Reply from Cedric L. Richmond

[ejt1469]

Thank you for contacting me regarding gun legislation. As an attorney and long-time legislator I believe the 2nd Amendment is sacrosanct. That being said, I also do not believe that the 2nd amendment prevents the legislative branch from acting to minimize the frequent and widespread violence in our nation. I am not, nor have I ever been in favor of taking guns away from law-abiding adults but I do have grave concerns about the usefulness of high capacity magazines and certain military style weapons. Families should be able to protect themselves from danger and sportsmen should be able to freely pursue their favorite activities, but we must not be paralyzed with inaction when we have the ability to prevent mass murders. Nothing we do will eliminate violence or bring back the many lives we have lost, but I feel deeply that we must discuss possible policies that would improve the current state of affairs to make progress in this area. These issues are terribly complex and elicit great passion on every side of the argument. This will be robust and sensitive debate and I welcome the opportunity to hear from each of my constituents regarding this very important conversation. I appreciate you taking the time to write me on this important issue. I invite you to stay connected with me through my e-newsletter. You can sign-up on my website at http://richmond.house.gov. I am also on Facebook at facebook.com/RepRichmondand Twitter at twitter.com/RepRichmond. My office is here to serve you, so please don'thesitate to contact us for further assistance.


Sincerely,

Cedric L. Richmond
Member of Congress

 

[Tinytitan]

Just got that same email as well

 

[Storm52]

"...we must not be paralyzed with inaction when we have the ability to prevent mass murders. Nothing we do will eliminate violence or bring back the many lives we have lost, but I feel deeply that we must discuss possible policies that would improve the current state of affairs to make progress in this area..."

Rather ambiguous. Either he has the ability to prevent or has nothing to eliminate.

 

[Pas Tout La]

What a piece of ****! You cannot tell me that his inbox was not flooded with his constituent's concerns for the governments infringement on our god given and constitutional rights. He may have received a FEW from rainbow riders who are scared of their own shadow saying that they hate anything that isn't unicorns and lollipops. For him to send out this filth and blatantly disregard his constituents is what is wrong with our country. They vote along party lines and never for We The People. They should be tried and hung for treason!!

 

[ejt1469]

"...we must not be paralyzed with inaction when we have the ability to prevent mass murders. Nothing we do will eliminate violence or bring back the many lives we have lost, but I feel deeply that we must discuss possible policies that would improve the current state of affairs to make progress in this area..."

Rather ambiguous. Either he has the ability to prevent or has nothing to eliminate.

They all know any new restrictions will do nothing to "prevent mass murders" or any violence. I question their real motives.

 

[Leonidas]

.................. I question their real motives.

F'real. You still have any doubt?

 

[Buck8Point]

Just received the exact same form letter. Only took him 3-4 weeks to reply. This guy doesn't represent his constituents interests in this new ridiculously gerrymandered District 2. What a bunch of double talk, contradiction BS.
I could have eaten a bowl of alphabet soup, and crapped a better argument than that..

 

[charlie12]

When he was on the State level didn't he try to push anti gun bills every year?

 

[oleheat]

When he was on the State level didn't he try to push anti gun bills every year?

Yes he did.

For those who don't recall.....

Tried to ban ALL SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS in LA at least once....in this example, when he knew it would get smashed he tried to tweak it at the last moment to "just" ban so-called "assault weapons" (sounds familiar).

Still didn't work, of course. Now, this guy is in DC. He can be counted alongside the Obama drones who'll try to take away the freedoms we currently have. Count on it.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/05/house_panel_kills_bill_banning.html

 

[Wolfgang1952]

Cedric Richmond is nothing but a typical New Orleans ________________

 

[ejt1469]

F'real. You still have any doubt?

No.

Cedric Richmond is nothing but a typical New Orleans ________________

Please, careful with the overgeneralizations. What you probably meant was: "Cedric Richmond is nothing but a typical Statist POS New Orleans politician." Yea, we got plenty of those here.

 

[mrnmedic]

more double talk from a spineless politician. you know he is lying between his teeth...