I have been on a letter writing campaign the last few weeks especially after Orlando shooting. I have written Booker and Menendez and received the same canned responses. Here is the latest from Cory Booker. It is laughable if not sad.  Menendez's is worse. 

 

Dear Stone:

Thank you for taking the time to write to me about our nation's gun laws. I rely on the input of engaged New Jerseyans like you when making decisions, and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

Illegally possessed guns are a grave threat to our nation--to our brave women and men of law enforcement, to our communities, and to our children. I worked with advocates and law enforcement to confront this threat every day as the Mayor of Newark, and now as a United States Senator I'm fighting for common sense laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

In 2011--the most recent year for which the Centers for Disease Control has data--firearms killed 32,251 people in the United States. Since December 2012, when a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, at least 885 mass shootings--defined as four or more people shot in one event--have occurred. In fact, a mass shooting happens nearly every day in the United States. The most recent available federal data from the FBI shows that in 2012, 8,855 of the 12,765 homicides committed in the United States involved the use of a firearm. That same year, in New Jersey, 70 percent of our state's homicides involved a firearm. These numbers can be greatly reduced. We can find common ground by focusing on common sense laws and strategies that will help keep guns out of the hands of criminals. We must work together.

One measure that would have a significant impact in keeping our communities safe is federal universal background checks. The Senate failed to pass background check legislation last Congress after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. I, however, remain optimistic that my colleagues will hear the forceful call of the vast majority of Americans, as well as from the vast majority of gun owners, who support this reform. There are other reforms that we can all agree upon, too. For example, we must do more to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and adequately equip the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives to perform its crucial work of combatting illegal gun trafficking.

The killings in Charleston, South Carolina, Roanoke, Virginia, and Roseburg, Oregon, underscore the urgency in which Congress must act. It is time to pass legislation that would mandate background checks on all firearm sales between private parties.

Again, thank you for writing to me. I am honored to represent you in the United States Senate, and I value what I hear from New Jerseyans about the issues our state and nation face.  Please continue to keep in touch with your thoughts and concerns. For more information on my work in New Jersey and Washington, please visit my website at booker.senate.gov.

 

Sincerely,

Cory A. Booker

 

I have been on a letter writing campaign the last few weeks especially after Orlando shooting. I have written Booker and Menendez and received the same canned responses. Here is the latest from Cory Booker. It is laughable if not sad.  Menendez's is worse. 

 

Dear Stone:

Thank you for taking the time to write to me about our nation's gun laws. I rely on the input of engaged New Jerseyans like you when making decisions, and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

Illegally possessed guns are a grave threat to our nation--to our brave women and men of law enforcement, to our communities, and to our children. I worked with advocates and law enforcement to confront this threat every day as the Mayor of Newark, and now as a United States Senator I'm fighting for common sense laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

In 2011--the most recent year for which the Centers for Disease Control has data--firearms killed 32,251 people in the United States. Since December 2012, when a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, at least 885 mass shootings--defined as four or more people shot in one event--have occurred. In fact, a mass shooting happens nearly every day in the United States. The most recent available federal data from the FBI shows that in 2012, 8,855 of the 12,765 homicides committed in the United States involved the use of a firearm. That same year, in New Jersey, 70 percent of our state's homicides involved a firearm. These numbers can be greatly reduced. We can find common ground by focusing on common sense laws and strategies that will help keep guns out of the hands of criminals. We must work together.

One measure that would have a significant impact in keeping our communities safe is federal universal background checks. The Senate failed to pass background check legislation last Congress after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. I, however, remain optimistic that my colleagues will hear the forceful call of the vast majority of Americans, as well as from the vast majority of gun owners, who support this reform. There are other reforms that we can all agree upon, too. For example, we must do more to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and adequately equip the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives to perform its crucial work of combatting illegal gun trafficking.

The killings in Charleston, South Carolina, Roanoke, Virginia, and Roseburg, Oregon, underscore the urgency in which Congress must act. It is time to pass legislation that would mandate background checks on all firearm sales between private parties.

Again, thank you for writing to me. I am honored to represent you in the United States Senate, and I value what I hear from New Jerseyans about the issues our state and nation face.  Please continue to keep in touch with your thoughts and concerns. For more information on my work in New Jersey and Washington, please visit my website at booker.senate.gov.

 

Sincerely,

Cory A. Booker

 

Sigh.  Thank you for not posting Menendez's I'm sure his is even dumber.  And I'm sure this was a template saved on his desktop that his secretary sent you anyway - gotta be sure he mentions "common sense gun reforms" at least twice in the letter LMAO

 

Did you ask him about the shitholes in Newark Camden Paterson, et al, where people are murdering people with illegally acquired firearms?  Whats his response there LOL

same responses i get from them. menendez is at least leaving open the POSSIBILITY that he'll consider the measure. booker just basically says screw you, guns need to be banned. my response to their response is always the same too: "you've lost my vote"

Menendez is a polished politician, gives you that warm fuzzy feeling while peeing on your cheerios. Booker is just an empty suit.  The same type of crappy politicians the state has been known for, for too many years.  Remember Senator Corzine, he thought he was hot snot, Washington sent him home.

Menendez is a polished politician, gives you that warm fuzzy feeling while peeing on your cheerios. Booker is just an empty suit.

Hasn't Booker saved like 12 lives of Jersey Citizens plus two different companies of Marines in the Nam?

Please write your "friend" Corry back and ask him how his idea of background checks would have stopped any of the killings he has brought up.  Start with Sandy hook where the kid actually was denied a gun at a local gun store that week, and later stole his mother's legally owned guns and murdered her.  Have him detail how exactly his plan would have prevented each one of these events.

^Lol @ idiot senators like ours considering "common sense" or "logic" yet they use those phrases every day talking about taking our guns.

Both our Senators are useless...how doe these people get elected????

They get elected by the Democratic Machine that runs(ruins?) this state. Has any seen the south Jersey rep Norcross running his mouth about bringing back the "assault rifle" ban? He is in cahoots with Sweeney. The brokered a deal to run south Jersey like their own personal fiefdoms. 

Please write your "friend" Corry back and ask him how his idea of background checks would have stopped any of the killings he has brought up.  Start with Sandy hook where the kid actually was denied a gun at a local gun store that week, and later stole his mother's legally owned guns and murdered her.  Have him detail how exactly his plan would have prevented each one of these events.

Here is my Eezy answer:

Anyone who HAS a back, or walks ON the ground, gets denied PERMISSION to own a weapon. Gun, knife, hammer, shoestring, all would be denied under this "common sense anti violence" law. 

There, I've SOLVED the problem with today's society. Send your gratuity checks to the Fake Moon Landing Association, please.

 

MIC DROP!!!!