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Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org


(Monday, March 19, 2001) -- Beginning today, the Senate began
debating the McCain-Feingold Incumbent Protection Bill.  By now, you
are no doubt aware of the devastating impact that legislation would
have on pro-gun groups.  That bill, S. 27, would:

   * Broadly define groups such as GOA to be engaged in
     "electioneering" because they merely mentioned
     officeholder/candidates on television or radio during the period
     before an election;

   * By labeling pro-gun advocacy as "electioneering," threaten the
     tax status or even the existence of Second Amendment groups.

No doubt, this bill will help to squelch the voice of groups like
GOA, while increasing the power of incumbents.  By limiting the
voice of outside groups, Congressmen will then have a greater
ability to keep their constituents in the dark.  This bill is a
serious attack upon the rights of all Americans, as it will greatly
reduce their ability to stay well-informed and make it difficult to
hold their legislators accountable on election day.

The most important votes on this bill will be on whether to invoke
cloture (i.e., shut off debate for the purpose of passing the bill).
According to Senate rules, if opponents of the bill can muster 41
votes, they can block "cloture" and kill the bill.


ACTION:

Please call or fax or e-mail your two senators and ask them to
filibuster and vote against cloture on the anti-gun McCain-Feingold
bill, S. 27.  You can call the Senate at 202-224-3121, or toll-free
at 1-877-762-8762.  Forward this alert to as many gun owners as
possible and ask them to contact their senators in opposition to
cloture on S. 27.

To identify your senators, as well as to send a message via e-mail,
see the Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm on the GOA website.


POSTSCRIPT ON SENATE GUN BAN:

Two weeks ago, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) indicated her
intention to offer a gun ban as an amendment to the bankruptcy bill.
But last week she decided to postpone her attempt.  Please stay
tuned.  Gun Owners of America will alert you to further anti-gun
amendments by Feinstein.


----- Pre-written message for pro-gun Senators -----

Dear Senator:

The anti-gun Incumbent Protection bill, S. 27, threatens to open the
membership lists of Second Amendment legislative organizations --
and even eliminate their tax-exempt status.

Please filibuster and vote against cloture on this anti-gun and
anti-speech abomination.


----- Pre-written message for anti-gun Senators -----

Dear Senator,

Even the AFL-CIO and the American Civil Liberties Union have
attacked the McCain-Feingold Incumbent Protection Bill as
counterproductive and unconstitutional.

This is because the principal impact of McCain-Feingold would be to
silence legislative advocacy groups, while doing nothing to address
the real problems with the political system.

Please vote against this abomination and vote against cloture.


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