First and Second Amendment Freedoms Under Attack in Senate Today

Anti-gun Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) really does not want gun owners’ voices to be heard in Washington, D.C.
 
Anti-gun Democrat leaders have scheduled a vote for today, July 16, on the so-called DISCLOSE Act.
 
You may recall that the DISCLOSE Act passed the House in 2010 but died in the Senate after an intense lobbying effort by Gun Owners of America and other freedom groups.
 
The bill coming to the floor on Monday, S. 3369, sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, puts severe and unconstitutional limits on civil rights advovates’ ability to hold individual congressmen accountable in the months leading up to an election.
 
Instead of protecting the most important type of speech protected by the First Amendment — political speech — this bill would force groups like GOA and NRA to “disclose” the names of donors in certain political advertisements.
 
Since Gun Owners of America and the National Rifle Association is not willing to disclose its membership lists to the Federal Election Commission, they could be prohibited from running radio or TV ads exposing a federal candidate’s voting record during the election season.
 
This is another attempt by pathetic, anti-gun politicians like Harry Reid to save their jobs before the political earthquake in November strikes. Indeed, if GOA and NRA candidates are victorious in Senate races in November, Harry Reid will no longer be the Majority Leader.
 
And, as has been the case so often with Reid, there have been no committee hearings to debate the merits of the bill, thus the American people have no opportunity to see just how egregiously DISCLOSE violates the Constitution. In fact, the bill was introduces less than a week ago.
 
Please urge your Senators to protect ALL of the Bill of Rights. Remind them that your ability to protect the Second Amendment relies on the safeguards of the First Amendment.
 
ACTION ALERT: Contact your Senators and urge them to oppose the DISCLOSE Act. You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send your Senators a pre-written e-mail message.