Keep Calling In Support
Of Ashcroft And Norton
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Two of President George W. Bush's cabinet nominees are still
under attack from extremist organizations, so keep contacting
your U.S. Senators and urge them to support and vote for
confirmation of John Ashcroft for U.S. Attorney General, and Gale
Norton for Secretary of the Interior.
The attacks on Ashcroft, one of the most qualified candidates for
U.S. Attorney General this country has ever seen, have ranged
from the ridiculous to the outrageous, and the most recent shot
fired at the former Missouri Attorney General, Governor, and U.S.
Senator is a mixture of both. The Violence Policy Center (VPC), a
tiny, radical anti-gun group best known for wild distortions of
the truth, has called on Ashcroft to resign his membership with
NRA. VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarmann stated this curious
demand is because of NRA's "views regarding law enforcement."
Of course, NRA has been one of the strongest supporters of this
nation's law enforcement community for more than a century, and
since the early 1960s, our Association has served as the nation's
leading firearms and marksmanship trainer for America's men and
women in blue. Today, approximately 10,000 NRA-certified
instructors offer training nationwide, reaching an estimated
450,000 law enforcement officers annually. NRA also offers
special benefits for its members in law enforcement, including
special insurance coverage, discounts on body armor, and a
scholarship fund for their children.
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It is hard to imagine how
VPC can find these kinds of "views regarding law enforcement" so
objectionable. Joining VPC in this strange demand is U.S. Senator
Dianne Feinstein (D). Feinstein stated, "To have an attorney
general that is a present member of the NRA certainly shows a
bias."
Her comment, ironically, exposes Feinstein's own extreme
bias. Her statement implies she would not support Ashcroft's
nomination due to his membership in an organization made up of
more than 4.2 million law-abiding Americans, simply because she
does not agree with NRA's efforts to defend the Second Amendment.
Ashcroft's confirmation is still pending in the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Gale Norton has not faced quite as public an attack, but she
continues to be assailed by radical "environmentalist" groups.
Norton breezed through the Energy and Natural Resources Committee
on an 18 to 2 vote, but she can still use your call of support
before the confirmation vote by the full Senate.
Continue to call, write, fax, and e-mail your U.S. Senators
today, both in their D.C., and closest local offices, and urge
them to support and vote for confirmation of John Ashcroft as
U.S. Attorney General and Gale Norton as Secretary of the
Interior. You can find contact information for your U.S. Senators
by using the "Write Your Reps" tool at
www.NRAILA.org, or by
calling the NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at 800-392-8683.
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