Petitioning for Redress

Please contact your congressman.  Urge him or her to call Congressman Frank Guinta and become an original cosponsor of the interstate firearms purchase bill... [More]

Realistically, ambitious politicians are not going to be rocking any boats until after the election. Then there's the question of providing the right motivation. Even if it does pass and get signed into law by the next president, expect state lawsuits to tie things up for years.

Still, I guess it wouldn't hurt to put your congressthing on notice, assuming yours is even approachable on the subject. A few of us have been unsuccessful at getting groups to adopt the idea of writing to those who can be persuaded, even if from a different district or state  -- after all, the "laws" they pass affect all of us, and it's not like they don't accept campaign contributions from anywhere...

A quick way to bypass those exclusionary contact forms on congressional websites: CSPAN has the Twitter accounts for all federal reps. I haven't found time to come up with a "worth contacting" list. Culling everyone with a "D" or lower from GOA's House and Senate pages would probably be a good place to start.

That way, you won't need to waste your time appealing to "safe" seat Dems like Feinstein and Schumer, whose staffers will just laugh at you. What you can do is contact more pliable politicians from other areas, and persuade or threaten with economic/political consequences as appropriate.