Time: Mon Mar 10 12:17:11 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA21194; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:17:37 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:31:44 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: L&J: JPFO makes progress against Mass. gun control (fwd) <snip> >Transcribed >_____________________________ begin ___________________________________ > >EDUCATION BEATS LOBBYING > > Success stories are worth studying and emulating. Here's a good >one: By educating a Massachusetts lawmaker that one real consequence of >"gun control" can be genocide, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms >Ownership derailed -- at the eleventh hour and after other Pro-Gun groups >had failed -- an onerous state ban on military-style firearms. > > Last July, JPFO Massachusetts field rep Bruce Chesley used the >effective educational approach to convert staff members of a Legislature >Conference Committee that had to reconcile versions of a law banning many >military-style firearms, by showing staff members how the proposed law >borrowed concepts from the Nazi Weapons Law of 18 March 1938, and pointing >out that "gun-control" laws had made subsequent genocide possible. The >Worcester Telegram and Gazette, of Worcester, qauoted Rep. William J. >Glodis, "It reminds me of Germany in the 1930s ... when Hitler did not >allow the Jews to have guns. If we outlaw these guns, we could be setting >up future generations for something similar." Glodis, who had previously >voted for the gun ban, wrote to Chesley, "I want you to know that the >conversation you had with my chief of staff, Vicki Saulnier, struck a >chord in me. At first, I was astonished such an organization existed ... >however when Vicki related your comments and historical perspective to it, >it jogged my memory of those events of many years ago." > > Obviously, the educational approach -- presenting hard facts -- >can be more effective than confrontational "lobbying" activities such as >empty threats and working for the salami-slice compromises that have >gutted our Second Amendment rights in the past few decades. Educational >activities are the best approach to convert, i.e. win as an ally, rather >than "fight" the opposition. Under Democratic forms of government, one >must often compromise with opponents -- but to educate and convert >opponents is to win hands down. > > For information on how to do this, contact Jews for the Preservation of >Firearms Ownership, 2872 S. Wentworth Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207; phone 414- >769-0760; fax: 414-483-8435; E-mail: 79500.3727@compuserve.com. Check out >their web page: > > http://www.mcs.net/~lpylepm/jpfo.html > >JPFO has a wealth of hard facts for hands-on educational activities. Don't >"fight" gun control -- defeat it. JPFO can show you how. <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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