Keep Voicing Your Opposition
to Shameless Attacks on Gun Shows
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"...[L]aw-abiding Americans are responding to concerns
over the threat of terrorism by purchasing firearms and learning how to
use them safely and responsibly..." |
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Similarly, anti-gun extremists continue to
exploit legitimate fears over
terrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks by promoting their
illegitimate attacks on America's traditional and legal gun shows.
While reports indicate law-abiding Americans are responding to concerns
over the threat of terrorism by purchasing firearms and learning how to
use them safely and responsibly in the defense of their families and
themselves, anti-gun organizations such as
Americans for
Gun Safety (AGS) continue their relentless, well-funded
assault on legal gun shows - the same shows where many law-abiding
citizens go to purchase the firearms they wish to have to protect their
loved ones.
While polls continue to show that the vast majority of
Americans still support our Right to Keep and Bear Arms,
U.S. Senators
John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.),
among others, continue to promote legislation that would end gun shows
as we know them today.
As we reported
last week, a concerted assault on gun shows will be
launched in January, if not sooner. NRA members and the rest of the
pro-gun community must continue to contact their federal lawmakers to
object to the passage of
S. 890, the Lieberman-McCain bill, and
S. 767,
the Reed bill, as well as any other legislation that would end gun shows
as they currently exist.
Remind your elected officials that the war on
terrorism will not be won by attacking the rights of American citizens.
Existing laws that target the illegal purchase of firearms have already
proven to be effective in catching suspected terrorists, so new laws
that target legal gun shows are unnecessary. You can reach your U.S.
Representative at (202) 225-3121, and your U.S. Senators at (202)
224-3121. You can also find additional contact information by using the
"Write Your Reps" tool at
www.NRAILA.org.
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