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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand April 10, 1975 The Utah Independent Gun Control Means law-abidin- law-abidin- g citizens? REPEAL THE features another approach was both Senator Dominick's bill and that of Congressman Findley. Pucinski's proposal would also prohibit the practice of plea bargaining in every crime involving the use of a Plea bargaining is the firearm. practice used by defense lawyers to quirements. " The bill provides that in get a reduced charge against their federal cases the use of or carrying client on the promise that the a firearm during the commission of defendant will agree to plead guilty to the reduced charge. a felony creates a separate and disto the tinct chargeable felony, sentencing According for which must be imposed Congressman: "Governor George Wallace consecutively with the sentence im-- I would not have been assaulted had posed for the underlying felony. In other words, the sentence for using m v bill been law. For the young or carrying a gun while committing man who shot Governor Wallace a crime could not run concurrently had been arrested by the police 2 with the other sentence handed months earlier on a charge of down by the court for the crime carrying a concealed weapon. "In court, the charge against itself. Also, according to the bill. the assailant was reduced from The execution or imposition of carrying a concealed weapon to a any term of imprisonment imposed simple disorderly conduct' after assailant had agreed to plead under this may not be the suspended, and probation may not guilty to the lesser charge. "Governor Wallace's assailant be granted. Commenting on the bill walked out of court a free man after paying a meager $38 fine for Senator Schweiker said: "No discretion is left to the his disorderly conduct. courts. No judge can decide on his HOW WALLACE FEELS own that hell let a gun-totin- g L criminal out on the streets before ABOUT his full, separate sentence is served. LAWS "This is the kind of legislation On May 15, 1972 Arthur we urgently need. It protects the fired a series of shots at citizens, but Bremer rights of point-blan- k range into Governor cracks down hard on dangerous he was campaigning for as Wallace criminals." Similar bills have been in- the presidency in a Maryland shoptroduced in the House of ping center. During the campaign. Wallace strongly voiced opRepresentatives. laws to In addition Congressman position Restrictive gun Paul Findley on March 28, 1974 in- stating that it wherever might troduced a bill which would further legislation, the level at national or be the at tighten up the laws against crime. State level really in the long run Citing the rising crime rate. Fincitizen restricts the dley declared that the increasing who owns a gun. After a long and propensity of criminals to use guns to commit these crimes indicates painful recovery from the aslaw did sassination attempt. Wallace is still that the 1968 laws. opposed to not control crime. In an interview with Lowell And then the Congressman Thomas in the May 1973 issue of continued: Wallace "The reason is that the strong ARGOSY magazine stated: penalties in the 1 968 and 1970 A cts Well, if gun controls would apply only tofederal offenses. A nd the hands of it is not a federal crime to rob a take all the guns out of be for them. But a store or assault or murder your everybody. Id will shoot you and rob who man fellow citizen. is violating the law These are generally crimes you he anyway so why wouldnt he against the individual 50 States." violate a gun law? Findley then introduced his If you have laws, bill to amend the 1968 Gun Control wind up taking guns from Act to make it a federal offense to you rather than just dealing with the I offer this bill as an gun. alternative to registration and lam firmly of the opinion that strict criminal penalties will do far more good than willstrict registration re- OPPOSITION TO GUN-CONTR- OL LAWS MOUNTS by Phoebe Courtney Copyright 1974 As the crime rate continues to soar, it is obvious that present laws are not working. Additional proposed laws such as the banning andor confiscation of all privately-owne- d guns are likewise doomed to fail. What, then, can be done to put crime the brakes to the ever-risigun-contr- ol ng rate? Congressman John B. Conlan on March 2, 1974 declared: "If swift and sure punishment of criminals was the rule rather than the rare exception; if stiff mandatory sentences without the possibility of parole were imposed forfelonies committed with guns; if capital punishment was the penalty for brutal crimes; and if our courts would abandon unrealistic 'go soft on the criminal' attitudes that make justice a laughingstock among lawbreakers, crime would plummet because criminals would fear the consequences." Senator Peter H. Dominick, joined by Senators William E. Brock, III, Carl To Curtis, Barry Goldwater, Richard S. Schweiker, Ted Stevens, Alan Bible, James L. Buckley, and Henry L. Bellmon, on January 26. 1973 introduced S. 576 to anend the Gun Control Act of 1968 to provide for separate offense and consecutive sentencing in felonies involving the use of a firearm. In introducing his bill Senator Dominick stated: "I have consistently opposed federal efforts with regard to regisThe wiser tration of firearms. strategy is to reach the criminals sub-secti- on GUN-CONTRO- law-abidi- ng gun-contr- ol law-abidi- ng gun-contr- ol gun-contr- ol gun-contr- ol ORDER BLANK THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN P.O. Box 636 Littleton, Colorado 80120 NOTE DISCQUNTS FOR QUANTITY ORDERS 1 5 10 copy... $1.75 copies.. 5.00 copies.. 9. 50 25 copies.. .$21.00 100 copies... 78.00 Please send me . Payment of $ .is enclosed. (Please send check or money order) copies of "Gun Control Means People Control" by Phoebe Courtney (192 pages, paperback, indexed) Mrs. Mr. Miss GUN-CONTR- Therefore, City and State Zip Code gun-contr- ol gun-contr- ol on gun-contr- ol -- law-abidi- ng ownership of is guns un- constitutional. When guns are outlawed only outlaws have guns. Present restrictive gun laws have not halted the rise in the crime rate. The real purpose of proposed law's is to deprive IJ.S. citizens of the right of Only in this way can a gun-confiscati- ng on self-defens- CUT OUT AND MAIL ) control 16-G- . ever-increasi- Street gun ultimately means people control. WHAT YOU CAN DO Ever since the passage of the If you wish to effectively opGun Control Act of 1968, Liberals bills, pose any future in Congress have attempted to inwhile at the same time helping to crease federal control of privately-owne- d repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968 guns. These proposals then here are a few suggestions: range from bills to have the federal There are hundreds of Supgovernment license all gun owners; to prohibit the sale of Saturday port Your Local Police Committees now operating throughout night specials, and finally, the clincher the bill introduced on the country. As pointed out in this book, the pressure is now on to February I. 1974 by Congressman Jonathan Bingham to outlaw the deprive local communities of control of their police and to convert private possession of handguns police via federal and to confiscate all guns not local surrendered to the federal funds into a federal police force, accountable only to the government. The bill also provides for a fine, imprisonment, or both, bureaucrats in Washington. If you for anyone failing to turn in his gun wish more information on this activity. write: Support Your Local or guns. 395 Concord Ave.. However, good news for the Police. Mass. 02178. nations approximately 50 million Belmont. Other organizations opposing firearms owners is the fact that a controls are: move has been started in the Senate gun Nationa Rifle Association, O and the House to repeal the Gun Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Control Act of 1968. The principal D.C. 20036 sponsor of the repeal legislation in Washington. Citizens Committee for the the Senate is Senator James to Keep and Bear Arms, 919 McClure of Idaho, according to Right - 18th St. N.W., Suite 800. the September. 24, 1973 issue of D.C. 20006 THE RIGHT REPORTncwsciter Washington, National Association to Keep of Washington. D.C. A similar Bear and Arms. Inc., 909 N. Cenmeasure has been introduced in the tral, Medford. Ore. 97501 House by several Congressmen, inIn order to alert others as to cluding John R. Rarick of the real meaning of Louisiana, William Dickinson of feel free to use the Alabama, Don Fuqua of Florida, laws, James Quillen of Tennessee. John documented material in this book in writing letters to the editor of Saylor of Pennsylvania, and your local newspaper. To be effecothers. tive. confine each letter to only one Congressman Saylor is of legislation. quoted in THE AMERICAN aspect use in this book material the RIFLEMAN of March 1973 as Also, when calling in on radio and TV declaring that, until the odious audience-participatiOpen law is repealed, every Line shows. legal firearm owned by a private AND DISTRIBUTE BUY citizen in the nation is in danger of EXTRA COPIES confiscation by a Big Brother The subject of gun control has federal government. such firghtening ramifications, as On February 13, 1974 the pointed out in this book, that you Montana Senate and House, by an may wish to buy and distribute a vote, overwhelming passed extra copies so that the recipients resolution declaring that State's will receive the whole picture". unalterable opposition to regisIf so. it is suggested that copies tration and confiscation of be sent to the following: firearms. (1) All members of your State Senator Frank Church of Legislature urging that a resolution Idaho, in a Senate speech on similar to the one quoted from in March 13, 1974, stated that he had the previous chapter be adopted. consistently opposed federal gun (2) Your two Senators and control in his 18 years in the Congressman, together with a note Senate, stressing instead that this is expressing your personal views. a field that should be reserved to (3) Members of your local city regulation by State and local government including, most imgovernments. portantly. heads of various local And then the Senator warned: police departments. "To tell the people in Idaho (4) Members of local civic and that they cannot possess guns patriotic organizations. without federal permission is to tell (5) Members of local sporting-gu- n them that they are no longer clubs and businesses serving sovereign. To tell the people of my their needs. State that the federal government And last, but not least, send or them be in and to force may step give copies to your friends and finger-printe- d and examined by the neighbors so that they will have police before they may own a gun is these documented facts, and can simply to ask for open definace." join in this growing national movement to resist confiscation of SUMMING UP: the privately-owne- d guns of citizens. As extensively documented in this book: Any restrictions on the private gun-contr- ol Congressman Roman C. who, on May 25, 1972, ina bilWwhich contained of tyrannical government take over this nation and merge the once-fre- e United States of America with the slave empire of Communist Russia. ACT OF 1968! use a gun to commit a crime where such use also violates State law. Still taken by Pucinski troduced g; -- People Control What is behind this drive to disarm future and people who are who those don't obey the law' they can keep right on. Page 11 federal e. What To Ask Of Your Government You are not to enquire how your trade may be increased, noi how you are to become a great and powerful people, but how your liberties may be secured, for liberty ought to be the direct end of your government. -- Patrick Henry |