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10.23.08 MORE DECEPTION FROM NRA |
Gun
owners across Oregon are receiving large orange postcards from
the NRA urging them to vote for Gordon Smith.
The cards, which accurately portray Jeff Merkley as an enemy
of gun rights, falsely claim that Smith voted in favor of "legislation
enacted into law ending bogus lawsuits against gun manufacturers."
The fact is, Smith
DID NOT vote in favor of S 397, "the gun manufacturers
and dealers immunity bill." As you can see by the record,
Smith did not vote on passage of the bill at all.
He did however, vote in favor of the anti-gun amendments that
were tacked on before the bill passed. Smith went so far as
to send out mail
claiming to have voted against the "anti-gun amendments"
when in fact, he did the exact opposite.
The NRA fails to mention that Smith supported a reintroduction
of the Clinton ban on modern firearms, and while warning voters
that "if Barack Obama is elected we will face the most
anti-gun president in American history" they fail
to mention that Smith has campaigned
almost exclusively on his close ties to Obama and other gun
grabbers like Ted Kennedy and Ron Wyden.
The mailing makes no mention of other candidates
for Senate who are solidly pro-gun.
They also urge voters to support John McCain, who they themselves
called "...one of
the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment."
The posted
ratings for candidates on the NRA website endorse anti-gun
Congressman Peter DeFazio while ignoring his pro-gun
opponent.
This year gun owners may be facing the gravest threat to their
gun rights ever. Obama and Merkley are clearly and openly anti-gun.
But the NRA does voters a serious disservice by willfully distorting
the records of candidates they back. Furthermore, by supportiing
candidates who have serious anti-gun records, they make it easy
for the anti-gun forces to attack, as in this article
by the head of an anti-gun front group.
Voters and gun owners deserve the truth They are not getting
it from the gun grabbers, and they are not getting it from the
NRA.
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