Re: gun control

[sec@moscow.com]

> This is one of those news stories that need to be taken with a block of
> salt.  The Senate Republican leaders miscalculated by bringing the
> "juvenile justice" bill to the floor; the House Republican leadership will
> not make the same mistake.  When the House finally passes a bill in
> September or October, it will be very different: the stuff that the NRA
> doesn't like will have vanished.  The House and Senate bills will then go
> to Conference -- and the NRA will get what it wants.
> 
> Or, so I am willing to bet.
> 
> Dale Goble
> Moscow

Gee! I didn't know the NRA was the secret power behind the US 
government!!! I thought it was the big Multi-Nationals

> On Fri, 21 May 1999, Steve Cooke wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Dear Visionaries,
> >  Who'd thunk it? Today US, tomorrow Idaho?
> > Steve Cooke
> > 
> > 
> > -------Date:	21 May 1999 07:44:23 -0000
> > From:	"MoveOn.org" <announce-gunpet-unsubscribe-54190@list.moveon.org>
> > To:	jlbrown@turbonet.com Subject:	A watershed victory
> > 
> > Today marked a significant victory for common-sense gun measures.  The
> > Lautenberg amendment was approved by the thinnest possible margin.  Your
> > voice was heard and may have made the difference.  Thank you for your
> > work. 

thinnest possible margin? CNN said it was a landslide..

> >  Focus will now move to the House of Representatives.
> > A quote from Reuters (full text can be found at Yahoo.com news):
> > "With Vice President Gore casting a rare tie-breaking vote, the Senate
> > Thursday gave gun control advocates a stunning victory by approving a
> > Democratic proposal to require background checks at gun shows."
> > >From the New York Times:
> > "What you just saw is the NRA losing its grip on the United States
> > Senate, at long last," declared Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of
> > South Dakota. "This is a turning point for our country," Gore said after
> > the vote. 
> >  "Finally, this majority is turning the corner and helping to protect
> >  the children and families of this country."

ah yes! everything to protect the children..you can pass ANYTHING 
if it's to protect the children, trample peoples civil rights, remove 
there right of self defense, all to protect the children

> > For full text of the NY Times article, go to:
> > http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/052199senate-guns.html
> > SERIOUS pressure was brought to bear on Republicans who broke ranks, but
> > they held firm.  And a few key Democrats cast hard votes for this
> > amendment.  We should continue to show our support to these courageous
> > legislators who will probably get tremendous flack over the coming
> > weekend. Especially if you are a constituent of one of these Senators,

support the same "courageous legislators" who keep promising campaign
reform?, the same ones who exempt themselves from the law? the ones who
are in possession of child pornography??? the ones who won't give 
the Military a living wage?


Stan Evans