In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
AWB Sunset News
MPinkston
Member Posts: 799 ✭✭✭✭
Dear Sirs,
We would appreciate you posting this to your bulletin board and sending
to your email list.
Recent internet alerts from some "pro-Second Amendment" groups have
suggested that the National Rifle Association has either accepted a
compromise that would include reenactment of the 1994 Clinton Gun ban and/or
the McCain-Reed gun show restrictions, or will not actively fight
against their passage in the Senate. Not only are these claims completely
false and ridiculous but they are also extremely counterproductive to
our legislative strategy and agenda. Gun control groups are spreading
the same rumors in hopes of confusing pro-gun senators as to our position
in hopes of gaining their support.
The National Rifle Association led the fight in opposition to this
ill-conceived ban in 1994, led the efforts to repeal the ban two years
later, and is leading the fight to ensure the Clinton gun ban expires on
time on September 13. From public speeches, articles in NRA
publications, communications to lawmakers and the development of a website
(www.ClintonGunBan.com), the National Rifle Association has been vocal and
unambiguous about our position on this issue.
It is our hope that supposed "friends of the Second Amendment" will
cease to provide ammunition to the enemy by disseminating this false
information. Unfortunately, some of these groups seem intent on finding or
creating any excuse to defeat S. 1805, perhaps because its passage has
been a priority of the NRA for four years. The anti-gunners are
seeking to undermine the Second Amendment and the legislative process by
seeking to bankrupt firearms and ammunition manufacturers or get gun
control restrictions through the courts through dozens of pending municipal
lawsuits -- blaming the gun industry for the acts of criminals --
initiated by anti-gun big city mayors and greedy trial lawyers. A single
judgment by a rogue judge or jury could wipe out the entire firearms
industry making our gun rights worthless. Passage of S. 1805 is critical --
but not worth allowing legislation going to the President including
either an extension of the Clinton gun ban or restrictions at gun shows.
There will be no compromise. The only choice is a "clean" bill or no
bill.
The legislative process in Congress is complex and far from perfect.
Fortunately, Congress is a bicameral (two house) legislative body and
both the House and Senate must agree on the same bill before enactment.
While we are uncertain of the outcome of several pending anti-gun
amendments in the Senate, the House is strongly pro-gun and it (or a
conference committee) will not accept any anti-gun Senate-passed amendment as
part of the final product to be sent to the President.
Pro-gun grassroots activists who want to advance our cause should not
be distracted by misinformation and disinformation by our "friends."
Instead, gun owners and sportsmen must keep our focus on the real action
and contact -- by calls, e-mails, and faxes -- their two U.S. Senators
urging them to vote for S. 1805 and against any and all anti-gun
"poison pill" killer amendments including, but not limited to, the Clinton
gun ban and gun shows. Use the "Write Your Representatives"
(www.capwiz.com/nra/home) tool at www.NRAILA.org to contact your Senators and call
them at 202-224-3121. We appreciate your active support in our cause
to defend the Second Amendment and freedom itself.
National Rifle Association
http://www.awbansunset.com
http://www.awbansunset.com/forums
To be removed from the Sunset News mailing list, send an e-mail to
unsubscribe@awbansunset.com.
aguncollector@prodigy.net
We would appreciate you posting this to your bulletin board and sending
to your email list.
Recent internet alerts from some "pro-Second Amendment" groups have
suggested that the National Rifle Association has either accepted a
compromise that would include reenactment of the 1994 Clinton Gun ban and/or
the McCain-Reed gun show restrictions, or will not actively fight
against their passage in the Senate. Not only are these claims completely
false and ridiculous but they are also extremely counterproductive to
our legislative strategy and agenda. Gun control groups are spreading
the same rumors in hopes of confusing pro-gun senators as to our position
in hopes of gaining their support.
The National Rifle Association led the fight in opposition to this
ill-conceived ban in 1994, led the efforts to repeal the ban two years
later, and is leading the fight to ensure the Clinton gun ban expires on
time on September 13. From public speeches, articles in NRA
publications, communications to lawmakers and the development of a website
(www.ClintonGunBan.com), the National Rifle Association has been vocal and
unambiguous about our position on this issue.
It is our hope that supposed "friends of the Second Amendment" will
cease to provide ammunition to the enemy by disseminating this false
information. Unfortunately, some of these groups seem intent on finding or
creating any excuse to defeat S. 1805, perhaps because its passage has
been a priority of the NRA for four years. The anti-gunners are
seeking to undermine the Second Amendment and the legislative process by
seeking to bankrupt firearms and ammunition manufacturers or get gun
control restrictions through the courts through dozens of pending municipal
lawsuits -- blaming the gun industry for the acts of criminals --
initiated by anti-gun big city mayors and greedy trial lawyers. A single
judgment by a rogue judge or jury could wipe out the entire firearms
industry making our gun rights worthless. Passage of S. 1805 is critical --
but not worth allowing legislation going to the President including
either an extension of the Clinton gun ban or restrictions at gun shows.
There will be no compromise. The only choice is a "clean" bill or no
bill.
The legislative process in Congress is complex and far from perfect.
Fortunately, Congress is a bicameral (two house) legislative body and
both the House and Senate must agree on the same bill before enactment.
While we are uncertain of the outcome of several pending anti-gun
amendments in the Senate, the House is strongly pro-gun and it (or a
conference committee) will not accept any anti-gun Senate-passed amendment as
part of the final product to be sent to the President.
Pro-gun grassroots activists who want to advance our cause should not
be distracted by misinformation and disinformation by our "friends."
Instead, gun owners and sportsmen must keep our focus on the real action
and contact -- by calls, e-mails, and faxes -- their two U.S. Senators
urging them to vote for S. 1805 and against any and all anti-gun
"poison pill" killer amendments including, but not limited to, the Clinton
gun ban and gun shows. Use the "Write Your Representatives"
(www.capwiz.com/nra/home) tool at www.NRAILA.org to contact your Senators and call
them at 202-224-3121. We appreciate your active support in our cause
to defend the Second Amendment and freedom itself.
National Rifle Association
http://www.awbansunset.com
http://www.awbansunset.com/forums
To be removed from the Sunset News mailing list, send an e-mail to
unsubscribe@awbansunset.com.
aguncollector@prodigy.net