Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 19:35:58 -0500
From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts)
To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com
Subject: ALERT: Media attacking gun rights - Write the Editors (e-mail addresses included)


March 30, 1995

In a recent letter to Tanya K. Metaksa, Executive Director of
NRA-ILA, U.S. Senator Bob Dole affirmed his commitment to the
Second Amendment and the repeal of the 1994 Clinton gun ban.

Specifically he stated, "Repealing the ill-conceived gun ban
passed as part of President Clinton's crime bill last year is one
of my legislative priorities.  The Senate will debate this issue
in the near future and I hope to have a bill on the President's
desk by this summer."

Apparently dismayed by this solidarity of opposition to the gun
ban in Congress, the anti-gun press has attempted to paint
Senator Dole and the NRA Membership as being at odds with the
American people.

In an editorial critical of Senator Dole's support for repeal,
the New York Times suggests that "four-fifths of the American
people and the police officers who protect them favor that ban." 
The Los Angeles Times "reporting" on Senator Dole's letter
claimed "76% ... supported the ban."

Members are urged to write or send e-mail to the following 
publications in order to set the record straight on public 
opposition to gun control and the basic fallacy of gun control 
as a method of crime control.

The New York Times       e-mail: 5098475@mcimail.com
229 W. 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036-3959


The Los Angeles Times    e-mail: oped@news.latimes.com
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, CA 90053

The Washington Post
1150 15th St. NW
Washington, DC 20071-0002

The Boston Herald        e-mail: heraldedit@delphi.com
P.O. Box 2096
One Herald Square
Boston, MA 02106-2096

If possible, also please forward a copy of your letter to:

Senator Bob Dole
Hart Building #141
Washington, DC 20510

AND

NRA-ILA Public Relations & Communications
Attn: Jim Manown (jmanown@nra.org)
11250 Waples Mill Road, 5th Floor
Fairfax, VA 22030

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