Also, take a look at their web page for signing up to get their email alerts. Pay particular attention to paragraph number 3 that lists their "Outreach" areas. With Soros' money and other big donors like the Joyce Foundation, they have the financial horsepower to make inroads with these groups. It is critical that we counter their influence with the truth.
Join the NRA -- Join TSRA -- and do it now!!! If you are already a member, donate to the cause. Yes, we all get letters and some get phone calls, but the Heller decision is the direct result of years of work by the NRA getting the right people elected as President and in Senate seats so the right people would be appointed to the Supreme Court. It's also the result of the result of almost 30 years of work by the NRA in sponsoring honest, in-depth, scholarly work by constitutional experts in the area of the Second Amendment so that the Supreme Court would have these authoritative writings upon which to base it's well-considered, well-documented opinion in Heller. All this effort took hundreds of millions of dollars and the majority of it came from people committed to the Second Amendment who wrote the $10, $25 and $100 checks to the NRA and to the NRA/ILA. So while the frequency of letters and some phone calls may be somewhat irritating in the short run, please take a few moments to seriously consider the huge victory we just won as a result of those fund-raising efforts. We have just one a huge battle, but the war isn't over. We have to expand the holding of Heller to the states, we have to expand it to areas outside the home, and we have to address various action-types (semi-auto, etc.).
Revel in our victory, but stay in the fight. You can bet the Bradys are planning a counter-attack.
Chas.
Brady Campaign Lies wrote:“We’re not done yet. The NRA is going to see to it that every American has equal access to guns . . . This monumental decision is just the opening salvo.�
- Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association
Dear ********,
The gun lobby wasted no time.
Just as we suspected, the National Rifle Association has filed its first lawsuit using the Supreme Court’s new interpretation of the Second Amendment to attack gun laws.
Within minutes of the decision, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced a challenge to gun laws in San Francisco and Chicago.
The Brady Center needs your help now. We cannot let the gun lobby get even one step ahead of our efforts to defend gun laws.
Have no doubt, there will be more attacks on gun laws. As Mr. LaPierre said, “this is the opening salvo.� The NRA is pushing more guns, in more places, in the hands of more people. We disagree. We should do all that we can to keep dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people.
If you have not yet made a gift to the Brady Gun Law Defense Fund — or if you can make an additional gift — I urge you to do so today.
We have our work cut out for us, but I know we can beat the gun lobby in court. All nine Justices agreed that most gun laws should be found constitutional — like laws banning guns in schools, laws that regulate the sales of guns, and bans on “dangerous and unusual� weapons.
We have common sense on our side. And, with the Brady Center’s legal expertise and years of experience, we can and will help defend gun laws that protect you, your family and your community.
Thank you for your support today.
Sincerely,
Sarah Brady, Chair
P.S. The gun lobby won’t stop with San Francisco and Chicago. According to one gun lobby spokesperson, the next targets could be New York and Detroit. Please support the Brady Gun Law Defense Fund today.
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, and the Fourth of July all happening at the same time...well, puttin' a few more pennies in the coffer does my heart a lot more good than buying a cold longneck for the 4th...
