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HCI ENDORSES RIVERS in MI
Josey1
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HCI ENDORSES RIVERS
Submitted on: May 26, 2002
In March, the gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Lynn Rivers (D) in the August 6 Democratic primary for Michigan`s newly drawn 15th Congressional District.
Rivers is currently serving her fourth term as the U.S. Representative in Michigan`s 13th District but, due to redistricting, she must now run in the new 15th District against U.S. Representative John Dingell (D), the current Representative of Michigan`s 16th District who must also run in the newly-formed 15th District.
(Due to the redistricting process, Michigan lost its 16th District.)
The winner of this primary is expected to easily win election in November, as the district has been redrawn to heavily favor Democratic Party candidates.
Electing Rivers is touted as one of the gun-ban lobby`S "top priorities," and goes on to hail her as "a committed advocate for stronger gun laws." Rivers` endorsement -- issued through the Brady Voter Education Fund -- also praises the lawmaker for supporting legislation that would shut down traditional American gun shows, and for voting against a bill in 1996 that would have repealed the 1994 ban on certain semiautomatic firearms.
http://www.mcrgo.org/news_story.asp?key=858
"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
Submitted on: May 26, 2002
In March, the gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI announced its endorsement of U.S. Representative Lynn Rivers (D) in the August 6 Democratic primary for Michigan`s newly drawn 15th Congressional District.
Rivers is currently serving her fourth term as the U.S. Representative in Michigan`s 13th District but, due to redistricting, she must now run in the new 15th District against U.S. Representative John Dingell (D), the current Representative of Michigan`s 16th District who must also run in the newly-formed 15th District.
(Due to the redistricting process, Michigan lost its 16th District.)
The winner of this primary is expected to easily win election in November, as the district has been redrawn to heavily favor Democratic Party candidates.
Electing Rivers is touted as one of the gun-ban lobby`S "top priorities," and goes on to hail her as "a committed advocate for stronger gun laws." Rivers` endorsement -- issued through the Brady Voter Education Fund -- also praises the lawmaker for supporting legislation that would shut down traditional American gun shows, and for voting against a bill in 1996 that would have repealed the 1994 ban on certain semiautomatic firearms.
http://www.mcrgo.org/news_story.asp?key=858
"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
Comments
If we have any say in it, Ms. Rivers won't go very far...
Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
There's no way to know how much if any impact I contributed, but I can tell you that both NRA and Gun Owners of America sent out mass mailings, and George Bush agreed to make a commercial with the pro-gun incumbent and endorse him -- after which his contributions also seemed to increase. He was able to keep running those TV ads, shaking Bush's hand, right up to Primary day. The anti-gun candidate lost by 20,000 votes, a large number in a region the size of Northeast Indiana. I received a note from winner Mark Souder thanking me for writing him and suggesting he tap the NRA for help and pointing out some of the other guy's weak points, saying something like "you don't know how much it helps." Souder didn't make a big deal publicly about being pro-gun in his campaign, but mentioned several times that his stance on the Second Amendment was quite different from the opponent's while ticking off their differences. This managed to avoid rankling the anti-gun faction while being duly noted, I'm sure, by the pro-gun folks. That plus the mailings from the NRA and GOA probably helped make sure the right people went to the polls that day. The turnout was not much bigger than usual, even though the race was in the news. But I have a feeling that those who chose to go were more of the pro-gun variety because they were proactively alerted.
I don't know if you have enough pro-gun voters in Michigan to do the same, but it's worth a try.
- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878