AGS "Study" Attacks Gun Shows -
Released in Concert with HCI Press Conference
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"...[AGS] has already stated its long-term
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Congress returns from its Easter District Work Period recess next week,
and, as reported last week, the gun-ban extremists in D.C. are working
feverishly to prepare for an all-out assault on gun shows. The most recent
addition to the anti-gun coalition,
Americans for Gun Safety (AGS),
released a report yesterday on gun shows through its "non-profit
educational organization," The Americans For Gun Safety Foundation.
The
release of the report fell on the same day as a press conference held by
the gun-ban lobby, HCI, and other members of the anti-gun crowd, including
the struggling Million" Mom March (MMM), the Coalition to Stop Gun
Violence (CSGV), and States United to Prevent Gun Violence (SUPGV).
SUPGV
is a coalition of state-level anti-gun organizations that shares many
affiliates with AGS.
While it is not clear exactly why AGS was not present
at the HCI-led press conference, it is likely that AGS is continuing to
try to maintain the facade that it is not just another anti-gun
organization - although the organization has already stated its long-term
goal is the registration of firearms and licensing of firearm owners. And
the timing, of course, was carefully coordinated to exploit today's second
anniversary of the tragedy at Columbine High.
But AGS is clearly little more than another anti-gun organization, and
despite its name, has exactly zero Americans as members. It's agenda
remains completely out of step with mainstream America, as do its fellow
anti-gun organizations. In fact, the latest related Gallup Poll
(3/26-3/28) shows that Americans do not support the AGS-HCI attack on gun
shows. Gallup asked adults nationwide what they felt could be done to
prevent future school tragedies, and 31% responded that parents should get
more involved, while 14% thought there should be more security at schools.
Only 11% responded that more laws regulating firearms were the answer.
The timing of the HCI press conference was intended to support the
anti-gun efforts of U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), who is poised to
introduce his version of the legislation championed by former U.S. Senator
Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) - legislation that sought to end gun shows as we
know them today.
HCI began urging its few supporters to ask lawmakers to
cosponsor Reed's bill two weeks ago. The release of the AGS paper appears
intended to bolster the "compromise" gun show legislation that will soon
be introduced by U.S. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph Lieberman
(D-Conn.). The Senate will soon take up the issue of education reform, and
we anticipate that Reed and fellow gun-ban extremists such as U.S.
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will be
working with the unofficial coalition of AGS, HCI, CSGV, and SUPGV, to
attach Reed's assault on gun shows, as well as other anti-gun amendments,
to any education legislation brought up for consideration.
Contact your
federal lawmakers and urge them to oppose the coordinated attack on gun
shows by this cabal of anti-gun organizations. Also urge them to oppose
any other anti-gun effort. You can reach your U.S. Senators by calling the
U.S. Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Just ask for your lawmaker's
office, or give the operator your zip code. Also, for those on the
Internet, you can find contact information for your federal lawmakers by
using the "Write Your Reps" tool at
www.NRAILA.org.
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