Second Amendment Sisters Oppose Anti-Rights Fund raiser at the French Embassy

Second Amendment Sisters ^ | july 12,2004 | Second Amendment Sisters

[basil]

NEWSFROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS

World Wide Web: http://www.2asisters.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2005

For additional information contact:

SAS Press Team Phone: 877-271-6216

E-mail: press at 2asisters.org

Sisters Oppose Anti-Rights Fundraiser at French Embassy

LAKEWAY, TX -- It's billed as a birthday celebration for famed columnist Art Buchwald, but this party's main purpose is to raise funds for an organization determined to deprive Americans of their basic human right of self-defense - with the French Embassy providing the venue for the occasion.

"This isn't about having a fundraiser. Everyone has them," said Deb Altrath, Co-Founder and President of Second Amendment Sisters. "This is about the French Embassy hosting a fundraiser for a group that will use those funds to deprive American citizens of their constitutional rights."

"If this were for AIDS research or cancer research, that would be different. But it's not. The French Embassy is aiding and abetting the destruction of the United States Constitution by hosting this event for the Brady Campaign," added Mari Thompson, another of SAS's Co-Founders.

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The Sisters have drafted a letter of protest to the French Ambassador, and are urging others to do the same. The letter is available for viewing at SAS's website, www.2asisters.org.

Here is a copy of the letter that has been faxed to the French Embassy. (They will also receive a snail-mailed hard copy of the letter.) COPY OF LETTER:

Embassy of France

4101 Reservoir Road NW

Washington, DC 200

I am a supporter of the nearly 80 million gun owners in the United States who oppose your collaboration with the Brady Campaign and its efforts to undermine the rights of American citizens.

The Brady Campaign uses its funds to lobby for legislation that places severe restrictions on gun ownership in the United States. Studies have shown that gun control only serves to increase the rates of violent crime because criminals will not obey these laws; the restrictions that the Brady Campaign calls for only effect those who choose to obey them. Law-abiding citizens such as myself will therefore be at the mercy of those to whom laws means nothing.

I hereby ask that you withdraw your support for the Brady Campaign’s fundraising effort.

Sincerely,

(add your name here)

Second Amendment Sisters is a women's advocacy group dedicated to preserving the basic human right of self-defense.

[basil]

This press release went out this morning.

We hope all Freepers will contact the French Embassy, voicing your displeasure with this planned event.

In addition to the abov e fax number, the phone number to the Embassy is:

202-944-6000

[white trash redneck]

What would you expect from the Frogs anyway?

[2nd amendment mama]

Ping

[2nd amendment mama]

BBT

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT!!!

[NRA2BFree]

Great letter, basil. I'll be contacting them today too. :)

[Brad’s Gramma]

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[kristinn]

I just got off the phone with someone at the French embassy. I very politely told them that they should not use their embassy for a fundraiser for a domestic politcal issue like gun control and urged them to cancel it.

The person on the phone thanked me for my comments and said they value imput from the community.

PLEASE be polite, but firm, when you call.

[Ladysmith]

Would either or both of you like to ping your self-defense lists on this one?

Thanks!!

[dbwz]

Here's the letter we've faxed to the embassy:

A Letter to the French Embassy

And here's a suggested letter you can send along to the embassy. Please, try to either fax or send snail mail - it makes much more of an impact!

Mr. Ambassador:

I am a supporter of the nearly 100 million gun owners in the United States who oppose your collaboration with the Brady Campaign and its efforts to undermine the rights of American citizens.

The Brady Campaign uses its funds to lobby for legislation that places severe restrictions on gun ownership in the United States. Studies have shown that gun control only serves to increase the rates of violent crime because criminals will not obey these laws; the restrictions that the Brady Campaign calls for only effect those who choose to obey them. Law-abiding citizens such as myself will therefore be at the mercy of those to whom laws means nothing.

I hereby ask that you withdraw your support for the Brady Campaign’s fundraising effort.

Sincerely,

sign your name!

And please pass the word along. Wouldn't it be nice to flood the French embassy with letters and faxes from gun rights supporters?

[bruin66]

Wrong use of "effect". I know, I know...

[basil]

Here's the link to the thread announcing the Brady Fund Raising event:

Brady Party

[dbwz]

AAAAARGH! I hate making mistakes like that.

And I'm not exactly fond of people who point them out eitherrrrr...

;-)

[basil]

You started all this by alerting us to it--LOL!

Thanks, by the way.

[basil]

Thanks, Kristinn. We can always count on a calm, cool, reasoned voice from you.

[songbird51]

Sending it to my lists tonight. Mailing hardcopy tomorrow.

[Mr. Silverback]

Everybody please give the Second Amendment Sisters a hand with the write-in campaign, and those of you in the DC area please mark your calendars--the party is scheduled for 28 September.

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[phoenix0468]

The French wouldn't know what to do with a gun much less the right to bear one. LOL

[basil]

Thanks for trying to help this effort, Mr. Silverback. There must be enough contact from us with the French Embassy to make a difference!

[Mr. Silverback]

You're certainly welcome, and if our old friends the French won't listen to reason, the Freep opportunity for the DC Chapter will be tres bien!