-Caveat Lector- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 17:00:28 -0500 > Subject: Incumbent Protection Bill Threatens GOA's Existence > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > McCain Incumbent Protection Bill Threatens Gun Owners > -- Bill to keep gun owners in the dark, endanger existence of GOA > > Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert > 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 > Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 > http://www.gunowners.org > > > (Tuesday, March 6, 2001) -- Irked by nettlesome groups such as GOA > which threaten to expose their anti-gun activities, Arizona Senator > John McCain (R) and Wisconsin Democrat Senator Russ Feingold (D) are > pushing legislation which would eliminate the ability of groups like > GOA to keep gun owners informed on how their legislators are voting. > > In the name of reforming campaign finance laws, this Incumbent > Protection legislation would allow the government to seize the > membership lists of groups such as ours -- and potentially outlaw > our organization. The issue is scheduled to come before the Senate > between March 19th and 26th. > > The Incumbent Protection bill, S. 27, would require legislative > advocacy groups -- including Second Amendment organizations such as > GOA -- to report to the government if they spend more than $10,000 > preparing for and participating in TV and radio broadcasts which > mention officeholder-candidates within two months of an election. > If they wished, government bureaucrats could define virtually all of > an organization's activities as "preparation" for TV and radio > interviews. > > With GOA employees regularly appearing on TV shows such as Fox News, > Crossfire, and other programs to discuss gun-related legislation, > there can be little doubt that S. 27 would apply to this > organization. If it did, GOA would be required to provide the > government with its donor list. For the time being, this disclosure > would be limited to contributors of $1,000 or more, but no one > should assume this threshold would not be reduced or eliminated once > the government's foot was in our membership door. > > It goes without saying that an activist who sends a check to GOA to > help protect his Second Amendment rights doesn't want his name being > registered with the government as a gun owner. And for that reason, > GOA will fight this bill "tooth and nail." And if this bill were to > become law, GOA would not comply. We would fight it in court, and > exhaust every possible resource, because we are not going to turn > over our members' names to the government. > > This underscores why it is SO VERY IMPORTANT that we defeat this > bill in the Congress! GOA would rather spend its members' dollars > defending 2nd Amendment freedoms, as opposed to spending hundreds of > thousands of dollars fighting 1st Amendment battles in court. > > Finally, because the Incumbent Protection bill would define > GOA's battles against anti-gun legislation as "electioneering" if > they occurred during election season, these legislative activities > could affect our tax-exempt status -- and ultimately, our existence. > Urge your Senators to keep their distance from John McCain and Russ > Feingold, and to respect the free speech rights of all Americans. > > > ACTION: > > 1. Please call, fax or email your two Senators and ask them to > filibuster and vote against the anti-gun McCain-Feingold bill, > S. 27. You can call the Senate at 202-224-3121, or toll-free at > 1-877-762-8762. See the GOA Legislative Action Center at > http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm for complete Senate contact > information, and to send pre-written messages. > > 2. Forward this alert to as many gun owners as possible and ask > them to contact their Senators in opposition to S. 27. > > > ----- Pre-written message ----- > > Dear Senator: > > The anti-gun McCain-Feingold bill, S. 27, threatens to open the > membership lists of Second Amendment organizations -- and even > threaten their tax-exempt status. I urge you to oppose any bill > that would limit the ability of outside groups such as Gun Owners of > America to communicate with their members. > > I rely on groups like GOA to keep me informed when my rights are > being threatened. I would consider a law to muzzle such groups as > an attempt to avoid the accountability that an informed electorate > provides. > > Please filibuster and vote against this anti-gun and anti-speech > abomination. Let me know what you intend to do. Thank you. > > Sincerely, > > > ************** > Do not reply directly to this message. > > To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to > http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web. Change of e-mail > address may also be made at that location. > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Problems, questions or comments? The main GOA e-mail address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is at your disposal. Please do not add that > address to distribution lists sending more than ten messages per > week or lists associated with issues other than gun rights. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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