Ed Brunner
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Have we clearly sent our RKBA message to GWB? What can we realistically expect from him? What do we need to do to insure thet we get what we want?
Do We Need to Act???
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TheBluesMan
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I'd like to know if Monkeyleg has sent his petition to President-Elect Bush. There were about 11,000 signatures of gun owners on it last I heard. That would send a pretty strong message in an election in which less than 1,000 votes determined the victor.
What are the chances that there are 1,000 signatures from gun owners in Florida on his petition? That would send the message loud and clear.
How about it, Dick? You got scoop for us?
What are the chances that there are 1,000 signatures from gun owners in Florida on his petition? That would send the message loud and clear.
How about it, Dick? You got scoop for us?
JestersPlace
New member
How do I get my signature on that petition?
Curious timing, Bluesman. I just sent an email to the RNC today, after reading that Governor Gilmore may replace Jim Nicholson as chairman. I'm not holding any hope for a response, but will post it if I get one. Here's the letter I sent:
To the staffer who is receiving this email:
It is my hope that this message does not stop at your desk, but is instead passed on to Chairman Nicholson and to Governor Gilmore. This message is of importance to the RNC and to president-elect Bush.
Nearly 11,000 people have signed a petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/monk/petition.html
This petition was not widely advertised or promoted, yet it garnered a substantial number of signatures by mere word of mouth.
The petition expresses the feelings of millions of gun owners. Some forty million or more gun owners cast their votes for Mr. Bush. Millions of them, like myself, donated money and took time off from work to campaign for Mr. Bush and other Republican candidates. We did so despite lingering doubts about the Republican Party's committment to the right to keep and bear arms.
To be sure, some 39% of gun owners voted for Al Gore. They were lied to, and led to believe that Gore supported the rights of gun owners. You and I know differently. However, should President Bush sign legislation further restricting gun ownership, that 39% may see such action as a vindication of Gore's lies.
The language of the petition is strong, but so are the feelings of those who signed it and millions of other gun owners who never saw the petition but who agree with it's tenor. We have reached a point where "compromise" is no longer an option.
Please heed the words and intent of this petition. It would be a sad day for me and millions of others if we are forced to leave the GOP.
Yours truly,
Richard Baker
Edited to fix link. - TBM
[Edited by TheBluesMan on 12-21-2000 at 04:58 PM]
To the staffer who is receiving this email:
It is my hope that this message does not stop at your desk, but is instead passed on to Chairman Nicholson and to Governor Gilmore. This message is of importance to the RNC and to president-elect Bush.
Nearly 11,000 people have signed a petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/monk/petition.html
This petition was not widely advertised or promoted, yet it garnered a substantial number of signatures by mere word of mouth.
The petition expresses the feelings of millions of gun owners. Some forty million or more gun owners cast their votes for Mr. Bush. Millions of them, like myself, donated money and took time off from work to campaign for Mr. Bush and other Republican candidates. We did so despite lingering doubts about the Republican Party's committment to the right to keep and bear arms.
To be sure, some 39% of gun owners voted for Al Gore. They were lied to, and led to believe that Gore supported the rights of gun owners. You and I know differently. However, should President Bush sign legislation further restricting gun ownership, that 39% may see such action as a vindication of Gore's lies.
The language of the petition is strong, but so are the feelings of those who signed it and millions of other gun owners who never saw the petition but who agree with it's tenor. We have reached a point where "compromise" is no longer an option.
Please heed the words and intent of this petition. It would be a sad day for me and millions of others if we are forced to leave the GOP.
Yours truly,
Richard Baker
Edited to fix link. - TBM
[Edited by TheBluesMan on 12-21-2000 at 04:58 PM]
TheBluesMan
Moderator Emeritus
Thanks, Dick.
At the time of this posting, 184 more signatures will put your petition over the 11,000 mark.
Nice job.
At the time of this posting, 184 more signatures will put your petition over the 11,000 mark.
Nice job.
