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I oppose S. 336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 because...

Of my concerns that it increases the power of states over businesses outside of their borders. Specifically, the proposal would overturn a Supreme Court decision setting limits on a state’s ability to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes for them, turning every out-of-state retailer into a sales tax collector for nearly 10,000 separate state, local and municipal tax jurisdictions. This would be a dangerous extension of state power into other states, be a costly burden on retailers, and would allow states to impose taxes in a way that favors their local businesses over out-of-state firms, who have no representation in the taxing state. Besides, in this bad economy we don't need more taxes, we need less.

I oppose S. 2363: Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014 because...

It threatens the conservation of fish, wildlife, and habits that benefit all Americans. It is a very dangerous hunter/trapper/hounder power grab that takes over our federal public lands for trapping and killing our wildlife, shooting galleries, roads and ATV’s and traffic where wilderness and wildlife had been protected for all of us. This legislation would open millions of acres of public lands — including sensitive Wilderness Areas — to hunting and fur trapping, at the expense of other land users and endangered and threatened species. It would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from even considering the issue of toxic lead ammunition which poisons wildlife and the environment. And it would permit the latest in a series of import allowances for sport-hunted polar bear trophies from Canada, encouraging trophy hunters to escalate the killing of threatened species around the globe. Please oppose this bill and help protect our wildlife.

I oppose Sen. Feinstein's New Version of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban because...

A weapons ban in america will not penalize the criminals and the mentally ill. I will instead penalize every single law biding, responsible gun owner in America. It will in fact infringe on our rights under the second amendment of the U.S. Constitution which the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled applies to U.S. citizens and potentially endanger innocent communities that criminals and evil individuals will absolutely target when they know they have been disarmed and left vulnerable to attack. We currently have gun control in the United States, we need to enforce the laws already enacted and provide assistance to the mentally ill in this country. Gun control is not the problem in this country, those bend on committing acts of evil against the innocent and defenseless and have no fear of consequences, or the ability to comprehend those consequences is. In closing I emplor you NOT to vote to infringe on the rights of WE the American people.