I do believe the esteemed *hawk* *spit* Rep. Lungren, or at least one of his staffers, saw the letter I wrote to my congressman:
And later:
I wouldn't be too surprised to find they think I am some sort of extremist — read: ideological purist — or single-issue voter willing to throw people off the bus for ideoogical purity. Which isn't the case, really...as a gun owner, I just have more than a little bit of a personal interest in this. But one would hope that in general the Republicans will take the road back to smaller government, one that stays out of people's lives...and politicians who tell their constituents they can't own a certain type of weapon fail that test as far as I am concerned. My congressman has A ratings from both the National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of America, so I'm thinking he'll take me seriously. At least I hope he does. And I hope I am not the only one who wrote...
Meanwhile, in a related thread over at Hot Air...
do you have a source showing his support for gun control? Because all I have found is his rightful support of protecting gun manufacturers.
On page one of this search, we have this link...I really, really hope our representatives in the House take more initiative than that...
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