Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 00:18:55 -0500
From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts)
To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com
Subject: ALERT: MA & New England - Kennedy Library Sponsoring anti-Second Amendment Forum


March 8, 1995

Boston, Massachusetts and New England:

     The Kennedy Library at the University of Massachusetts
is sponsoring an anti-Second Amendment forum Tuesday, March
21, 5:30-7:15 p.m., entitled "The Gun Problem in America:
Pushing the Debate Beyond the Issues of Crime, Politics and
the Constitution."

     The forum's topics are described in the announcement
brochure as:

     "The debate surrounding the ownership and use of guns,
like the debates on other controversial social issues,
particularly abortion and drug abuse, has not been very
productive.  Discussions of guns tend to become hardened
arguments about constitutional rights, the political role of
the NRA, and efforts to take weapons out of the hands of
criminals.  Consideration should be given to more
_fundamental_ questions, such as treating gun violence as a
public health measure and addressing it with the same
intensive research and analysis as heart disease, cancer,
and AIDS."  [Emphasis added.]

     "The forum is designed to be more than a debate about
controlling the ownership of guns.  We will take a hard look
at the reasons why 30,000 people are killed each year with
guns and why efforts to lessen this carnage have not been
more successful."

     The speakers will include Rodney Dailey, executive
director of Gang Peace; Guy Molyneux, senior analyst with
Peter D. Bart Associates; and Jay Weinsten, director of the
Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of
Public Health.

     New England and Boston area NRA members are encouraged
to attend this forum and to speak out against any topics
that malign or distort an individual's fundamental and
Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.  

     Reservations for this event should be obtained by
calling 617/929-4571.  Tickets are not issued but your name
will be checked against a reservation list at the door. 
General inquiries about the Kennedy Library should be
directed to 617/929-4554.
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