Time to get fighting again

[Celt]

He hits the nail on the head in his video. We need to get back to fighting and letter writing. I know I started the other thread about contacting the NRA and the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, but we really do need to get onboard emailing.

Now what we need to do is we need a list of all the current Representatives for New York State. Does anybody want to step up and volunteer in compiling a list of all the current Representatives for this state? We know our two senators Fort Worth spit, but we might as well email them anyway.

Every week we need somebody to draft up a basic and quick email heading on National reciprocity and maybe one or two other important Second Amendment issues. They need to be short and to the point. And every week we need everybody to basically copy and paste and send out these emails.

If nobody else has the ability to quickly put together a list of all of the New York State Congressional Representatives then I will try to do it before the end of the week comma but just imagine if every week there are several hundred of us sending emails to these people. They will get the message.

Also please keep in mind I just did this entire thread using voice to text so don't mind any grammatical errors.

 

[ProgSpear]

Currently on Directory of Representatives · House.gov

I know that Hanna will be replaced by Claudia Tenny, who so far has been a staunch 2A supporter.

New York

District Name Party Room Phone Committee Assignment
1 Zeldin, Lee R 1517 LHOB 202-225-3826 Foreign Affairs
Transportation
Veterans' Affairs
2 King, Pete R 339 CHOB 202-225-7896 Financial Services
Homeland Security
Intelligence (Permanent)
3 Israel, Steve D 2457 RHOB 202-225-3335 Appropriations
4 Rice, Kathleen D 1508 LHOB 202-225-5516 Homeland Security
Veterans' Affairs
5 Meeks, Gregory W. D 2234 RHOB 202-225-3461 Financial Services
Foreign Affairs
6 Meng, Grace D 1317 LHOB 202-225-2601 Foreign Affairs
Small Business
7 Velázquez, Nydia M. D 2302 RHOB 202-225-2361 Financial Services
Small Business
8 Jeffries, Hakeem D 1607 LHOB 202-225-5936 Education and the Workforce
the Judiciary
9 Clarke, Yvette D. D 2351 RHOB 202-225-6231 Energy and Commerce
Ethics
Small Business
10 Nadler, Jerrold D 2109 RHOB 202-225-5635 Select Panel
the Judiciary
Transportation
11 Donovan, Daniel R 1725 LHOB 202-225-3371 Foreign Affairs
Homeland Security
12 Maloney, Carolyn D 2308 RHOB 202-225-7944 Financial Services
Oversight and Government
13 Rangel, Charles B. D 2354 RHOB 202-225-4365 Joint Taxation
Ways and Means
14 Crowley, Joseph D 1436 LHOB 202-225-3965 Ways and Means
15 Serrano, José E. D 2227 RHOB 202-225-4361 Appropriations
16 Engel, Eliot D 2462 RHOB 202-225-2464 Energy and Commerce
Foreign Affairs
17 Lowey, Nita D 2365 RHOB 202-225-6506 Appropriations
18 Maloney, Sean Patrick D 1529 LHOB 202-225-5441 Agriculture
Transportation
19 Gibson, Chris R 1708 LHOB 202-225-5614 Agriculture
Armed Services
Small Business
20 Tonko, Paul D. D 2463 RHOB 202-225-5076 Energy and Commerce
Science, Space, and Technology
21 Stefanik, Elise R 512 CHOB 202-225-4611 Armed Services
Education and the Workforce
22 Hanna, Richard R 319 CHOB 202-225-3665 Small Business
Transportation
23 Reed, Tom R 2437 RHOB 202-225-3161 Ways and Means
24 Katko, John R 1123 LHOB 202-225-3701 Homeland Security
Transportation
25 Slaughter, Louise D 2469 RHOB 202-225-3615 Rules
26 Higgins, Brian D 2459 RHOB 202-225-3306 Foreign Affairs
Homeland Security
27 Collins, Chris R 1117 LHOB 202-225-5265 Energy and Commerce

 

[Celt]

I appreciate you doing that. My cousin Chris from the 19th District was replaced by John Faso as well. We need a list that everyone can copy and paste into their email address bar to make it simple. The simpler we make it the better chances we have of everybody just copying and pasting to send off a mass email to all of the New York State elected officials that represent us at the federal level.

 

[Catskillkid]

I'd be more than happy to draft a form letter that everyone here can copy and paste. I wouldn't necessarily want to do it every time but I'd be happy to kick it off. What are we looking for exactly? National Reciprocity? Abolition of unSAFE?

 

[Magnus]

I don't know much of who's who in politics, but I can research a few of those on the list and get some emails. Maybe other members can pick a few too so we don't grab the same Reps. I also don't mind trolling them weekly.

 

[Phauxtoe]

everyone of my representative in Rockland County are worthless

 

[Celt]

The representatives in Westchester or worthless as well, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't pester them. You know the old saying, the squeaky wheel gets the oil. We should email everyone of the New York state representatives that represent us on the federal level. I will also end up drafting letters and posting it on here for everybody to copy and send. What we need to do first is a get a comprehensive list of all of the Congress men and women from the different districts in New York state and have a nice easy list of email addresses that everybody can copy.

Catskill kid, since this is mostly a federal level thing for right now I think we should certainly be focused on National reciprocity along with proposed legislation that we need. Since we are emailing the legislators it doesn't make much sense to push for things that Trump can resolve with executive actions. What we need to do is also let our Representatives know that they need to somehow force all states to recognize the Heller and MacDonald decisions and do whatever it takes to make that happen.

When I draft a form letter it will be those two specific things to start with. And I think they should be a large Focus for us in New York. Hell, for that matter we can make the same two topics every week and just word it differently.

 

[ProgSpear]

I appreciate you doing that. My cousin Chris from the 19th District was replaced by John Faso as well. We need a list that everyone can copy and paste into their email address bar to make it simple. The simpler we make it the better chances we have of everybody just copying and pasting to send off a mass email to all of the New York State elected officials that represent us at the federal level.

I've tried this game before. Almost ALL of these people have no "public" email - they require you communicate with them through their web forms, so they can harvest your email, phone number, etc as a prerequisite to communicating with them. Phone calls ALWAYS go to some intern, who knows nothing about any issues whatsoever, and you seldom get to talk even to a staffer. They are very good at insulating themselves from average constituents.

But you are correct - if they got hundreds of emails a week from a given constituency (like us) it might make some impression.

 

[Criticalt]

Ive been doing this for a few years.
The problem is that my local politicians SAY the agree with me 100%. However I never see anything gun related on their website or calander. The last letter I sent Catherine Young was not replied to, she always replies. This last letter I was kind of nasty though. It was about full repeal of the SafeAct, which in previous letters she said she was on board with 100%.
I called bullshit and said it is an unconstitutional, illegal law and told her if she wasnt standing on the podium in the senate screaming, then she was doing NOTHING!!
I told her that her job may depend on listening to her constituents. I told her to drive through Chautauqua Co and look at all the repeal the SafeAct signs and at all the gun clubs and ranges. No response.
Then theres the state senators, both send a form letter, worthless.

 

[togmaster]

I'd be more than happy to draft a form letter that everyone here can copy and paste. I wouldn't necessarily want to do it every time but I'd be happy to kick it off. What are we looking for exactly? National Reciprocity? Abolition of unSAFE?

Yes to both of the above or we can start with a uniform standard of issuing CC permits within the state and eliminating restricted permits.

 

[Catskillkid]

Emails are great but they can easily be "lost" in the electronic ether. I may be relatively young but I like doing things the old fashioned way. Hard copy letter. Let's go Shawshank Redemption on their asses and send letters every week to these mother f-ers. What's the price of stamps in comparison to freedom?

 

[togmaster]

Agreed. Burry them in paper.

 

[Catskillkid]

All right, I had a burst of inspiration (and a little bit of time to kill) so I drafted a short one pager on the need for National Reciprocity legislation (see attached PDF). I kept it to one page because politicians don't like to read (seriously, most of them read the two paragraph executive summary of a piece of legislation if that and decide whether to vote on it or not). In all likelihood letters, faxes, email etc. will be dumped on a staffer to sort through but if enough of them see that a majority of us want something done, they'll at least take notice.

I'd appreciate everyone's thoughts. Again, this is a draft and maybe some things can be worded differently, but like @Celt said it will take more than one week of letter writing to get results.

 

[Celt]

Great letter, and i love how you backed it up with stats.

Now, we just need an email master list of NY representatives, and hell, why not all 438 US representatives!

They dont need to know what district we live in.

I know they often don't want to hear from someone outside of their own District that's why they require you to contact them through their web page, but I know we can get a master list of their email addresses together.

 

[Marine Cpl]

Yes to both of the above or we can start with a uniform standard of issuing CC permits within the state and eliminating restricted permits.

That's not a good idea in my opinion. Certain counties vote in red County Judges that insure shall issue.

If you give that power to the state, we'd all be like Westchester county.

 

[togmaster]

That's not a good idea in my opinion. Certain counties vote in red County Judges that insure shall issue.

If you give that power to the state, we'd all be like Westchester county.

Not if you do away with the restrictions altogether. With all you have to do to get a CC permit what is the point of restrictions.

 

[RDN]

The Gun-grabbers are out there. They can’t be bargained with. They can’t be reasoned with. They don't care about your safety or your family's safety. And They absolutely will not stop, ever, until all of our guns are GONE.

Cylon / Terminator - Kyle Reese

 

[Celt]

Here is a list of the State representatives. Some have changed. if anyone knows who changed post it up.

• 1st congressional district: Lee Zeldin (R, since 2015)
• 2nd congressional district: Peter T. King (R, since 1993)
• 3rd congressional district: Steve Israel (D, since 2001)
• 4th congressional district: Kathleen Rice (D, since 2015)
• 5th congressional district: Gregory Meeks (D, since 1998)
• 6th congressional district: Grace Meng (D, since 2013)
• 7th congressional district: Nydia Velázquez (D, since 1993)
• 8th congressional district: Hakeem Jeffries (D, since 2011)
• 9th congressional district: Yvette Clarke (D, since 2013)
• 10th congressional district: Jerrold Nadler (D, since 1992)
• 11th congressional district: Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. (R, since 2015)
• 12th congressional district: Carolyn Maloney (D, since 1993)
• 13th congressional district: Charles Rangel (D, since 1971)
• 14th congressional district: Joseph Crowley (D, since 1999)
• 15th congressional district: José E. Serrano (D, since 1990)
• 16th congressional district: Eliot Engel (D, since 1989)
• 17th congressional district: Nita Lowey (D, since 1989)
• 18th congressional district: Sean Patrick Maloney (D, since 2013)
• 19th congressional district: Chris Gibson (R, since 2011) CHANGED TO JOHN FASO
  
• 20th congressional district: Paul D. Tonko (D, since 2009)
• 21st congressional district: Elise Stefanik (R, since 2015)
• 22nd congressional district: Richard L. Hanna (R, since 2011)
• 23rd congressional district: Tom Reed (R, since 2010)
• 24th congressional district: John Katko (R, since 2015)
• 25th congressional district: Louise Slaughter (D, since 1987)
• 26th congressional district: Brian Higgins (D, since 2005)
• 27th congressional district: Chris Collins (R, since 2013)

 

[Magnus]

If we're doing hard copies

16th congressional district: Eliot Engel (D, since 1989)

"Engel has received an "F" grade from the National Rifle Association. Engel strongly believes in restricting citizen gun use through "smart gun" technology, extending waiting periods for citizens, and allowing the victims of gun violence to sue firearm manufacturers and authorized sellers."

Is he a lost cause? Some of these REPs have a very strong opinion of gun control. What do we do about these guys?

 

[Celt]

part of the problem is that many representatives will not accept emails from people out of their district (we don't matter, even if we are all NYers).

I had a master list of many emails (I posted it on the old forum years ago), but I can't seem to find it now.

We are going to need to possibly have people from every district get the email address of their representative and post up a direct email link.

 

[1911guy]

Happy to say that Claudia Tenney will be replacing Richard Hanna for the 22nd district. Claudia has an NRA endorsement.

 

[Magnus]

NRA has a page for emailing the reps, I'm sure they won't mind us hi-jacking it.

Write a REP

 

[Celt]

thats good, but very time consuming that way. plus, we can only contact our own representatives.

my goal is to mass email ALL representatives in NY, EVERY week, not just my 1 lame ass demoncrat representative.

 

[Magnus]

thats good, but very time consuming that way. plus, we can only contact our own representatives.

my goal is to mass email ALL representatives in NY, EVERY week, not just my 1 lame ass demoncrat representative.

I also sent a FOIL request to the board of elections to see if they release Engels email, if they do then we can flood them with pictures of scrotum's and such. On second thought maybe that's why they won't give out the emails....

 

[islandman]

When you write your Federal Representative, you will get a generic reply. What we need to do is change who sits in the State Legislature, get rid of the so called NYC "Republicans" and their ilk from upstate NY. I tell everyone that if you want to protect your rights, the local and state level are key. The next Governor election will be key as well. We need to get a movement started to beat Il Duce. Keep Palladino out of the process and have real campaign with no insiders trying to spoil it.

 

[Magnus]

Kristen Gillibrand U.S. Senator, senator@gillibrand.senate.gov

Only person to respond to the email I sent through the NRA link, and it was a generic email. Just says a detailed one will follow later.

 

[Celt]

Kristen Gillibrand U.S. Senator, senator@gillibrand.senate.gov

Only person to respond to the email I sent through the NRA link, and it was a generic email. Just says a detailed one will follow later.

Im sure the email addresses are all the same except for the names. our senators are useless progressives, but we should pester them anyway.

 

[minderasr]

Email campaigns are useless. If you want action, you need to bombard their local office with phone calls.

 

[Celt]

Thisis my old master list of NY State eleted officials that i was hounding about the unsafe act.

We need a list like this of our US Representatives.

zeldin@nysenate.gov; cyoung@senate.state.ny.us; valesky@senate.state.ny.us; scousins@senate.state.ny.us; stavisky@senate.state.ny.us; squadron@nysenate.gov; masmith@senate.state.ny.us; skelos@nysenate.gov; seward@nysenate.gov; serrano@senate.state.ny.us; savino@senate.state.ny.us; sampson@senate.state.ny.us; robach@nysenate.gov; grivera@nysenate.gov; ritchie@nysenate.gov; ranz@senate.state.ny.us; perkins@senate.state.ny.us; jperalta@nysenate.gov; parker@senate.state.ny.us; omara@nysenate.gov; nozzolio@nysenate.gov; montgome@senate.state.ny.us; maziarz@nysenate.gov; martins@nysenate.gov; marchione@nysenate.gov; marcelli@senate.state.ny.us; little@nysenate.gov; senator@senatorlibous.com; lavalle@nysenate.gov; larkin@senate.state.ny.us; lanza@senate.state.ny.us; lkrueger@senate.state.ny.us; jdklein@senate.state.ny.us; kennedy@nysenate.gov; eadams@senate.state.ny.us; addabbo@senate.state.ny.us; avella@nysenate.gov; gball@nysenate.gov; bonacic@nysenate.gov; pboyle@nysenate.gov; breslin@senate.state.ny.us; 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