Date: Mon, 3 Apr 95 12:52:19 PDT
From: jim@antares.com (Jim Ludemann)
To: ba-firearms@shell.portal.com
Subject: KCBS Protest Letter


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KCBS Radio

Dear Sirs,

I am writing to express my disapproval of your biased coverage of 
Mayor Jordan's anti-self-defense press conference tied in with the 
interview of Sara Brady in Washington. Mrs. Brady was allowed to 
state many of her opinions as if they were facts, and no opposing 
voice was aired.

Her chief point was that the NRA took advantage of the anti-incumbent 
feelings of the voters and elected a pro-self-defense Congress against 
the wishes of the voters, and that the voters are in fact against 
self-defense and in favor of disarming victims. The truth is that 
no issue was more closely correlated with defeat of incumbents than 
their support of such victim disarmament laws as the Assault Weapon 
Ban and the Brady Bill.

The right to self-defense, both against criminals and a tyrannical 
government, is the most basic of human rights. Victim disarmament laws 
advocated by Sara Brady will do nothing to decrease violent crime, but 
rather have only the effect of allowing the criminals to go about their 
dirty business unchallenged. The American people understand this.  They 
also understand that the right to own and carry weapons is guaranteed 
by the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, and they will throw 
politicians out of office for attempting to dismantle it.

Please place a copy of this letter in your public comments file. I 
expect to see coverage of the pro-self-defense position in the next 
few days to undo the damage done by today's reporting. In the future 
I will expect to see unbiased coverage of the victim-disarmament issue 
from your station, or I will oppose renewal of your FCC license.

 
Sincerely,

James Ludemann,
President