Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!gargoyle!shallit From: shallit@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Jeff Shallit) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: The NRA and Moynihan-Biaggi (Summary) Message-ID: <280@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 12:41:06 EST Article-I.D.: gargoyle.280 Posted: Sun Jan 6 12:41:06 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 03:25:30 EST Reply-To: shallit@gargoyle.UUCP (Jeff ) Organization: U. Chicago - Computer Science Lines: 37 Summary: In my previous postings, I have tried to show the REAL circumstances surrounding the Moynihan-Biaggi bill (to ban cop-killer bullets) and the NRA's response. 1. Kleinpaste implied that the NRA was consistent and accurate in its opposition of Moynihan-Biaggi. This is false. The NRA changed its position at least twice, and attempted to connect passage of Moynihan-Biaggi to the infamous McClure-Volkmer bill, which the Washington Post called "Mail-order murder--NRA style". 2. Kleinpaste stated that no cops have been killed by cop-killer bullets. This is false (see Baltimore Sun editorial previously posted). 3. Kleinpaste implied that the Fraternal Order of Police came out against Moynihan-Biaggi. This is false (see statement by Richard Boyd, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police previously posted). 4. Kleinpaste stated that police across the nation were angered by HCI's discussion of the cop-killer bullet issue. This is false. Four of the largest police organizations in the country came out IN FAVOR of Moynihan-Biaggi. Here are some excerpts from letters from police officers to HCI: "I **belonged** [italics his] to the NRA. I was so upset that I wrote them a letter and cancelled my membership. This country has so much already working against police officers that it is pitiful. There was no way I could belong to such an organization." "Obviously, the NRA does not respect the basic right of police officers to stay alive." Moral of this sad and sordid affair? Don't trust the NRA for all the facts when it comes to firearms legislation. Jeff Shallit University of Chicago