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Re: National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus!

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From: Dan Day
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 00:00
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On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:36:34 GMT, anonymous@anonymous.org (anonymous) wrote:
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>>            National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus!
>> 
>It's regrettable that you didn't announce this earlier, so that a
>strenuous protest could be organized to combat this evil group, which
>in the wake of the Oklahoma City Bombing tragedy issued a fund-raising
>letter referring to law enforcment agents as "jack-booted government
>thugs."

Ah, another clueless anti-gunner.  Sorry, the fund-raising letter in
question was not "in the wake of the Oklahoma City Bombing", it was
written and mailed *before* that event.  Nice try.

And contrary to your poorly worded implication, it didn't refer to
all "law enforcment [sic] agents" as "jack-booted government thugs",
it merely expressed concerns about those who *did* deserve such a
label.  And some do.

Elsewhere, you describe George Bush as a "lifelong" member of
the NRA.  Wrong again.  His membership was of very recent vintage,
acquired to curry favor when he was running for office.
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From: dcd@firstnethou.com (Dan Day)
Subject: Re: National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus!
Date: 1997/05/01
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