----- Original Message ----- From: "Weldon Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2000 7:53 AM Subject: PRO Gun March & Petition & Update from Neal Knox > PRO Gun March & Petition & Update from Neal Knox > > From: Professor Joseph E. Olson > and > Leroy Pyle > Please sign the petition at > http://www.i-charity.net/sw.cgi/ptn/4 > > The Second Amendment Sisters have created an online > petition against gun control to be submitted at the rally in DC > on Mother's Day. > > As luck would have it, it's at the same place that the Million > Mom Marchers have their petition. It was put up this evening, > and can you believe that we've got more signatures than the > MMM's do? > > Please help us out - sign and cross post this alert! > See Knox's comments on this group. > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neal Knox) > Date: 01/29/2000, 10:36:04 PM > Jan 29 update -- President Bill Clinton's State of the Union > promise to put "gun control" at the front of this year's > legislative agenda, and his upping the ante to require a > handgun buyer's license complete with a "gun safety" test, > may make it possible for Republicans to hold the House in > this year's election. > > But if Republican leaders start caving on these issues -- > deserting their base among gun owners, as they have shown > a proclivity to do -- they will assure their loss of the House, > and possibly even both houses of the Congress and the > Presidency. > > Clinton's adoption of Al Gore's campaign issue came as a > surprise -- although there had been rumors dating back to the > mid- December summit meeting of leading Administration > anti-gunners. > > But the structure of the Clinton handgun licensing program -- > mandating the states to create the programs -- makes it less > likely to get through Congress, much less get past the > Supreme Court (which has been taking a dim view of state > mandates). > > Requiring states to implement the Clinton-Gore program > makes it less likely to get the "moderates" from both parties > to support the plan. > > Further, by pulling the string on this radical program before > obtaining passage of the Senate-passed and mostly House- > approved Juvenile Justice gun amendments, Clinton is > signaling once again that he doesn't care about passing "gun > control" -- he mainly wants to argue about it during the 2000 > campaign. > > If Republicans remember "who brung them to the dance" in > 1994 -- and even Clinton acknowledged that it was the > Democrats' passage of Brady and the "assault weapon" ban > that gave Republicans their first Congressional majority in 40 > years -- then Clinton and Gore will have made a huge > political miscalculation. > > By such a major escalation of the "gun control" fight, Clinton > should make it easier to stop both the handgun license and > the package of gun bills we saw in 1999. Unless Republican > leaders start folding. > > Strangely, it's all up to the Republicans. > > --------------- > > While NRA apparently isn't doing anything to counter the > Million Mom March on Mother's day, Second Amendment > Sisters plans an Armed Informed Mothers' March (A.I.M.M.) > for Sunday May 14 on the Mall in Washington D.C. > > "The purpose of A.I.M.M. is to ... let Congress know that we > won't stand for having our right to defend our families ripped > away," Dallas spokesman Kimberly J. Watson says. > > Right on, ladies. > ******************************************************************** > > FIGHT THE MANDATORY TRIGGER LOCKS, PURCHASE > LIMITS, LICENSING AND REGISTRATION. > > NEWS FROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS > 18484 Preston Road, Suite 102#141 > Dallas, TX 75252 > World Wide Web: http://www.SAS-AIM.org > ========================================= > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > ========================================= > For additional information: > Kimberly J. Watson, Spokesperson > Toll-free Phone: (877) 271-6216 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ========================================= > Second Amendment Sisters Announce the > Armed Informed Mothers' March > > DALLAS, TX, January 24, 2000 � The Second Amendment > Sisters, a grassroots self-defense advocacy organization, has > announced plans for the Armed Informed Mothers' March > (A.I.M.M.), Sunday May 14, 2000, on the Mall in Washington > D.C. > > "The purpose of A.I.M.M. is to get concerned women > together and let Congress know that we won't stand for > having our right to defend our families ripped away," said > Kimberly J. Watson, one of the founders of the group. "We > won't let this assault go on any longer." > > "Women deserve to have every option available to them > when it comes to protecting themselves from violence," said > Watson. "Any further erosion of the Second Amendment > serves only to harm women and their families. Violent > criminals don't care how many new laws are made for > the children - in fact, a crush of new laws will make it that > much easier for criminals to take advantage of children, and > their mothers." > > In 1998, one out of every 33 women was a victim of a violent > crime. > > Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) is the brainchild of a small > group of women who decided to fight back against > propaganda put forth by organizations, such as Handgun > Control Inc., which are seeking to exclude the public from > firearms ownership. SAS would like to use A.I.M.M. as an > opportunity to teach the public things they might not know > about laws that exist right now, and why the Second > Amendment is important to the American people. They also > want to emphasize the need for firearms-safety education, > tougher sentencing for violent criminals, and greater parental > involvement in the lives of children. > > "The women behind the Million Mom March are attacking the > wrong end of the problem. Any inanimate object will just sit > there until a person picks it up. What they do with it depends > on what kind of respect they've been taught for human life," > said Watson. "With A.I.M.M., we can make our voices heard. > We have to stop treating the law-abiding citizens like > criminals. Even Golda Meir was against playing politics > on the backs of our children." > *************************************************************** > Call your CONGRESSMAN AND STATE LEGISLATORS > now. This can now be accomplished at the speed of light, > thanks to WorldNetDaily's new Legislative Action Center. > http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd/ > You can call your two Senators at (202) 224-3121 and your > Representative at (202) 225-3121 at the Capitol Switchboard. > Here is the URL for Congressional Telephone Directory: > http://clerkweb.house.gov/106/mbrcmtee/members/teledir/me > mbers/cdframe.htm > Here's an e-mail link to Congress. http://in-search-of.org/ > http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ > http://www.gunowners.org/mailerx.html > For legislative updates contact www.nealknox.com and go to > "Scripts from the Firearms Coalition Legislative Update Line" > What To Do If The Police Come To Confiscate Your Militia > Weapons see www.2ndamendment.net > To spread the word call Rush Limbaugh at 800-282-2882 and > callers may call in from 12 noon to 3PM EST, M-F > ******************************************************************* > From The 2ndAmendmentNews Team > > If you received this as a forward and wish to join please send: > E-MAil to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the > message body: SUBSCRIBE 2nd-Amendment-News > > We have had a computer error. 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