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ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization
October 25, 2000
ALERT: Psychiatric Study Fingers The Real "Nuts"!
All of the fact-oriented arguments for "gun control" are
demolished, but the idea hangs on by a thread. Why? Because
so many of the Americans who believe in "gun control" suffer
from a mental condition.
If you are serious about protecting your right to keep and
bear arms, then you need to get and use this new ammunition:
the psychiatric analysis that puts the opposition on the
defensive. Click on
http://www.jpfo.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
and read the JPFO-sponsored article by Sarah Thompson, M.D.
It's entitled: "Raging Against Self-Defense -- A Psychiatrist
Examines the Anti-Gun Mentality." You can also find it at
pages 7-12 in the Fall 2000 Issue of the Bill of Rights
Sentinel.
Dr. Thompson unmasks the average anti-gun person to reveal a
person terrified. Terrified of his own emotions. Terrified of
her neighbors. Terrified that someone out there is actually
able and willing to use self-defense. These terrors convert
to rage, and that rage is aimed at ... guns and gun owners.
These psychological insights empower liberty lovers to do two
things. First, by revealing what motivates the hatred of guns
and gun owners, we can destroy the credibility of the "gun
control" lobby that fans that hate and fear. Second, we can
approach anti-gun individuals with caring respect, and work
with them one-on-one to help them see the world differently.
You won't find this kind of analysis in JAMA or Psychology
Today. Yet Dr. Thompson's profound insights shift the whole
debate. Instead of trying to defend the facts and truth
against emotional outbursts, you can now ask a very different
question: "What is it that terrifies you so much?"
Every person who wants to preserve the right to keep and bear
arms -- the right to effective self-defense -- must read Dr.
Thompson's article. Print it out, sit down with a cup of coffee
and marker, and grasp these concepts. Open up to a whole new
way to understand our friends, relatives, and fellow Americans
whom we love but who seem so irrational on the issue of
firearms ownership.
To maximize your time efficiency right now, please do these
three things:
1. Forward this e-mail to as many other freedom lovers
as you know. It's just an easy e-mail operation. Don't
waste a minute.
2. Click on and download Dr. Thompson's article at:
http://www.jpfo.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
3. Cut and paste the JPFO Press Release (below) and
forward it to as many newspapers, magazines, radio and
TV stations as you can. It is also posted on the October
24, 2000, listings at www.usnewswire.com.
This psychiatric analysis approach moves the "gun control"
debate to a very different place -- a place where the clear-
headed rational people can lead the muddled fearful folks to
a world of sanity and freedom. Take heart -- take action!
The Liberty Crew
* * *
JPFO Press Release
October 24, 2000
Contact: Aaron Zelman (262) 673-9745
Psychiatric Analysis Shows Anti-Gun People Suffer "Mental
Condition"
Irrationally fearing both their own feelings and the
motivations of their neighbors, many anti-gun people lapse
into psychological defense patterns. These patterns,
according to Sarah Thompson, M.D., lay the foundation of the
anti-gun mentality. Dr. Thompson, a psychiatrist and author,
detailed these observations in the Fall 2000 issue of the Bill
of Rights Sentinel, published by Jews for the Preservation
of Firearms Ownership (JPFO).
"Defense mechanisms distort reality," notes Dr. Thompson. "The
common thread in anti-gun people is rage."
Dr. Thompson's article, entitled "Raging Against Self Defense,"
explains that many people are terrified not only by the risk of
crime but also by their own angry feelings. To bury these scary
thoughts, some people project them onto other people and
inanimate objects. Beliefs that other people will attack without
warning, or that firearms are the cause of violence, are two
results of this emotional defense mechanism known as "projection."
Another defense mechanism typical of the anti-gun mentality is
"denial." Because of their anxiety about helplessness and
vulnerability, some people flatly reject any facts that suggest
any need to protect themselves. "It can't happen here" is the
typical expression of denial.
Reacting to Dr. Thompson's findings, Aaron Zelman, Executive
Director of JPFO, noted: "It always seems strange that some
people actually oppose the right to self-defense. These
psychological insights help explain why some Americans can't
understand the right to keep and bear arms. They are suffering
from a mental condition."
Hatred of guns and gun owners flares up, Dr. Thompson finds,
because anxious anti-gun people see the very existence of
firearms as proving self-defense is necessary. Anti-gun people
have psychologically denied the need for self-defense, but
firearms ownership shatters their illusion. So they conclude
that the gun owners must be the violent menace.
"Rosie O'Donnell proved the point," commented Zelman. "She
said she wanted all gun owners thrown in prison, regardless of
whether those owners committed any actual crime. That sort of
unthinking rage against responsible firearms ownership could
only come from someone with some kind of emotional problem."
Studies show that firearms are used well over 5,000 times per
day to stop or deter crimes. "You can't reasonably deny that
firearms save lives," Zelman said. "You would have to be crazy
to want to make it harder for innocent people to protect
themselves."
Dr. Thompson's article is posted at http://www.jpfo.org.
================================================================
Copyright 2000 JPFO, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce
this alert in full, so long as the following JPFO contact
information is included:
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
PO Box 270143
Hartford, Wisconsin 53027
Phone: 1-262-673-9745
Orders only: 1-800-869-1884 (toll-free!)
Fax: 1-262-673-9746
Web: http://www.jpfo.org/
Hash: SHA1
ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization
October 25, 2000
ALERT: Psychiatric Study Fingers The Real "Nuts"!
All of the fact-oriented arguments for "gun control" are
demolished, but the idea hangs on by a thread. Why? Because
so many of the Americans who believe in "gun control" suffer
from a mental condition.
If you are serious about protecting your right to keep and
bear arms, then you need to get and use this new ammunition:
the psychiatric analysis that puts the opposition on the
defensive. Click on
http://www.jpfo.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
and read the JPFO-sponsored article by Sarah Thompson, M.D.
It's entitled: "Raging Against Self-Defense -- A Psychiatrist
Examines the Anti-Gun Mentality." You can also find it at
pages 7-12 in the Fall 2000 Issue of the Bill of Rights
Sentinel.
Dr. Thompson unmasks the average anti-gun person to reveal a
person terrified. Terrified of his own emotions. Terrified of
her neighbors. Terrified that someone out there is actually
able and willing to use self-defense. These terrors convert
to rage, and that rage is aimed at ... guns and gun owners.
These psychological insights empower liberty lovers to do two
things. First, by revealing what motivates the hatred of guns
and gun owners, we can destroy the credibility of the "gun
control" lobby that fans that hate and fear. Second, we can
approach anti-gun individuals with caring respect, and work
with them one-on-one to help them see the world differently.
You won't find this kind of analysis in JAMA or Psychology
Today. Yet Dr. Thompson's profound insights shift the whole
debate. Instead of trying to defend the facts and truth
against emotional outbursts, you can now ask a very different
question: "What is it that terrifies you so much?"
Every person who wants to preserve the right to keep and bear
arms -- the right to effective self-defense -- must read Dr.
Thompson's article. Print it out, sit down with a cup of coffee
and marker, and grasp these concepts. Open up to a whole new
way to understand our friends, relatives, and fellow Americans
whom we love but who seem so irrational on the issue of
firearms ownership.
To maximize your time efficiency right now, please do these
three things:
1. Forward this e-mail to as many other freedom lovers
as you know. It's just an easy e-mail operation. Don't
waste a minute.
2. Click on and download Dr. Thompson's article at:
http://www.jpfo.org/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
3. Cut and paste the JPFO Press Release (below) and
forward it to as many newspapers, magazines, radio and
TV stations as you can. It is also posted on the October
24, 2000, listings at www.usnewswire.com.
This psychiatric analysis approach moves the "gun control"
debate to a very different place -- a place where the clear-
headed rational people can lead the muddled fearful folks to
a world of sanity and freedom. Take heart -- take action!
The Liberty Crew
* * *
JPFO Press Release
October 24, 2000
Contact: Aaron Zelman (262) 673-9745
Psychiatric Analysis Shows Anti-Gun People Suffer "Mental
Condition"
Irrationally fearing both their own feelings and the
motivations of their neighbors, many anti-gun people lapse
into psychological defense patterns. These patterns,
according to Sarah Thompson, M.D., lay the foundation of the
anti-gun mentality. Dr. Thompson, a psychiatrist and author,
detailed these observations in the Fall 2000 issue of the Bill
of Rights Sentinel, published by Jews for the Preservation
of Firearms Ownership (JPFO).
"Defense mechanisms distort reality," notes Dr. Thompson. "The
common thread in anti-gun people is rage."
Dr. Thompson's article, entitled "Raging Against Self Defense,"
explains that many people are terrified not only by the risk of
crime but also by their own angry feelings. To bury these scary
thoughts, some people project them onto other people and
inanimate objects. Beliefs that other people will attack without
warning, or that firearms are the cause of violence, are two
results of this emotional defense mechanism known as "projection."
Another defense mechanism typical of the anti-gun mentality is
"denial." Because of their anxiety about helplessness and
vulnerability, some people flatly reject any facts that suggest
any need to protect themselves. "It can't happen here" is the
typical expression of denial.
Reacting to Dr. Thompson's findings, Aaron Zelman, Executive
Director of JPFO, noted: "It always seems strange that some
people actually oppose the right to self-defense. These
psychological insights help explain why some Americans can't
understand the right to keep and bear arms. They are suffering
from a mental condition."
Hatred of guns and gun owners flares up, Dr. Thompson finds,
because anxious anti-gun people see the very existence of
firearms as proving self-defense is necessary. Anti-gun people
have psychologically denied the need for self-defense, but
firearms ownership shatters their illusion. So they conclude
that the gun owners must be the violent menace.
"Rosie O'Donnell proved the point," commented Zelman. "She
said she wanted all gun owners thrown in prison, regardless of
whether those owners committed any actual crime. That sort of
unthinking rage against responsible firearms ownership could
only come from someone with some kind of emotional problem."
Studies show that firearms are used well over 5,000 times per
day to stop or deter crimes. "You can't reasonably deny that
firearms save lives," Zelman said. "You would have to be crazy
to want to make it harder for innocent people to protect
themselves."
Dr. Thompson's article is posted at http://www.jpfo.org.
================================================================
Copyright 2000 JPFO, Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce
this alert in full, so long as the following JPFO contact
information is included:
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
PO Box 270143
Hartford, Wisconsin 53027
Phone: 1-262-673-9745
Orders only: 1-800-869-1884 (toll-free!)
Fax: 1-262-673-9746
Web: http://www.jpfo.org/