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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07/18/06
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For additional information:
Genie Jennings, Spokesperson
E-Mail: me_coord@2asisters.org
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Second Amendment Sisters Denounce NAACP
effort to curtail gun shows in FL
LAKEWOOD, TX. Second Amendment Sisters
is appalled by the proposal of the NAACP to curtail gun shows in
Duval County, Florida as a means of ending violence in the Jacksonville
area. Criminals do not get their weapons at gun shows; law-abiding
citizens participate in these events. Honest sales and purchases
of firearms do not create violence
We have Hurricane Katrina fresh in our memories. One of the poignant
images of the aftermath is that of an older woman being forced to
surrender her revolver during the illegal confiscation of privately
owned firearms. The hopeless look in her eyes as soldiers and police
removed her means of defense gave us an indication of her fear as
she was abandoned. Not only would she face the nights to come alone
with her daughter and grandchildren at the mercy of armed thugs
who were terrorizing the darkened neighborhoods, but also she had
been rendered helpless by the very people she had thought were there
to keep her safe.
We cannot expect others to provide
all our protection. It is not possible. Florida has affirmed its
belief in the primal right to self-defense. Second Amendment Sisters
believes in this right. Like many women we believe in Choice: it
is every woman’s, and every man’s, right to choose to defend their
self, the lives of others, and their property. If you choose not
to do so, that is your privilege, but we urge you not to deny that
choice to others who would.
Gun shows are a legal, regulated venue
for the exchange of firearms. Although they are regularly attacked
by those whose end desire is the elimination of privately owned
weaponry, the hysteria surrounding them has proved groundless.
Second Amendment Sisters strongly urges
the mayor of Jacksonville, politicians of Duval County, and, most
importantly, the citizenry of this city, county and state to reject
this proposal. We suggest, instead, that you concentrate on the
other proposals of the NAACP, many of which have great merit.
Second Amendment Sisters is a grassroots
organization dedicated to preserving the individual basic human
right to self-defense.
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