—–Original Message—–
From: Rich Mason
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Cc: John Harris <Date: Friday, February 11, 2000 11:49 PM
Subject: [tennfirearmsassoc] TFALAC Mailing to TN State Legislators

>I extend my personal thanks to Charlie Curry for his tremendous efforts of
>this week in getting out a mailing to every elected member of the Tennessee
>General Assembly. This work includes a brilliant political cartoon Charlie
>created on the illogic of our current permit law, information on the
>Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA), the Tennessee Firearms Association
>Legislative Action Committee (TFA-LAC), along with an article I wrote “A Day
>in the Life of a Tennessee Handgun Permit Holder”, subtitled “Why Does the
>State Want to Make Us Criminals?”
>
>A lot of effort went into putting this mailing together. Now, comes your
>part. Get on the phone to your legislators, crank out the e-mails and
>letters. You can use the Legislative Letter Generator on our website at
>http://www.tennesseefirearms.com to automatically create a letter to your
>Representative and Senator. Put your elected leaders on notice that we want
>the laws of this state changed to stop making us criminals simply because we
>exercise our unalienable right to keep and bear arms. Remember, we’re NOT
>the criminals, and that we have the unalienable right to protect our loved
>ones and ourselves from the criminals no matter where we are!
>
>”The right of self-defense is the first law of nature; in most governments
>it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest
>possible limits…and [when] the right of the people to keep and bear arms
>is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not
>already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.” — St. George Tucker,
>Judge of the Virginia Supreme Court and U.S. District Court of Virginia in
>Blackstone Commentaries, 1803
>
>Tell your legislators to be on the alert for this mailing and ask them to
>become members of the Tennessee Firearms Association themselves. Our mailing
>to them includes a membership application.
>
>Rich Mason
>Director, Shelby County Chapter
>Member, Executive Committee
>Tennessee Firearms Association
>
>cc: John Harris
> Executive Director
> Tennessee Firearms Association
>