"You must get ALL the guns Billy, not just the ugly ones."

SARAH BRADY, Chairman of Handgun Control Inc., Says:

"Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."

Sources: National Educator quoted in The American Sentinel ©; Washington, D.C. Issue # 612; March, 1998 Edition; P.11, $77/12 issues, Radio Center, Suite 2E, 3229 South Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28209.

Bill Clinton has stated how he feels about our freedoms. He considers the U.S. Constitution a radical document, giving too much freedom to its people. Here are his exact words:

"When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amount of individual freedom to Americans, it was assumed that the Ameri- cans who had that freedom would use it responsibly -- [However, now] there's a lot of irresponsibility.

"And so a lot of people say there's too much freedom.  When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it."

Sources: The Media & The Wall Street Underground, March 1998 Vol. 3. No. 10.

The following letter from Sarah Brady of Handgun Control Incorporated was not dated. However, it was confirmed with their office on April 2, 1998.

Dear Handgun Control Member,

I have marked this letter to you "confidential" because I am requesting that you avoid discussing the contents publicly for the next several weeks.

This is because we are about to initiate action that, if successful, will weaken the stranglehold that the gun industry, the NRA, and other gun fanatics have over local and national gun laws.

And I am urgently requesting you to make an extraordinary gift to help strengthen our cause.

Please let me quickly explain our plans -- and then you will understand why both your generosity and secrecy are required.

In brief, we believe there is a strong parallel between the gun industry and the tobacco companies! As you know, citizens at the local and state level rose up in anger and demanded clean .. air in restaurants and offices when Congress failed to take action.

Here at Handgun Control Inc., it is our regrettable conclusion that this current Congress is not going to take the initiative on gun safety for America. Legislation is bogged down. The NRA and other gun industry lobbying groups have multi-million dollar war chests set aside for this election year. Consequently, it will be extremely difficult to pass any significant legislation this year.

And so, even though we will not let up on our efforts in congress, our focus is going to make a dramatic shift.

And we want to keep this shift as quiet as possible while we develop our plan. In a few weeks, I will be announcing to the nation:

The Citizens Campaign Against Community Gun Trafficking

Even the title of this campaign will cause shockwaves to run through the gun industry and the NRA at local and national levels.

We will be taking a page from the anti-smoking victories, where local ordinances banned smoking in public facilities and eventually forced state and national legislation to protest Americans' right to a smoke-free environment.

And we'll remember the victories in the anti-drunk-driving movement, as well. M.A.D.D. was formed by a small group of mothers whose children had been killed by drunk drivers -- they gathered supporters and strength at the grassroots level around the country, and before long these mothers started to be taken seriously everywhere, even on capitol Hill. Now, most states have tougher penalties for drunk drivers and the liquor industry is providing anti-drunk-driving messages in their advertising.

In much the same way, we're going to attack the gun industry and the gun pushers at the most basic point--where money is exchanged for guns.

The Attack point: Local Gun Shows!

Local gun shows make it extremely easy to purchase a gun for private or criminal use. And that's because most of the guns at the shows are sold by private individuals, not by dealers; --and, therefore, in most states they are not covered by laws requiring background checks or paperwork!

So you can walk into a gun show, strike up a conversation with the guy hawking the M-l carbine, admire its light kick, repetitive fire, and ability to accept large magazine clips.

Then you talk to that strange man parading around in his military fatigues, and later you meet him on the street, give him the necessary cash and the firearm is yours.

All legal in most states, as long as that fellow is not a licensed gun dealer!

Loophole: The Second-Hand Market

Right now, federal laws focus primarily on purchases of handguns from licensed dealers. And the Brady Handgun violence and prevention Act has stopped many criminals from buying handguns from licensed dealers.

But most states have no laws preventing one individual from selling a weapon to another, as long as the seller is not a licensed gun dealer.

"The individual purchasing the gun does not have to show identification, does not have to submit to background checks. And the person selling the gun does not need to keep a written record of the transaction or the buyer's address and social Security number. Also, quite obviously, there is no waiting period. All in all, this is the most outrageous loophole in our federal gun laws.

And gun shows are where criminals do their shopping --where the second-hand gun market really thrives.

And so, this is why one of our first goals in The Citizens Campaign Against Community Gun Trafficking is going to be to close down the gun shows!

These gun shows are most often held on public property: civic centers, school gymnasiums, fairgrounds, city and county convention centers.

And these giant weapons bazaars have developed considerable notoriety, because of such high-profile cases as Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh, who was reported to have bought or sold weapons at guns shows.

A recent issue of "Shotgun News" -- the "bible" of the gun pushers -- advertised over 500 gun shows for the last three months of 1997 alone. And this does not include many of the smaller shows and swap meets.

I believe that now you can see why our Citizens campaign Against Community Gun Trafficking is going to result in tremendous controversy.

And I wish that we could keep it secret -- 100% secret -- until we are ready to launch the campaign.

But, unlike the NRA and the right-wing, gun toting fanatics, we do not have a multi-million dollar war chest. we depend upon grassroots support -- from friends like you. And so I wanted to take the calculated risk and share this plan with you, and hope that you will step forward and send a significant gift to express your belief that citizens -- with or without Congress -- can get things done!

In a few weeks, if you're interested, I will forward to you a 'Citizens Action Kit," detailing exactly what can be done in your local community.

We intend to bring pressure upon mayors, city councils, school boards, churches, and all property owners to ban the use of any facility for gun shows. Already, we are working with Dade county, Florida, mounting an all-out assault on gun shows in that area. I will be reporting to you about that innovative and successful initiative before long. But, as of now, we are not quite ready to go public with the results.

But I must quickly bring this letter to a close, after I warn you that this is going to be a long, hard-fought campaign.

After all, it took many, many years before the tobacco industry felt the heat of local citizens demanding a smoke-tree environment. So we must be patient, firm, determined -- and uncompromising.

Our enemies will incorrectly and misleadingly scream about freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. But in turn, we will quietly remind them that America is involved in a gun war -- that is claiming 35,000 lives each year including 9,OOO murdered by handguns.

And we'll remind them that Americans must responsibly report transactions involving cars, liquor and other products -- why should gun sales be exempt?

Every day 14 children, 19 years old and under, are killed by handguns, Much of this mayhem is made possible by the use of public property for gun shows. These statistics are tragic proof that a state of war exists. [Comment: most are from 12 - 15. They are calling this age and teenagers (19 and under) kids]

And, as you know, in my case, the statistic became personal heartbreak when my husband Jim was grievously wounded by a bullet intended for president Reagan.

You and I must make America a safer place to live. Let's do it !

Sincerely,

Sarah Brady

P.S. I urge you to turn to the enclosed reply slip and write out a check in one of the amounts I've indicated. Or perhaps you can give more. But please do the best you can.

I look forward to receiving your support, and I will trust in your silence as we prepare our citizens Campaign Against Community Gun Trafficking.