Make Sure Your Federal Candidates Take the Pro-gun Pledge
-- Please use the pre-written letters below
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org
ACTION INFO for Montana gun owners:
1. Contact REHBERG and KEENAN right away.
Dennis Rehberg and Nancy Keenan are candidates for the U.S. House of
Representatives. Both want to represent you next year in Congress.
But both individuals have refused to answer Gun Owners of America's
Candidate Survey. You have the right to insist that they answer
their surveys today.
2. Please use the pre-written letters to contact the two candidates
as follows:
A. Dennis Rehberg
Phone: 406-651-0292
Fax: 406-254-2884
E-mail: rehberg2000@aol.com
B. Nancy Keenan
Phone: 406-442-4839
Fax: 406-443-8871
E-mail: nancy@nancykeenan.com
MONTANA FEDERAL UPDATE for Friday, October 13, 2000:
1. Why are Rehberg and Keenan refusing to pledge their support for
gun owners' rights?
GOA's survey contains a written pledge for candidates to make.
Candidates promise to support, or not support, repeals on all kinds
of gun control -- from restrictive gun bans to oppressive
registration. Consider the following samples:
Question 2A: Would you support a repeal of the 1993 Brady instant
check which can result in a registration list of gun owners?
2B: If yes, would you introduce legislation repealing this Act?
Question 9A: A gun ban enacted in 1996, known as the Kohl Gun Free
Zones Ban, would create a virtual one-half mile wide "gun free"
circle around every school in America. Would you support a repeal
of the Kohl Gun Free Zones Ban?
9B: If yes, would you introduce legislation repealing this Act?
And then consider this one:
Question 7: In 1996, Congress passed two gun control laws as part
of a larger omnibus spending bill. This tactic is frequently used
by anti-gun politicians to get controversial legislation passed.
As a Congressman, would you oppose a crime bill or a spending bill
that contained any restriction upon the people's Second Amendment
right to keep and bear arms?
GOA asks the tough questions. So you can imagine why some
politicians (like Rehberg and Keenan) might not want to fill out
their GOA surveys.
2. Candidates must commit to our issues BEFORE they get elected.
If the candidates can't make a written pledge to support a repeal of
gun control BEFORE the election, how can we be sure they'll support
it AFTER the election?
There are simply too many Representatives that just go to Washington
to become part of the Inside-the-Beltway "country club." They go to
Congress and simply refuse to lift a finger on gun owners' behalf.
3. The GOA survey keeps legislators accountable.
Rehberg and Keenan might claim that they have already filled out
surveys from other gun groups, and that they don't need to fill out
any more. Regardless, candidates need to answer their GOA surveys
for two reasons:
A. As mentioned earlier, the GOA survey forces candidates to take a
stand and to let gun owners know their position on the 2nd
Amendment. Candidates are either for us or against us.
B. The GOA survey also helps keep legislators accountable. Other
groups don't release their survey results. GOA does. By releasing
the answers to these surveys, GOA helps the grassroots to hold
their legislators accountable on issues that affect their gun
rights.
Please contact Rehberg and Keenan today!
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Mr. Rehberg,
As a candidate to represent me in the U.S. House of Representatives,
your views on my right to keep and bear arms are very important.
Recently, Gun Owners of America sent you a candidate survey on key
gun rights issues. I strongly urge you to answer GOA's survey 100%
pro-gun and return in promptly.
Gun Owners of America will inform me how you respond.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Ms. Keenan,
As a candidate to represent me in the U.S. House of Representatives,
your views on my right to keep and bear arms are very important.
Recently, Gun Owners of America sent you a candidate survey on key
gun rights issues. I strongly urge you to answer GOA's survey 100%
pro-gun and return in promptly.
Gun Owners of America will inform me how you respond.
Sincerely,
**************
Do not reply directly to this message.
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"those who sacrifice
liberty for security deserve neither"
-- Please use the pre-written letters below
Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408 http://www.gunowners.org
ACTION INFO for Montana gun owners:
1. Contact REHBERG and KEENAN right away.
Dennis Rehberg and Nancy Keenan are candidates for the U.S. House of
Representatives. Both want to represent you next year in Congress.
But both individuals have refused to answer Gun Owners of America's
Candidate Survey. You have the right to insist that they answer
their surveys today.
2. Please use the pre-written letters to contact the two candidates
as follows:
A. Dennis Rehberg
Phone: 406-651-0292
Fax: 406-254-2884
E-mail: rehberg2000@aol.com
B. Nancy Keenan
Phone: 406-442-4839
Fax: 406-443-8871
E-mail: nancy@nancykeenan.com
MONTANA FEDERAL UPDATE for Friday, October 13, 2000:
1. Why are Rehberg and Keenan refusing to pledge their support for
gun owners' rights?
GOA's survey contains a written pledge for candidates to make.
Candidates promise to support, or not support, repeals on all kinds
of gun control -- from restrictive gun bans to oppressive
registration. Consider the following samples:
Question 2A: Would you support a repeal of the 1993 Brady instant
check which can result in a registration list of gun owners?
2B: If yes, would you introduce legislation repealing this Act?
Question 9A: A gun ban enacted in 1996, known as the Kohl Gun Free
Zones Ban, would create a virtual one-half mile wide "gun free"
circle around every school in America. Would you support a repeal
of the Kohl Gun Free Zones Ban?
9B: If yes, would you introduce legislation repealing this Act?
And then consider this one:
Question 7: In 1996, Congress passed two gun control laws as part
of a larger omnibus spending bill. This tactic is frequently used
by anti-gun politicians to get controversial legislation passed.
As a Congressman, would you oppose a crime bill or a spending bill
that contained any restriction upon the people's Second Amendment
right to keep and bear arms?
GOA asks the tough questions. So you can imagine why some
politicians (like Rehberg and Keenan) might not want to fill out
their GOA surveys.
2. Candidates must commit to our issues BEFORE they get elected.
If the candidates can't make a written pledge to support a repeal of
gun control BEFORE the election, how can we be sure they'll support
it AFTER the election?
There are simply too many Representatives that just go to Washington
to become part of the Inside-the-Beltway "country club." They go to
Congress and simply refuse to lift a finger on gun owners' behalf.
3. The GOA survey keeps legislators accountable.
Rehberg and Keenan might claim that they have already filled out
surveys from other gun groups, and that they don't need to fill out
any more. Regardless, candidates need to answer their GOA surveys
for two reasons:
A. As mentioned earlier, the GOA survey forces candidates to take a
stand and to let gun owners know their position on the 2nd
Amendment. Candidates are either for us or against us.
B. The GOA survey also helps keep legislators accountable. Other
groups don't release their survey results. GOA does. By releasing
the answers to these surveys, GOA helps the grassroots to hold
their legislators accountable on issues that affect their gun
rights.
Please contact Rehberg and Keenan today!
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Mr. Rehberg,
As a candidate to represent me in the U.S. House of Representatives,
your views on my right to keep and bear arms are very important.
Recently, Gun Owners of America sent you a candidate survey on key
gun rights issues. I strongly urge you to answer GOA's survey 100%
pro-gun and return in promptly.
Gun Owners of America will inform me how you respond.
Sincerely,
----- Pre-written message -----
Dear Ms. Keenan,
As a candidate to represent me in the U.S. House of Representatives,
your views on my right to keep and bear arms are very important.
Recently, Gun Owners of America sent you a candidate survey on key
gun rights issues. I strongly urge you to answer GOA's survey 100%
pro-gun and return in promptly.
Gun Owners of America will inform me how you respond.
Sincerely,
**************
Do not reply directly to this message.
------------------
"those who sacrifice
liberty for security deserve neither"