Thank you for contacting my office about Second Amendment issues. I understand and appreciate your point of view on this topic, and I value this opportunity to respond to you.I always get uneasy (to say the least) whenever I see that phrase "reasonable gun laws." And I'm sure this is just a form letter. But at least I was allowed to say something, unlike people who live in Illinois.
I have always supported the Second Amendment right of citizens to bear arms in a safe and responsible manner. Gun ownership is part of our nation's heritage. While I support reasonable gun laws designed to protect public safety, gun owners and dealers should never be singled out for politically motivated attacks. In order to preserve the rights of gun owners, I have worked closely with and been endorsed by organizations such as the National Rifle Association. As the legislative year continues, you can be sure that I will keep your views on this issue in mind, and that I will act to create laws that are consistent with our basic Constitutional rights.
UPDATE: I had to dig back into the archives--I'm glad Eponym's search tool works so well--but I posted something about Cuellar right at a year ago. The old post is here. He's a Democrat, of course, but last year during the primaries there were signs all over the southside of San Antonio proclaiming, "HENRY CUELLAR IS A REPUBLICAN." I don't know what he did to be accused of such a heinous crime, but I found it greatly amusing. This was about the same time that I found some handbills being distributed by the AFL-CIO of Texas that were against him. So the union types didn't like him, either. The two people who I saw posting these handbills looked like grungy, ill-kept teenagers to me, who really should have been in school at the time. I don't know why they were passing out unionist propaganda. None of which means he's a supporter of RKBA, of course.
