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“conservative” politicians.
Civil Justice
Behind closed doors, they
ghostwrite
“model”
bills to
Commerce,
Insurance,
and Economic
be introduced
in state
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capitols
across the country.
This agenda--underwritten
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by global corporations-Energy,
includes
majorEnvironment,
tax
and Agriculture
loopholes
for big industries
and the
super rich,
Federal Relations
proposals to offshore U.S.
Health
Human
jobs and
gut and
minimum
wage,Services
and efforts to
weaken public health,
International Relations
safety, and environmental
protections.
Public Although
Safety andmany
Elections
of these
bills have become
law, until now, their origin
Tax and Fiscal Policy
has been largely unknown.
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work as “equals” in “unison” with politicians to write laws to govern your life. Big
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a VOTE,”
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Public Safety and Elections

Defense of Free Market and Public Safety Resolution

Did you know the
NRA--the National
Rifle Association-was the corporate
co-chair in 2011?

WHEREAS, certain federal, state, and local officials are publicly urging government

leaders to award state and local law enforcement firearm purchasing contracts only to
gun manufacturers who agree to submit to the arbitrary terms of a politically-driven
“Code of Conduct,” imposed by the federal government and

WHEREAS, this “Code of Conduct” prescribes wide-ranging new controls on gun

manufacturers’ marketing strategies, distribution practices, and product design, as well
as far-reaching restrictions on licensed dealers’ sales and their customer base, and

WHEREAS, this “Code of Conduct” emerged not as a result of any congressional or

state legislative action, but as a capitulation by a single manufacturer to a large number
of frivolous lawsuits filed in a multitude of jurisdictions against a number of federallylicensed gun companies and dealers, and

WHEREAS, forty-two states have enacted laws similar to ALEC’s model “Consistency in
Firearms Regulation Act,” providing for uniform and consistent state laws governing the
purchase, sale and delivery of firearms to avoid confusion for law enforcement and lawabiding citizens, and

WHEREAS, federal, state, and local “open bid” laws were enacted to protect taxpayers
and government employees in the procurement of goods and services by government
agencies, and

WHEREAS, the primary factors in firearms selection for federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies should be product quality, service and price, not the political
philosophy of its manufacturer, and

WHEREAS, the safety of these dedicated public servants and the public at large should
not be compromised; now, therefore be it

ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the American Legislative Exchange Council
hereby opposes the efforts of those federal, state, and local elected and appointed
officials who are openly encouraging a circumvention of the legislative process to
establish further controls on firearms; and be it further

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the American Legislative Exchange Council

opposes any attempts to violate state firearms preemption laws and the competitive
bidding process; and be it further

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the American Legislative Exchange Council

strongly opposes any effort that compromises law enforcement officer safety or the
public’s safety.
Adopted by ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force at the Spring Task Force Summit May 5,
2000. Approved by full ALEC Board of Directors June, 2000.

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