I may have cross-posted this here before.  Memory is the second thing to
go...
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  Msg#: 3311                                         Date: 20 Jun 96  07:59
  From: Leroy Pyle                                   Read: Yes    Replied: No 
    To: All                                          Mark:                    
 
  Subj: Good Advoce from Loboazul
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                2nd AMENDMENT SUICIDE
by  (The Old Blue Howler)
[Editor's Note: Lobo (Jim Bohan) co-manages NOBAN, and is described
by Fortune Magazine as "a master of the new world of cyberpolitics."]
Every time there is a lull in the action, gun activists seem to find
it necessary to go nuts.  People who will work together and show
tolerance for varying opinions of others on non-gun issues suddenly
decide they have to form-fit their neighbors and allies into agendas
reflecting their own. Divergence of opinion suddenly stops being an
honest difference in thought and becomes something sinister.  Most of
the lists on our side of the street have had more than their share of
arguments, divisiveness, and flame wars.
It's not that hard to understand.  Gunowners are frustrated by years
of abuse by the political process and want a butt to kick.  If they
can't find a gun grabber handy, they are more than willing to kick
each other's.
This is not only the epitome of ignorance.
                        It's 2nd Amendment Suicide.
If you have the time and the energy to attack a fellow gun activist,
you're not as ardent an activist as you think you are.  That time and
energy should be put into working for a Senate or Congressional can-
didate or a state legislature candidate.  If the candidate in your
district is already on our side, there's a district north, south, east
or west of you that needs your help.  Find the activists in that
district, and lend them a hand.
This coming election is too important to us.  If we don't elect more
pro-gun candidates to the House and Senate, we may be looking at four
more years of Clinton and efforts to "deconstruct" not just the 2nd
Amendment but the entire Bill of Rights.  Remember how much you en-
joyed his first two years when he had a liberal Congress?  Think how
much you'd enjoy a full four-year term with him not having to bother
to act half rational because he doesn't have to worry about being re-
elected.
It's not a pretty thought.  Think about it when you sow seeds of dis-
sent among your fellow activists.
If you just want to rant, chain pull, scream, call names, or flame,
take a hike.  Don't let the screen door hit you where the Good Lord
split you.
The rest of us have work to do.
[Editor's Note:  You can subscribe to the NOBAN list by sending
e-mail to listproc@mainstream.net. The body of message should
read subscribe noban ]
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