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Reaction To DOJ. Proves What Anti-Gunners Want
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Reaction To Justice Department Shift Proves Anti-Gunners Want To
Eradicate Gun Rights, Says Second Amendment Foundation
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation,
425-454-7012; Web site: http://www.saf.org
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The hysterical
reaction by gun grabbers to the Justice Department's shift in
philosophy from the anti-gun Clinton Administration about the
Second Amendment proves that gun control is not the cause of
reasonable moderates but instead the realm of gun rights hating
extremists, said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment
Foundation (SAF).
Following the Department of Justice's declaration that the
Second Amendment affirms an individual, rather than collective,
right to bear arms, gun control zealots lost no time in declaring
a liberal jihad against Attorney General John Ashcroft. Avowed gun
banner Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) went on the warpath, as did
the Violence Policy Center and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence, and several newspapers with anti-gun editorial postures.
"Long-time advocates of so-called 'gun control' have shown their
true extremism," Gottlieb observed. "Opinion polls overwhelmingly
show Americans support the right to keep and bear arms, but the gun
control crowd remains out-of-step with the mainstream. These people
who now demand that the Second Amendment be considered a collective
right are demonstrating that they are not for reasonable control,
but instead want to eradicate a civil right.
"Even some groups that support gun control, such as Americans
for Gun Safety, admit that the Second Amendment protects an
individual right," Gottlieb continued. "Yet extremists at VPC and
the Brady Center have shown why the firearms community can never
expect to sit down with them in good faith. Dealing with gun
control fanatics in America is like dealing with Palestinian
terrorists in the Middle East."
Gottlieb said there has never been a serious intent among
anti-gunners to "strike a reasonable balance," between the
Constitutional rights of gun owners and public safety concerns of
society at large.
"With these zealots," Gottlieb stated, "the terms 'sensible' and
'reasonable' translate to 'irrational' and 'inflexible' mandates
with the ultimate goal of erasing the Second Amendment from the
Bill of Rights. They wrap their extremism in a campaign to kill gun
rights like a terrorist wraps himself in explosives to kill
innocent people. In both cases, they must not be allowed to
prevail."
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
05/09 20:19
Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/first/0509-163.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Eradicate Gun Rights, Says Second Amendment Foundation
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation,
425-454-7012; Web site: http://www.saf.org
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The hysterical
reaction by gun grabbers to the Justice Department's shift in
philosophy from the anti-gun Clinton Administration about the
Second Amendment proves that gun control is not the cause of
reasonable moderates but instead the realm of gun rights hating
extremists, said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment
Foundation (SAF).
Following the Department of Justice's declaration that the
Second Amendment affirms an individual, rather than collective,
right to bear arms, gun control zealots lost no time in declaring
a liberal jihad against Attorney General John Ashcroft. Avowed gun
banner Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) went on the warpath, as did
the Violence Policy Center and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence, and several newspapers with anti-gun editorial postures.
"Long-time advocates of so-called 'gun control' have shown their
true extremism," Gottlieb observed. "Opinion polls overwhelmingly
show Americans support the right to keep and bear arms, but the gun
control crowd remains out-of-step with the mainstream. These people
who now demand that the Second Amendment be considered a collective
right are demonstrating that they are not for reasonable control,
but instead want to eradicate a civil right.
"Even some groups that support gun control, such as Americans
for Gun Safety, admit that the Second Amendment protects an
individual right," Gottlieb continued. "Yet extremists at VPC and
the Brady Center have shown why the firearms community can never
expect to sit down with them in good faith. Dealing with gun
control fanatics in America is like dealing with Palestinian
terrorists in the Middle East."
Gottlieb said there has never been a serious intent among
anti-gunners to "strike a reasonable balance," between the
Constitutional rights of gun owners and public safety concerns of
society at large.
"With these zealots," Gottlieb stated, "the terms 'sensible' and
'reasonable' translate to 'irrational' and 'inflexible' mandates
with the ultimate goal of erasing the Second Amendment from the
Bill of Rights. They wrap their extremism in a campaign to kill gun
rights like a terrorist wraps himself in explosives to kill
innocent people. In both cases, they must not be allowed to
prevail."
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
05/09 20:19
Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/first/0509-163.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878