Make no mistake. Colorado's MMM has been ifiltrated to beat the band. We are "ground zero" & all bets are off = no quarter, etc. I'll start to post some stuff (& yes, only those that are inflamitory (so much is just drivel) [but NEVER edited] so you can see what these folks are up to & their bent on today's societal issues).
Stand by.
If you think it sucks - well, just tell me & I'll not do it again.
I think it very important to get a drift as to how the opposition is "going about it."
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 00 20:14PM PST
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Subject: [millionmommarch] My take from Tuesday Night
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All,
I'm not crazy about guns, having lost two cousins to them. One, a handsome 19 year old fresh from Hungary, died in 1958 because of a stupid game of Russian roulette with a supposedly unloaded gun a 17 year old took without his father's permission. The other, a 16 year old, was assassinated in rural
Indiana about five years ago by two teenage boys because of some perceived injustice. And in early 1969, a mother and her eight year old daughter, where gunned down by another neighbor just three doors from my house. They were feuding. I babysat for the little girl who was the same age as my
youngest brother. She almost made it to her house and safety.
While I won't own one, both my brothers and my sister-in-law have hand guns.
This is my reality. They don't want them taken away and have the same bias toward people wanting stonger gun laws as I do toward the gun industry and the NRA. This issue is already tearing my family apart. We need to break through our biases to work together--to find common ground.
I joined MMM because we are composed of moms from every walk of life with varying views on guns and gun laws. After watching people be so uncomprising throughout the 80's and 90's, this is so wonderful! There is no way we can effect change without talking and working together. Our children
are our impetus--our common ground.
The gun industry is afraid. I believe they are afraid of the extremist element within the NRA; and they are also afraid of lawsuits and of being held accountable like the tobacco industry. Like all businesses, they must react to outside influences to survive. They want good press. It's in their best interest to have responsible gun owners and to keep guns away from children.
Why can't we exploit that? We want gun owners to be responsible and we want to keep guns away from children. While we may disagree on many things, why can't we come together on these two issues? I believe by having the WSSF involved, we'll gain credence in the eyes of gun owners and, hopefully, be able talk to one another. It has to start somewhere.
I was talking the Carm this afternoon. She and I agree that if WSSF's handing out gunlocks and prevention information at the march causes just one parent to attach it to his gun and save his child's life--well, it's worth it.
Progress, like a baby beginning to walk, begins with small steps.
Boy this was hard to write.....
marilee
Stand by.
If you think it sucks - well, just tell me & I'll not do it again.
I think it very important to get a drift as to how the opposition is "going about it."
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 00 20:14PM PST
From: Mposavec@aol.com Add To Address Book Add To Junk Mail Blocker List
To: millionmommarch@egroups.com
Subject: [millionmommarch] My take from Tuesday Night
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All,
I'm not crazy about guns, having lost two cousins to them. One, a handsome 19 year old fresh from Hungary, died in 1958 because of a stupid game of Russian roulette with a supposedly unloaded gun a 17 year old took without his father's permission. The other, a 16 year old, was assassinated in rural
Indiana about five years ago by two teenage boys because of some perceived injustice. And in early 1969, a mother and her eight year old daughter, where gunned down by another neighbor just three doors from my house. They were feuding. I babysat for the little girl who was the same age as my
youngest brother. She almost made it to her house and safety.
While I won't own one, both my brothers and my sister-in-law have hand guns.
This is my reality. They don't want them taken away and have the same bias toward people wanting stonger gun laws as I do toward the gun industry and the NRA. This issue is already tearing my family apart. We need to break through our biases to work together--to find common ground.
I joined MMM because we are composed of moms from every walk of life with varying views on guns and gun laws. After watching people be so uncomprising throughout the 80's and 90's, this is so wonderful! There is no way we can effect change without talking and working together. Our children
are our impetus--our common ground.
The gun industry is afraid. I believe they are afraid of the extremist element within the NRA; and they are also afraid of lawsuits and of being held accountable like the tobacco industry. Like all businesses, they must react to outside influences to survive. They want good press. It's in their best interest to have responsible gun owners and to keep guns away from children.
Why can't we exploit that? We want gun owners to be responsible and we want to keep guns away from children. While we may disagree on many things, why can't we come together on these two issues? I believe by having the WSSF involved, we'll gain credence in the eyes of gun owners and, hopefully, be able talk to one another. It has to start somewhere.
I was talking the Carm this afternoon. She and I agree that if WSSF's handing out gunlocks and prevention information at the march causes just one parent to attach it to his gun and save his child's life--well, it's worth it.
Progress, like a baby beginning to walk, begins with small steps.
Boy this was hard to write.....
marilee