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                       NRA-ILA FAX NETWORK

                   NRA-ILA Grassroots Division

           11250 Waples Mill Road * Fairfax, VA  22030

No. 12      Phone: 1-800-392-8683 * Fax: 703-267-3918     12/9/94



                  HCI GOES NEGATIVE NATIONALLY!



     On Thursday, December 8, HCI held a press conference kicking

off a national media blitz attacking NRA's defense of the Second

Amendment, and leveling a series of fallacious charges against

NRA.  The ads are expected to appear in several major cities,

including Boston (MA), Kansas City (MO), Salisbury (MD), Salt

Lake City (UT), and Tucson (AZ).  The ads feature HCI's own Sarah

Brady with a new pal, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court -

- turned "gun control" champion Warren Burger.



     The ads erroneously claim that the Courts have never thrown

out a "gun control" law on Second Amendment grounds.  (Oh yes

they have!  Nunn v. State in 1846 and in re: Brickley in 1902!) 

The ads further claim the NRA deliberately distorts the meaning

of the Second Amendment.  (False - literally every scholarly work

on this issue has concluded that the Second Amendment is in fact

an individual right!)  HCI's new ads further challenge NRA to

bring a Second Amendment claim to the Supreme Court.  (False

again - NRA tried to get the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to

the Morton Grove, Illinois gun ban, yet it was HCI who actually

petitioned the Supreme Court NOT to hear the case!)



     ACTION ALERT!  We need your help to counter these attacks. 

If you see these ads or other charges being made in the broadcast

media against the NRA and the Second Amendment, please contact

the NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at 1-800-392-8683.  Let us know

what was said, the name of the station airing the broadcast, the

time and date it appeared, and if an official NRA representative

had the opportunity to respond.  



     NEWS AS IT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATES.  In New Jersey, the

Assembly passed a "Gun Free School Zones" bill, which will

increase penalties for the mere possession of an illegal firearm

within 1,000 feet of a school.  Basic translation:  anybody who

owns what the state considers to be an "illegal assault weapon"

(semi-auto) will be subject to enhanced penalties, regardless of

whether the gun is ever used in a crime.  The bill is now

awaiting action by the Senate Education Committee.  New Jersey

members are encouraged to contact the Committee to urge them to

vote NO on this punitive measure.  In Wisconsin, despite the fact

that Madison gun owners have defeated Mayor Soglin's "gun

control" proposals at the ballot box, this week Soglin cast two

tie-breaking votes to help railroad all of his "gun control"

ordinances through the Common Council.  Meanwhile, in Fox Point,

the Village Board will meet on December 13 to consider an

ordinance that will ban the commercial sale of all firearms. 

Members in the area are encouraged to attend the meeting as well

as contact the Board to voice their opposition!  Couple these

examples with attempts by anti-gunners to pass gun ban referenda

in Milwaukee and Kenosha, and it becomes clear that Wisconsin is

in desperate need of a statewide firearms preemption law, and

passage of such a law will be one of NRA's top priorities in

1995.



     SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH NRA IN FEC SUIT.  Sending a clear

message to all federal agencies, the Supreme Court struck down a

claim by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) against the NRA. 

The decision revolved around an NRA challenge that the FEC itself

was structured unconstitutionally because the Commission included

two members appointed by Congress.  Therefore, the NRA argued,

and the Court agreed, that the FEC structure violated the

separation of powers clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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