From firearms-alert-owner Wed Jan 18 23:35:44 1995 Received: (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id XAA21200 for firearms-alert-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 23:32:27 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id XAA21177 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 23:32:24 -0800 Received: from gatekeeper.nra.org (gatekeeper.NRA.Org [192.156.97.62]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id XAA25242 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 23:32:22 -0800 Received: by gatekeeper.nra.org (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA07573; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 02:32:16 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 02:32:16 -0500 Message-Id: <9501190732.AA07573@gatekeeper.nra.org> Reply-To: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org Originator: rkba-alert@nra.org From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts) To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Subject: INFO: ILA Grassroots Bulletin 95-1-13 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: NRA Alerts list Sender: firearms-alert-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO NRA-ILA FAX NETWORK NRA-ILA Grassroots Division 11250 Waples Mill Road * Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 1-800-392-8683 * Fax: 703-267-3918 Vol. 2, No. 2 1/13/95 REPEAL & REFORM UNDERWAY! Our chance to take back those freedoms stripped away last year by President Clinton and his anti-gun cronies is fast approaching! This week, Rep. Jim Chapman (D-TX) kept his promise to gun owners and introduced legislation to repeal the gun ban. Chapman's bill, H.R. 125, currently has some 50 co-sponsors. Also, the House Judiciary Committee will soon consider H.R. 3, the Contract with America Crime Bill, and we need your help to ensure that H.R. 3 contains provisions to repeal the '94 gun ban. Action Alert! Please contact members of the House Judiciary Committee and express your interest in seeing that a repeal of the 1994 gun ban is included in H.R. 3. For a list of Committee members, please call the NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at 1-800- 392-8683, or call the GUN-TALK BBS with your computer and display Bulletin #1. A LOOK AT THE STATES: Arkansas - Pro-gun lawmakers will push for a personal protection bill to allow its citizens to carry a firearm for self-defense. Hearings on this bill could be held by the State House Judiciary Committee as early as January 16. NRA members in Arkansas are encouraged to contact their state lawmakers and urge them to support this proposal to recognize law-abiding citizens' right to carry firearms for self-defense. California - On Tuesday, January 17, at 6:00 p.m., the Fresno City Council will consider amending the city code to make it easier for law-abiding citizens to legally carry a firearm for self-defense. Any such reform in Fresno will pave the way for similar action in other cities. For more details, call NRA's Sacramento Office at 916/446-2455. In Newark, NRA members' efforts paid off as the Planning Commission delayed immediate action on the proposed zoning ordinance to ban the sale and repair of guns in licensed dealers' homes, and block the opening of new gun stores. On February 21, the Planning Commission will again meet to discuss this issue. We'll keep you posted! Illinois - On Thursday, January 19, at 7:30 p.m., the Lombard Village Board will debate an ordinance which could greatly restrict your access and right to purchase firearms. In addition to obtaining a $400 license from Village bureaucrats, FFL holders would have to comply with numerous zoning and regulatory requirements. Area members should call their Village representatives and urge them to oppose this ordinance. Minnesota - A special primary election for the open State Senate seat in District 33 will be held on Thursday, January 19th. NRA- PVF has endorsed incumbent State Rep. Warren Limmer (IR) to fill the vacancy. Limmer is a staunch supporter of our freedoms, and if elected, will bring his pro-gun voting record along with him. Voter turnout is expected to be low, so every vote counts! Members in the area are encouraged to make it to the polls on Thursday to cast their vote for Warren Limmer. Washington - On Monday, January 16, a firearm owners civil rights rally will be held at the State Capitol in Olympia. The rally will begin at noon, and heavy turnout is critical if Washington gun owners are to send Gov. Lowry a clear message that they will no longer tolerate assaults on their freedoms! For more information, please call rally chairman, Joe Waldron, at 206/754- 9782. ON THE LEGAL FRONT: Momentum for the federal lawsuits challenging the Brady Act continues to mount! In New Mexico, Otero County Sheriff John Lee has been joined in his lawsuit by five fellow sheriffs. New Mexico is the first state to have multiple sheriffs as plaintiffs in a Brady suit. Federal court rulings have already been handed down in Montana, Mississippi, Arizona and Vermont, declaring the background check provision of the Brady Act was unconstitutional because it commandeers state officials to implement federal law. Also this week, the Supreme Court refused to hear a constitutional challenge to Montana's hunter harassment law, thus letting the law stand. As you know, hunter harassment laws prohibit "animal rights" extremists from interfering with individuals lawfully engaged in hunting. This is good news for hunters everywhere! -- This information is presented as a service to the Internet community by the NRA/ILA. Many files are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.nra.org, via WWW at http://www.nra.org, via gopher at gopher.nra.org, and via WAIS at wais.nra.org Be sure to subscribe to the NRA mailing lists. Send the word help as the body of a message to listproc@NRA.org Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK BBS at (703) 934-2121.