From: lvc@cbnews.cb.att.com (Larry Cipriani)
Subject: Sarah Brady says she likes to shoot
Organization: Ideology Busters, Inc.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:20:41 GMT
Keywords: sarah brady

Regarding ownership of guns by Sarah Brady.  Bill Vojak wrote earlier
this year:

>  Most of the victims of firearms ar NOT victims of family violence. You
>  are mis-reading the stat, "Most people killed by firearms know the person
>  who killed them". This includes: criminals killing criminals, people killing
>  people they work with, people killing spouses boy/girl friend, members
>  of gang X killing members of gang Y. . . . Of course these people knew each
>  other. It doesn't mean they lived together. For most people, pure random 
>  violence leading to death is still rare, Not to say it doesn't happen.
> 
>  I love how HCI has it both ways. When talking about a gun in the house
>  they will use this stat to tell you that the greatest danger in guns is
>  that you are going to kill your spouse, child, priest & dog. When talking 
>  about the streets they will tell you the greatest danger of guns is gangs
>  and random violence, And that they don't want to disarm "honest people".
> 
>  BTW: I just bought a magazine called "Crime Beat" or "Crime News", (I'll
>  check the exact title when I get home). It had a article about gun control
>  in it so I bought it. Upon reading the article it started off with a bunch 
>  of HCI crap, then it was a followed by a interview with Sarah Brady. I will 
>  attempt to post at a latter date some exact details from the article, but 
>  off the top of my head and from her own mouth:
> 
>  1) She Supports "cooling off periods"
> 
>  2) After the Brady Bill is passed she wants to Ban All Military Type Weapons.
>     (Her next target. Gee, I thought her group was called HANDGUN Control Inc.)
> 
>  3) Laws which will require mandatory handgun education before you can
>     get a permit.
> 
>  4) Handgun education in schools (Yeah, Guns are Bad, Bad Guns Bad,
>     The second amendment isn't a individual right)
> 
>  5) It wasn't her husbands shooting that got her involved, it was her son
>     picking up a .22 on a truck seat several years later. (Maybe she should
>     watch her kids better)
> 
>  6) The NRA is loosing power according to her, And all Cops hate the NRA
>     for supporting "COP KILLER TEFLON BULLETS" (tm)
> 
>  7) 80+% of all people & 90+% of all police support the Brady Bill.
>     (OR just the opposite, I don't remember which. Probably a TIME/WARNER
>     poll.)
> 
>  8) They have targeted states with "Lax" gun laws.
> 
>  9) It is sometimes unfair to blame guns for the violence in America.
> 
> 10) Her dad was a FBI agent and she grew up around guns.
> 
> 11) She likes to go shooting!!!! (I hope she shows up where I shoot!
>     This adds merit to the report that she owns a gun(s). If I owned
>     a range/gun shop I would refuse to sell her anything!)
> 
>  I think that the scary part about Sarah Brady is that she trys to come
>  across as being so reasonable. It's only once you see the legslation
>  that comes from HCI with her support that you realize how dangerous
>  she is.
> 
>  If you see this magazine, DON'T BUY IT!, don't support their effort.
>  Needless to say the four, yes (4), postage paid reply cards that were 
>  in the magazine are going back to them tonight with appropriate messages 
>  on them.

Bill, what was the issue date of this Crime Beat ?
-- 
Larry Cipriani, att!cbvox1!lvc or lvc@cbvox1.att.com
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns