Dear Fellow Patriot,

I have some good news and some bad news on
our fight against police militarization.

The Schatz-Paul Amendment to the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would have restricted the
ability of local police departments to obtain weapons of war,
received 51 votes in the Senate.

Considering the NDAA had only 7 "no" votes
when passed in 2012, this is good news since a majority of
senators voted to limit police militarization after we turned up
the pressure.

If you're one of the many Campaign for
Liberty supporters who called your senators to support this
amendment -- THANK YOU!

The bad news is the Senate rules set a
threshold of 60 votes for Schatz-Paul to pass.

And Schatz-Paul might have reached the 60
vote mark if Senate Armed Services Committee Chair James Inhofe
(R-OK) had not offered a watered-down version of the amendment,
which passed 90-10.

While the Inhofe Amendment does scale back
the 1033 Program somewhat, it still allows police forces to
obtain certain offensive military weapons such as tear gas, which
was banned for use in war under the Geneva Convention.

And unlike Schatz-Paul, the Inhofe Amendment
did nothing to hold government employees accountable if their use
of federally-obtained weapons violate citizens'
constitutionally-protected rights.

On a positive note, the Inhofe Amendment
forbids local police departments from receiving bayonets,
grenades, and tanks.

So, it was a step forward in our battle to
end police militarization.

The fact that the majority of U.S. Senators
voted to scale back the 1033 Program is an achievement -- and it
would not have happened without the actions of Campaign for
Liberty supporters like you!

Now, you and I must keep the heat on -- this
battle is not over yet, so we need to let our legislators know we
are not going away!

We will have more information on the next
stage of our efforts soon, including a possible House vote on
legislation similar to the Schatz-Paul Amendment.

For now, I want to say thank you for your
efforts to end police militarization.

In Liberty,

Norm Singleton



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