Most of you will remember Sheriff Mack’s lawsuit against the Clinton
> regime’s Brady bill back in the mid 1990s. He was a small town sheriff in
> Southeast Arizona at the time as he led the charge to protect the nation’s
> right to keep and bear arms. Mack’s lawsuit and crusade made it all the
way
> to the U. S. Supreme Court where he won a landmark decision. This victory
> was one of the most monumental rulings for our Tenth Amendment (states’
> rights) freedoms in recent history. However, probably the most important
> aspect of Mack’s lawsuit was the death of the Brady bill movement.
Although
> mostly unnoticed and hardly publicized, there were five Brady bills
> originally planned by the anti-gun tyrants, each intended to be passed one
> year after the other. If all five had passed you could have kissed your
> Second Amendment rights a big goodbye. At the very least Gun Shows would
be
> a thing of the past. The light shed on the Brady bill by the Mack lawsuit
> literally stopped the political support the gun-grab lobby had in line for
> their movement. Brady bill II was introduced in March of 1995 by Senator
> Howard Metzenbaum and never made it to the floor. Brady bills three, four,
> and five were never introduced and died along side their sister, Brady
bill
> # two. Now the powers at be are going after Mack again. His son, also
named
> Richard, is being charged with a felony in Mesa, Arizona, for brandishing
an
> unloaded shotgun. What makes this case even more astounding is the fact
that
> Arizona is a right to carry state. Anyone can carry a shotgun, loaded or
> unloaded, nearly anywhere in public in the state of Arizona. The younger
> Mack was being chased by a road rage maniac last November. After the guy
ran
> Rich off the road, Rich got his shotgun out of the trunk of his car and
> stood his ground. The would-be attacker saw the gun and immediately
> withdrew. The entire incident ended peacefully, just as most self-defense
> situations with guns do. However, the police arrived and confiscated the
> shotgun and six months later charged Sheriff Mack’s son with a felony. A
> dangerous felon is loose on the streets and it takes the authorities six
> months to charge him! Or did it take six months to finally figure out who
> his father was? Neverhteless, we all owe Sheriff Mack a debt of gratitude
> and he needs our help. He is now forced to raise funds for his son’s legal
> defense and GOA is asking for your support. Any of you wanting to help may
> do so by sending donations to: Rich Mack Defense Fund P.O. Box 50911
Provo,
> Utah 84606. If Mack’s son were to be found guilty of this charge, then a
> horrible precedent could be set in a right to carry state that would put
us
> all in jeopardy.
>
> Note: Sheriff Mack is now Director of Public Affairs for GOA. In his
lawsuit
> he was ultimately joined by six other sheriffs from across the country.
Mack
> and Sheriff Printz from Montana were the two litigants who actually went
> before the Supreme Court.