Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 00:04:23 -0800 From: Jeff Chan To: firearms-alert Subject: NRA: Talking Points 10/30/95 [Talking points are brief notes on different subjects you can use at appropriate places in debates, talks, etc. -- Jeff C.] __ Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 22:11:16 -0500 From: NRA Alerts To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: BULLETPOINTS: The Right and The Left Have Met In the Middle NRA Bullet Points A Publication Of The NRA Institute for Legislative Action Public Relations & Communications Division 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030 703-267-1190 Vol. 1, No. 005 October 30, 1995 THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT HAVE MET IN THE MIDDLE UNUSUAL ALLIES PROPOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS... For nearly three years, NRA and a host of other civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union have been asking President Clinton to establish a national commission to ensure accountability and top-notch leadership in federal law enforcement. Save for a no-results meeting with a Justice Department staffer, the Clinton Administration never responded. The coalition has gathered again to issue the same call for progress, for accountability, for leadership. This time, the Coalition is asking Congress to do what the Clinton Administration has refused to do: take action. DIVERSE GROUPS SHARE COMMON PURPOSE... The eleven organizations that signed the letter addressed to Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman on the Judiciary, and Senator Joseph Biden range from the ACLU to the NRA, the National Association of Criminal Defense lawyers and Frontiers of Freedom. These diverse groups disagree on some policy issues, but share a common purpose: improve law enforcement and safeguard constitutional rights through proper oversight of federal law enforcement practices. AMERICANS WANT LEADERS HELD ACCOUNTABLE, POLICIES CHANGED... Among the Coalition recommendations to Congress: * Restore lethal force policy to the traditional, legal self-defense standard, the same policy NRA has taught law enforcement since we invented police firearms training in 1916. * Improve warrants and limit "dynamic entries." * Ensure the Executive Branch honors the Fourth Amendment. * Stop prosecutorial misconduct by the Justice Department. * Stop religious bias by government and ensure consultation with religious experts when appropriate. * Ensure the U.S. military is never misused in a domestic law enforcement role. TIME TO TIE KNOTS, NOT POINT FINGERS... The Waco and Ruby Ridge tragedies were two of the many catalysts in recent years that caused the bond of trust between law enforcement and U.S. citizens to fray. The problems raised by the civil rights coalition are not problems owned by individual law enforcement agents. They are problems of policy and, therefore, problems of leadership. The bond of trust between law enforcement and citizens has frayed. It is time to tie knots, not point fingers. For more information on the above mentioned topic please call NRA/ILA Public Relations and Communications at (703) 267-1190. =+=+=+=+ This information is provided as a service of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, Fairfax, VA. This and other information on the Second Amendment and the NRA is available at any of the following URL's: http://WWW.NRA.Org, gopher://GOPHER.NRA.Org, wais://WAIS.NRA.Org, ftp://FTP.NRA.Org, mailto:LISTPROC@NRA.Org (Send the word help as the body of a message) Information may also be obtained by connecting directly to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK Bulletin Board System at (703) 934-2121.