The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms opposed Caitlin Halligan from the start and sent out over 1 million emails asking people to contact their Senators. Here is their statement on the Senate refusing to invoke cloture (end the filibuster) on the debate over he confirmation of Halligan.<\/p>\n
SENATE LISTENS TO CCRKBA, VOTES \u2018NO\u2019 ON OBAMA COURT NOMINEE <\/p>\n
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 <\/p>\n
BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 Grassroots power has helped derail President Obama\u2019s nomination of anti-gun extremist Caitlin Halligan to the District of Columbia Circuit Court, with keystone opposition from members and supporters of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sent out more than one million e-mail alerts to gun owners across the country, warning them of Halligan\u2019s anti-gun philosophy,\u201d said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, \u201cand it is clear from today\u2019s 54-45 Senate vote against cloture, thus rejecting Halligan\u2019s nomination, that their voices were heard loud and clear.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CCRKBA mailing identified Halligan as a \u201cliberal agitator and a fervent gun hater\u201d who \u201cpushed to bankrupt gun manufacturers in New York with frivolous lawsuits.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the disastrous appointments of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court,\u201d Gottlieb said, \u201cwe could not stand silently while Obama put forth his most radical anti-gun nominee for a lifetime appointment to one of the most influential federal courts in the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cTuesday\u2019s vote,\u201d he continued, \u201cis proof that gun owners are wise to Obama\u2019s anti-gun strategy. He may not be able to pass legislation, but his legacy could be a federal court system stacked with gun-grabbing judges who will do whatever it takes to erase the landmark Second Amendment victories before the Supreme Court in the Heller and McDonald cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted and proud that our members and supporters told the Senate that this is where it ends,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cWe are not going to allow President Obama the chance to saddle our country and our Constitution with people like Halligan, who are clearly hostile to the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no place in the federal judiciary for anyone who so vigorously opposes one of our most cherished civil rights,\u201d he concluded. \u201cWe\u2019re gratified that a majority in the Senate understands this.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n