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A great resource
Ruger has posted a page that lets you easily email your Representative, Senators, Governor and other officials. You can use their form letter or compose your own.
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with all due respect to Rugar, these types of things are of very limited utility. Elected politicians know that email from these are generated with just a few clicks. What gets their attention is when you take the time to write a letter, one that has an old fashioned envelope and stamp, and/or pick up the phone and call their office.
Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2013 11:07 AM
Be careful using this interface.
When I tried it a couple of weeks ago, it got my state reps wrong, apparently determining my district incorrectly.
Sending a letter by conventional mail is NOT a good idea. All physical letters to Congress (and many federal agencies) are held offsite and "decontaminated" before delivery, which adds a long time to the delivery, and sometimes actually destroys the contents.
Email, visits or phonecalls are the preferred direct contact methods.
Posted by: Bert at January 26, 2013 09:19 AM
As another data point, I tried it; it picked the right people, and I figured it would just add one more to the tally, if nothing else. I received response e-mails from my state reps within a few days. One was just as formulaic as the Ruger message; the other was apparently written by a human (or at least my rep), albeit brief. Color me surprised.
Posted by: Sig at January 31, 2013 09:34 PM
