GRNC Alert 1-26-12: Epidemic Restaurant Crime: How many must die before Republicans act?

Fourteen episodes just this month! Three killed including an unborn baby and the mother. Dozens more lives threatened…  When will the violence end?

Maybe when defenselessness ends?  When was the last time armed thugs targeted a gun shop?

North Carolinians are free citizens and have a RIGHT to bear defensive arms everywhere in our state.  What makes this right evaporate at the door of restaurants?

Despite the obvious irrationality of this position, Republicans recently elected to leadership in the Senate have decided that it “polls” well.  If defenselessness-promoting polls made it more likely that violent criminals would avoid restaurants, they may be worth attention.  As it is they promote defenselessness and the violent crime that naturally follows.

• Sen. Phil Berger, Senate President Pro Tem, at Phil.Berger@ncleg.net and (919) 733-5708
• Sen. Tom Apodaca, Senate Rules Chairman, at Tom.Apodaca@ncleg.net, and (919) 733-5745
• Sen. Buck Newton, Senate Judiciary Chairman, at Buck.Newton@ncleg.net, and (919) 715-3030
• Contact YOUR state senator: Find who represents you at: http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm

For email, use subject line: How many more must die before Republicans act?

Dear Senator:

While House Bill 111, “Handgun Permit Valid in Parks & Restaurants,” languishes in the Senate Judiciary I Committee, restaurant workers are dying, being locked in freezers, and are having their lives threatened by armed thugs. In the last month alone, fourteen armed and violent crimes have been committed in restaurants in North Carolina.  Three citizens are dead, including a mother and child.

Despite what newspaper editorials claim, nobody is advocating “drunks with guns.” As you well know, under HB 111, concealed handgun permit-holders will still be prohibited from imbibing alcohol.

Stop being a slave to polls, and start leading. Pass HB 111 to STOP RESTAURANT HOMICIDE. I will be monitoring your actions via Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.

Respectfully,

An Increasingly Concerned AND Voting North Carolina Gun Owner

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