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From the Radio Free Michigan archives
ftp://141.209.3.26/pub/patriot
If you have any other files you'd like to contribute, e-mail them to
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NRA-ILA FAX NETWORK
NRA-ILA Grassroots Division
11250 Waples Mill Road * Fairfax, VA 22030
No. 12 Phone: 1-800-392-8683 * Fax: 703-267-3918 12/9/94
HCI GOES NEGATIVE NATIONALLY!
On Thursday, December 8, HCI held a press conference kicking
off a national media blitz attacking NRA's defense of the Second
Amendment, and leveling a series of fallacious charges against
NRA. The ads are expected to appear in several major cities,
including Boston (MA), Kansas City (MO), Salisbury (MD), Salt
Lake City (UT), and Tucson (AZ). The ads feature HCI's own Sarah
Brady with a new pal, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court -
- turned "gun control" champion Warren Burger.
The ads erroneously claim that the Courts have never thrown
out a "gun control" law on Second Amendment grounds. (Oh yes
they have! Nunn v. State in 1846 and in re: Brickley in 1902!)
The ads further claim the NRA deliberately distorts the meaning
of the Second Amendment. (False - literally every scholarly work
on this issue has concluded that the Second Amendment is in fact
an individual right!) HCI's new ads further challenge NRA to
bring a Second Amendment claim to the Supreme Court. (False
again - NRA tried to get the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to
the Morton Grove, Illinois gun ban, yet it was HCI who actually
petitioned the Supreme Court NOT to hear the case!)
ACTION ALERT! We need your help to counter these attacks.
If you see these ads or other charges being made in the broadcast
media against the NRA and the Second Amendment, please contact
the NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at 1-800-392-8683. Let us know
what was said, the name of the station airing the broadcast, the
time and date it appeared, and if an official NRA representative
had the opportunity to respond.
NEWS AS IT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATES. In New Jersey, the
Assembly passed a "Gun Free School Zones" bill, which will
increase penalties for the mere possession of an illegal firearm
within 1,000 feet of a school. Basic translation: anybody who
owns what the state considers to be an "illegal assault weapon"
(semi-auto) will be subject to enhanced penalties, regardless of
whether the gun is ever used in a crime. The bill is now
awaiting action by the Senate Education Committee. New Jersey
members are encouraged to contact the Committee to urge them to
vote NO on this punitive measure. In Wisconsin, despite the fact
that Madison gun owners have defeated Mayor Soglin's "gun
control" proposals at the ballot box, this week Soglin cast two
tie-breaking votes to help railroad all of his "gun control"
ordinances through the Common Council. Meanwhile, in Fox Point,
the Village Board will meet on December 13 to consider an
ordinance that will ban the commercial sale of all firearms.
Members in the area are encouraged to attend the meeting as well
as contact the Board to voice their opposition! Couple these
examples with attempts by anti-gunners to pass gun ban referenda
in Milwaukee and Kenosha, and it becomes clear that Wisconsin is
in desperate need of a statewide firearms preemption law, and
passage of such a law will be one of NRA's top priorities in
1995.
SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH NRA IN FEC SUIT. Sending a clear
message to all federal agencies, the Supreme Court struck down a
claim by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) against the NRA.
The decision revolved around an NRA challenge that the FEC itself
was structured unconstitutionally because the Commission included
two members appointed by Congress. Therefore, the NRA argued,
and the Court agreed, that the FEC structure violated the
separation of powers clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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