Email Response from Senator Ben Cardin

[aab23c]

Dear XXXXXXXX:

Thank you for contacting me and expressing your concerns about gun control.

In June 2008 the Supreme Court decided the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. The Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual rather than a collective right to possess a firearm. The Court also held that this Second Amendment right is not unlimited, and it is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner for any purpose.

I support the right of law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms. During my time in both the House and Senate, I have supported legislation that balances these strong Constitutional rights with responsibilities, through reasonable, common sense regulations. Sensible gun safety laws and vigorous enforcement of those laws are necessary to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals, terrorists and the mentally ill.

Several bills relating to firearms have been introduced and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Should this legislation be reported out of Committee and reach the floor, I will take your views into consideration.

I appreciate your sharing your concerns with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future on this or any other matter of importance to you.


Please visit my website at http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/newsletter/ to sign up for my e-newsletter.

 

[teratos]

Wow, he really got in to specifics.

 

[Ransom]

lol yup I just got that response as well (not that I expected a personal response)

 

[dist1646]

It's nice that you wasted your time to e-mail me but I am going to do what I want regardless. Thank you. b.c.

 

[BillH]

Cardin POS

Don't forget that's "Our Friend, Ben"...... POS

 

[Mr H]

Don't forget that's "Our Friend, Ben"...... POS

Not mine...

 

[Kman]

He expresses himself well, for a man with no scrotum.

 

[QuebecoisWolf]

You sort of have to read between the lines here.

Senator Cardin is saying that he only supports sensible, common sense gun laws and emphasizes that we should be "vigorously enforcing" those on the books. By agreeing to take your views into account, he's saying that the last thing that we want to do is pile poorly written, emotionally-primed legislation on top of our already restrictive gun laws, lest we make it impossible to effectively enforce sensible rules and regulations such as bans of possession by prohibited persons and compound the problems caused by poorly written laws such as the "good and substantial" clause that results in unfair issuance of concealed carry permits. Therefore, when legislation hits the senate floor, Senator Cardin will be carefully evaluating them, ensuring that they provide for the public good, but do not abridge individual rights to possess commonly used firearms as guaranteed by DC v. Heller.

Given that Senator Cardin is a self-admitted supporter of "the right of law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms," he will no doubt be our foremost advocate in the US Senate and will use his influence to stop unreasonable regulations back here in MD.

Or did I read that wrong?

 

[FearNoEvil]

Ben didn't write this..his staffers did..lol...

 

[highwayheat]

I just received the same response word for word today. Still waiting on Babs response.

 

[JmFinksburg]

Talk about rose colored glasses. This guy lives in the grey matter and will never offer anything but retoric. He is a well schooled slick politician that knows where his votes come from. No matter what the opposition he will support what keeps him in office. Unfortunately that is no help to most on this side of the fence.

 

[JmFinksburg]

Also, forgot to mention, I wrote Andy Harris last week and got a canned answer that they recieved my message. Haven't heard back concerning substance.

It's a little disheartening because I used to be in Roscoe Bartletts district until the gerry mandering forced him out. He never took more than a couple days to get back to anything I ever sent him.

 

[occbrian]

Ya, that's accurate. Other than the fact that he is cosponsoring the AWB and is proposing the 50% ammo tax.

 

[EL1227]

We used to call a response like that 'weasel words'. Contentless glittering platitutdes that can be defined as neither pro nor con. Another analogy is that his response is like nailing jello to a tree.

I guarantee you he will vote with the ObamaBots for whatever legislation is brought forward, then tell the people of MD that he voted for or against whatever he thinks you want to hear.

And to everyone who voted for Rob Sobahni because you thought he was a moderate ... THANKS He's Ben's friend too.

 

[Cheesehead]

Kind of makes me go right to the "I'm Leaving Maryland, Screw It" thread. They say people deserve the government they get. We don't deserve this.

 

[El_flasko]

Wow, he really got in to specifics.

Lol, exactly my thought when I finished reading.


Ryan

 

[Redcobra]

Dear XXXXXXXX:

Thank you for contacting me and expressing your concerns about gun control.

In June 2008 the Supreme Court decided the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. The Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual rather than a collective right to possess a firearm. The Court also held that this Second Amendment right is not unlimited, and it is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner for any purpose.

I support the right of law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms. During my time in both the House and Senate, I have supported legislation that balances these strong Constitutional rights with responsibilities, through reasonable, common sense regulations. Sensible gun safety laws and vigorous enforcement of those laws are necessary to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals, terrorists and the mentally ill.

Several bills relating to firearms have been introduced and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Should this legislation be reported out of Committee and reach the floor, I will take your views into consideration.

I appreciate your sharing your concerns with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future on this or any other matter of importance to you.


Please visit my website at http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/newsletter/ to sign up for my e-newsletter.

Got same response.

 

[ezliving]

Cardin and Mikulski vote as they are directed to by Democrat leadership.

 

[Mr H]

With Cardin and Schumer appearing to take the lead on this, it opens an interesting dynamic (which I'm not sure how it will play out)...

The Senate offers a package of "Gun SAFETY" legislation, which would never gets through the House. Hopefully the Ds are getting ahead of themselves, and it gets filibustered to death.

OR.....

The House Rs get a comprehensice Mental Health and Public Safety package together which bolsters school security, carry, etc., pass it, and force the Senate to act on it.

Thoughts???

 

[bobnieder]

Gosh, why that looks amazingly similar to the response that Senator Cardin sent me . . . But, but wasn't it a personal message to me? Do you think he might have sent copies of the same letter to more than one person?

Seriously, I know just how much Senator Cardin cares about my input. And that's just about the same way I feel about his value to the citizens of Maryland.