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University Of Wisconsin Bows To Common Sense; Masc
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University Of Wisconsin Bows To Common Sense; Mascot Gets Musket
But Gun Group Responds
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation,
425-454-7012
BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The University of
Wisconsin's silly attempt to disarm West Virginia's Mountaineer
mascot during this Saturday's football game in Madison was a public
relations blunder that has been rectified, yet it revealed a deeper
philosophy of academic bigotry that will not be ignored by gun
owners.
While congratulating UW officials for quickly regaining some
common sense in this matter, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
has hired an airplane to fly a pro-gun banner around Camp Randall
Stadium during Saturday's game between the Badgers and
Mountaineers.
A key element of the Mountaineer's garb is a black powder rifle.
The effort to ban it was a slap in the face, not only to one
school's tradition, but to First and Second Amendment freedoms that
are unique to America, noted Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second
Amendment Foundation, one of the nation's leading firearms civil
rights organizations.
"Political correctness has run amok on college campuses long
enough. It almost allowed one university to humiliate another in
order to make a political statement," Gottlieb observed. "How
ironic that such a thing could occur in a city named for James
Madison, father of the Constitution and author of the Bill of
Rights, including the Second Amendment. The Mountaineer, complete
with his rifle, has been welcome by other schools and their
administrators, but not Wisconsin. I suppose that should not be
surprising, after Wisconsin's liberal Democrats killed legislation
earlier this year that would have allowed qualified residents to
arm themselves for personal protection.
"What nearly happened at Wisconsin," Gottlieb continued, "is
symptomatic of a broader anti-gun hysteria that runs rampant
throughout liberal academia, at Wisconsin, the University of Utah,
University of Washington and elsewhere. Evidently, prejudice is
still permissible on campus, so long as the victims are gun owners,
the Second Amendment and the civil right it protects."
UW associate athletic director Jamie Pollard had attempted to
justify the ban, arguing, "First of all, it is our game. And we
don't need a gun going off in front of 80,000 people. In the big
spirit of it all I understand why they want to do it. But it is our
home game."
In response, Gottlieb observed, "Actually, Wisconsin is hosting
West Virginia, and as gracious hosts, they should make every effort
to make their visitors feel welcome and at home. The game really is
for both teams, and we're delighted that Pollard's boss, Pat
Richter, saw it that way and reversed this embarrassing
foolishness.
"But this goes beyond some bogus concern about a blank-firing
gun in a football stadium," Gottlieb continued. "This is really
about firearms, and the freedom and heritage they represent. On
Saturday, UW officials, fans and the nation will see that gun
owners will not be mollified or silenced. We'll use the First
Amendment to defend the Second."
The banner to be flown over Camp Randall Stadium during
Saturday's game will read, simply, "Guns Save Lives."
"The UW made a decision that it could not defend, and we will
make a statement that needs no defense," said Gottlieb.
---
The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation's oldest and
largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action
group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to
privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The
Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters
and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public
about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded
successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los
Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun
owners. Current projects include several concealed carry lawsuits,
a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers & an amicus brief &
fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an
individual right.
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
09/05 14:08
Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire
"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
But Gun Group Responds
To: National Desk
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation,
425-454-7012
BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The University of
Wisconsin's silly attempt to disarm West Virginia's Mountaineer
mascot during this Saturday's football game in Madison was a public
relations blunder that has been rectified, yet it revealed a deeper
philosophy of academic bigotry that will not be ignored by gun
owners.
While congratulating UW officials for quickly regaining some
common sense in this matter, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
has hired an airplane to fly a pro-gun banner around Camp Randall
Stadium during Saturday's game between the Badgers and
Mountaineers.
A key element of the Mountaineer's garb is a black powder rifle.
The effort to ban it was a slap in the face, not only to one
school's tradition, but to First and Second Amendment freedoms that
are unique to America, noted Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second
Amendment Foundation, one of the nation's leading firearms civil
rights organizations.
"Political correctness has run amok on college campuses long
enough. It almost allowed one university to humiliate another in
order to make a political statement," Gottlieb observed. "How
ironic that such a thing could occur in a city named for James
Madison, father of the Constitution and author of the Bill of
Rights, including the Second Amendment. The Mountaineer, complete
with his rifle, has been welcome by other schools and their
administrators, but not Wisconsin. I suppose that should not be
surprising, after Wisconsin's liberal Democrats killed legislation
earlier this year that would have allowed qualified residents to
arm themselves for personal protection.
"What nearly happened at Wisconsin," Gottlieb continued, "is
symptomatic of a broader anti-gun hysteria that runs rampant
throughout liberal academia, at Wisconsin, the University of Utah,
University of Washington and elsewhere. Evidently, prejudice is
still permissible on campus, so long as the victims are gun owners,
the Second Amendment and the civil right it protects."
UW associate athletic director Jamie Pollard had attempted to
justify the ban, arguing, "First of all, it is our game. And we
don't need a gun going off in front of 80,000 people. In the big
spirit of it all I understand why they want to do it. But it is our
home game."
In response, Gottlieb observed, "Actually, Wisconsin is hosting
West Virginia, and as gracious hosts, they should make every effort
to make their visitors feel welcome and at home. The game really is
for both teams, and we're delighted that Pollard's boss, Pat
Richter, saw it that way and reversed this embarrassing
foolishness.
"But this goes beyond some bogus concern about a blank-firing
gun in a football stadium," Gottlieb continued. "This is really
about firearms, and the freedom and heritage they represent. On
Saturday, UW officials, fans and the nation will see that gun
owners will not be mollified or silenced. We'll use the First
Amendment to defend the Second."
The banner to be flown over Camp Randall Stadium during
Saturday's game will read, simply, "Guns Save Lives."
"The UW made a decision that it could not defend, and we will
make a statement that needs no defense," said Gottlieb.
---
The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation's oldest and
largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action
group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to
privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The
Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters
and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public
about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded
successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los
Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun
owners. Current projects include several concealed carry lawsuits,
a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers & an amicus brief &
fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an
individual right.
http://www.usnewswire.com
-0-
/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
09/05 14:08
Copyright 2002, U.S. Newswire
"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