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US Senate EMERGENCY ALERT!
Backdoor Gun Control to be Voted on in the Senate — Your Senators must hear from you immediately Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org (Tuesday, February 1, 2000) — As early as tomorrow morning, the Senate is expected to vote on [...]
The Immorallities of Gun Control
http://independenceinstitute.net/SuptDocs/OpEdArcv/Gorman/00Jan11.TheImmoralityofGunControl.htm Recommended Reading By Linda Gorman In a January 4th letter-to-the editor of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, Mr. Joseph E. Cordova of Littleton wrote “I am confused as to why people are so devoted to keeping a constitutional right that allows us to own a tool that when used correctly either destroys or damages [...]
Deseret News editorial Sometimes what’s left out is just as important as what’s included. That’s the case with the GOP lawmakers’ crime-fighting package that is now before the 2000 Legislature. It has a number of laudable ingredients, including: New restrictions to state law on “date rape” drugs; a mandatory one-year term for crimes in which [...]
Gun industry rejects settlement effort
By Bill McAllister Denver Post Washington Bureau Chief Feb. 1 – WASHINGTON – The gun industry has rebuffed the Clinton administration’s efforts to broker a peace agreement between firearms makers and the more than two dozen cities that are suing them, Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo disclosed Monday. Cuomo revealed the rejection as he announced a [...]
JFPO Alert-Showdown with the United Nations.
ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP America’s Aggressive Civil Rights Organization February 1, 2000 Showdown with the United Nations — Your Rights In the Balance Do you agree with some or all of the following statements about the United Nations: (1) The United Nations can serve a useful function by providing a [...]
U. Pennsylvania gun control debate becomes fiery
By Alyssa Litman Daily Pennsylvanian U. Pennsylvania (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA — Fiery arguments, passionate debaters and an active audience were all on display at Monday night’s gun-control debate in the University of Pennsylvania’s Logan Hall. Before an audience of 100 students and local residents, National Rifle Association officials and gun-control activists joined several Penn undergraduates in [...]
Utah House Committee OKs Bill on Gun Purchases
House Committee OKs Bill on Gun Purchases THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A bill that would keep those found mentally ill by a court from purchasing a firearm flew through a House committee Monday. The bill calls for the mentally ill to be placed on the state’s gun-buying background checks. A week ago, the same bill, which [...]
Senate Dems propose tougher gun rules
February 1, 2000 BY FRAN SPIELMAN CITY HALL REPORTER Prospective gun owners would be required to undergo four hours of training and pay twice as much for a firearms owners identification card, under new gun laws proposed Monday by Illinois Senate Democrats. Emboldened by fallout over Benjamin Smith’s rampage, the Democrats also propose a civil [...]
Jesse Ventura calls gun control advocates ignorant
Monday January 31 5:41 PM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) – Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, in remarks published in the March issue of Playboy Magazine, says gun control advocates are ignorant about human nature. The one-time professional wrestler, who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, noted that he had a sign posted in [...]
