Subj: INFO: Letter from Senator Bob Dole to Tanya Metaksa Date: 95-03-20 04:59:44 EST UNITED STATES SENATE OFFICE OF THE MAJORITY LEADER WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 March 10, 1995 Mrs. Tanya Metaksa Executive Director National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, Va 22030 Dear Tanya: I appreciate you stopping by last week for a discussion of firearms issues in the 104th Congress. The long-standing trust and support of those who value their right to keep and bear arms has been one of my strongest assets throughout my public service. I appreciate your advice and counsel on issues of mutual concern. In my view, vigorous protection of the individual freedoms secured by the Bill of Rights -- including the Second Amendment -- is crucial to our nation's future. It should go without saying that as long as I am Senate Majority Leader, I will continue to do everything within my power to prevent passage of anti-Second Amendment legislation in the Senate. Repealing the ill-conceived gun ban passed as part of President Clinton's crime bill last year is one of my legislative priorities. The Senate will debate this issue in the near future, and I hope to have a bill on the President's desk by this summer. President Clinton has said he will oppose repealing this measure, an indication of one of our many differences. I voted against the gun ban in 1994, and I will vote to repeal it in 1995. Experience, and I might add common sense, has taught me that because criminals don't obey the law, gun control will only limit those who do. It may be old fashioned, but keeping criminals behind bars still seems the most effective approach in fighting crime. Gun control is a completely ineffective approach to the lack of safety and security in our communities. Disarming law- abiding citizens only places them at the mercy of those who break the law. Again, I enjoyed our visit and look forward to continuing to work with you and the membership of the National Rifle Association on the concerns we share. Sincerely, BOB DOLE =+=+= This information is presented as a service to the Internet community by the NRA/ILA. Some useful URLs: http://WWW.NRA.Org, gopher://GOPHER.NRA.Org, wais://WAIS.NRA.Org, ftp://FTP.NRA.Org, mailto:LISTPROC@NRA.Org (Send the word help as the body of a message) Information can also be obtained by connecting to the NRA-ILA GUN-TALK BBS at (703) 934-2121. NRA.org is maintained by Mainstream.com mailto:info@mainstream.com ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From rkba-alert@gatekeeper.nra.org Mon Mar 20 04:59:21 1995 Received: from gatekeeper.nra.org by mail05.mail.aol.com with SMTP (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA295223561; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 04:59:21 -0500 Return-Path: Received: by gatekeeper.nra.org (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA01809; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:52:45 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:52:45 -0500 Message-Id: <9503200452.AA01809@gatekeeper.nra.org> Reply-To: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org Originator: rkba-alert@nra.org Sender: rkba-alert@gatekeeper.nra.org Precedence: bulk From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts) To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: INFO: Letter from Senator Bob Dole to Tanya Metaksa X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: NRA Alerts list ... An armed society is a polite society. --- PPoint 1.90 * Origin: Hunkered in a bunker in CA (1:215/705.6) 0SEEN-BY: 270/101 280/1 376/178 206 396/1 3615/50 51 0PATH: 215/705 270/101 396/1 3615/50 376/178