From: "Chris R. Tame", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP >America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization >(Subscribe/UnSubscribe instructions near the end of the message) > >February 1, 2001 > >ALERT: Second Amendment Supporters Denied Entry to Million Mom >March Meeting > >Last night, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership >sent out an urgent Alert to Second Amendment supporters in >the Los Angeles area to attend a meeting at the infamous >North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, >California, this evening to give positive input on pending >California Senate Bill 52, sponsored by State Sen. Jack Scott >(D-Burbank). This Jewish community center gained notoriety on >August 10, 1999, when Buford O. Furrow calmly walked in and >attempted to slaughter innocent people. >(http://jpfo.org/alert19990811.htm) > >SB 52 would require anyone buying or selling a handgun in >California to obtain a license. Scott's staff member, Michelle >Brewer, was to be on hand to speak on the regulatory aspects >of this odious bill should it pass in the state legislature. >This forum was to be the highlight of a meeting of the San >Fernando Valley Chapter of the Million Moms. (To learn more >about the Million Moms see http://www.millionmommarch.org/). > >A large group of Second Amendment supporters, along with >myself, were waiting in the lobby for the meeting to begin >at the scheduled 7:00 P.M., when we were informed by a woman >identifying herself as Francine Naor from the San Fernando >Valley Chapter of the Million Moms that the meeting had been >canceled. > >"Canceled?", I asked in front of our supporters from JPFO, >NRA and the Jewish Defense League. "Well, not exactly, but >it is a closed door meeting. All of you are on private >property and I'm asking you to leave immediately." Incredulous, >I began to ask her a few questions, like why the meeting with >Sen. Scott's staffer had been canceled at the last moment with >all the advance publicity. "I am not going to argue with you", >she huffed. "Wait a moment!", I said, "Is your group not >interested in hearing an opposing viewpoint?" "This a closed >door, private meeting", she reiterated, "And you are on >private property!" > >Now, as a US Army Infantry veteran, I've been shouted out by >pros. This kind of puffed chest intimidation was Little League >stuff. > >"Madam, I am a rabbi as you can plainly see. This is a Jewish >community center, I am standing in the lobby, and *not* intruding >on your private meeting!" No voices were raised in anger, but >the tension in that lobby with about 50 Second Amendment >activists versus this one lady was beginning to fluster her. >A moment later, an *unarmed*, uniformed private security guard >ordered us out of the building. "This is private property, and >you all can leave NOW!", he commanded. Trying to explain to him >that we had come to attend a well advertised forum was wasted >words. And then three LAPD officers arrived, including a >sergeant. When a sergeant shows up in L.A. instead of an >ordinary patrol officer, something is seriously amiss. I >asked one of the patrol officers why they had been called >(two patrol cars), and she answered that it had nothing to >do with us. There was no trouble or threat noticeable to >anyone present. Our side was the picture of calm and civility. > >We left the lobby to discuss the situation in the parking lot >directly outside. Again, the private security guard emerged >from the building and ordered us to leave the property. > >Jewish Defense League Chairman Irv Rubin was present, as well. >Though we both live in Los Angeles and even attended the same >high school, we had never before met. We have, he and I, had a >few journalistic clashes over the years. We shook hands and >exchanged cordialities. I told him in a voice loud enough for >the assembled group to hear that, in spite of our differences >in strategies, we shared a lot of common ground. We warmly >shook hands a second time, to the approval of all present. >Irv Rubin has never had any qualms about being arrested for >causes he has considered vital to Jewish defense, but he agreed >there was nothing for us to do but go home. The Million Moms >doesn't give a tinker's damn for any viewpoint other than >their own. > >This is America. That's their prerogative. > >I am not a conspiracy theorist--to a point. Could it be that >word of Second Amendment supporters stealing their stage made >the Million Moms change the evening's agenda? > >You figure it out. I'm pretty sure the issue is straight in >my mind. > >This is how the destroyers of freedom work in America, friends. >They lie and turn a deaf ear to anyone, even a peaceful rabbi-- >anything to keep the truth from being heard. > >My thanks to all of you in attendance this evening. We were >hustled off the private property of a Jewish community center, >though we had assembled peacefully for a publicized event. Your >calm and dignity did our cause of freedom proud. > >Where was this security guard the day Buford Furrow tried to >kill small children, a teenage girl and a 68-year-old woman >on August 10, 1999? > >In liberty, >Rabbi R. Mermelstein Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
