I don’t think reading it is the problem, they all read it in law school.
OBEYING it is the problem.

Victory In The House
— Congress to read the Constitution!

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

You did it!

Gun Owners of America asked you to get behind our effort to push
Congress to read the Constitution on the floor of the House and Senate.

House Speaker Designate John Boehner announced that the clerk of the
House of Representatives will read the Constitution aloud at the start
of the new Congress.

"This is a great victory for all Americans who care about limited
government, individual liberty and the Constitution," said John
Velleco, GOA’s Director of Federal Affairs. "Maybe Congress is
finally getting the message that the oath they take to support and
defend our most important founding document is still relevant in the
21st century. Reading it is a good first step, but now we must get
Congress to abide by the real contract with America."

At about 4,400 words, it is one of the shortest written Constitutions
in the world and will only take about an hour to read. In contrast, the
ObamaCare bill weighs in at around 180,000 words and was never read at
all by those voting for its passage.

The overwhelming reponse to GOA’s petition, found at
www.readtheusconstitution.org, shows that Americans want Congress to
follow the Constitution.

"We will enjoy watching Nancy Pelosi’s face when the clerk reads
the Constitution, since it may be the first time she’s ever heard it
read. And hopefully the clerk will read it nice and slowly to let the
words sink in," said Velleco.

There is no word yet from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid if the
Senate will follow the House’s lead, so GOA is still urging people to
visit the website and sign the petition.

The current oath that all members of Congress take reads:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend
the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that
I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or
purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the
duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me
God."

Please help keep the pressure on Congress to read — and abide by —
the Constitution. If you’ve already signed the petition, thank you, and
please urge all of your pro-gun family and friends to visit
www.readtheusconstitution.org.

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Still Time to Give a GOA Gift Membership

Our heartfelt thanks go to all of you who have given your family and
friends a gift membership in GOA this holiday season.  With just a
couple of days left until Christmas, you can finish up your shopping
online at: http://gunowners.org/giftmembership.htm

You will not only be finishing up your Christmas shopping list…
you’ll be increasing the voice of the most active grassroots gun lobby
that is constantly on the front lines defending your rights.

You have already added your voice to our grassroots network… and we
thank you.  But now we need you to help increase our voice, so that
when Congress reconvenes in January — and we gin up grassroots
activists — they’re going to feel the heat like never before.

Please sign up your friends and family today!

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– Jane Galt

"Remember that there is no such dichotomy as ‘human rights’ versus
‘property rights.’ No human rights can exist without property rights. Since
material goods are produced by the mind and effort of individual men, and
are needed to sustain their lives, if the producer does not own the result
of his effort, he does not own his life. To deny property rights means to
turn men into property owned by the state. Whoever claims the ‘right’ to
‘redistribute’ the wealth produced by others is claiming the ‘right’ to
treat human beings as chattel." — Ayn Rand