Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America Offering Real Solutions to Last Night’s Shootings
— As another Gun Free Kill Zone claims lives
Last night’s shooting in Aurora, Colorado was extremely tragic, as more than a dozen people were killed in another Gun Free Kill Zone.
At the opening showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” James Holmes dressed up in costume and murdered several people while the movie was barely thirty minutes into the story. The gunman used a movie gunfight to cover his actions and further surprise the innocent patrons. Worse, the theater in Aurora reportedly has a “no guns” policy.
Despite gun control’s obvious failure, the calls for more restrictions have already begun:
* Piers Morgan of CNN came out of the box, calling for more gun control in the wake of the shooting.
* New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the strategy of people arming themselves for self-defense just “doesn’t work.”
* And the Brady Campaign took the opportunity to tell the nation that, “This is yet another horrific reminder that guns enable mass killings.”
Tragically, many were killed last night. But it is also tragic that there was not another gun-toting Samuel Williams at the theater — the senior who rescued several Floridians against two armed thugs at an Internet cafe last week. (You can read the story and watch the exciting video here.)
And of course, while the national media is sure to focus on this Aurora, Colorado shooting for days to come, there is another shooting in that same city that you probably heard nothing about — when a worshipper at an Aurora church stopped a shooting this past April.
In that shooting, the bad guy was only able to kill one person in the parking lot, as the armed hero took him out before any other damage could be done.
Funny how the national media tends NOT to pick up stories where the good guy stops the perp!
To keep this in perspective, whenever we hear about horrid shootings like the one last night in Aurora, Colorado, we should remember that guns save as many as 80 lives for every one that is tragically taken. See the Gun Owners of America Fact Sheet here.
Gun Owners of America is appearing on several media outlets today to answer questions about our gun rights and to offer concealed carry solutions as the cure to future acts of terrorism like this.
Also, you can call in to GOA Radio Live to discuss this event with our Talk Show host, Bill Frady, from 6:00-8:00 pm tonight. Call 703-776-9264 to be on the show. GOA’s Larry Pratt will be interviewed by Frady next week.
Please stand with us and help GOA continue defending our gun rights across the country.
The murder of 13 moviegoers last night in a Denver-area theater was horrific.
My prayers, and the prayers of our staff and members, go out to the families of the victims and those wounded in this attack.
Living in Colorado, this attack strikes close to home for me.
I was sad this morning, but now I’m angry.
I’m angry that the theater bans law-abiding citizens from arming themselves for self-defense.
I’m angry that this deranged lunatic murdered men, women and children in a senseless act of violence.
And I’m outraged that already, not even twelve hours after the shooting, the gun control vultures are circling the victims.
This morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken to the airwaves to exploit the blood of innocents to advance his radical anti-gun agenda.
Never one to let a “crisis go to waste,” Bloomberg is demanding both President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney publicly come out in favor of expanding gun control.
While Colorado and the nation remain in a state of shock and grief, the Bloomberg political machine is callously exploiting this tragedy to churn out their anti-gun lies and rhetoric.
Make no mistake — this is a dangerous time right now for our gun rights.
President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are neck-and-neck in the Presidential race and they’re desperate.
With a sinking economy and lackluster campaigns, they’re BOTH looking for any advantage they can muster.
And that means OUR Constitutionally-protected gun rights are certain to be in their sights.
You and I both know what President Obama thinks of gun owners . . .
. . . he thinks we’re “bitter” hicks, who “cling to our guns.”
But Mitt Romney’s record is no better. As Governor of Massachusetts he permanently banned an entire class of firearms.
Tragedies like last night’s movie theater shooting are just the sort of thing that the gun-banners have been waiting to exploit.
They will use this tragedy — and others like it — to call for “action.”
You and I both know their “call to action” means more gun control.
As gun owners and gun rights activists we MUST be vigilant in these times — not just in the defense of our loved ones, but in defense of our right to keep and bear arms.
With the UN “Small Arms Treaty” gun control meetings in New York City concluding exactly one week from today, it looks more likely than ever Barack Obama will attempt some sort of election-year gun grab.
In the name of public or international safety, and under pressure to conform to international “law,” that could mean a ban on inexpensive, imported ammunition . . .
. . . or a ban on full-capacity magazines . . .
. . . or an outright ban on civilian ownership of handguns . . .
. . . or worse yet, they could attack our very right to own firearms at all!
To make matters worse, Republican nominee Mitt Romney might help him!
You and I both know that Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg and left-wing international gun-grabbers will work every angle of this shooting as an excuse to restrict our rights.
Our right to defend ourselves and our families from violent thugs — and anti-gun politicians — hangs in the balance on a daily basis.
Here is what you can do to help:
*** Please pray for the families of the victims and those injured by the horrific attack near Denver.
*** Gun grabbers seize upon every outrage and crime, so we must always be prepared.
For Freedom,
Dudley Brown
Executive Vice President
P.S. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken to the airwaves to exploit the blood of innocents to advance his radical anti-gun agenda.
Our right to defend ourselves and our families from violent thugs — and anti-gun politicians — hangs in the balance on a daily basis.
Please pray for the families of the victims and those injured by the horrific attack near Denver.
Gun grabbers seize upon every outrage and crime, so we must always be prepared. Please click here to chip in $15 or $20 to help the National Association for Gun Rights continue to fight against the gun control schemes of liberals like Mayor Bloomberg and President Obama.
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