s/o guns - Harry Reid sucks

[ttt]

A couple months ago, I wrote to Harry Reid (who's my Senator) saying basically "my husband and I are responsible gun owners but we urge you to pass stronger gun control legislation, ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines, etc. etc." Here's the response that I received, months later:

Dear Mrs. TTT:
 
Thank you for contacting me to express your views regarding gun control. I appreciate hearing from you.
 
As a gun owner, I welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which made clear that every law abiding citizen has an individual constitutional right to keep and bear arms.  We must work to protect this right by enforcing laws that keep guns away from terrorists and criminals.  However, the rights of responsible gun owners should not be compromised by individuals who use firearms to commit crimes. Please be assured that I have noted your views regarding this issue, and that I will continue to use my leadership position in the Senate to defend the Second Amendment and to protect the interests of Nevada's gun owners.
 
Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. For more information about my work for Nevada, my role in the United States Senate Leadership, or to subscribe to regular e-mail updates on the issues that interest you, please visit my Web site at reid.senate.gov. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
 
My best wishes to you.
 
Sincerely,
HARRY REID
United States Senator




Right. You noted my views when it's clear from your response that you didn't even READ my views.

[sushi]

I was reading somewhere (or maybe H told me) that when there's something big and currently being discussed, they just set up filters and auto-respond. They do this especially if you're coming from a site like ACLU or any of the other aggregate letter generators.

I've forgotten the part, though, for the trick to actually getting your message read. Dammit.

I once got a letter from fucking Lee Terry about abstinence only education. You can imagine what my stance was. His was how awesome abstinence is. Yeah, thanks for not even acknowledging my position, supported with things like facts and evidence and stuff.

[ttt]

Mar 20, 2013 17:24:12 GMT -5 sushi said:

I was reading somewhere (or maybe H told me) that when there's something big and currently being discussed, they just set up filters and auto-respond. They do this especially if you're coming from a site like ACLU or any of the other aggregate letter generators.

I've forgotten the part, though, for the trick to actually getting your message read. Dammit.

I once got a letter from fucking Lee Terry about abstinence only education. You can imagine what my stance was. His was how awesome abstinence is. Yeah, thanks for not even acknowledging my position, supported with things like facts and evidence and stuff.

I believe that. I wrote to him through his official Senate page. But what I don't understand is why it would take like 8 weeks to get an auto-response.

[caden]

I've only received form letter responses too even though I've never sent them a form letter. It's really irritating. I'd rather receive nothing than something that might as well say, "DIDN'T READ"

[lys]

I hate the form letters. It often makes me wonder if they even read my letter.

[PinkSquirrel]

I pretty much always get form letters that don't match what I said and then when I write again to let them know that they need to do a better job with reading comprehension I don't get a response.