-Caveat Lector- ---------- From: Clarence Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Kepi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: From the ENEMY's camp! Date: Thu, Mar 25, 1999, 9:34 AM At 09:39 AM 3/25/99 -0600, you wrote: >I hope the battle-axe gags on her spittle! > >Should anyone want to THANK Anheuser-Busch for their support of our 2nd >Amendment rights, call or write: > >Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. >One Busch Place >St. Louis, MO 63118-1852 >Tel: (314) 577-2000 >1-800-DIAL-BUD >No E-mail available > >====================== > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >March 22, 1999 > > >SARAH BRADY, GUN/ALCOHOL EXPERTS DECRY >ANHEUSER-BUSCH SUPPORT FOR CARRYING CONCEALED >WEAPONS IN MISSOURI > >Washington, D.C. Sarah Brady, Chair of Handgun Control today condemned >Anheuser-Busch, Inc. for its recent support of Proposition B, a Missouri >state-wide referendum which if passed would give the state one of the >weakest concealed-carry laws in the nation. The April 6 referendum marks >the first time in the U.S. that the controversial issue of carrying >concealed weapons has been put to a state-wide vote; a pro-gun Missouri >group is calling the vote ‘the last great gun battle of the 20th century’ >and the gun lobby is pouring money and political clout into the campaign. > >Headquartered in St. Louis, the giant beer and entertainment conglomerate >is the only major Missouri corporation to publicly support Proposition B, >despite opposition from most Missouri law enforcement and health groups. >Missouri newspapers reported that Anheuser-Busch decided to take the >unusual step of publicly backing a lax concealed-carry system to refute >Internet-based rumors that the company was "pro-gun-control." > >"The audacity of this endorsement is just breathtaking," Mrs. Brady said. >"Here we have the world’s largest beer company telling the citizens of >their home state that carrying loaded guns in drinking establishments is a >good thing. Here we have a company that, for all its talk of the need for >individual freedom, is pandering to the gun lobby." > >"What was Anheuser-Busch thinking? Why are they ignoring their own message >– that drinkers should drink responsibly, shooters should shoot >responsibly, and that guns and alcohol should never, never mix?" > >Proposition B would allow Missourians convicted of serious misdemeanor >crimes including stalking, assault and child molestation to carry concealed >weapons. The proposition is so vaguely worded that people with permits >could carry assault pistols, including the Uzi and TEC-9, into daycare >centers, on school grounds and busses – and into bars, sports stadiums, >restaurants and other establishments that serve alcohol. Missouri currently >is one of seven states that do not permit the carrying of concealed >weapons, and its crime rate has declined by 22% in the last five years – >more than that of most states which currently have lax concealed-carry laws. > >"Even the NRA tells its members never to consume alcohol before shooting," >Mrs. Brady commented. "Shooting ranges, many of which are run by NRA >instructors, prohibit alcohol on the premises. So according to their logic, >it’s not OK to go to a shooting range with a can of Budweiser in your >pocket, but it’s fine to go into a Kansas City bar with a loaded handgun. >The new Anheuser-Busch advertising slogan should be: Drink now, shoot later." > >Mrs. Brady was joined by Diana Conti, Executive Director of the Marin >Institute, which has focused much of its research on alcohol-related social >problems and on Anheuser-Busch, and by the daughters of Deborah Kitchen, >who was rendered a quadriplegic by a drunken ex-boyfriend who had just >purchased a gun. Although the relationship between alcohol and violence is >complex, study after study has shown that in most violent events, both >victims and offenders were drinking alcohol before the violent incident >took place. > >"Unlike the gun lobby, Handgun Control does not call for a boycott of a >corporation’s products because they take a position different from ours," >Mrs. Brady said. "Our many friends in Missouri, including the majority of >law enforcement and health organizations, who oppose Proposition B do so >because they know that Missouri does not need thousands of hidden handguns >carried by the wrong people in the wrong places. What I will do is call on >Anheuser-Busch to rethink its responsibility to the Missouri citizens whose >lives and families would be endangered if Proposition B passes, and take a >stand for public safety. No guns in bars. Guns and alcohol don’t mix." > >http://www.handguncontrol.org/e-main.htm > >### > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list, email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body text: leave Ark or go to the archive web site at http://millennium-ark.net/ark_mail/ { in case of difficulty contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> } ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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