From dial911book@yahoo.com Fri Jul 6 02:36:22 2018 From: Richard Stevens To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Matt -- we must protest when "our side" errs Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 16:00:46 -0700 Message-ID: <172288852367.3849117.12804577838775575053.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5365568059546993998==" --===============5365568059546993998== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, The July 2001 Issue of NRA's America's First Freedom magazine featured a cover picture of John Ashcroft and highlighted the story of Ashcroft's letter indicating that "the Constitution protects the private ownership of firearms for lawful purposes." The magazine (at pp. 35-37) exults in the reversal of Justice Department policy on the Second Amendment. That's great. On page 37, the NRA reprints Ashcroft's letter -- as though it were *in full* -- but omits the footnote that exists in Ashcroft's actual letter. As you know, Ashcroft also said in that footnote in his letter that the Constitution "does not prohibit Congress from enacting laws restricting firearms ownership for compelling state interests, such as prohibiting firearms ownership by convicted felons." The NRA omitted a key element of Ashcroft's position - -- and then published the letter as though it were complete. That omission is a terrible distortion -- and seriously damages NRA's credibility with those of us who know the whole truth. What else might the NRA choose to omit, where the omission serves a PR purpose? Are their reports from the UN correct? Their reports about lobbying efforts and the positions taken by NRA-backed candidates? I wonder who at the NRA thought it was a good idea to distort the facts, and conceal the somewhat negative truth, just to advance the appearance of NRA success? That's the conduct we came to expect from HCI & Co. ... now it has infected the NRA. Members like me should demand the NRA publish an accounting of this mistake, fire the person who made the mistake, apologize and repent from such conduct. - --Richard Stevens (my personal views only) ********************************************************************** **** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at=20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ ********************************************************************** **** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBO2VEUBj6oMyeDxZoEQKwzACgtgENpYvs3Oz6LEf2b04MDO6LMGUAmgPm FTy4IcWnLsgciXWgV25+IeDS =3DNOgR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------_=3D_NextPart_001_01C118EA.706C6390 Content-Type: text/html; charset=3D"iso-8859-1" RE: General Ashcroft make his move

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I get the NRA's American Rifleman magazine. The July issue = also has
an article about Ashcroft's letter, which does not quote t= he rather
lengthy footnote. However, it does contain a legible image= of BOTH
pages of the letter, including the ENTIRE text of the foot= note. This
is hardly the action of an organization bent on distorting= Ashcroft's
view on the Second Amendment. Stupid editing on the part o= f the
America's First Freedom team, perhaps, but not an organiza= tion-wide
conspiracy.

Jonathan Wienke

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[Note from Matthew Gaylor:  Richard Stevens is author = of the recent
book "Dial 911 and Die" published by the Jews fo= r the Preservation of
Firearms Ownership.   http://www.jpfo.org ]

Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:00:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard Stevens <dial911book(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Matt -- we must protest when "our side"= errs
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt(a)coil.com>

Dear Colleagues,

The July 2001 Issue of NRA's America's First Freedom
magazine featured a cover picture of John Ashcroft and
highlighted the story of Ashcroft's letter indicating
that "the Constitution protects the private ownership=
of firearms for lawful purposes."  The magazine = (at
pp. 35-37) exults in the reversal of Justice
Department policy on the Second Amendment.

That's great.  On page 37, the NRA reprints Ashcroft's=
letter -- as though it were *in full* -- but omits the
footnote that exists in Ashcroft's actual letter.

As you know, Ashcroft also said in that footnote in
his letter that the Constitution "does not prohibit
Congress from enacting laws restricting firearms
ownership for compelling state interests, such as
prohibiting firearms ownership by convicted felons."<= /FONT>

The NRA omitted a key element of Ashcroft's position
- -- and then published the letter as though it were
complete.

That omission is a terrible distortion -- and
seriously damages NRA's credibility with those of us
who know the whole truth.  What else might the NRA
choose to omit, where the omission serves a PR
purpose?  Are their reports from the UN correct?
Their reports about lobbying efforts and the positions
taken by NRA-backed candidates?

I wonder who at the NRA thought it was a good idea to
distort the facts, and conceal the somewhat negative
truth, just to advance the appearance of NRA success?
That's the conduct we came to expect from HCI & Co.
... now it has infected the NRA.

Members like me should demand the NRA publish an
accounting of this mistake, fire the person who made
the mistake, apologize and repent from such conduct.

- --Richard Stevens
(my personal views only)

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