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			< LET FREEDOM RING '89 >

1.  ELIGIBLE CALLEES:

(A) President of the United States; U.S. Senators and Members of

Congress;  State Senators and State Representatives/Members of

State Assembly;  Governors;  Mayors;  City Councilors.

(B) Radio Talk-Show Hosts;  TV Station Program Directors (especially

network affiliate stations);  Newspaper Editors;  Editors of

News Magazines


2.  INELIGIBLE CALLEES:

Emergency Service Numbers, including Police, Fire, etcetera.


3.  PREPARATION

(A) Publicity --- rod + gun club mailings, alerts to members

(B) Phone lists --- promulgate lists with applicable telephone

numbers, e.g., elected officials who represent your locale, along

with numbers for the local media

(C) Phone banks --- Make your facilities available for members

who wish to place phone calls.  Encourage them to utilize their own

resources wherever possible.

(D) Establish calling campaigns in local organizations to remind

members as the date approaches.

(E) Advertise in trade and gun owner-interest publications and

in retail gun establishments.  Distribute leaflets at such stores

and at shows and other gatherings.


4.  EFFECT

Q. Won't we be, in effect, tying up the telephone lines of most

of America's elected officials and media sources for that day?

A. We certainly hope so.  Our intent is to get our message across.

We should express appreciation to those who have helped us as

well.

Dear

     This is the most serious favor I've ever asked you to do.  

I know you enjoy the shooting sports as much as I do.  Well, 

that pleasure is in jeopardy right now as a lot of people in 

power are trying to pass laws that will ban and confiscate 

our guns.

     A number of gun owners are preparing to fight back, and 

we need your help.  Please take the enclosed letter and send

it to as many people you know who also own guns.  Make as 

many copies as you need.  Go to the Yellow Pages and send it

to local Rod + Gun Clubs and retail gun shops.  Give copies

to people you trust at work.

     There is more than just our sport at stake here --- if

we lose this, we'll live to see the end of private gun 

ownership in America, very soon.

					Thanks,


(ps:  I've also enclosed an extra copy of this cover letter 
if you need it.)

To: Rod & Gun Club Presidents
    State Firearms Organization Directors
    All Members	
    All Freedom-Loving Gun Owners

14 February 1989


			< LET FREEDOM RING '89 >

     Rally in Washington?  March on the State House?  Why bother?

Let's let our fingers do the marching!

     The WORLD'S FIRST electronic protest march will take place

on Wednesday 19 April 1989 from 9:00am EST until 4:00pm PST.....

     What are we protesting?  We are protesting the erosion of

the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment in particular.

     Who are we?  We are EVERY law-abiding gun owner in the United

States of America!

     How will this work?  Our campaign, known as LET FREEDOM

RING '89, consists of ringing the phone of every legislator,

every chief executive, at all levels, and telling them that we

will NO LONGER BE SILENT on the issue of creeping gun control ---

that we are in favor of punishing criminals who use guns, not

households who have guns.

     What can YOU do?  You can join us.  You can galvanize your 

membership into action --- to join us.  You can ask the leaders 

of other organizations that are fighting for the same cause to

join us, and to ask their members to join us.  In numbers there

will be strength, and OUR VOICES, raised in unison, WILL BE HEARD!

     The gun owners of America have been silent for too long.....

as OUR RIGHT to keep and bear arms has been steadily attacked.

We have one more chance to have our voices heard before they

will be silent forever.

     Let's GET THE WORD OUT!

    
    It is possible that not all noters here read FIREARMS.
    
    It is possible that some who do, missed my note on British laws.
    
    It is possible that some folks believe that the "Assault Rifle"
    issue doesn't concern them because they don't use assault rifles
    to hunt with.
    
    HOWEVER: in discussions with a friend who is an executive board
    member of a large firm of International Arms dealers, he told me
    that the industry strongly expects the US government to introduce
    proposed legislation to deal with this issue modelled on the recent 
    changes in British gun laws that were introduced as a result of an 
    incident at Hungerford very similar to the California incident. 
    
    Again an AKS was used to kill innocent bystanders by a Rambo-type who 
    had gone berserk. The public wanted assault rifles banned.
    
    THIS IS WHAT THEY GOT.
    
    THIS IS WHAT YOU MAY GET if you aren't proactive.
   
    Note that it outlaws ALL semi automatic rifles other than .22s
    (including hunting rifles). It similarly outlaws ALL pump action hunting
    rifles.
    
    It outlaws ALL pump and semi-automatic shotguns that hold 3 or more
    shots.
    
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    I'll answer my own note: please don't comment here on assault weapons
    etc - that is covered well enough elsewhere. However take heed:
    we thought we had a constitutional right to pursue our sport too...
    
    The following is the text of a Government advertisement appearing
    in current gun magazines in the UK.
    

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    Government Buy in Scheme.
    
    From 1 February 1989 the following types of weapons will become
    prohibited under section 5 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988:
    
    	- Burst fire weapons
    
    	- Self-loading rifles and carbines (except those chambered for
    		.22 rim-fire cartridges)   
                
    	- Pump action rifles and carbines  (except those chambered for
    		.22 rim-fire cartridges)   
    
    	- Self-loading smooth-bore guns with barrels shorter than 24"
    		or an overall length of less than 40" (except those
    		chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges)
                       
    	- Pump-action smooth-bore guns with barrels shorter than 24"
    		or an overall length of less than 40" (except those
    		chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges)
                       
    	- Smooth-bore revolver-guns (except muzzle loading guns and
    		those chambered for 9mm rim-fire cartridges)
                
    	- Rocket-launchers and mortars (except launchers for fireworks,
    		signal flares and safety lines)
                
    	- Any of the above guns, or any fully automatic weapon, which
    		has been converted to a lower category.
    

    Owners of weapons which will become prohibited under the new firearms
    legislation will need the authority of the Home Secretary in England
    and Wales and the Secretary of State in Scotland, if they are to
    keep them. Authority is not normally granted to permit possession
    by an individual.
    
    If you are the legitimate owner of any of these weapons you should
    dispose of them before 30 April 1989 by any one of the following
    means:
    
    	- sell your weapon to a registered firearms dealer.
    
    	- surrender your weapon to the local police.
    
    	- lodge your gun with a gunsmith for de-activation. It should
    		be carried out at an approved standard and certified by a Proof
    		House.
                
    	- take advantage of the Government buy-in scheme.
    
    If you wish to participate in the buy in scheme you should ask at
    your local police station or gun club for a copy of this leaflet,
    which has a claim form attached.
    
    If you don't dispose of your weapon you could face, on conviction,
    up to 5 years in prison or a fine of �2000 or both.
    
    There are other changes in the firearms legislation which may affect
    you. They are set out in the leaflet 'Changes in the Firearms Law'
    also available from your local police station or gun club.
    
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    The main change is that ordinary shotguns (single shots, bolt actions
    and doubles only now of course) are to be subject to the rigorous
    storage security previously applied to 'ordinary' firearms (pistols
    and rifles).                                    
    
    The buy in is for �150 - little compensation in most cases...
    
    /. Ian .\
    

	If you've "gotten involved", and we're successful,
			then you will have been a part of it.
	If you've "gotten involved", and we're not,
			then no one can say you didn't fight...
	If you let inertia take hold, and LFR'89 is successful,
		then you will have missed out when others heeded the call.

	But... if you let inertia take hold, and we lose,
		you'll have the rest of your life to ask yourself, 
			"Where was I?  
			 What else was I doing that was more important?  
			 What was I waiting for?  
		 	 Why didn't anybody _tell_ me what was going on?" 

     God grant us the courage to change the things we can, but as for the
     serenity to accept things, I never knew Americans were into taking things
     lying down and accepting defeat without a fight.  Let's not always expect
     to WRITE OUT A CHECK AND HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO OUR FIGHTING FOR US. 

 	_THIS_ is _OUR_ fight..... and this is YOUR fight. 

     And we won't be able to let freedom ring on April 19th without you.

    
    There is a reference in FIREARMS (one of the notes posted yesterday
    to one of the many political topics there) that Senator Metzenbaum
    is planning a "Assassination Weapons Restriction Bill". I don't
    whether this is somebody's idea of a joke, but you might want to
    check it out - according to that source this bill is aimed at
    restricting high power scope sighted rifles.
    
    ie they are after your bolt action, scoped 30-06 hunting rifle!
    
    /. Ian .\

    Ian,
    
    	This was in reference to an acticle in this months newsletter
    from the G.O.-N.H. ( Gun Owners of New Hampshire ). It reads
    	pretty scary, but if it's looked at real close, it's dated
    	1991. It's basically a Lampoon type article, but is possible
    	considering Metzenbaum's record.
    
    	Red Newsham LFR '89   NRA - Life, G.O.-N.H
    

    
    Also possible considering that Kennedy was killed with a scope sighted
    bolt action rifle. No President has yet been attacked with an Assault
    rifle.
    
    However enough. I have little enough time to read British politics,
    let alone American politics. Sorry to have created a rat-hole.
    
    /. Ian .\

    
    
    	Ian,
    
    	Is the British government buying ANY gun for 150 pounds?
    	If so, why not buy all of the cheap, garbage guns you
    	can get your hands on and make a huge profit?  Needless to
    	say, the very thought of government confiscation of
    	previously legal items is appalling.  But, if you've got
    	no choice, why not make them pay through the nose.
                    
    
    	Jerry

    
    Any gun in the new class V yes. Actually the offer has now expired:
    now you get a huge fine and go to jail...
    
    /. Ian .\