GUN OWNERS ALLIANCE
!!ALERT!!
Chris W. Stark - Director
P.O. Box 1924
Crosby, Texas 77532-1924
Ph. (281) 787-4111 Fax (281) 328-7505 http://www.GOA-Texas.org
email: Director@GOA-Texas.org
10/12/1999
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UPS Boycott - RPS & Airborne Express join Anti-Gun stance!
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Copyright © 1999 by Gun Owners Alliance (GOA-Texas).
Republication permitted ONLY if this e-mail alert
is left intact in its original state.
I am sure you have heard the expression, ".....we have seen strange
things today." If you are not sitting down, please find a seat. In
fact, go take some blood pressure medication, if needed.
Our alerts announced United Parcel Service has advised gun dealers
and manufacturers that effective Oct. 11 they will require all handgun
shipments to go by "Next Day Air," which will have a significant impact
on handgun prices, as well as increasing the cost of factory repairs.
We also asked you to boycott UPS, and gave you alternate shippers that
would gladly accept handgun shipments. RPS also was shipping handguns
regular ground (had been for a few years!) at very reasonable rates
($4 to $8 like UPS used to do with regular ground). RPS is a subsidiary
of FDX Corporation. We also told you that Airborne Express and FedEx
were alternate shippers as well.
But, that was then. This is now.
Here is the e-mail I received today from RPS, including full headers:
# # # # # # # BEGINNING OF RPS E-MAIL # # # # # # # #
Return-Path:
Received: from mailer.shiprps.com ([208.244.36.224])
by mail.hypercon.com(Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO205e ID#
0-40161U5000L500S0)with ESMTP id AAA461 for ;
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:02:56 -0500 Received: from mailhub.calibersys.com
(mailhub.calibersys.com [208.244.36.245])by mailer.shiprps.com
(8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA30286for ;
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:57:56 -0400 Received: from pitt41.rpsnet.com
([10.72.14.35]) by mailhub.calibersys.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP
id OAA31220 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:48:11
- -0400 Received: by pitt41.rpsnet.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.4
(830.2 3-23-1999)) id 85256808.00689358 ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999
15:02:14 -0400
X-Lotus-FromDomain: RPS
From: "RPSINFO"
To: director@goa-texas.org
Message-ID: <85256808.00689150.00@pitt41.rpsnet.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:02:04 -0400
Subject: Re: shipping policies
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
X-Mozilla-Status: 8011
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
X-UIDL: 19991012190253859.AAA461@mailer.shiprps.com
As of October 8, 1999, RPS will no longer handle the shipment and
delivery of handguns. All handgun shipments will be handled by
FedEx. RPS will continue to serve its customers who wish to ship
long guns and ammunition.
# # # # # # # END OF RPS E-MAIL # # # # # # # #
I also contacted Airborne Express customer service today, HOPING to
not hear of a "sellout" from them as well. Unfortunately, this one
is much worse. ALL firearms shipments (long gun & handgun) are now
SUSPENDED permanently, effective on THE SAME DAY, 08 October 1999!
".....we have seen strange things today."
Now, I am not a conspiracy buff by any stretch of the imagination.
But tell me something, friends. Why would RPS & Airborne Express
walk away from such a TREMENDOUS financial windfall, as receiving
MOST of UPS's old "gun industry" customer base? The market share
they could have seized staggers the imagination!
So I conclude that there is something that SMELLS LIKE A RAT, and
it is not because I put down rat poisoning in my attic! WHO, may
I ask, is TWISTING the arms of the package carriers? Hey, last week,
RPS was in process of establishing a new account with me, to ship
handguns! And so MANY can testify around the country. Are the Lawyers
or organizations who are suing the gun industry, now making their
way to the package shippers??
I do not know who (if any) are behind this. I have not yet heard,
or verified any rumors that are circulating. But fishy.........!
AT THIS POINT, IT IS BORDERING ON "UNLAWFULLY RESTRAINING TRADE,"
AND INTERFERING IN LEGITIMATE COMMERCE. SOMEONE WITHIN THE GUN
INDUSTRY NEEDS TO SEE WHAT LEGAL CHANNELS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU
OVER THIS GRAVE MATTER. I URGE YOU TO ACT UPON THIS ASAP. PLEASE
KEEP ME INFORMED YOUR PROGRESS IN THIS MATTER.
For the rest of us, they still have not stilled our first amendment
rights of freedom of speech, and I am going to fight this "mandate
against the 2nd amendment" with ALL I HAVE!
Here is the contact information for RPS & Airborne Express. The
worse thing for us to do now is to "lay down and play dead" for
these defiant traitors! Let them know that this Christmas, they
may as well forget the bonuses and overflow of customers! Let
them know you will find other means (U.S. Postal service if need
be) to ship your everyday packages [NOTE: U.S.P.S. has never
allowed FFL's to ship firearms, only law enforcement. At least
they are consistent!].
Here is the contact information for RPS & Airborne Express:
RPS, Inc.
1-800-ROADPAK® (1-800-762-3725) for RPS Customer Service.
E-Mail: rpsinfo@shiprps.com
Airborne Express 1-800-AIRBORNE (1-800-247-2676)
E-Mail: cac.web@airborne.com
E-Mail: webmaster@airborne.com
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!!ALERT!!
Chris W. Stark - Director
P.O. Box 1924
Crosby, Texas 77532-1924
Ph. (281) 787-4111 Fax (281) 328-7505 http://www.GOA-Texas.org
email: Director@GOA-Texas.org
10/12/1999
--------
UPS Boycott - RPS & Airborne Express join Anti-Gun stance!
_________________________
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»«¤
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
Copyright © 1999 by Gun Owners Alliance (GOA-Texas).
Republication permitted ONLY if this e-mail alert
is left intact in its original state.
I am sure you have heard the expression, ".....we have seen strange
things today." If you are not sitting down, please find a seat. In
fact, go take some blood pressure medication, if needed.
Our alerts announced United Parcel Service has advised gun dealers
and manufacturers that effective Oct. 11 they will require all handgun
shipments to go by "Next Day Air," which will have a significant impact
on handgun prices, as well as increasing the cost of factory repairs.
We also asked you to boycott UPS, and gave you alternate shippers that
would gladly accept handgun shipments. RPS also was shipping handguns
regular ground (had been for a few years!) at very reasonable rates
($4 to $8 like UPS used to do with regular ground). RPS is a subsidiary
of FDX Corporation. We also told you that Airborne Express and FedEx
were alternate shippers as well.
But, that was then. This is now.
Here is the e-mail I received today from RPS, including full headers:
# # # # # # # BEGINNING OF RPS E-MAIL # # # # # # # #
Return-Path:
Received: from mailer.shiprps.com ([208.244.36.224])
by mail.hypercon.com(Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO205e ID#
0-40161U5000L500S0)with ESMTP id AAA461 for ;
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:02:56 -0500 Received: from mailhub.calibersys.com
(mailhub.calibersys.com [208.244.36.245])by mailer.shiprps.com
(8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA30286for ;
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:57:56 -0400 Received: from pitt41.rpsnet.com
([10.72.14.35]) by mailhub.calibersys.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP
id OAA31220 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:48:11
- -0400 Received: by pitt41.rpsnet.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.4
(830.2 3-23-1999)) id 85256808.00689358 ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999
15:02:14 -0400
X-Lotus-FromDomain: RPS
From: "RPSINFO"
To: director@goa-texas.org
Message-ID: <85256808.00689150.00@pitt41.rpsnet.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:02:04 -0400
Subject: Re: shipping policies
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
X-Mozilla-Status: 8011
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
X-UIDL: 19991012190253859.AAA461@mailer.shiprps.com
As of October 8, 1999, RPS will no longer handle the shipment and
delivery of handguns. All handgun shipments will be handled by
FedEx. RPS will continue to serve its customers who wish to ship
long guns and ammunition.
# # # # # # # END OF RPS E-MAIL # # # # # # # #
I also contacted Airborne Express customer service today, HOPING to
not hear of a "sellout" from them as well. Unfortunately, this one
is much worse. ALL firearms shipments (long gun & handgun) are now
SUSPENDED permanently, effective on THE SAME DAY, 08 October 1999!
".....we have seen strange things today."
Now, I am not a conspiracy buff by any stretch of the imagination.
But tell me something, friends. Why would RPS & Airborne Express
walk away from such a TREMENDOUS financial windfall, as receiving
MOST of UPS's old "gun industry" customer base? The market share
they could have seized staggers the imagination!
So I conclude that there is something that SMELLS LIKE A RAT, and
it is not because I put down rat poisoning in my attic! WHO, may
I ask, is TWISTING the arms of the package carriers? Hey, last week,
RPS was in process of establishing a new account with me, to ship
handguns! And so MANY can testify around the country. Are the Lawyers
or organizations who are suing the gun industry, now making their
way to the package shippers??
I do not know who (if any) are behind this. I have not yet heard,
or verified any rumors that are circulating. But fishy.........!
AT THIS POINT, IT IS BORDERING ON "UNLAWFULLY RESTRAINING TRADE,"
AND INTERFERING IN LEGITIMATE COMMERCE. SOMEONE WITHIN THE GUN
INDUSTRY NEEDS TO SEE WHAT LEGAL CHANNELS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU
OVER THIS GRAVE MATTER. I URGE YOU TO ACT UPON THIS ASAP. PLEASE
KEEP ME INFORMED YOUR PROGRESS IN THIS MATTER.
For the rest of us, they still have not stilled our first amendment
rights of freedom of speech, and I am going to fight this "mandate
against the 2nd amendment" with ALL I HAVE!
Here is the contact information for RPS & Airborne Express. The
worse thing for us to do now is to "lay down and play dead" for
these defiant traitors! Let them know that this Christmas, they
may as well forget the bonuses and overflow of customers! Let
them know you will find other means (U.S. Postal service if need
be) to ship your everyday packages [NOTE: U.S.P.S. has never
allowed FFL's to ship firearms, only law enforcement. At least
they are consistent!].
Here is the contact information for RPS & Airborne Express:
RPS, Inc.
1-800-ROADPAK® (1-800-762-3725) for RPS Customer Service.
E-Mail: rpsinfo@shiprps.com
Airborne Express 1-800-AIRBORNE (1-800-247-2676)
E-Mail: cac.web@airborne.com
E-Mail: webmaster@airborne.com
_________________________________________________________________
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Help Support the work of Gun Owners Alliance! Go to:
http://www.goa-texas.org/members.htm
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