>SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS READY TO MARCH ON WASHINGTON
>
>DALLAS, TEXAS – Second Amendment Sisters, Inc., is
>pleased to announce that Texas State Representative
>Suzanna Gratia-Hupp will be the keynote speaker at
>their Armed Informed Mothers’ March (A.I.M.M.) on
>Sunday, May 14, 2000 in Washington DC.
>
>The event will begin at 9 AM at the northwest quadrant
>of the Washington Monument. In addition to Ms. Hupp,
>the rally will feature speeches by Larry Klayman,
>Chairman of Judicial Watch, and women from across the
>country who represent the 2.5 million people whose
>lives are saved by guns every year. It will conclude
>with a march to the Capitol Building.
>
>Representative Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, a leading
>proponent for the right of citizens to carry concealed
>weapons, became involved in Second Amendment issues in
>1991. She was a patron in a Killeen, Texas restaurant
>when an armed man entered and began shooting, killing
>twenty-one people including Ms. Hupp’s parents. She
>believes that had she been allowed by law to carry her
>legally owned sidearm into the restaurant, she would
>have been able to stop the man because she had a clear
>shot at him from a distance of less than 5 yards.
>
>Second Amendment Sisters Inc. is a grass-root
>self-defense and safety-education advocacy group based
>in Dallas. Its founders are five women from five
>different states who were tired of the stereotypical
>portrayals of gun owners and the erosion of personal
>freedoms.
>
>"We all own firearms or know someone who does. I used
>one to save my life from an attacker,” said Debra
>Collins, Colorado State Coordinator for SAS. “The
>anti-gun factions constantly say if it saves one life
>it’s worth it. Well my firearm saved one life – mine -
>and I promise you my mother thinks it was worth it."
>
>Recent research has shown that in jurisdictions where
>strict gun control measures are in effect, the result
>is almost always that GUN CONTROL INCREASES VIOLENT
>CRIME, by shifting the balance of power to favor
>criminals and disarming helpless victims. This is why
>SAS opposes measures such as legislation that would
>make trigger locks mandatory with every handgun
>purchase, as well as licensing and registration of
>guns and gun owners.
>
>“We already know that licensing and registration will
>be counterproductive because the U.S. Supreme Court
>(Haynes v. U.S., 390 US 85, 1968) has unequivocally
>ruled that criminals cannot be legally required to
>register their firearms, and they cannot be convicted
>for possessing an unregistered firearm. It makes no
>sense at all to enact laws which can only be used to
>convict previously law-abiding citizens while
>criminals get a free pass. It is time to start
>enforcing the existing violent crime laws, rather than
>wasting taxpayer money on harassment and punishment of
>non-violent firearms owners. It is time for the media
>and the politicians to help people who want to defend
>themselves against crime, rather than passing laws
>which only help the criminals. “ said SAS co-founder
>Kim Watson.
>
>Second Amendment Sisters supports the extremely
>successful firearms safety education programs that
>have been developed by firearms owner groups and have
>been available to firearms owners for decades. Safety
>programs sponsored by national and local clubs and
>organizations have been responsible for a nearly 50%
>decline in the number of children’s shooting accidents
>over the last 25 years, despite increases in
>population and number of guns in circulation.
>
>A six-year study done at Johns Hopkins University
>found that the majority of children aged 0-14 died as
>a result of “other causes” (35.3%). Next were
>vehicle occupant (17.0%) and drowning (13.4%), while
>accidental shootings ranked lowest, at 2.9%.
>
>Second Amendment Sisters can be reached toll-free at
>877-277-6216 or via their web site at www.sas-aim.org.
>
>
>DALLAS, TEXAS – Second Amendment Sisters, Inc., is
>pleased to announce that Texas State Representative
>Suzanna Gratia-Hupp will be the keynote speaker at
>their Armed Informed Mothers’ March (A.I.M.M.) on
>Sunday, May 14, 2000 in Washington DC.
>
>The event will begin at 9 AM at the northwest quadrant
>of the Washington Monument. In addition to Ms. Hupp,
>the rally will feature speeches by Larry Klayman,
>Chairman of Judicial Watch, and women from across the
>country who represent the 2.5 million people whose
>lives are saved by guns every year. It will conclude
>with a march to the Capitol Building.
>
>Representative Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, a leading
>proponent for the right of citizens to carry concealed
>weapons, became involved in Second Amendment issues in
>1991. She was a patron in a Killeen, Texas restaurant
>when an armed man entered and began shooting, killing
>twenty-one people including Ms. Hupp’s parents. She
>believes that had she been allowed by law to carry her
>legally owned sidearm into the restaurant, she would
>have been able to stop the man because she had a clear
>shot at him from a distance of less than 5 yards.
>
>Second Amendment Sisters Inc. is a grass-root
>self-defense and safety-education advocacy group based
>in Dallas. Its founders are five women from five
>different states who were tired of the stereotypical
>portrayals of gun owners and the erosion of personal
>freedoms.
>
>"We all own firearms or know someone who does. I used
>one to save my life from an attacker,” said Debra
>Collins, Colorado State Coordinator for SAS. “The
>anti-gun factions constantly say if it saves one life
>it’s worth it. Well my firearm saved one life – mine -
>and I promise you my mother thinks it was worth it."
>
>Recent research has shown that in jurisdictions where
>strict gun control measures are in effect, the result
>is almost always that GUN CONTROL INCREASES VIOLENT
>CRIME, by shifting the balance of power to favor
>criminals and disarming helpless victims. This is why
>SAS opposes measures such as legislation that would
>make trigger locks mandatory with every handgun
>purchase, as well as licensing and registration of
>guns and gun owners.
>
>“We already know that licensing and registration will
>be counterproductive because the U.S. Supreme Court
>(Haynes v. U.S., 390 US 85, 1968) has unequivocally
>ruled that criminals cannot be legally required to
>register their firearms, and they cannot be convicted
>for possessing an unregistered firearm. It makes no
>sense at all to enact laws which can only be used to
>convict previously law-abiding citizens while
>criminals get a free pass. It is time to start
>enforcing the existing violent crime laws, rather than
>wasting taxpayer money on harassment and punishment of
>non-violent firearms owners. It is time for the media
>and the politicians to help people who want to defend
>themselves against crime, rather than passing laws
>which only help the criminals. “ said SAS co-founder
>Kim Watson.
>
>Second Amendment Sisters supports the extremely
>successful firearms safety education programs that
>have been developed by firearms owner groups and have
>been available to firearms owners for decades. Safety
>programs sponsored by national and local clubs and
>organizations have been responsible for a nearly 50%
>decline in the number of children’s shooting accidents
>over the last 25 years, despite increases in
>population and number of guns in circulation.
>
>A six-year study done at Johns Hopkins University
>found that the majority of children aged 0-14 died as
>a result of “other causes” (35.3%). Next were
>vehicle occupant (17.0%) and drowning (13.4%), while
>accidental shootings ranked lowest, at 2.9%.
>
>Second Amendment Sisters can be reached toll-free at
>877-277-6216 or via their web site at www.sas-aim.org.
>