URGENT ACTION ALERT: Write your Senators NOW to STOP funding for Customs’ Pocket Knife Grab.

Write your Senators NOW to STOP funding for Customs’ Pocket Knife Grab. As you are aware, Customs is proposing to prohibit the import of assisted and one-hand openers and in the process has broadly re-defined what a Switchblade is to cover almost all pocket knives, with potential far-reaching consequences.  Our best bet to stop Customs in the short term is for Congress to prevent them from spending a dime to implement their proposed ruling.  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Bill will be taken up by the Senate on Tuesday, July 7th.  We need your help NOW to rally support for an amendment to stop funding for this Customs rulemaking.

Timing has not worked in our favor as D.C. has become a ghost town due to the July 4th recess. We will have two days to make this work upon their return.  Your emails to Senate offices will get their attention and be a huge help as our lobbyists and legislative representatives work Monday and Tuesday to get an amendment introduced and voted into the DHS Appropriations Bill. Contacting Senator Patty Murray [D-WA] and Senator George Voinovich [R-OH] is particularly important because they are ranking members on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Contacting your own Senators is also very important and their support is needed as well.

Pass this Action Alert to everyone you know and urge them to ACT NOW! Post on every online forum and social networking site you can.  We need to generate thousands of emails before next Monday.  If you have a personal relationship with any Senators or their staff, now is the time to call (well, maybe Monday since nobody is in the office now).  Personally know a radio or TV talk show host?  Please have them contact me (http://bit.ly/vo1uA ) so we can reach out to a wider audience. Help save our Knife Rights; STOP this ridiculous and illegitimate rulemaking by Customs.  WRITE TODAY!

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