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Senators Cornyn, Wyden, Vitter, Crapo, Enzi, Merkley, Roberts, and Risch's have introduced an amendment to the Homeland Security Appropriations bill to restrict funding . This would prevent Customs from implementing their proposed ruling that would prohibit the import of assisted and one-hand opene...

Done and done. Doug - do you know if DHS was aware ahead of time (as in before the proposal came out) that their spending bill would be handled on this date? Hard pressed to think it's coincidence that not even 3 weeks after the comment period ended this is going in for funding. Well, I'm inclined ...

markg wrote:Is not George Voinovich a senator from Ohio and not WV?

Oops! That's what happens when you're in a hurry. Yeah, Byrd, who would normallly be one getting the emails is WV, but he's ill and obviously in moving that all around to Murray we messed up and didn't catch it. Thanks, off to fix that.

Already sent a letter to Voinovich two weeks ago. And he sent me back a canned reply letter for CIFTA. Really makes me have confidence in my politicians. :rolleyes: I understand, and staff presses the wrong reply sometimes, but we've plowed the field now, not the case a few weeks ago, you just need...

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Write your Senators NOW to STOP funding for Customs' Pocket Knife Grab. Knife Rights News Slice Vol. 2 Number 11 Write your Senators NOW to STOP funding for Customs' Pocket Knife Grab. As you are aware, Customs is proposing to prohibit the import of assisted and one-hand opener...

Our representative in Washington reports he was told that CPB has received 8 Postal Service tubs and estimated 2,000 comments. Knife Rights was told to expect an opportunity to inspect the comments during the second week of July after CBP has had the opportunity to open and classify the comments. Th...

Reps. Latta & Minnick's DHS appropriations amendment restricting CPB from spending funds on their proposal is now posted: http://bit.ly/3PYQ2J

A number of you have asked for contact info to send Reps. Latta and Minnick a thank you for their action on this issue. I suggest you use their web sites:

Rep. Bob Latta: http://latta.house.gov/
Rep. Walt Minnick: http://minnick.house.gov/

As promised earlier: We have been working closely with Representative Bob Latta (R-OH) and are pleased to announce that Reps. Latta and Walt Minnick (D-ID) have co-sponsored an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to Restrict Funds to Implement the proposed CBP rule. ...

Just a quick update this Monday morning on the latest news regarding Customs' Pocket Knife Grab. National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) submitted Comments opposing CBP's proposal on behalf of the NRA's nearly 4 million members "most of whom carry at least one pock...

For those who have been following this issue, Knife Rights has filed our Comments with Customs. It has been a difficult task to put together a coherent brief on their proposal in the ridiculously short time they allowed. But, of course, that's what CBP was counting on in providing only the minimum c...

There seems to be a vocal small group of folks out there who either are hopelessly naive or just want to jerk our chain. For those who insist this is much ado about nothing, pull your head out of...the sand. :eek: The threat to our knives is real. Those who understand the way these things work, in r...

The revised letters are up on the Knife Rights site. We'll be sending out a Email Blast later today with the latest news, but in the meantime here are the links: Write Customs & Border Patrol NOW and Mail your letter TODAY! http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&am...

Thanks to all who have responded, but we need EVERYONE on this forum to send letters and emails. If only a handful of letters trickle in, then it won't be taken seriously. We need to overwhelm them with response. If everyone here and on the other online forums participates, it WILL make a difference...

Thanks to all who have responded, but we need EVERYONE on this forum to send letters and emails. If only a handful of letters trickle in, then it won't be taken seriously. We need to overwhelm them with response. If everyone here and on the other online forums participates, it WILL make a difference...

Per Sal's request to keep everyone abreast of what Knife Rights is doing in regards this Customs rulemaking action, I am posting a short version of the most recent News Slice newsletter below (edited to meet max forum message size). Don't kid yourself, pick nits or argue the fine points of a complic...

http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=150 UGH!!! I had hoped it wouldn't happen quite this soon. As soon as Kniferights gets a form letter up I'll be emailing it to everyone relevent to me. Sal invited me to post this information here, but looks ...