, �He has
>voted for nearly all anti-firearm bills in Congress
>going back to the so-called �Assault Weapon Ban� and
>the �Brady Bill.� Both of those bills were punitive
>and designed to prohibit law abiding citizens from
>engaging in their constitutional rights.�
>
>Sportsmen play a major role in the U.S. economy
>through their purchases of hunting, fishing, and
>trapping equipment. They also play the decisive role
>in maintaining ongoing conservation efforts through
>federal and state taxes on that equipment. �With the
>economy facing its greatest challenge in over a
>generation, now is not the time to embrace the radical
>agenda of groups like HSUS and choke off one of its
>most vibrant sectors. The USSA hopes that Rep. Waxman
>will show a greater appreciation for this fact as he
>assumes his new position than he has in the past,�
>concluded Sexton.
>
>The U.S. Sportsmen�s Alliance is a national
>association of sportsmen and sportsmen�s organizations
>that protects the rights of hunters, anglers and
>trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot,
>in Congress and through public education programs.
>For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen�s
>Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit
>its website, www.ussportsmen.org.

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