From firearms-alert-owner Mon Jan 9 20:26:10 1995 Received: (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id UAA01899 for firearms-alert-outgoing; Mon, 9 Jan 1995 20:24:20 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id UAA01893 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 1995 20:24:18 -0800 Received: from gatekeeper.nra.org (gatekeeper.NRA.Org [192.156.97.62]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id UAA10520 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 1995 20:24:16 -0800 Received: by gatekeeper.nra.org (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA23483; Mon, 9 Jan 1995 23:24:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 23:24:11 -0500 Message-Id: <9501100424.AA23483@gatekeeper.nra.org> Reply-To: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org Originator: rkba-alert@nra.org From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts) To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Subject: GRASSROOTS: NRA-ILA Grassroots Bulletin 95-01-06 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: NRA Alerts list Sender: firearms-alert-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO NRA-ILA FAX NETWORK 11250 Waples Mill Road * Fairfax, VA 22030 Vol. 2, No. 1Phone: 1-800-392-8683 * Fax: 703-267-3918 1/6/95 NRA CALLS FOR CLINTON TO INVESTIGATE ABUSES BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...AGAIN! The NRA and other Constitutional rights organizations joined together to urge President Clinton to establish a national commission to investigate abuse of power on the part of federal law enforcement agencies -- most notably, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The first time we implored the President establish this commission was January, 1993 -- and now, two years later, that call has still gone unheeded. In the interim, dozens of innocent people were slaughtered in Waco, Texas and Randy Weaver's unarmed wife was shot and killed in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Not only has President Clinton refused to act, his FBI Director, Louis Freeh, is promoting the man in charge of the Ruby Ridge raid. According to the Associated Press, Freeh "acknowledged at a news conference that [his] proposed letter of censure for [acting] FBI deputy director [Larry] Potts ... would not prevent him from 'enthusiastically' recommending that Potts be promoted to permanent deputy director." So much for justice. Please call the White House comments line at 202/456-1111, and urge President Clinton to establish a commission to stop these governmental abuses of civil liberties. MOYNIHAN STILL BULLISH ON BULLET BAN: Exploiting the furor surrounding the Black Rhino ammo hoax, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan renewed his call for increased restrictions on ammunition. In the Washington Post this week, Moynihan laid out his agenda for 1995 when he called for "an energetic regime of licensure, taxing and accounting" of ammunition. The Senator even went so far as to suggest this issue should serve as a litmus test by calling upon the electorate to vote out of office any lawmaker who does not support this proposal. Members are encouraged to contact their Senators and voice their opposition. A LOOK AT THE STATES: Shorewood, Wisconsin - the Village Board retreated from a vote on a proposed handgun ban, which would have required gun owners to render their firearms inoperable and register them with the police or remove them from the village entirely! Members in the area may recall that this measure passed as a non-binding referendum on Election Day, yet this week, the Board declined to implement the measure, opting instead to commission a "professional survey" of village residents to gauge public support for the proposal. This process will likely take weeks to complete. Newark, California - on January 10th, the City Planning Commission will consider an ordinance that would outlaw the sale and repair of firearms in the home by licensed dealers. The ordinance also blocks the establishment within the city of any new businesses engaged in retail gun sales. Area members are urged to attend this meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, January 10th, at 7:30 p.m., in City Council Chambers. St. Paul, Minnesota - the City Council will soon consider an ordinance giving firearm dealers the same zoning classification as pornographic bookstores. This ordinance would virtually ban firearm sales in the city by radically restricting where firearm dealers could lawfully operate their businesses. As soon as the Council decides to meet, we'll notify our members in the area via telephone and fax. Stay tuned! NRA'S ELECTION SUCCESS CONTINUES: NRA-PVF endorsed candidates won three key special elections for open State Senate seats last week: Dr. James Crase was elected in Kentucky Senate District 15, Dave Kleis was elected in Minnesota Senate District 15 and Don Kramer in Minnesota Senate District 47 (Kramer was endorsed in the primary; he defeated another "A"-rated candidate in the General Election last week.) Our hats go off to members in these areas who went to the polls and supported these candidates -- you made a difference! WORTH NOTING: NRA-ILA Research & Information staff recently found there is no truth to the rumor that WAL-MART has been contributing a portion of its profits to anti-gun groups. And as for clarification as to why its employees are asking purchasers of ammunition what type of gun the ammo is for, WAL-MART says they're trying to ensure that the customer is 18 years old if purchasing rifle ammunition, and 21 if purchasing rounds for a handgun. -- This information is presented as a service to the Internet community by the NRA/ILA. Many files are available via anonymous ftp from ftp.nra.org, via WWW at http://www.nra.org, via gopher at gopher.nra.org, and via WAIS at wais.nra.org Be sure to subscribe to the NRA mailing lists. Send the word help as the body of a message to listproc@NRA.org Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK BBS at (703) 934-2121.