I think this calls for a FReep too. Get ahold of basil and all the SAS. I'll post an alert to the FRN and see if we can swat a hornet's nest. These anti-gun cowards need to be held accountable.
Posted on 03/02/2002 9:55:38 AM PST by pro2A Mom
"Fort Washington show info: We originally intended to have the show March 16 & 17, but the building owners have returned our deposit check and at this time will not renew our contract saying only this. "Current circumstances require that we be more careful with the shows that we permit within the Expo Center."
We have done 19 shows in that facility since 1993 without any incident which would prompt that decision. If you enjoyed that show and are unhappy that we cannot have the show, write to Fort Washington Expo Center 1100 Virginia Drive Suite 100, Fort Washington, PA 19034
or email: info@fortwashingtonexpo.com and express your displeasure with their refusal to renew our contract."
THANK YOU!!
And forwarded to all my (non-FReeper) PA friends.
" "Current circumstances require that we be more careful with the shows
that we permit within the Expo Center."
Other current circumstances require me, my family, my friends, business
associates, members of my church, my sons athletic teams parents and
relatives, members of the law firm where I work, never set foot inside
your Fort Washington Expo Center until this communist agenda "policy" is
totally withdrawn.
Thank you."
let em think outside THAT box fer a spell.
I think this calls for a FReep too. Get ahold of basil and all the SAS. I'll post an alert to the FRN and see if we can swat a hornet's nest. These anti-gun cowards need to be held accountable.
HERE TIT IS!!
To Editor for Editorial page.
Citizens in 44 states “Do not fear Gun Owners who “Citizen Carry” (CC).”
In 1986 only eight (8) states allow “citizen carry” (CC) and crime was on the rise. In the year 2001, 42 states now have CC laws on the books and crime continues to drop. Researchers to the self-defense issue, has noticed crime begin dropping immediately after enactment in each state and showed up four - five years before the Brady law. Our Indiana neighbor has issued 350,000 CC permits and zero (0) has been revoked for a firearms homicide. In these states Police Chief’s are pleasantly surprised in the quality of the applicant.
There are 21 times more (est. 2,500,000) CC owners than “street” policeman (120,000) in the United States. Policemen killed 330 innocent citizens in 1996 and CC’ers (30). Statistically you are 300 times more likely to be innocently shot by a policeman than a CC owner. Sidebar: 700,000 Doctors kill by mistake 90,000 people annually in our nation. Our hearts should go out to each and every family and our heads need to be crystal clear on this issue. Also Citizen Carry citizens commit less crime that even Police officers as a statistical group.
Women are the fastest growing group of gun owners in the United States. “Dial 911 and Die” is real with 911 response times from 5 to 30 minutes. Police only stop 4% in the act violent crime. What logic would as representative suggest to a woman to “talk down” the rapist with AIDS or HIV or STD? 10 minutes is a long time. Get your watch and start talking. Do GG (Gun Grabbers) honestly think the rapist will use a condom? Women should be outraged at the GG for forcing such defenseless thinking. Did you know most rapes last from 2 to 4 hours.
Question? Why do you think, judges, probation officers, bail bondman, attorneys and social workers are given the right to CC or decide to carry illegally? If you ask they will tell you, they are dealing bad guys everyday and know the mindset of these early release felons.
Bad guys will always have guns. It is “dumb and dumber” to believe America is safer by taking away firearms from honest American Citizens or to make felons. Anti gun groups and faulty ordinances in Chicago land are doing just the opposite providing “gun free zones” for criminals to operate in.
Most all State Statues are written to protect the general public not the individual. It is the individual’s responsibility to protect themselves and their families at home and away from home.
Road Rage: It is a myth that CC owners kill cops, or citizens with Road Rage. In the United States over the last twenty years only two (2) known road rage shootings have occurred. Believe me if Road Rage shootings were a problem, the Gun Grabbers (GG’ers), would let us know. One case, after a car accident in TX, the driver begins to punch the man in the face, breaking his eye socket, nose. Profusely bleeding from the face and fearing for his life, the 65 yr old driver pulled his gun and shot the road raged driver saving his life.
· My personal thoughts: Every solid citizen who elects to “CC” carry’s a tremendous burden. This burden is to stay legal, or be charged with a felony or at least a grand jury indictment, should they ever break one of 25,000 gun laws or kill an attacking criminal. We have plenty of criminal laws to put them away for life should any CC’er turn to the dark side. · Jesus in the Bible was smart enough to cast blame on Cain for killing Abel, not blame the stone. Those who believe the “GG” fear spinners need to wake up. · One final closing thought, Christian religions and other religions teach the need to protect ones self. Jesus said in Luke 22:36 30 He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. The sword was the finest weapon outside of the home of its time, far better than rocks, clubs, and stones.
Department of Justice, FBI, CIA, statistics and facts
* Facts and Figures * (700k file)
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/images/gunfacts.pdf
* Facts and Figures ver3.1 *(700k file)
http://home.attbi.com/~guys/guns.html
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Israel says U.S. gun-control groups should be considered terrorist allies.
Worldnet Daily News | 3.1.2002 | Jon E. Dougherty Posted on 3/1/02 11:11 PM Central by CHICAGOFARMER Gun control aids terrorism
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Posted: March 1, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com An incident last week in Israel makes the case as to how U.S. gun-control groups could be considered terrorist allies.
According to a Feb. 22 story published in The Jerusalem Post, a Palestinian terrorist was attempting to set off an explosive device in yet another crowded Israeli market, when an "alert shopper" recognized what he was doing and "shot him dead."
"A police source told Israel Radio the terrorist apparently intended to detonate a small bomb in the supermarket and then blow himself up with the explosive belt when police forces came to the scene," the paper said – a "tragedy" that "was averted when a woman shopping in the packed supermarket apparently saw the terrorist trying to set off a second explosion and shot him twice in the head from close range."
It's good that in Israel – a country that is no stranger to terrorism – someone besides the government is responsible for the security and safety of citizens. Oh, to be as trusted with that responsibility here at home.
It's an equally good thing that the lives of those Israeli shoppers weren't in the hands of a woman like Sarah Brady, head of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. If they had been, there's no telling how many more Israeli shoppers would be dead today.
That's because her group, along with dozens of other gun-control organizations, would rather Americans be killed by terrorists instead of being able to protect ourselves, our families and our communities. They would rather see terrorism snuff out freedom and liberty than have Americans use freedom and liberty to snuff out terrorism. In fact, supporting any policy that leaves Americans less secure – especially in this time of war – is akin to providing aid and comfort to the enemy. Policies that encourage disarmament invite attack. Such policies play into the hands of our terrorist enemies.
Our enemies know this. They would love nothing more than to ensure their next American targets remain unarmed. So why are gun-control groups advocating disarmament too? Whose side are they on?
Personally, I'm tired of being told by the pious victimologists who run these groups that I'm not "qualified" to carry a firearm – even into a school to pick up my children or into a courthouse to do county business – though I am and have been for several years. I'm also tired of being told by "officialdom" that I must "qualify" for the Second Amendment to claim and utilize its guarantees, though it is the only constitutional right that must meet this stringent, narrow standard.
I'm tired of being told by Marxist control freaks that I am a model citizen only if I allow myself to be victimized by some lunatic Muslim extremist who hates me because of my religion and/or nationality.
I'm tired of being told by hypocrite lawmakers – who have personal security I help provide via my tax dollars – that they are worthy of enhanced protection, but that I and my family are not.
As long as anti-gun groups, working in cooperation with the little Napoleons on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across the land, continue to favor laws that restrict the right of Americans to carry a weapon anywhere and everywhere, terrorists will be aided and abetted.
No one knows where the next terrorist strike will occur or what form it will take. Therefore Congress and the president could boost national security immensely just by dismantling goofy gun-control laws that do nothing but aid our enemies. A free people demand no less than the ability to help protect themselves and their country. A better-armed populace would do much to accomplish that goal. Meanwhile, if gun controllers want to continue their quest to be terrorist fodder, fine. That's their right. Lucky for them, they aren't asked to "qualify" for the right to be foolishly unprotected.
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Jon E. Dougherty is a staff reporter and columnist for WorldNetDaily, and author of the special report, "Election 2000: How the Military Vote Was Suppressed."
03/02/2002 FT Washington Expo Center
1100 Virginia Drive
FT Washington, PA 19034
Dear Sir/Ma'am,
Your recent cancellation of the MAAC firearms show has prompted me to write.
In a frightening time such as this when our sons and daughters are risking their lives in the defense of freedom, the actions of FT Washington Expo Center are entirely un-American.
The Constitutional right to defend one's family and property is crucial to the survival of our nation. Shame on your company for this cowardly slap in the face of all those young men and women who are now fighting, with guns, for our freedom.
Furthermore, your willingness to abruptly sever the longstanding relationship you had with MAAC speaks volumes about the integrity of your business. You can be sure that "Ft Washington Expo Center" will soon be a dirty word in the households of millions of Pennsylvania gun owners.
Soon, I will begin to promote and encourage thousands of Internet community members to contact the vendors on your calendar to ask they they discontinue their business relationship with Ft Washington Expo Center. I will do this by posting online the names of these companies along with contact names and phone numbers.
Thank you,
Timothy Prince
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Aurora, CO 80012
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