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Help us Continue the Fight Next Year!
     There is no doubt that your faxes and e-mails are having an
impact on legislation.  One letter by itself might go unnoticed
in a Congressional office.  But when that one fax or e-mail is
joined by hundreds of other communications, legislators have to
take notice.
     Over the years, making politicians "feel the heat" has
become the foundation upon which Gun Owners of America has built
its successful lobbying organization.  Making politicians "feel
the heat" has allowed GOA to bring about positive legislative
changes and still maintain a "no compromise" defense of the
Second Amendment.
     We want to rally as many gun owners as we can next year
around good bills like the Citizen's Self-Defense Act (H.R. 27);
the full Lautenberg repeal (H.R. 1009); getting the U.S. out of
the anti-gun U.N. (H.R. 1146); the Brady and Semi-auto ban repeal
(H.R. 2721); and the good National Reciprocity bill (H.R. 2722)
introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).
     In 1998, with your help, we will use these pro-gun bills to
hammer away at the anti-gun lobby and to expose those
Representatives who claim to be pro-gun but are just posturing to
get the pro-gun vote.  At the same time, we want to keep pounding
away at horrible bills like S. 10 (Sen. Hatch's anti-gun crime
bill) and the "Incumbent Protection Bills" that would prevent GOA
from making politicians "feel the heat."
If You're not yet a GOA Member, is it Time You Became One?
     The ability of GOA to continue putting pressure on
politicians depends on loyal activists like yourself.  But there
are other reasons to consider joining GOA if you have not done so
already.  From time to time, some folks wonder why we don't talk
about particular news items in our fax and e-mails.  The answer
is, we do talk about newsworthy items, but we do so in our
newsletter.  If you're not getting The Gun Owners newsletter,
then you're not getting all the news.
     GOA's fax and e-mail service is dedicated (except in very
rare circumstances) to giving you ONLY those items that are
action oriented.  There may be stories out there that are very
interesting, and chances are, you can read about it in our
newsletter.  But in our 1996 End of the Year "GOA Survey," our
grassroots activists (like you) said that you wanted us to
continue the same Fax/Email format, and resist using the fax and
e-mail as a newsletter.
     Thus, GOA will remain committed in 1998 to providing you
ACTION news on a timely basis.
     BUT, if you would like to keep up on other issues; if you
would like to get our special Fact Sheets which are only provided
to GOA members; if you would like to receive our very informative
newsletter and get pre-printed postcards that enable you to
easily lobby your own Congressmen -- even to the point of
becoming an "arm chair lobbyist" while watching T.V. commercials
-- then please become a member of GOA today!
     To join GOA and get the newsletter, and/or help support the
Alert Network, either call GOA (1-888-886-GUNS) or fax/mail this
coupon:
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