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From: "J.J. Johnson" 
Subject: SNET: [piml] An Honest Letter to Congress
Date: 22 May 1999 03:03:33 -0400
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Dear Honorable Member of Congress,

No doubt youve already received tons of letters about how you should vote
on the gun legislation that has been sent from the Senate. Many are from
people who believe in the right to keep and bear arms. I am one of those
Americans.

But unlike the other letters you have and will receive from firearms
enthusiasts around the country, I have a different, yet more direct opinion
on the important decision you must make. I appreciate you taking the time to
read further.

I am not a member of the NRA. Nor will I bore you with statements from our
founding fathers about the so-called right to keep and bear arms. Neither
will I insult your intelligence giving you statistics on how guns may or may
not reduce crime. Youre probably tired of reading those letters, anyway.
After you read this letter, Im sure you will be tempted to forward it to
your institutions of national law enforcement.

It is those aforementioned institutions that are the primary reason most of
the 80,000,000 (thats eighty million) gun owners in this country have
decided to arm themselves to the teeth over the last few years. It began as
fear  but quickly leading to anger. Thus, I understand the political
pressure that will be placed on you to cast your vote for more gun
restrictions. In fact, if I were in your shoes, I might be tempted to do the
same. After all, there isnt an 80,000,000 man army to stop them. That
scares me.

If I were a Congressman, and knew more than what the public knows about how
Id sold them down the river, made enemies out of virtually every country on
earth, allowed our national security to walk overseas for a campaign
contribution, and bankrupted the nation, I would soon be worried about a
fraction of those 80,000,000 Americans making every attempt to blow my head
off  leaving my brains splattered across the Capitol Hill Rotunda.

Few people would dare speak or write to a member of Congress in this manner.
Nor would I. But unlike the current occupant of the White House, I believe
honesty is the best policy. And I hate violence. Hence, I ask that you
please refrain from insulting the dead and wounded of Littleton and Conyers,
Georgia on the House floor debates to justify your vote. If you gave a
speech such as:

..Many of these 80,000,000 gun owners may soon decide to use these weapons
against federal law enforcement, and the military forces were training
against them. They might even start shooting us. Its not really about the
Constitution as much as the fact that we have too much power and they just
dont like us anymore. For that reason, we should disarm them

I believe you would gain much more credibility and respect from both sides
of this debate. People from both sides would say, Now, theres an honest
politician. Then, you can freely vote for more gun restrictions, knowing
there is less chance of the people using lethal force in their attempt to
restore their idea of a free state.

I am a peace loving American. And I fear what some of these 80,000,000 gun
owners (many of them ex-military) might do. I will be a neutral witness to
the future and support whatever decision my Congressman makes. But I suggest
Congress quit playing politics with this issue. Please save time and simply
repeal the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Also pass a law that anyone
found with any firearm should be shot on sight

That way, 80,000,000 people will know they have nothing left to lose.

Thank you for your time,

J.J. Johnson.

Read Cracking the Liberty Bell at:
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