Assuming that their "invitation" still held, I couldn't resist, per the following. Might do some good, who knows.
What you broadcast v. questions never asked
Date:
Sun, 04 Jun 2000 23:57:00 -0400
From:
alan schultz <mrmidnite@earthlink.net>
To:
ombudsman@npr.org
Sir:
Heard this evening , in part, the following on NPR. Since the enactment
of The Brady Law, more than 500,000 firearms purchases had been
rejected, because the prospective purchasers were felons, or so the
story goes. There were other numbers mentioned/claimed, and the above is
not an exact quote, but it has the essential sense of DOJ's
statement/claim. Obviously, The President, whose position is well know,
is also involved. What is troublesome is that NPR seemingly swallows
these claims as if they were handed down directly from god. Re the
500,000 alleged felons who tried to purchase arms, the following
questions need to be asked. NPR hasn't yet gotten around to doing that,
one wonders as to why.
Re these alleged felons, how many were actually felons, as opposed to
people caught in, to use a polite term, a paperwork "snafu", where
purchase rejections did not withstand examination/question?
It is a violation of existing federal law for a "felon" to even attempt
to purchase arms. Why have there been so few prosecutions of what DOJ
and President Clinton would have us believe amounts to wholesale, and
ongoing violation of existing federal law. U.S. Attorneys work for DOJ,
and both are supposed to prosecute such violations. While The Clinton
Administration continually beats the drum for more laws, they plainly
are not interested in properly enforcing already existing statutes. NPR
doesn't seem particularly interested either, in exposing or at least
questioning this charade, though from time to time, they have beat the
drum for more "gun control" laws. Something seems amiss here.
Once again, with respect to important policy decisions, the nation needs
a properly informed public. When media in general, and or Public Radio
act as shills or propagandists for any administration, we end up with a
body politic that is rather less than properly informed, and where
public policy is involved, poor decisions are made, and the nation
suffers as a result.
NPR in particular and media in general must be part of the solution, and
not part of the problem, as now sometimes seems the case.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and to "seeing" the necessary
changes made.
Alan Schultz
What you broadcast v. questions never asked
Date:
Sun, 04 Jun 2000 23:57:00 -0400
From:
alan schultz <mrmidnite@earthlink.net>
To:
ombudsman@npr.org
Sir:
Heard this evening , in part, the following on NPR. Since the enactment
of The Brady Law, more than 500,000 firearms purchases had been
rejected, because the prospective purchasers were felons, or so the
story goes. There were other numbers mentioned/claimed, and the above is
not an exact quote, but it has the essential sense of DOJ's
statement/claim. Obviously, The President, whose position is well know,
is also involved. What is troublesome is that NPR seemingly swallows
these claims as if they were handed down directly from god. Re the
500,000 alleged felons who tried to purchase arms, the following
questions need to be asked. NPR hasn't yet gotten around to doing that,
one wonders as to why.
Re these alleged felons, how many were actually felons, as opposed to
people caught in, to use a polite term, a paperwork "snafu", where
purchase rejections did not withstand examination/question?
It is a violation of existing federal law for a "felon" to even attempt
to purchase arms. Why have there been so few prosecutions of what DOJ
and President Clinton would have us believe amounts to wholesale, and
ongoing violation of existing federal law. U.S. Attorneys work for DOJ,
and both are supposed to prosecute such violations. While The Clinton
Administration continually beats the drum for more laws, they plainly
are not interested in properly enforcing already existing statutes. NPR
doesn't seem particularly interested either, in exposing or at least
questioning this charade, though from time to time, they have beat the
drum for more "gun control" laws. Something seems amiss here.
Once again, with respect to important policy decisions, the nation needs
a properly informed public. When media in general, and or Public Radio
act as shills or propagandists for any administration, we end up with a
body politic that is rather less than properly informed, and where
public policy is involved, poor decisions are made, and the nation
suffers as a result.
NPR in particular and media in general must be part of the solution, and
not part of the problem, as now sometimes seems the case.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and to "seeing" the necessary
changes made.
Alan Schultz