{"id":2538,"date":"2013-02-19T21:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/02\/19\/hornady-steps-up\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:03","slug":"hornady-steps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2538","title":{"rendered":"Hornady Steps Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14201,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ruger.com\\\/micros\\\/advocacy&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130921112745\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.ruger.com\\\/micros\\\/advocacy\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ruger.com\\\/micros\\\/advocacy&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:03:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:03:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14202,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.smith-wesson.com\\\/webapp\\\/wcs\\\/stores\\\/servlet\\\/Category4_750001_750051_787655_-1_757992_757992_image&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20161001130329\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.smith-wesson.com:80\\\/webapp\\\/wcs\\\/stores\\\/servlet\\\/Category4_750001_750051_787655_-1_757992_757992_image&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 01:15:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 01:15:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14203,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hornady.com\\\/in-the-news\\\/protect-your-rights&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20170721182607\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.hornady.com:80\\\/in-the-news\\\/protect-your-rights&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hornady.com\\\/in-the-news\\\/protect-your-rights&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:03:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:03:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nLike firearms manufacturers <a href=\"http:\/\/ruger.com\/micros\/advocacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruger<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-wesson.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/Category4_750001_750051_787655_-1_757992_757992_image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smith &amp; Wesson<\/a>, Hornady, makers of ammunition, components, and reloading equipment, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hornady.com\/in-the-news\/protect-your-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has stepped up to the plate with their own gun rights letter generator<\/a>. The letter is a bit different than the others but it still can be sent to Congress, the State House and Senate, and other state level officials. More importantly, unlike Ruger and Smith &amp; Wesson, the message can be edited and you can add in your own verbiage.<\/p>\n<p>I know this is not the same as a personal letter that is mailed or faxed. Nonetheless it helps build numbers and numbers are important. The Ruger letter has been sent over 4.9 million times.<\/p>\n<p>Here is their basic message that you can customize as you see fit. The message is stronger and more to the point than either of the letters from Ruger and S&amp;W.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<br \/>\n<i>As a voter who believes in the U.S. Constitution, I am writing to express my views on gun control legislation currently being discussed in every level of government.  I am one of over 100 million law-abiding American citizens who responsibly owns firearms for target shooting, hunting, personal and home defense, and collecting. I care deeply about the Second Amendment, and I am  closely monitoring legislation that would restrict my right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n<p>I am saddened by the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut, but I believe that efforts to impose new restrictions on me, a lawful and responsible gun owner, are misguided and unwarranted. The so-called &#8220;Assault Weapons Ban,&#8221; which for a decade restricted the sale of semiautomatic rifles and limited magazine capacity to ten rounds, did not reduce crime, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Justice. And since the expiration of the ban in 2004, violent crime has declined.<\/p>\n<p>Your focus should be on real solutions to the problem of misuse of firearms, such as strengthening mental health care and improving the quality of data supporting the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).<\/p>\n<p>Do NOT pass more gun or magazine laws; instead, work to enforce the thousands of gun laws already on the books and help step up prosecution of criminals who commit violence and misuse firearms.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We need to be calling, faxing, and writing weekly to all of our elected representatives. We may not have the billions of Mayor Bloomberg to buy out of state congressional seats but I learned a long time ago that money, though important, isn&#8217;t everything in politics. <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like firearms manufacturers Ruger and Smith &amp; Wesson, Hornady, makers of ammunition, components, and reloading equipment, has stepped up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2905,680,391],"class_list":["post-2538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hornady","tag-ruger","tag-smith-and-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8865,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions\/8865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}