GCLA Election Alert # 2 -- 29 October, 2004

BEWARE OF ANTI-GUN CANDIDATES WEARING PRO-GUN CLOTHING

Question: When is a "Pro-2nd Amendment" Candidate NOT a "Pro-2nd Amendment" Candidate?

Answer: When the Candidate in Question EARNED a HUGE "F" Rating from EVERY Pro-2nd Amendment organization.

ARE YOU TIRED of "F" rated anti-gun-owning politicians standing up and saying on camera and in their ads how they "support the 2nd Amendment" when you KNOW they have taken EVERY opportunity to TAKE AWAY your firearm freedoms and gut the 2nd Amendment?

Well... YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO COME MEET SEVERAL OF THESE ANTI-GUN POLITICIANS as they try to convince pro-gun voters to vote for them by pretending to be "pro-gun".

A local gun range [High Caliber, 4075 West Outer Road in Arnold, http://www.hcrange.com is hosting a get-out-the-vote event for Jefferson County's "Pro-2nd Amendment" Democratic Candidates this Saturday from 11am until 2pm.
[check out their website for directions]. **NOTE-EVENT CANCELED**

ONE BIG PROBLEM...WHO are these "pro-gun" Democrats who are scheduled to be there?

Robin Carnahan: "F" rated candidate for Missouri's Secretary of State. She EARNED her "F" rating by leading the campaign of lies and distortions to stop passage of Prop B in 1999. She wants to be in control of Missouri's elections.

Russ Carnahan: "F" rated candidate for US 3rd District [Gephardt's old seat]. Russ EARNED his "F" by voting against LTC and against preventing frivolous lawsuits while serving in the Missouri State Legislature.

Claire McCaskill: "F" rated candidate for Missouri Governor. Claire EARNED her "F" by trying to be MORE "anti-gun-owner" than soon-to-be former Governor Bob Holden during her primary debates with him. When her anti-gun-owner statements started to hurt her in rural and other pro-rights areas, she now says she "supports the 2nd Amendment". One problem... she supports HER interpretation of it... NOT YOURS... and her version does NOT recognize an individual right!

Bekki Cook: "F" rated candidate for Missouri Lt. Governor. Bekki EARNED her "F" when she REWROTE the Prop B ballot language in a poll-tested fashion to mislead voters into falsely thinking Prop B would be a tax increase. The original language, written by the legislature, "needed" to be re-written because pre-election polling showed that Prop B would PASS by a 63% margin. Her underhanded re-write and her opposition to LTC and other pro-gun issues has  EARNED her a "F" rating.

Nancy Farmer: "F" rated candidate for US Senate. Nancy Farmer's voting record while in the Missouri Legislature EARNED her a "F" rating. She is another politician that never met a gun restriction she didn't support.

Rick Johnson: "F" rated candidate for Representative of District 90 of the Missouri House. Rick EARNED an "F" rating for his voting as the current rep for the 90th District.

WHY PRETEND TO BE PRO-GUN?

WHY is this last minute "pro-gun" event being held? The Democratic Party has been LOSING VOTES from its normal voting base BECAUSE OF their EXTREME ANTI-GUN policies and votes. They are holding this last minute event [and have planned many more] because they are trying to LIE FASTER THAN WE CAN TELL THE TRUTH.

This event was apparently organized by a local labor union to try and convince union members to vote the way their leadership wants them to...  unfortunately a vote for ANY of these politicians listed above is an anti-gun and anti-freedom vote. IF YOU VOTE FOR THEM YOU COULD LOSE YOUR RIGHTS.  This "pro-gun" event was also organized for supplying footage for potential last minute "See, I told you I was Pro-Gun" TV spots aimed at fooling as many pro-gun voters as possible.

IF you are a member of the labor union that is apparently sponsoring this event, or any labor union telling you to vote for these people because they are "pro-2nd Amendment", you need to ask your union leadership why they are trying  to lie to you.

THIS ELECTION IS CRITICAL. YOUR VOTE IS CRITICAL. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTY... IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. Do NOT let these ANTI-GUN politicians get away with this charade. Take some time this Saturday to stop by the range and let these ANTI-GUN politicians know that YOU are NOT BUYING THEIR LIES [you might even carry a Matt Blunt or Catherine Hanaway sign for the cameras]. Then join the 72 hour campaign and spend a part of the last 72 hours before the election HELPING ELECT THOSE WHO VOTED FOR US and OUR RIGHTS.

Greg Jeffery
Gateway Civil Liberties Alliance