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From: Howard Staub
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 09:19:00 AM
To: Howard G Staub
Subject: FROM STAUB............................ALERT......Support the Right to Keep and Bear Arms


>From the Land of Enchantment
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Deming, New Mexico 88031-2249
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ISSUE: Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) recently introduced
legislation to ensure American taxpayers are never forced
to fund United Nations gun control schemes. Several of
Paul's pro-gun colleagues in the House of Representative
have already cosponsored the bill, which prohibits the
use of U.S. tax dollars for any UN measures that would
infringe upon the 2nd Amendment rights of American
citizens.

Paul's bill, entitled the "Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Act" (HR 3125), recognizes that perhaps the greatest
threat to our 2nd Amendment rights comes from global
Bureaucrats. The bill cites several examples of UN
contempt for both American sovereignty and gun rights.

In fact, the United Nations has waged a campaign to
undermine Second Amendment rights in America for more
than a decade. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called
on members of the Security Council to address the "easy
availability" of small arms and light weapons, by which
he means all privately owned firearms. In response, the
Security Council released a report calling for a
comprehensive program of worldwide gun control, a report
that admonishes the U.S. and praises the restrictive gun
laws of Red China and France! Meanwhile, this past June
the UN held an anti-gun "Week of Action against Small
Arms" conference.

In fact, French President Jacques Chirac and the
socialist president of Brazil, Luiz Lula da Silva, both
advocate the imposition of a United Nations TAX on
firearms for various utopian purposes.

Paul's legislation aims to halt the trend toward global
gun laws by withdrawing American funding for UN gun
control measures, while reaffirming that the 2nd
Amendment is the law of the land within our borders.

"It's no surprise that UN bureaucrats want to impose gun
control worldwide," Rep. Paul stated. "They don't respect
national sovereignty, and they certainly don't care about
our Constitution. Congress should make it clear that
America will not pay for UN gun control schemes, nor will
we allow the disarming of American citizens."

ACTION ITEM: Ironically, at the same time the United
Nations was working to prohibit Americans from exercising
their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves, the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was called to
investigate the illegal possession of submachine guns by
bodyguards to Secretary General of the United Nations
Kofi Annan.

This is ridiculous. Proposals to tax or otherwise limit
rights under the Second Amendment to the United States
Constitution are reprehensible and deserving of
condemnation. Go to our site below to send a FREE
editable, pre-written message to your Representative,
urging him or her to support HR 3125, the "Right to Keep
and Bear Arms Act":

http://www.conservativealerts.com/101403.htm

NOTE: Be sure to forward this e-mail to everyone you
know who wants to give the support our second amendment
rights to keep and bear arms, even in the face of the UN
multinationalists who oppose our sovereignty. Thank you!



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