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Want to Be a Good Gunowner?... Want to Keep Your Freedom?
Want to Be a Good Gunowner?...
Want to Keep Your Freedom?
The LEAST you can do is the following:
1. Join the NRA. Also join other strong pro-gun organizations such as Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) P.O. Box 270143, Hartford, WI 53027, Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms/Second Amendment Foundation, 12500 N.E. Tenth Place, Bellevue, WA 98005 [contributions to the foundation are tax-deductible], and Gun Owners of America, 8001 Forbes Place - Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 (703/321-8585). JPFO has an outstanding record for aggressively defending our firearms freedoms - be sure to get a copies of "Gun Control Kills Kid's" for distribution - it's the best educational comic on the 2nd Amendment available ($20 gets 50 copies - postpaid!) To join any of the above, just send a check for $20 and you can be a part of the effort.
2. Join your NRA state association: The address of your state association can be obtained from the NRA (1-800-NRA-Club). Once you join them, volunteer to help out. November '94 did not happen by accident. People like yourself made it happen . . . Let's do the same thing every election - let's send them another message on our gun rights - every time we get a chance!
3. Join the nearest gun club. Join and be active - there is more to life than TV - get out in the swim - shoot in events, go to club meetings, speak up about protecting our political rights. You will benefit as much as the club will. If the club is not active, either shooting or politically, get them active. You will always find at least one or two people who are serious about their rights - and are very glad that you joined their club. To find a club, ask around at gunshops - and call the NRA (800-NRA-CLUB) and DCM [888/267-0796].
4. Talk to your friends. Tell them the importance of the next election and the need to vote - and how to know who to vote for! Educate them about contacting their representatives, how to get their names and addresses (by calling the board of elections or local library), and the why and how of the 'one minute' letter and phone call.
5. Contact your reps yourself - often - on every issue that affects you - the M14 destruction program - "anti-terrorism" - overzealous federal agents, etc. Keep their names, addresses, and phone numbers - and paper, envelopes and stamps - close at hand. Every time you get a plea for funds from a pro-gun outfit, write one-minute letters to your reps in lieu of contributing. Contacting your rep will have as great or greater impact as money contributions. (This is not to discourage you from contributing, but to encourage you to contact your representatives.) Be knowledgeable about what is going on. Is it really an "anti-terrorism" bill? Can you trust the government to set standards for handgun bullet penetration of Kelvar vests? Be safe - not sorry.
6. Construct an informal "phone alert tree" to alert your friends about doing something about specific legislation - or just to make sure everyone writes. It sometimes takes a bit of 'push' to get the horse to drink after you have him up to the trough.
7. Cut yourself free of the biased "mainstream" media. Say good-bye to Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, and all the other axe-grinders who do not respect you enough to tell you the facts - who will not give you a fair presentation on any issues on which they have a personal bias (that's just about every issue). Talk radio - specifically G. Gordon Liddy with his "Review and Comment on the News" from 11 AM to Noon EST and Rush Limbaugh (Noon to 3 PM EST) are where you hear things the main media will not report, including the assault on the 2nd Amendment. The regular media seems to think of itself as a mouthpiece for the Clinton administration. You'll be far better informed on the issues by listening to the alternatives. On the print side, cancel your subscription to any paper and news magazine but the Washington Times, available in a weekly edition for about a buck a week (to order, call 1-800-363-9118 - mention express code ejaaaB). To get the news behind the news, the stuff the major media and the Democrats try to quash, you need to turn to alternative sources. So, quit stalling and do it - you owe it to yourself - and to your family - and to your country!
Don't Talk About it! Do It!
Protect Your Firearms
Heritage.
WRITE A "ONE - MINUTE LETTER"!
[Do not copy exactly] "Dear Sir: My friends and I urge you to protect the firearms rights of law-abiding, tax-paying voters. Thanks for listening to a voting taxpayer. Sincerely, _______
Send to your two Senators, US Senate, Wash. DC 20510 and your Representative, US House of Rep. Wash DC 20515
Save and make a copy of this and pass it on to a friend! register & vote, and make sure your gun-owning friends do also!
It does not take a lot of time to get your Congressman's ear. A "One Minute Letter" will count just as much as a three-page letter - but takes a lot less time to write. Make your opinion count - send a "One Minute Letter"!
Help Get the Word Out! Make copies of this and pass on to your friends, gun shops, gun shows, etc. Only you can make a difference!
They are your rights - are they worth protecting?
Are YOU willing to lift a finger to protect them? |
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