Posted on 06/29/2002 7:11:01 PM PDT by Copernicus
Mischief afoot in North Carolina! Spread the word!
GRNC Alert: 6-29-02
Grass Roots North Carolina
Forum for Firearms Education
P.O. Box 10684, Raleigh, NC 27605
(919) 664-8565, http://www.grnc.org
GRNC Alert Hotline: (919) 562-4137
AMERICANS ‘FOR GUN SAFETY’ LAUNCHES NC OFFENSIVE
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[Analysis] As the NRA has often said, Americans "For Gun Safety" (AGS) is potentially the most dangerous anti-gun organization in the country. Funded by billionaire Andrew McKelvey of monster.com, AGS makes a pretense of supporting the right to arms while supporting the same "sensible gun laws" advocated by the gun ban organization formerly known as Handgun Control.
Two things AGS doesn’t want you to know:
First, gun show legislation they support is designed with "poison pills" to shut down shows (for information on the McCain-Lieberman bill, check www.davidkopel.com)
Second, there is a huge labyrinth of left-wing organizations (and money) behind AGS, including the Tides Center, the Tides Foundation, the Tsunami Fund and a host of other radical projects. Indeed, it was the Tsunami Fund which hired gun control lobbyists Al Adams, Jack Cozort and Bruce Thompson of the law firm Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein (see http://www.grnc.org/ags_stooges).
GOV. EASLEY WANTS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
The so-called "gun trafficking" bills introduced for AGS have been endorsed by none other than Gov. MIKE EASLEY (GRNC 0-star). In two bills, HB 1744 and SB 1434, introduced into the NC House and Senate, Gov. Easley’s bills include the following:
CREATING A HUGE MENTAL HEALTH DATABASE by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
RELEASING PRIVATE MEDICAL DATA to DHHS by certain mental health professionals
GRANTING ACCESS TO MEDICAL RECORDS by as yet unspecified procedures
CREATING A "CRIME GUN INTERDICTION TASK FORCE" to harass lawful firearms dealers. Anti-gun leaders such as Sen. MARC BASNIGHT (D-Dare, GRNC 1-star) would make appointments to the task force, which would make recommendations to the General Assembly. Lately, GRNC has warned you about the anti-gun activities of a group of bureaucrats called "The NC Child Fatality Task Force." Rest assured that this new task force would be more anti-gun and more influential than the CFTF.
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
E-MAIL *AND* CALL OR FAX GOV. MIKE EASLEY and POLITELY urge him to immediately withdraw his endorsement of what can only be described as THE MEDICAL RECORDS DISCLOSURE ACT. Contact Easley at:
Governor Michael F. Easley
Office of the Governor 20301 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
Phone: 1-800-662-7952 valid in North Carolina only (919) 733-4240, or (919) 733-5811 Fax: (919) 715-3175 or (919) 733-2120 Send the following message:
Dear Governor Easley:
In a letter distributed by lobbyist Bruce Thompson to the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force, you endorsed a scheme advocated by a memberless entity calling itself "Americans for Gun Safety." These proposals, now contained in HB 1744 and SB 1434 ("Gun Trafficking"), should be more accurately dubbed the Medical Records Disclosure Act.
The measures you endorsed authorize creation of a massive mental health database containing private information of thousands of North Carolinians. Worse, these bills demand that health care providers betray the confidence of patients by disclosing medical records to the Department of Health and Human Services, sheriffs, courts, and untold others.
Finally, they would create a "Crime Gun Interdiction Task Force" whose apparent purpose, judging by literature from North Carolinians "Against Gun Violence," will be to harass licensed firearms dealers.
Georgia Senator Zell Miller and Texas Congressman Max Sandlin that "If the Democrats and the Gore campaign had not been so strident in opposition to gun rights…there’s absolutely no doubt that Vice President Gore would be president. It cost him a tremendous amount of support across the South…" Has this message fallen on deaf ears in North Carolina?
I strongly urge you to revoke your support for the Medical Records Disclosure Act. Please advise me of your position at your earliest convenience.
USE GRNC’S AUTOMATED E-MAIL to blitz the entire NC House USE GRNC’S AUTOMATED E-MAIL to blitz the entire Senate
POLITELY CONTACT SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LISTED BELOW via fax or phone, in addition to the automated e-mail list above (note: All phone & fax numbers are 919 area code). URGE THEM TO OPPOSE SB 1434! Sen. KAY HAGAN (D-Guilford): Phone: 733-5856, Fax: 838-9917, E-mail: Kayh@ncleg.net Sen. JOHN KERR (D-Greene, Lenoir, Wayne): Phone: 733-5621, Fax: 733-3113 (Rm. 526), E-mail: Johnk@ncleg.net Sen. FOUNTAIN ODOM (D-Iredell, Lincoln, Meck): Phone: 733-5707, Fax: 733-3113 (Rm. 300B), E-mail: Fountaino@ncleg.net Sen. DAN ROBINSON (D-Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania): Phone: 733-5880, Fax: 733-2599 (Rm. 2113), Danr@ncleg.net
CONTACT YOUR NC HOUSE & SENATE rep and urge them to oppose HB 1744 and SB 1434, The Medical Records Disclosure Act. You can find your rep by going to: http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm
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AGS is pushing a left wing agenda all over the country so variations of this may appear in other states.
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