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Thanks to Your Activism:
Texas cosponsors lead the way on Brady Repeal
Two more Senators flee Hatch's Horror Bill!
by Gun Owners of America
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA  22151,
(703)321-8585, http://www.gunowners.org
(Friday, April 24, 1998)
Texas Democrat, Ralph Hall, joins Rep. Paul (R-TX) on Brady
Registration Repeal
	The Lone Star state chalked up another cosponsor this
week in support of repealing the Instant Registration Check.
Rep. Ralph Hall (D-TX) signed on to H.R. 2721, the bill that
repeals some of the most onerous gun laws on the books.  In
addition to repealing Brady, H.R. 2721 repeals the semi-auto
ban and the unconstitutional "sporting purposes" test.
	GOA staff are currently blazing a trail on Capitol
Hill, notifying members of Congress about the dangers that
are inherent to the Brady law.  Because this registration
scheme is scheduled to start in November, gun owners are
encouraged to "double down" and continue urging their
Representatives to cosponsor Ron Paul's bill.
	ACTION:  If you're a constituent of Rep. Hall, make
sure you thank him for his cosponsorship of H.R. 2721!  (You
can reach him at the Capitol Hill toll-free number: 1-800-
504-0031.)  Otherwise, keep hammering away at the other
Representatives.  GOA has included another clip-n-mail
message at the bottom of this alert for your convenience.
Two more Senators ditch S. 10; total number of drop-offs
hits six
Congratulations to Idaho and Wyoming gun owners.  Your
activism has peeled-off two more supporters of S. 10.
Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) became the
fifth and sixth cosponsors to jump off of the Senate Horror
Bill introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
Republican Senators that still need encouragement to jump
off the bill:  Abraham (MI), Aschroft (MO), Bond (MO),
Coverdell (GA), Domenici (NM), D'Amato (NY), Faircloth (NC),
Gorton (WA), Grams (MN), Grassley (IA), Hagel (NE), Helms
(NC), Hutchinson (AR), Inhofe (OK), Kyl (AZ), Lott (MS),
Mack (FL), McConnell (KY), Murkowski (AK), Roberts (KS),
Sessions (AL), Thurmond (SC) and Warner (VA).
(Clip-n-mail message in support of H.R. 2721)
Dear Representative:
I urge you to cosponsor Rep. Ron Paul's Brady repeal bill
(H.R. 2721).  This November, when the Brady Law converts
over to the Instant Registration Check, federal bureaucrats
will begin conducting background checks on ALL gun purchases
- shotguns and rifles included.
As stated by Alan Korwin, author of Gun Laws of America:
Every Federal Gun Law on the Books:
  When the permanent Brady rules come on line, ALL gun sales
  - long guns and handguns - will fall under federal control
  of "national instant background checks."  The centralized
  federalization of all gun-sale records will be complete.
I agree with Mr. Korwin. The Instant Registration Check is
not only unconstitutional, it gives the federal government
the potential to register ALL gun buyers. No matter how many
prohibitions are written into the law, the possibility of
gun owner registration is always present as long as the
Instant Check remains law.
Law-abiding citizens should not be required to prove their
innocence to government officials before exercising their
rights.  So I urge you to cosponsor H.R. 2721 - a bill that
will repeal Brady and put an end to this dangerous law.
Please let me know what you intend to do.
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