From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #81 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Saturday, February 28 1998 Volume 02 : Number 081 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 98 09:25:59 -0700 From: jaspar Subject: A Victory in L.A. I'm on a lot of conservative mailing lists. Last Fall I got a request for a donation from a group called "Keep Larry Elder on the Air." Elder is a weekday afternoon talk radio host in Los Angeles. He is black, and promotes conservative values, and he's very popular. But some folks hated Larry and his message enough to organize a successful boycott of his sponsors. Larry's show was about to be canceled. Larry is a major defender of the Second Amendment, and a proponent of concealed carry for Californians. Larry's rival show (in the same time slot) is the "John and Ken Show," and these fellows (especially John) usually label gun owners as gun nuts, or right wing whackos, or worse. So I mailed in a modest donation to save Larry. I often listen to his show, and I would miss him. A few weeks ago, I received another letter from the group, and I assumed it was another appeal for money. I was happily surprised. Sometimes, if enough of us fight back, and we do it right, we can win. Below is the letter I received. - ------------------------------------------------ [From] "Keep Larry Elder on the Air" David Horowitz, Chairman Administered by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture P.O. Box 67398 Los Angeles, CA 90067 February 4, 1998 I am writing to give you a more or less final report on our campaign to Keep Larry Elder on the Air, to which you gave such an important boost. Our campaign had several objectives: to save Larry's show, which was in danger of being terminated, to bring Larry's message to a broad audience, to raise his visibility in the hopes of increasing that audience, and to expand the support base of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture. I am happy to report that all of these objectives have been achieved. When we began our campaign, the Talking Drum boycott of Larry's KABC talk show had been accompanied by several sponsor withdrawals from the program. Larry believed his show was in imminent danger of being canceled by KABC. Our press conference on October 28th, announcing the Keep Larry Elder on the Air Campaign, forestalled that event. Over the next three weeks we ran more than 300 television ads on cable and network television in the greater Los Angeles area--a 100-mile stretch from San Clemente to Oxnard--reaching 18 million homes. The 30-second spots appeared on such shows as Nightline, Jeopardy, Politically Incorrect, Geraldo, Grodin, and Crossfire and various evening news programs. We also did a direct mail appeal to 50,000 people in the Los Angeles area. As a result of our campaign, interest in Larry's show grew enormously. Newsweek senior editor, Howard Fineman, commented on a segment of Grodin devoted to the subject that our campaign was "the hottest political issue in L.A." The Los Angeles Daily News made it a front page above the fold story. The Arbitron ratings for the quarter have just been released. Larry's ratings jumped between 20-30% passing KFI's "John and Ken" (his rival show) for the first time in total listeners. "It's the biggest bump in this time period I've ever had," Larry says. It was the first time in five years that KABC had topped KFI in the ratings. In the middle of our campaign, KABC station chief Maureen Lesourd, who had cut Larry's airtime hours in half, was fired. The attitude of the new management towards Larry's show is 180 degrees different from Lesourd's. They fully support Larry's show and are in the process of increasing his airtime. Meanwhile, Larry is in the process of negotiating a syndication deal (which KABC previously blocked) with a company called Synergy that will carry his show nation-wide. I hope you feel as gratified as we do that this important show has been saved and is now stronger than ever. I thank you all for your confidence in the Center and for your support for Larry. As a result of the campaign Larry is a stronger voice for reason than he was before, and the Center's support base has been expanded by half. All told, we raised $500,000 for the campaign from 5,000 individuals, who will now be included in the pool of Center supporters. Every penny of these funds was spent on television ads, direct mail solicitations and the staff to support them. Perhaps the most important lesson of this campaign is the importance of fighting back when articulate leaders like Larry Elder are under attack. If we fight back, we can win. I am also pleased to report that the Center hosted Speaker Newt Gingrich last week before an audience that included actors Kurt Russell and Tony Danza, LA Times editor-in-chief Michael Parks and top executives from Paramount, Disney, and Fox. It was the largest friendly entertainment industry turnout for a Republican since the Eisenhower Administration. Thank you again for your help. With gratitude, David Horowitz - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:10:06 -0500 (EST) From: Brad Subject: my NSDHO re. NRA board elections Re. NRA board elections: Being out of the information loop, I've been a little bewildered by the current NRA board war. Having been an underdog myself, I've tended to root for the apparent underdog, Knox. I also haven't been pleased with some directions the NRA has taken under the current board majority. So I was leaning toward the Knox faction, but there was and is much I don't understand so I was uncertain. Until I saw that the board majority faction has recommended Ollie North, that is. It's a matter of record that North engaged in criminal acts in support of unconstitutional policies and he was/is part of our (now not-so-) secret uncontrolled permanent government which daily seeks to enslave us and practically everybody else on the planet. IMNSDHO, no person who cares a fig for the tattered remnants of our once-great republic could ever have recommended North for anything except jail. Thanks Sue King. I'll be sure to select my candidates from your "Do not vote for" list (advertisement after p. 33, _American Rifleman_, March 1998). Brad Dolan NRA Life Member >Committee for a Strong and Effective NRA >Sue King, Treasurer =EF 515 Timber Terrace =EF Houston, Texas 77024 > James E. Reinke, Co-Chairman >Volume 2 =EF No. 1 =EF 1998 Barbara A. Phillips, >M.D., Co-Chairman > > > >NRA Past Presidents Council: Robert Corbin =EF Joe Foss =EF Howard >Pollock =EF James Reinke > > > NRA STATE ASSOCIATIONS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY NRA BYLAW AMENDMENT > > A proposed amendment to the NRA Bylaws will be on the ballot for >a vote by NRA voting members in the March, 1998 issues of The American >Rifleman, The American Hunter and The American Guardian. > >Read the Bylaw Amendment! > >Join NRA's leaders and the overwhelming majority of NRA Board members -- >VOTE NO ! > > > Neal Knox and the two Directors who crafted this Amendment, Ronin >Colman and Albert Ross, are betting you won't read the Amendment and >won't understand the harm this proposed Bylaw Amendment will do to NRA >and to you. If this Bylaw Amendment passes, our mission and cause in >furthering the Second Amendment would grind to a halt. > > >Does your State Association or NRA affiliated club or organization ever >invite an NRA Officer or NRA Board member to attend one of your meetings >or events? [...] >Then VOTE FOR 26 of these 31 candidates RECOMMENDED BY The NRA Nominating >Committee [...] Oliver North [...] - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:39:39 -0600 (CST) From: pwatson@utdallas.edu Subject: March 28 1998 is the 5th anniversary of the Waco BATF attack March 28, 1998 is the 5th anniversary of the Waco BATF attack. March 28,1993 is the infamous day the BATF attacked a church and home full of women and children. The Branch Davidians near Waco Texas a religious sect of devout Christians. The attack included machine gun strafing from circling helicopters and indiscriminate shooting at unknown targets by the BATF on the ground using machine guns and hand guns. The women and children inside were lying on the floor as most of the bullets penetrated the thin plywood buildings. The shooting only stopped after the BATF shot all their available ammunition into the building. The Davidians in an act of mercy allowed the BATF to remove all dead and wounded agents and peacefully retreat with out any return fire. The siege ended on April 19, 1993 with a US Army tank assault and deadly CS gas mixed with flammable solvents that erupted into an inferno burning to death more than 80 people trapped inside. Their crime had been believing in a charismatic Christian preacher who sold legal guns by a licensed gun dealer to make money for their church. No attempt was ever made to legally serve a search warrant or arrest warrant for David Koresh or any of his associates. A phone offer by David to the BATF to come out and inspect his property was turned down by the BATF when a Waco gun store owner called him to let him know they were down there asking about his transactions. A Texas jury found all Davidians innocent of charges from the attack and after the jury was dismissed the Federal Judge imposed federal firearm sentences for the use of a firearm during the commission of a crime. This was done despite the fact a jury had found them innocent of all crimes. These Davidians are currently in Federal prisons on multiple year sentences. Please take time to say a prayer for the dead Davidians, BATF agents and the death of our Constitutional way of government and its protections of the rights of innocents and citizens of this great country. Paul Watson Dallas, Texas See http://www.waco93.com - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 06:58:44 -0800 (PST) From: gdoty@earthlink.net (Greg Doty) Subject: Fwd: piml] Anti-Gun Organizations >From: Clido >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:57:44 EST >To: Clido@aol.com >Subject: Fwd: piml] Anti-Gun Organizations >X-UIDL: 6ab55993b2cba9e72cd0f22dd6e93477 > >Content-ID: <0_888638265@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII > >Return-Path: >Received: from relay31.mail.aol.com (relay31.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.31])= by > air06.mail.aol.com (v39.9) with SMTP; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:53:06 -0500 >Received: from mars.galstar.com (mars.galstar.com [204.251.80.4]) > by relay31.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id KAA18411; > Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:52:46 -0500 (EST) >Received: (from daemon@localhost) by mars.galstar.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id > JAA20679 for piml-mail; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:42:48 -0600 (CST) >Received: from ns1.eds.com (ns1.eds.com [192.85.154.78]) by= mars.galstar.com > (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA20672 for ; > Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:42:45 -0600 (CST) >Received: from nnsa.eds.com (nnsa2.eds.com [192.85.154.30]) > by ns1.eds.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17062; > Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:42:26 -0500 (EST) >Received: from bigbrother.csos.eds.com (bigbrother.csos.eds.com > 130.175.138.254) > by nnsa.eds.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA17443; > Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:41:56 -0500 (EST) >Received: from bigbrother (localhost.csos.eds.com) by= bigbrother.csos.eds.com > (4.1/EDS-1.0) > id AA17579; Thu, 26 Feb 98 10:33:24 EST >Sender: msmith01@flash.net >Message-Id: <34F58B44.ABD322C@flash.net> >Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:33:24 -0500 >From: "Mark A. Smith" >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3 sun4m) >To: Mark >Subject: piml] Anti-Gun Organizations >Errors-To: piml-owner@mars.galstar.com >X-bmw: Black Marble Wombat Version 5.1 Galstar Secure Hack >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >http://www.nra.org/research/rianti.html > >-------------------- >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >[Image] > = [Image] > ILA Research & Information Division > Fact Sheet > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - > > Anti-Gun Organizations > > (Updated May, 1996) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI) > >Headquarters: 1225 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 1100 > Washington, DC 20005 >Telephone: (202) 898-0792 >Fax: (202) 371-9615 > >Regional Offices: 10951 W. Pico Boulevard > Suite 204 > Los Angeles, CA 90064 > (213) 446-0056 > Fax: (310) 475-3147 > > 114 Sansome Street > Room 802 > San Francisco, CA 94104 > (415) 433-3535 > Fax: (415) 433-3357 > >Staff: 32 >Founding Chair: Nelson T. "Pete" Shields, III >Chair: Sarah Brady >President: James Guest >Treasurer: Mark Ingram >Secretary: Lois Hess > >Board of Directors: >David Birenbaum >Carl Bogus >John Corderman >Lee Fisher >John Hechinger >Larry Lowenstein >John Phillips >Helen Raiser >Maurice Rosenblatt >Jeanne Shields >Odile Stern >Edward O. Welles > >Publication: Washington Report, quarterly >PAC: National Handgun Control Voter Education Fund >Membership: 250,000 dues-paying members. HCI claims >1,000,000+ members, but this includes contacts by interested >parties by any means. > >HCI originated (1974) as the National Council to Control Handguns >(NCCH), a group which lobbied for government restrictions on the >right to keep and bear arms through support for restrictions on >the manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, and civilian >possession of handguns. The organization voiced a desire for an >eventual handgun ban through gradual steps, but changed its name >and espoused goals due to results of a survey. In 1991, HCI >amended its Articles of Incorporation to reflect its support of >restrictions on rifles and shotguns as well. > >HCI National Committee: > >Steve Allen >Lauren Bacall >Marjorie Benton >Lloyd Bridges >Edmund G. Brown, Sr. >Ellen Burstyn >Julia Child >Jackie Cooper >Hume Cronyn >Joseph Curran >Stephan Dart >William Dorman >Gerald Dunfey >Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. >Kenneth Gibson >Rabbi Jos. B. Glaser >Betsy Gotbaum >Michael Gross >Elliot Jones Halberstam >Mariette Hartley >Richard Hatcher >Janet Gray Hayes >Andrew Heiskell >Hal Holbrook >Maynard Jackson >Albert Jenner, Jr. >Shirley Knight >Patricia Kennedy Lawford >Jack Lemmon >Edward Levi >John Lindsay >Marsha Mason >Jane McMichael >Patrick Murphy >Paul Newman >George D. Newton, Jr. >Victor Palmeri >Gregory Peck >Russell Peterson >Sol Price >Milton Rector >Will Rogers, Jr. >James W. Rouse >Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler >Neil Simon >Rod Steiger >Dr. Emanuel Taney >Eli Wallach >Ruth Warrick >Francis Wheat >James Whitmore >Andy Williams > >In March 1995 HCI began a "Campaign to Protect Sane Gun Laws," >listing these organizations as "Campaign Partners," for having >pledged to fight any efforts to repeal the Brady Act and the >Clinton "assault weapons" ban: > >Ambulatory Pediatric Ass'n >American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing >American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry >American Academy of Pediatrics >American Ass'n of Family and Consumer Sciences >American Ass'n for World Health >American Ass'n of Neurological Surgeons >American Ass'n of Retired Persons >American Counseling Ass'n >American Ethical Union >American Federation of Teachers >American Firearms Ass'n >American Jewish Committee >American Jewish Congress >American Medical Ass'n >American Medical Student Ass'n >American Medical Women's Ass'n >American Nurses Ass'n >American Psychological Ass'n >American Public Health Ass'n >American Trauma Society >Americans for Democratic Action >Anti-Defamation League >Ass'n of American Medical Colleges >B'nai B'rith >Black Mental Health Alliance >Central Conference of American Rabbis >Children's Defense Fund >Church of the Brethren >Coalition to Stop Gun Violence >Coalition for Peace Action >College Democrats of America >Congress of Nat'l Black Churches, Inc. >Congress of Neurological Surgeons >Consumer Federation of America >Council of Chief State School Officers >Council of the Great City Schools >Environmental Action Foundation >Episcopal Church-Washington Office >Friends Committee on Nat'l Legislation >General Federation of Women's Clubs >Gray Panthers >Hadassah >Interfaith Neighbors >Int'l Ass'n of Educators for World Peace >Int'l Ladies' Garment Workers' Union >Jewish Labor Committee >League of Women Voters of the United States* >Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran >Church in America >Manhattan Project II >Mennonite Central Committee-Washington Office >Nat'l Assembly of Nat'l Voluntary Health & Social Welfare >Organizations >Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People >Nat'l Ass'n of Chain Drug Stores >Nat'l Ass'n of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions >Nat'l Ass'n of Counties* >Nat'l Ass'n of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners >Nat'l Ass'n of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers >Nat'l Ass'n of Elementary School Principals* >Nat'l Ass'n of Public Hospitals >Nat'l Ass'n of School Psychologists >Nat'l Ass'n of Secondary School Principals >Nat'l Ass'n of Social Workers >Nat'l Black Nurses' Ass'n >Nat'l Coalition Against Domestic Violence >Nat'l Center to Rehabilitate Violent Youth >Nat'l Commission for Economic Conversion & Disarmament >Nat'l Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA >Nat'l Council of Jewish Women >Nat'l Council of La Raza >Nat'l Council of Negro Women >Nat'l Council on Family Relations >Nat'l Education Ass'n* >Nat'l League of Cities >Nat'l Network for Youth >Nat'l Organization for Women >Nat'l Organization on Disability >Nat'l Peace Foundation >Nat'l People's Action >Nat'l Political Congress of Black Women >Nat'l Parent, Teachers Ass'n* >Nat'l SAFE KIDS Campaign >Nat'l Spinal Cord Injury Ass'n >Nat'l Urban Coalition >Nat'l Urban League, Inc. >NETWORK: A Nat'l Catholic Social Justice Lobby >Peace Action >Physicians for Social Responsibility >Project on Demilitarization and Democracy >Public Citizen >SaferWorld >Society of Critical Care Medicine >Southern Christian Leadership Conference >The Synergetic Society >Union of American Hebrew Congregations >Unitarian Universalist Ass'n >United Church of Christ, Office for Church in Society* >United Methodist Church, General Board & Church Society >United States Catholic Conference >United States Conference of Mayors >War and Peace Foundation >Women's Nat'l Democratic Club >Women Strike for Peace >Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) >Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom >World Spiritual Assembly, Inc. >YWCA of the U.S.A. >20/20 Vision > >*The national organization only endorses federal legislation. > >The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence (CPHV) is an HCI >"educational" spin-off that portrays firearms and their ownership >as inherently dangerous. Straight Talk About Risks (S.T.A.R.), >CPHV's politically-based anti-gun curriculum targets >schoolchildren aged pre-K through 12th grade. The CPHV is >located at 1400 K Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) > > >Headquarters: 100 Maryland Avenue, N.E. > Washington, DC 20002 >Telephone: (202) 544-7190 >President: Michael K. Beard >Co-Chairpersons: Ethel Kennedy, Coretta Scott King > >National Sponsors: >William E. Colby >Judy Collins >Monsignor John J. Egan >Walter E. Fauntroy >Dr. Dorothy Height >Dr. Barbara Jordan >Comm. George Napper >Harry Nillson >Gregory Peck >Dr. Alvin F. Pouissant >Rabbi David Sapperstein > >The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV), was originally formed >in 1975 as the National Coalition to Ban Handguns (NCBH) "for the >purposes of banning the importation, manufacture, sale, transfer, >ownership and possession of handguns." In 1989, after expanding >its efforts to include restrictions on all firearms, the group >adopted its new name, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. > >The United Methodist Church was the principle founder of CSGV. >CSGV's membership is comprised of individual supporters. Ex-CIA >employee, Edward O. Welles, who also helped to form HCI, was an >original NCBH board member and, reportedly, NCCH/HCI was an >unreported member of the Coalition for several years. > >CSGV's policy-making membership is comprised of 44 national >organizations including: >American Academy of Pediatrics >American Association of Suicidology >American Ethical Union >Americans for Democratic Action >American Jewish Committee >American Jewish Congress >American Psychiatric Association >American Public Health Association >Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America >The Bible Holiness Movement, International >B'nai B'rith Women >Center for Science in the Public Interest >Central Conference of American Rabbis >Child Welfare League >Church of the Brethren, Washington Office >Citizens For Safety >The Communitarian Network >The Council of The Great City Schools >The DISARM Education Fund >Fellowship Reconciliation >Friends Committee on National Legislation >International Ladies Garment Workers Union >Jesuit Conference=D1Office of Social Ministries >Jewish Community Center Association >Loretto Community >Mennonite Central Comm., DC Office >National Association of Social Workers >National Council of Jewish Women, Inc. >National Council of Negro Women, Inc. >National Urban League, Inc. >North American Federation of Temple Youth >Pan American Trauma Association >Presbyterian Church USA, Social Justice and Peacemaking Ministry >Unit >Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Religious Action Center >Unitarian Universalist Association >United Church of Christ, Office for Church and Society >United Federation of Teachers >United Methodist Church, Board of Church and Society >U.S. Conference of Mayors >U.S. Student Association >United Synagogues of America >Women's League for Conservative Judaism >Women's National Democratic Club >YWCA of the U.S.A. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >The Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence (EFEHV) > >Headquarters: Box 72 > 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E. > Washington, DC 20002 >Telephone: (202) 544-7227 >Director: Josh Horwitz > >Incorporated in 1978 as an "educational" spin-off to the >Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the EFEHV is supported by private >donations and foundation grants. The fund distributes anti-gun >"research" on handgun violence, firearms marketing and >production, and firearms design. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >CeaseFire, Inc. > >Headquarters: 1290 Avenue of the Americas > New York, NY 10104 >Telephone: (212) 484-1616 >Executive Director: Elizabeth Schmidt > >Advisory Panel Members: >Reginald Brack, Chairman, Time, Inc. >Senator Bill Bradley, (D-NJ) >Stephen Brobeck, Exec. Dir. Consumer Federation of America >Doug Carlston, Chair and CEO, Broderbund Software, Inc. >President Jimmy Carter >Senator John Chafee, (R-RI) >K. Kaufer Christoffel, M.D., M.P.H., Children's Mem. Hospital, >Chicago >Walter Cronkite, Journalist >Barry Diller, Chairman, Silver King Communications >Michael Douglas, Actor >Millard Drexler, CEO, Gap. Inc. >Marian Wright Edelman, Pres., Children's Defense Fund >Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Co. >Susan Estrich, Professor, The Law Center, The University of >Southern California >Senator Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA) >Mark Finucane, Former Chairman, Nat'l Assoc. of Public Hospitals >Tom Freston, Chairman, MTV Networks >Kieth Geiger, Pres., Nat'l Education Association >Gerald Grinstein, Chairman, Burlington Northern >Alan G. Hassenfeld, Chairman, Pres. and CEO, Hasbro, Inc. >John Kennedy, Editor in Chief, GEORGE magazine >Deborah Leff, Pres., The Joyce Foundation >H. Michael Lemmons, Exec. Dir., Congress of Nat'l Black Churches >Edward Malloy, Pres., University of Notre Dame >Paul Newman, Actor >Michael Ovitz, Pres., The Walt Disney Company >Ron Perlman, Pres., Revlon, Inc. >Mike Pertschuk, Co-Director, The Advocacy Institute >Roberta Copper Ramo, Pres. American Bar Association >Steve Rattner, General Partner, Lazard Freres & Co. >Matt Rodriguez, Superintendent, Chicago Police Department >Mark Rosenburg, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Nat'l Center for Injury >Prevention and Control >Dewey Stokes, Former Nat'l Pres., FOP >Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO, TELE-TV >Stephen Teret, M.D., M.P.H., Director, John Hopkins Center for >Gun Policy and Research >James Todd, M. D., Executive Vice-Pres., AMA >Jann S. Wenner, Chairman, Wenner Media, Inc. >Lois Jean White, Pres.-Elect, Nat'l PTA >Jay Winston, Director, Center for Health Communications, Harvard >University > >CeaseFire, Inc. was formed in 1995 with a stated mission to >"reshape the gun violence debate in America." Infused with money >from Courtney Love, the widow of Rock star Curt Cobain, who >committed suicide, the organization signed on the numerous >high-profile celebrities and business people listed above to >their advisory panel. CeaseFire runs TV Public Servivce >Announcements with celebrities and runs print advertising in >major newspapers and magazines with the message that guns are >dangerous and gun ownership is a threat to family and friends. >Their stated goal is to promote "handgun-free homes and families" >by claiming that gun ownership is a public health threat. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >The Violence Policy Center (VPC) > >Headquarters: 1300 N Street, N.W. > Washington, DC 20005 >Telephone: (202) 783-4071 >Executive Director: Josh Sugarmann >Of Counsel: Kristen Rand > >The Violence Policy Center is the new name of the New Right Watch >(NRW), a non-profit group that "researched" what it perceived as >a new right-wing American political movement. NRW focused its >attack on semi-automatic firearms with two releases: "Assault >Weapons and Accessories in America" (1988), a joint effort with >EFEHV, and "Assault Weapons: Analysis, New Research, and >Legislation" (1989). Funding for New Right Watch was received >from individual and foundation grants. > >VPC is a non-profit national "educational" foundation that >proposes firearms restrictions as measures to reduce violence in >America. VPC's Executive Director, Josh Sugarmann, formerly the >Executive Director of the New Right Watch and, previously, with >the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, authored a book attacking >the NRA, "NRA: Money, Firepower, and Fear" (1992). > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >Other National Organizations With Anti-Gun Policies: > >AFL-CIO >Amer. Academy of Pediatrics >Amer. Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry >Amer. Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities >Amer. Assoc. of Retired Persons >Amer. Assoc. of School Administrators >Amer. Assoc. for the Surgery of Trauma >Amer. Bar Assoc. >Amer. Civil Liberties Union >Amer. Medical Assoc. >Amer. Trauma Society >Nat'l Assoc. of Community Health Centers >Nat'l Assoc. of Police Organizations >Nat'l Assoc. of School Psychologists >Nat'l Coalition Against Domestic Violence >Nat'l Education Assoc. >Nat'l Safe Kids Campaign >Physicians for Social Responsibility >Dehere Foundation >Harris Foundation >Hechinger Foundation >Joyce Foundation >Lauder Foundation >Lawrence Foundation >Ortenberg Foundation >Police Foundation >H.M. Strong Foundation >Florence and John Shumann Foundation >The Council of the Great City Schools >U.S. Catholic Conference, Dept. of Social Development >Committee for the Study of Handgun Misuse & World Peace >Common Cause >Children's Defense Fund >Disarm Educational Fund >George Gund Fund >Anti-Gun Individuals & Celebrities >Steve Allen - Entertainer* >Cleveland Amory - Author >Louis Anderson - Comedian >Richard Dean Anderson - Actor >Ed Asner - Actor >Lauren Bacall - Actress* >Candice Bergen - Actress >Herbert Block - Cartoonist >Peter Bonerz - Actor >Robert E. Brennan - Financier >Jimmy Breslin - Columnist >Beau Bridges - Actor >Lloyd Bridges - Actor* >Steven Brill - Author >Mel Brooks - Actor/Director >Dr. Joyce Brothers - Psychologist/ Author >Bishop Edmond Browning - Espiscopal Leader >Art Buchwald - Columnist >Ellen Burstyn - Actress >James E. Carter - Former President >Robert Chartloff - Producer >Julia Child - Author/Chef* >Jackie Cooper - Actor/Director* >Walter Cronkite - Journalist >Hume Cronyn - Actor* >Pam Dawber - Actress >Phil Donahue - Talk Show Host >Richard Donner - Director >Michael Douglas - Actor >Amitai Etzioni - Teacher >Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Actor* >Mike Farrell - Actor >Jane Fonda - Actress >Art Garfunkel - Singer >Michael Gartner - Columnist >James Glassman - Editor >Louis Gossett, Jr. - Actor >Michael Gross - Actor >Elliott Gould - Actor >Bryant Gumbel - Entertainer >Mark Harmon - Actor >Mariette Hartley - Actress >Bob Herbert - Columnist >Howard Hessman - Actor >Hal Holbrook - Actor* >Molly Ivins - Columnist >Maynard Jackson - Mayor, Atlanta* >C. Everett Koop - Former Surgeon General, National Safe Kids >Campaign >William Kovacs - Director >Ann Landers - Columnist >Leonard Larson - Columnist >Norman Lear - Producer and Pres. People for the American Way >Jack Lemmon - Actor* >Hal Linden - Actor >Jack Lord - Actor >Mike Luckovich - Cartoonist >Marsha Mason - Actress* >Colman McCarthy - Columnist >Mary McGrory - Columnist >Abner Mikva - Former Judge >Norval Morris - Law Professor >Paul Newman - Actor >Harry Nilson - Singer >Leonard Nimoy - Actor >Jennifer O'Neill - Actress >Jane Pauley - Entertainer >Gregory Peck - Actor* >Robert Redford - Actor/Director >Rob Reiner - Actor/Director >Steven Rockefeller - Financier >Will Rogers, Jr. - Actor >Neil Simon - Playwright* >Rod Steiger - Actor* >Lyle Elmer Strom - Federal Judge >Tom Teepen - Editor >Marlo Thomas - Actress* >Garry Trudeau - Cartoonist >Eli Wallach - Actor* >Richard Widmark - Actor >James Whitmore - Actor* >Andy Williams - Singer* >Oprah Winfrey - Entertainer >Joanne Woodward - Actress* >Herman Wouk - Author >* Denotes membership on HCI's National Committee > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >Anti-Gun Corporations/Corporate Heads > >The following listing includes the most prominent national >corporations and/or corporate heads that have used the company >name while actively supporting anti-gun proposals or >organizations. > >Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. >Bennett R. Cohen Chrm. & CEO >Rte. 100, Box 240 >Waterbury, VT 05676 >(802) 244-5641 >Ice cream and frozen yogurt > >Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. >H. Wayne Huizenga, Chrm. & CEO >P.O. Box 407060 >Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33340 >(305) 832-3000 >Retail video rental stores. > >Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc. >Philip M. Hawley, Chrm. & CEO >444 South Flower Street >Los Angeles, CA 90071 >(213) 620-0150 >Retail clothing and accessories stores > >Crown Central Petroleum Corp. >Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr. >One North Central Street >Box 1168 >Baltimore, MD 21203 >(301) 539-7400 >Refiners and marketers of petroleum products, convenience stores > >The Walt Disney Company >Michael Eisner, Chrm. and CEO >500 S. Buena Vista St. >Burbank, CA 91521 >(818) 560-1000 >Entertainment Conglomerate > >Hyatt Corporation >Jay Pritzker, Chrm. & CEO >200 West Madison >Chicago, IL 60606 >(312) 750-1234 >International hotels > >ICN Biomedicals >Adam Jerney, Chrm. & CEO >3300 Hyland Avenue >Costa Mesa, CA 92626 >(714) 545-0113 >Pharmaceutical products > >GEICO Indemnity Co. >One GEICO Plaza >Washington, D.C. 20076-0032 >(301) 986-2500 >Property Insurance > >MNC Financial, Inc. >Alfred Lerner, Chrm. >Ten Light Street >Box 987 >Baltimore, MD 21203 >(301) 244-5000 >Banking, financial services > >National Parks and Conservation Association >1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. >Washington, D.C. 20036 >(800) 628-7275 > >Hechinger Company >John W. Hechinger, Chrm. >1616 McCormick Drive >Landover, MD 20785 >(301) 341-1000 >Lumber and building supply retailer > >Kenneth Cole >152 W. 57th Street >New York, NY 10019 >(800) 536-2653 >Clothing retailer > >A & M Records >Al Cafaro, Chrm. & CEO >595 Madison Avenue >New York, NY 10022 >(212) 826-0477 >Record Production, Entertainment > >Southland Corporation >Masatoshi Ito, Chrm. >2711 North Haskell Avenue >Dallas, TX 75221 >Convenience stores > >Stoneyfield Farms Yogurt. >Mr. Gary Hirshberg, CEO >10 Burton Drive >Londonderry, NH 03053 >(603) 437-7594 >Yogurt > >Rolling Stone Magazine >Jann Wenner, Chrm. & CEO >745 5th, Avenue >New York, NY 10151 >(212) 758-3800 > >Time Warner Inc. >Gerald M. Levin, Chrm. & CEO >75 Rockefeller Plaza >New York, NY 10019 >(212) 484-8000 >Publishing, film and music recordings > >Working Assets >Peter Barnes, Founder >701 Montgomery Street >San Fransisco, CA 94111 >(415) 788-0777 >Long distance telephone service > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >Publication and Media Outlets > >The following publications and media outlets have assisted in the >attack on Second Amendment rights. The editorial policies of >some of the media sources listed portray firearms in a negative >manner in an attempt to generate public support for restrictions >on firearms ownership. Others have refused some or all of NRA's >advertisements. > >Capital Cities/ABC >Television Network >77 W. 66th Street >New York, NY 10023-6298 >(212) 456-7777 > >Audubon Society >Audubon >950 Third Avenue >New York, NY 10022-2705 >(212) 546-9100 > >Bell Atlantic-D.C. >2055 L Street, N.W. >Washington, D.C. 20036 >(202) 392-9900 > >Better Homes and Gardens >1716 Locust Street >Des Moines, IA 50309-3023 >(515) 284-3000 > >Blue Chip Stamps >15801 S. Eastern Avenue >Los Angeles, CA 90040 >(213) 720-4600 > >The Christian Publishing Society >The Christian Science Monitor >One Norway Street >Boston, MA 02115 >(508) 586-6200 > >Columbia Broadcasting Service >CBS Television Network >51 W. 52nd Street >New York, NY 10019 >(212) 975-4321 > >Corporation For Public Broadcasting / PBS Television >1320 Braddock Place >Alexandria, VA 22314-1698 >(703) 739-5000 >(703) 739-0775 - Fax > >Cox Newspapers >Atlanta Journal-Constitution >Credibank Towers, Suite 400 >2800 Biscayne Blvd. >Miami, FL 33137 >(305) 576-7678 > >Gannett News Service >USA Today >1000 Wilson Blvd. >Arlington, VA 22229 >(703) 276-5806 > >Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. >Ebony Magazine >820 S. Michigan avenue >Chicago, IL 60605-2190 >(312) 322-9250 > >Knight-Ridder Newspapers >Detroit Free-Press >321 W. LaFayette Blvd. >Detroit, MI 48231 >(313) 222-6400 >and >Miami Herald >One Herald Plaza >Miami, FL 33132-1683 >(305) 350-2111 > >McCall's Magazine >110 Fifth Avenue >New York, NY 10017-5603 >(212) 463-1000 > >National Broadcasting Company >NBC Television Network >30 Rockefeller Plaza >New York, NY 10112 >(212) 664-4444 > >Newsweek, Inc. >Newsweek Magazine >444 Madison Avenue >New York, NY 10022-6999 >(212) 350-4000 > >The New York Times Corporation >The New York Times >229 W. 43rd Street >New York, NY 10036 >(212) 556-1234 > >Time Magazine >Time & Life Building >Rockefeller Center >New York, NY 10020 >(212) 522-1212 > >Times-Mirror Corporation >The Los Angeles Times >Times Mirror Square >Los Angeles, CA 90053 >(213) 237-3000 > >The Baltimore Sun >501 N. Calvert Street >Baltimore, MD 21278 >(301) 332-6300 > >The Tribune Company >Chicago Tribune >435 N. Michigan Avenue >Chicago, IL 60611 >(312) 227-3000 > >Washington Post >1150 15th Street, N.W. >Washington, D.C. 20071 >(202) 334-6000 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - - >Compiled by: >NRA Institute for Legislative Action >11250 Waples Mill Road >Fairfax, Virginia 22030 > >Revised 5/96 > - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 06:59:02 -0800 (PST) From: gdoty@earthlink.net (Greg Doty) Subject: Fwd: piml] "GUN CONTROL" = GUN PROHIBITION >From: Clido >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:58:22 EST >To: Clido@aol.com >Subject: Fwd: piml] "GUN CONTROL" = GUN PROHIBITION >X-UIDL: 391fdbe5459e08e36abff0e8323e3ba4 > >Content-ID: <0_888638303@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Return-Path: >Received: from relay18.mail.aol.com (relay18.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.18]) by > air05.mail.aol.com (v40.1) with SMTP; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 02:10:22 -0500 >Received: from mars.galstar.com (mars.galstar.com [204.251.80.4]) > by relay18.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id CAA22516; > Fri, 27 Feb 1998 02:10:12 -0500 (EST) >Received: (from daemon@localhost) by mars.galstar.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id > BAA15898 for piml-mail; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 01:07:20 -0600 (CST) >Received: from speedy.proaxis.com (speedy.proaxis.com [198.68.7.14]) by > mars.galstar.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA15887 for > ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 01:07:18 -0600 (CST) >Received: from default (lr00-46.proaxis.com [206.163.140.172]) > by speedy.proaxis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA08161; > Thu, 26 Feb 1998 23:02:05 -0800 (PST) >Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980226225721.006a41a8@proaxis.com> >X-Sender: alphashewolf@proaxis.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) >Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:57:21 -0800 >To: piml@mars.galstar.com >From: Roxanne Johnson >Subject: piml] "GUN CONTROL" = GUN PROHIBITION >Errors-To: piml-owner@mars.galstar.com >X-bmw: Black Marble Wombat Version 5.1 Galstar Secure Hack >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >"GUN CONTROL" = GUN PROHIBITION by Don B Kates > >[What follows is adapted and expanded from a larger article in the new >book by Don B. Kates and Gary Kleck, The Great American Gun War: Essays >in Firearms and Violence (Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, >1997)] > > >****************************************************************************** > >TO UNDERSTAND THE GUN CONTROL MOVEMENT REQUIRES RECOGNIZING THAT AT ITS >CORE LIES THE BELIEF THAT IT IS BARBARIC FOR AN INDIVIDUAL EVEN TO >HAVE--MUCH LESS USE--ARMS FOR SELF-DEFENSE. > >****************************************************************************** > > >Consistently, over more than three decades, the Gun Control Movement has >promoted "moral" opposition-to the individual right to self-defense. To >understand at its core lies the belief that it is barbaric for an >individual even to have--much less use--arms for self-defense. > > >In this respect, those who dominate the organized Gun Control Movement >differ vastly from people and legislators who may support a particular >gun law in the (often naive) belief that it will curb crime. Though >often presented in the guise of crime control, the Gun Control Movement's >fundamental concern is to impose its morality on those who believe in the >fundamental right of self-defense. > > >Typical is nationally syndicated columnist Garry Wills. In column after >column for over two decades he has reviled gun owners as "anti-citizens" >arming "against their neighbors," "gun fetishists," "traitors," "enemies >of their patria." As one of his columns puts it, "Every handgun owned in >America is an implicit declaration of war on one's neighbor." In >another, Wills denounces "individual self-protection" as "anti-social >behavior," declaring that "every civilized society must disarm its >citizens against each other." > > >Liberal columnist Molly Ivins agrees, and it is one of the few things on >which conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer sees eye to eye with >Ivins and Wills. Krauthammer supports the "assault weapon" ban not as a >crime control measure--he concedes it will have negligible impact on >crime--but as a step toward accustoming Americans to the moral imperative >for banning and confiscating all firearms. > > >The same general view has been endorsed on religious grounds by a leading >representative of the Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist >Church (which is one of several quite different Methodist denominations >in the U.S.). The Board has long been the force behind the National >Coalition to Ban Handguns (which has now been renamed the Coalition >Against Gun Violence [CSGV] to emphasize that it seeks to ban not just >handguns but any long gun designed primarily for self-defense.) > > >Rather than shooting rapists, it is women's Christian duty to >submit to rape, according to an article by Reverand Allen Brockway, >editor of the official magazine of the Board of Church and Society of the >United Methodist Church. [EMPHASIS MINE] He poses the rhetorical >question, "Is the Robber My Brother?"--and Reverend Brockway answers, >"Yes." > > >Rev. Brockway recognizes that the woman who is accosted in the park may >not think of her violater as her neighbor, or that his "safety is of >immediate concern"--but, Brockway preaches, "Criminals are members of the >larger community no less than are others. As such, they are our >neighbors or, as Jesus put it, our brothers... . [Though violent >criminals act wrongfully,] it is equally wrong for the victim to kill the >robber or burglar, save in those extremely rare circumstances when the >unambiguous alternative is one own's death." > > >Such views are not just an atypical product of sexism or religious >extremism. They characterize the Gun Control Movement. Feminist icon >Betty Friedan denounces "the trend of women buying guns" as "a horrifying >obscene perversion of feminism." Friedan believes "that lethal violence >even in self-defense only engenders more lethal violence, and that gun >control should override any personal need for safety." > > >Likewise, then-New York Governor Mario Cuomo said Bernhard Goetz was >morally wrong in shooting the men who attacked him the subway even if the >shooting was clearly necessary to resist robbery: "If this man was >defending himself against attack with reasonable force, he would be >legally [justified, but] not morally." > > >Similarly, the WASHINGTON POST has denounced "the need that some >homeowners and shopkeepers believe they have for weapons to defend >themselves" as representing "the worst instincts in the human >character." > > >As Governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis declared: "I do no believe >in people owning guns, only police and military. I am going to do >everything I can to disarm this state." > > >Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark calls gun ownership an insult to >America: "A state in which a citizen needs a gun to protect himself from >crime has failed to perform its first purpose." Clark denounces this >kind of society as a return to barbarism, and anarchy, "a jungle where >each relies on himself for survival." > > >"The only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes," >says HCI Chairperson Sarah Brady. Likewise, when asked in an interview >about the legitimacy of handguns, her husband James Brady answered: "For >target shooting, that's ok. Get a license and go to the range. [But >not] for defense of the home--that's why we have police departments." > > >Sarah Brady put it even more forcefully in a September 21, 1993, speech >to the Women's National Democratic Club: "We would like to see, in the >future, what we will probably call needs-based licensing of all weapons. >...Where it would make it much more difficult for ANYBODY to be able to >purchase handguns...." [emphasis hers]. > > >Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI) has no religious connection and claims to be >more moderate than CSGV, but marches to the same drummer: that it is >antisocial to own a firearm for self-defense. HCI's ultimate goal is >federal gun licensing under which self-defense would not be acceptable >ground for gun ownership; only sportsmen and sportswomen would be allowed >to own guns. > > >The LOS ANGELES TIMES agrees that federal law should limit ordinary >people to "ownership of sporting and hunting weapons" only: "Under our >plan, individuals could own sporting weapons only if they had submitted >to a background check and passed a firearms safety course. Other >special, closely monitored exceptions could be mad, such as serious >collectors." [LOS ANGELES TIMES "Taming the Monster: The Guns Among Us," >editorial, Dec. 10, 1993] > > >*********A DIFFERENCE IN DEGREE********** > >Taking a closer look at statements of anti-gun attitudes reveals, >interestingly, some differences--but only as to "how much" gun control >they demand. Reverent Brockway, quoted above, would allow a woman to >shoot her rapist if she somehow "unambiguously" knew her rapist was going >to kill her afterwards. The Presbyterian Church USA would not. It >condemns taking a criminal's life under any circumstances whatsoever. > > >In a statement urging Congress to ban handguns, the Presbyterian Church >USA's representative, Reverend Kathy Young, stressed that the General >Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA "has declared in the context of >handgun control and in many other contexts, that it is opposed to 'the >killing of anyone, anywhere, for any reason.' " Rev. Young said the >Church has no objection to hunting guns (long guns) owned for "sports." >She said that what the General Assembly condemns are "weapons of death," >that is, "handguns" kept for self-defense or criminal misuse. The Church >condemns bothe equally: "To be opposed to killing is to be opposed to >the instruments that make killing possible, that are designed solely for >the purpose of killing;" and "There is no other reason to own a handgun >(that we have envisioned, at least) than to kill someone with it." > > >Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) would not just stop sales of supposed >"assault weapons"; she would confiscate all those already owned: "If I >could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an >outright ban, picking up every one of them, Mr. and Mrs. America turn >them all in, I would have done it." > > >Yet this is less extreme than those urging the confiscation of all >guns--the views of people such as Krauthammer and Ivins ("Bann the >Things. Ban Them All."). > > >Calling for a complete gun ban, the DETROIT DAILY PRESS editorialized: >"No private citizen has any reason or need at any time to possess a gun. >This applies to both honest citizens and criminals. We realize the >Constitution guarantees the 'right to bear arms,' but this should be >changed." > > >Echoing the cry is teh NEW YORK TIMES: "One way to discourage the gun >culture is to remove the guns from the hands and shoulders of people who >are not in the law enforcement business." > > >Dr. Katherine Christoffel, who heads her own medical anti-gun group, has >said, "Guns are a virus that must be eradicated.... They are causing an >epidemic of death by gunshot, which should be treated like any >epidemic--you get rid of the virus.... Get rid of the guns, get rid of >the bullets, and you get rid of the deaths." > > >Anti-gun advocates may differ in how much gun control they advocate, but >they are united in believing that guns must be removed from the hands of >the people for "moral" reasons. Since they see guns as the primary >mechanism that facilitates self-defense, they would discourage >self-defense by banning guns. > > >An outgrowth of this point of view is the law that HCI and CSGV succeeded >in having adopted by the District of Columbia in 1976: Householders may >not buy handguns, nor may guns of any type be kept assembled or loaded >for self-defense. > > >It was under these laws that the District achieved its dubious honor of >being known as the "murder capital" of America, yet HCI continually urges >cities and states to pass the same law, trumpeting again and again that >"the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes." > > >In a free society, the only legitimate basis for law is controlling >dangerous behavior, not imposing a minority moral vision on the majority. > The great majority of Americans, whether gun owners or not, reject the >anti-gun "moral vision" and accept self-defense as full justification for >gun ownership by law-abiding, responsible adults. That is why gun >control advocates generally soft-pedal their elitist "moral" agenda, >blending it into false and misleading arguments about crime control. > > >SOURCE: American Guardian, March 1998, page 44. > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >alphashewolf@proaxis.com > >"Running With The Pack!" > >ALPHA SITES: http://www.proaxis.com/~alphashewolf > - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #81 ************************