[ftp://ftp.shell.portal.com/pub/chan/goa/28jul94] From: LARRY.PRATT@prn-bbs.org (LARRY PRATT) Subject: GOA Message to Congress To: ca-firearms@SHELL.PORTAL.COM Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 13:49:50 GMT Gun Owners to Congress: Remember Florio? (July 27, 1994) -- Gun Owners of America is going to be distributing the following information (as a flyer) door-to-door tomorrow morning (7/28) in the halls of Congress. We thought you might find some of the "political lessons" useful in making your case when you call your legislators. To the Congress: Before You Vote on the Crime Bill, Remember . . . "When the Gun Lobby goes after you, it does have an adverse impact." -- soon-to-be former state senator Dave Roberti Los Angeles Times, June 9, 1994 Recent elections where gun control played a pivotal role: * Jim Florio of New Jersey: The Washington Post (11/5/93) reported that "gun owners provided the margin of victory in Whitmans' race." * Mary Sue Terry of Virginia: The Washington Times (11/5/93) reported that Terry's loss sent a "strong, clear signal" that those who championed "more gun control to fight crime were out of step with the voters." * Joe Prather of Kentucky: Campaigns & Elections (July 1994) reports that the Christian Coalition distributed up to 90,000 copies of a "voter guide" that said Prather supported "registration of firearms" -- a big issue in the second district. * David Roberti of California. "When the Gun Lobby goes after you, it does have an adverse impact," said soon-to-be former state senator Roberti to the Los Angeles Times (6/9/94). Gun owners helped force a recall election to oust the anti-gun senator earlier this year. This special election cost Roberti thousands of dollars per day, thereby depleting his financial resources. As a result, he lost his primary election for state Treasurer to a person whose name recognition ranked below all other state contenders. Single-issue voters are overwhelmingly pro-gun: * Campaigns & Elections (March 1994) stated that gun control can easily "backfire as a campaign issue." The reason is twofold, says the article. Nearly half the voters have a gun in their homes and gun control can be perceived as a "personal threat." Furthermore, gun control is not a passionate issue for proponents of restrictions, but is an extremely passionate issue for gun rights supporters. Translated: gun owners are much more likely than gun control advocates to be single-issue voters. Be forewarned, there is incredible voter anger brewing outside of the Beltway! Gun Owners of America will consider a vote for the crime bill -- if it has a gun ban in it -- as a gun control vote. Our rating will be published by Guns & Ammo magazine this fall. The above information alert was posted by Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585, fax: (8408). Please do not send e-mail. --- WM v3.01/92-0211 * Origin: PRN/CENTRAL - The 1st remote PRN node! (816) 597-3950 (176:200/0.0) =========================================================================== Bypassing the bias of broadcast media with the "narrowcast" function of the telephone line's information SuperHiway! The Paul Revere Network Multi-Line BBS (408) 947-7800, 279-0872, 947-7678 =========================================================================== From ca-firearms-owner Thu Jul 28 07:25:39 1994 Return-Path: ca-firearms-owner Received: from localhost (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) id HAA19367 for ca-firearms-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jul 1994 07:25:22 -0700 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id HAA19355 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 1994 07:25:19 -0700 Received: from holonet.net (marvin.holonet.net [198.207.169.9]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.7/8.6.4) with ESMTP id HAA18689 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 1994 07:25:19 -0700 Received: from localhost (uucp@localhost) by holonet.net id GAA09500; Thu, 28 Jul 1994 06:56:52 -0700 Received: by prn-bbs.org (WILDUUCP! v1.00 ) Thu, 28 Jul 1994 13:50:22 GMT From: LARRY.PRATT@prn-bbs.org (LARRY PRATT) Message-Id: Subject: Overnight News July27-28 To: ca-firearms@SHELL.PORTAL.COM Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 13:50:22 GMT Organization: The Paul Revere Network - (408) 292-2790 Sender: ca-firearms-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO Overnight Report from Gun Owners of America According to the Associated Press at 10:41 p.m., "House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday night to include a ban on assault-style firearms in a $30.2 billion crime bill. House conferees voted 6-4 to go along with the Senate in making the tensely fought provision part of the bill." "Rep. Jack Brooks of Texas was the only House Democrat to vote against including the assault ban in the bill and Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois was the only House Republican to vote for it," AP said. Every one of you who called or wrote or faxed should realize how much ground we have recaptured in a short time. Recall that three months ago, pro-gun magazines like Women & Guns were saying the ban was a done deal. Thanks to pro-gun Americans like you, the done deal has been transformed into an inch by inch trench war. And nothing is settled yet. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) was a strong supporter of the waiting period. He was seen at the White House for the signing ceremony. Yet this same Rep. James Sensenbrenner predicted to the AP "that including the bank (sic ban?) in the crime bill will doom the whole package to defeat -- either through a Senate filibuster or on a procedural vote in the House required to bring the bill to the floor. Rep. Charles Schumer (D-NY) claims that, "this crime bill has so much momentum that no one will stand in the way of it." Rep. Schumer also told AP that "there are very few legitimate people who have assault weapons." In other words, Schumer called you a criminal if you own one of the 180 or more guns that will be banned under this law. And Schumer doesn't think that Senator Larry Craig, Senator Phil Gramm, Senator Bob Smith or any other Senator will be willing to stand up to protect your rights by killing this terrible bill via filibuster. An outnumbered body of ordinary men turned back the cream of the British army at the battle of Bunker Hill. So too can ordinary citizens repeal this latest assault on our Bill of Rights. Please keep calling. Vote could be taken today or tomorrow. Posted by Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 (703) 321-8585 (v) (703) 321-8408 (fax). It is impossible for us to respond to E-Mail. --- WM v3.01/92-0211 * Origin: PRN/CENTRAL - The 1st remote PRN node! (816) 597-3950 (176:200/0.0) =========================================================================== Bypassing the bias of broadcast media with the "narrowcast" function of the telephone line's information SuperHiway! The Paul Revere Network Multi-Line BBS (408) 947-7800, 279-0872, 947-7678 ===========================================================================