NRA MEMBER INFORMATION                                        5/08/99
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           A Heartbroken Father Speaks to Congress
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    Excerpts from the testimony of Darrell Scott, father of
      2 victimes of the Columbine High School Shooting,
          at a Congressional Hearing, May 27, 1999.

      Mr. Scott lost his daughter, his son is recovering. 

    The entire text of Mr. Scott's comments is available at:

         http://NRAWinningTeam.com/scotttext.html

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  "...At this very moment in a cemetery in Southern Denver - Chapel 
  Hill Cemetary - they're erecting 13 crosses that I think are well 
  known across the country, as a permanent memorial at the head of 
  my daughter's grave..."

  "...I realize that I'm a mere pawn in today's hearings, but I'm a 
  willing pawn, because I dare to believe that I can make a 
  difference. Every once in awhile, a pawn has been used to 
  checkmate a king. I have no hidden agenda, and of course I 
  have no political aspirations. I simply speak to you as a 
  brokenhearted father, and I only ask that you allow your heart to 
  hear me for the next few minutes..."

  "...the death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joyce Scott, and 
  the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other 11 children who 
  died, must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers..."

  "...The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his 
  brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he 
  used, neither was it the NCA - the National Club Association - 
  the true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could 
  only be found in his heart. In the days that followed the 
  Columbine tradgedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began 
  to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of 
  the NRA, I am not a hunter, I do not even own a gun, I'm not 
  here to represent or to defend the NRA, because I don't believe 
  they need to be defended by me. If I believed that they had 
  anything to do with Rachel's murder, I would be their strongest 
  opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just 
  a tradgedy, it was a spiritual event which should be forcing us 
  to look at where the real blame lies. Much of that blame lies 
  here in this room - much of that blame lies behind the pointing 
  fingers of the accusers themselves..."

  "...I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expressed my 
  feelings best, and it was written before I knew that I would 
  be speaking here today, and I'd like to read that..."

          Your laws ignore our deepest needs,
          Your words are empty air,
          You've stripped away our heritage,
          You've outlawed simple prayer.

          Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
          And precious children die,
          You seek for answers everywhere,
          And ask the question "Why?"

          You regulate restrictive laws,
          Through legislative creed,
          And yet you fail to understand,
          That God is what we need.

  "...when something as terrible as Columbine's tradgedy occurs, 
  politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. 
  They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that 
  continue to erode away our personal and private liberties..."

  "...When my son Craig lay under that table in the school 
  library and saw his two friends murdered before his very 
  eyes, he didn't hesitate to pray in school, and I defy any 
  law or politician to deny him that right. I challenge every 
  young person in America and around the world to realize that 
  on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, prayer was 
  brought back to our schools. Don't let the many prayers 
  offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the 
  new millenium with a sacred disregard for legislation that 
  violates your conscience and denies your God-given right to 
  communicate with Him..."

  "...And to those of you who would blame the NRA, I give to 
  you a sincere challenge: dare to examine your own heart before 
  you cast the first stone. My daughter's death will not be in 
  vain: the young people of this country will not allow that to 
  happen. And remember that even a pawn in a master's hand can 
  accomplish much..."

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