Mikulski long delayed response to question on gun control

[Hit and Run]

Dear Mr. XXXXXX
Thank you for contacting me to express your views on gun control. I appreciate you taking the time to write.

Senseless acts of violence are continuing to take innocent lives in our communities, and I hope we can take action to end this kind of violence. I support the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. I also believe that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and other dangerous individuals without infringing on the right of law-abiding citizens to buy firearms.


That is why I believe that we must take a substantive look at various proposals to strengthen background checks and get assault weapons off our streets. This includes reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban and limiting the use of high capacity ammunition. I have also continually supported extending required background checks at gun shows to help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals. Your views will be helpful to me as we further consider this issue.

While we need to look at gun control, I believe we must also look at the mental health issues that plague our nation. We need to make sure that people have access to the services they need. As a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, I fought for over ten years to get mental health parity passed so that all Americans suffering from mental illness could have access to the treatments they need. We also need to find better ways to treat, or even cure, mental illnesses. That's why I am such a strong supporter of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). I will continue to fight to improve and expand mental health services.

Again, thanks for getting in touch with me about this issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can assist you with in the future.

Sincerely,
Barbara A. Mikulski
United States Senator


For what it was worth I pointed out position is an oxymoron, you can't say you support the Second Ammendment and then be for infringing upon my rights.

 

[csanc123]

high capacity ammunition.

She's an idiot.

 

[rwbow1969]

Old Warthog.

 

[pbharvey]

You should staple a dollar to the letter you mail her and tell her to buy a clue.

 

[Bertfish]

I don't even waste my time emailing politicians like that anymore. They never listen and do not change

 

[swinokur]

^^^^^^^^

THIS.

 

[csanc123]

You should staple a dollar to the letter you mail her and tell her to buy a clue.

Then he's be labeled a domestic terrorist....the staple being pointy and all.

 

[tkd4life]

This includes reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban and limiting the use of high capacity ammunition.

I think this just illustrates the fact that these people have no clue what they are talking about. They just keep repeating the same incorrect narrative in hopes that if they say it enough, it will become fact and people will agree with them. The sad part is, these people are the ones drafting up the legislation destroying our rights and they have no idea what they are talking about. This is exactly whats wrong with our government, f'in idiots.

 

[DarrellA]

Looks like the typical canned, form letter response. It's rare, but occasionally the staff hits the wrong button and send the canned response to a different topic. I've gotten a few. At that point I decided it was useless to continue writing to these clowns on a topic with which they disagree.

Hit & Run - is your avatar a weaponized P3? How times change. I don't recall seeing even a service pistol onboard in my day!

 

[Boom Boom]

Stupidity defined. Anybody who agrees with her and willingly discards their own freedom and fundamental rights deserves whatever hell may follow.

 

[montoya32]

Dear Mr. XXXXXX
Thank you for contacting me to express your views on gun control. I appreciate you taking the time to write.

Senseless acts of violence are continuing to take innocent lives in our communities, and I hope we can take action to end this kind of violence. I support the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. I also believe that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and other dangerous individuals without infringing on the right of law-abiding citizens to buy firearms.


That is why I believe that we must take a substantive look at various proposals to strengthen background checks and get assault weapons off our streets. This includes reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban and limiting the use of high capacity ammunition. I have also continually supported extending required background checks at gun shows to help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals. Your views will be helpful to me as we further consider this issue.

While we need to look at gun control, I believe we must also look at the mental health issues that plague our nation. We need to make sure that people have access to the services they need. As a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, I fought for over ten years to get mental health parity passed so that all Americans suffering from mental illness could have access to the treatments they need. We also need to find better ways to treat, or even cure, mental illnesses. That's why I am such a strong supporter of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). I will continue to fight to improve and expand mental health services.

Again, thanks for getting in touch with me about this issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can assist you with in the future.

Sincerely,
Barbara A. Mikulski
United States Senator


For what it was worth I pointed out position is an oxymoron, you can't say you support the Second Ammendment and then be for infringing upon my rights.

When was the last time we heard of someone getting shot with an AR in Baltimore or a .223/5.56/.308 round?

 

[SRD]

When was the last time we heard of someone getting shot with an AR in Baltimore or a .223/5.56/.308 round?

^^This. (or 7.62x39)

 

[Mooseman]

She's an idiot.

This says it all.

 

[Half-cocked]

Has anyone here ever met Barbara Mikulski? She is a morbidly obese, dimwitted but yappy little homunculus with absolutely no capability for rational thinking. She does however, have an absolutely flawless record of voting for the socialist agenda on every. single. last. issue, which makes her an invaluable asset to her hard-core left wing handlers in the Democratic party, and which is why she'll have one fungus-riddled, pudgy little toe in the grave before they ever give up on her as a useful tool.

 

[Bertfish]

Has anyone here ever met Barbara Mikulski? She is a morbidly obese, dimwitted but yappy little homunculus with absolutely no capability for rational thinking. She does however, have an absolutely flawless record of voting for the socialist agenda on every. single. last. issue, which makes her an invaluable asset to her hard-core left wing handlers in the Democratic party, and which is why she'll have one fungus-riddled, pudgy little toe in the grave before they ever give up on her as a useful tool.

My Dad calls her "The Bridge Troll"

 

[Hit and Run]

Looks like the typical canned, form letter response. It's rare, but occasionally the staff hits the wrong button and send the canned response to a different topic. I've gotten a few. At that point I decided it was useless to continue writing to these clowns on a topic with which they disagree.

Hit & Run - is your avatar a weaponized P3? How times change. I don't recall seeing even a service pistol onboard in my day!

We actually fired SLAMs in combat....crews now fly armed over countries in combat zones. Different world in a relatively short period of time...

 

[dist1646]

Has anyone here ever met Barbara Mikulski? She is a morbidly obese, dimwitted but yappy little homunculus with absolutely no capability for rational thinking. She does however, have an absolutely flawless record of voting for the socialist agenda on every. single. last. issue, which makes her an invaluable asset to her hard-core left wing handlers in the Democratic party, and which is why she'll have one fungus-riddled, pudgy little toe in the grave before they ever give up on her as a useful tool.

How true!

 

[pbharvey]

Has anyone here ever met Barbara Mikulski? She is a morbidly obese, dimwitted but yappy little homunculus with absolutely no capability for rational thinking. She does however, have an absolutely flawless record of voting for the socialist agenda on every. single. last. issue, which makes her an invaluable asset to her hard-core left wing handlers in the Democratic party, and which is why she'll have one fungus-riddled, pudgy little toe in the grave before they ever give up on her as a useful tool.

Thank you. I learned a new word today.

 

[DarrellA]

We actually fired SLAMs in combat....crews now fly armed over countries in combat zones. Different world in a relatively short period of time...

Damn! I miss all the fun. Too young to be around for mining Haiphong Harbor, too old to be firing off SLAMs.

 

[fred333]

Frankly, you got more than I usually get from these pillocks. Ms. Mikulski wouldn't know an assault weapon if someone assaulted her with it. If there's any justice in the world, she'll be eaten by squirrels before the next vote gets taken.