[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: NRA Declares War on PETA
- From: "MARGERY GOLANT" <mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:51:38 -0400
This is an example of the potential synergies that are out there - the NRA
is a powerful organization, and extremely savvy about legislation. There
are many groups working against the AR agenda, but there are many separate
turfs, leaderships, and strategies. What I have hopes our Legislative
Coordination Committee can begin to do is to assist in a coordinative effort
among those groups, so that we can start to work together to accomplish our
common objectives, sort of a "Congress of Groups". We cannot fight them by
ourselves, but if we leverage the numbers, resources and abilities of all
the other groups with the same or similar goals, we can make a difference.
I have heard from a number of people offering to assist with this effort.
Unfortunately, I got sick, which caused a setback, but now it is time for us
to start making plans and to get in the game. I will be contacting all the
people who had offered to join the Committee in the very near future.
If you are interested and have not previously contacted me, please feel
free. There is no such thing as too many people in this fight .....
Margy Golant
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] NRA Declares War on PETA
The NRA Declares War on PeTA
It looks like the NRA has just declared war on PeTA:
Mr. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's Executive Vice-President, has accepted an
invitation to debate PeTA's Andrew Butler on TV, the evening of October
18th.
In a lengthy letter sent to North Carolina NRA members, which I've
transcribed below, Mr. LaPierre makes clear his reasons for doing so.
Clearly
intended to rally the troops, Mr. LaPierre makes it clear that he views
PETA as a
major "terrorist support group," one that threatens our way of life.
Obviously he's done his homework... judging by the revelations they've
made
about PeTA, and that of the people at the Center for Consumer Freedom as
well.
In short, Mr. LaPierre is going on the attack, and from the sounds of
things, he's going well armed.
Second, while Mr. LaPierre certainly emphasizes issues that are directly
of
interest to his constituency, viz., PeTA's threat to hunting and fishing,
his letter goes far beyond championing those activities: he views as
threats
Animal Rights attacks on medical research; he is alarmed about PeTA's
successful efforts to recruit kids to the AR cause by infiltrating schools
and
through their (PeTA's) websites and printed materials; he is concerned
about
PeTA's assaults on the food industry; he notes PeTA's hypocrisy at killing
of
animals in their shelter; he points to the arrests of two PeTA employees
for
illegally killing and dumping animals in dumpsters; and he stresses,
particularly, PeTA's financial support of ALF and ELF.
Third, Mr. LaPierre notes that most people don't have a clue about what
PeTA's agenda is. And he's right - how many people know of PeTA's financial
connections to ALF and ELF?
Fourth, Mr. LaPierre wants the debate widely publicized, and he wants the
results of the debate (audio and video recordings will be available) and
transcripts (I believe) to be as widely distributed as possible.
Finally, Mr. LaPierre calls for contributions to help support the
dissemination of the debate results. I'm sure the NRA really wants all the
dough it can get, but what interests me is that the actual request is
tucked
in, almost as an after-thought, at the end of the letter.
The following is a transcription of the letter - take the time to read it
and see if you don't agree that Mr. LaPierre seems to have a pretty good
grasp on things:
FBI Statements of Congressional hearings in May of 2005 make it clear that
a major terrorist support netword is now actively operating in your home
state of North Carolina.
And some of your neighbors are probably contributors or even members.
This group provides major financial aid to arsonists and fire bombers. They
massacre thousands of dogs and cats each year. They conduct psychological
warfare against your values by providing hate literature to school
children.
They have recruited 235,000 classroom teachers across America to their
cause.
And they have left no doubt in my mind that they will do whatever it takes
to ban your hunting forever.
I have been warned not to stand in the direct path of these fanatics --
because I could become a target of their hate.
And I have been warned by a representative of a major U.S. corporation
that
those who oppose this terrorist network are routinely stalked, harassed,
and intimidated.
But I believe in my heart that someone needs to draw a line in the sand.
Someone needs to break the silence. And because you've invested your trust
in
me to lead the NRA and lead our cause, I believe this is a fight I can't
walk away from.
That's why I have accepted a television offer to debate one of the leaders
of this organization -- Andrew Butler -- in a nationally-televised
broadcast
on October 18, 2005.
I need you to watch this debate. I need you to tell your friends about it.
Because the group I'm talking about -- whose spokesman I will debate --
has
an admitted track record of supporting a movement now considered by the
FBI
to be the #1 domestic terrorism threat to you, your family and your
safety.
I'm not talking about Al Qaeda. I'm not talking about Hamas or Hezbollah.
The group I'm talking about is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) -- which, along with two groups they support, the Earth Liberation
Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are the most fanatical
and
most extremist anti-hunting organizations in the world.
Right now, most Americans -- including gun owners, hunters and even NRA
members -- have no idea what PETA really stands for or what they really
do.
Some of your own neighbors could be among those who are sending nearly $30
million a year in tax-deductable contributions to PETA -- duped by slick
ads
claiming that their money will help find homes for stray dogs and cats.
But most are unaware that their money also helps to provide legal defense
funds for extremists who use harassment, intimidation, and even terrorist
tactics to achieve their aims.
But the more I've learned about PETA since accepting this invitation to
debate, the more strongly I believe that the American People need to know
the
real truth about the growing "animal rights" movement.
And the more I believe that NRA members and hunters must step out and
become the front-line defenders against PETA -- the biggest, richest and
most
powerful organization backing and supporting the "animal rights" terrorist
movement across America and around the world.
You and I need to lay bare PETA's outrageous record of hypocrisy, zealotry
and disregard of human life for all the world to see. If children must die
so that mosquitoes or lab rats can live, that's justifiable in their
eyes.
Your neighbors and their nearly one million supporters of PETA need to
know
that when they send their contributions, they're supporting "animal
rights"
terrorists. Indoctrinating kids to hate. Shutting down medical research.
And slaughtering animals that PETA pretends to protect.
They've provided cash assistance and legal defense funds to members of the
Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
--organizations that are part of an eco-terrorist network that the FBI says
is America's
"most serious domestic terrorism threat."
And just as Saddam Hussein once provided $25,000 cash to the families of
suicide bombers, PETA provided a similar amount to the family of Rodney
Coronado -- who was convicted of a multi-million dollar firebombing at
Michigan
State University.
And they're packaging their madness and pitching it to our kids, too.
One of PETA's newest campaigns, "Your Mommy Kills Animals," is targeting
children in 20 states across the nation with a "comic book" featuring a
blood-spattered woman killing and mutilating a live rabbit -- a
psychological
warfare campaign aimed at converting the next generation of Americans to
the
"animal
rights" cause.
Their website teaches kids how to be "Animal Rights rebels," how to
ridicule kids who drink milk, and how to boycott classes.
And even PETA's so-called "animal shelters" have now become killing fields
for dogs and cats.
Between 2000 and 2004, PETA slaughtered over 10,000 dogs and cats at one
Norfolk, Virginia "shelter" alone. For the past three yeas, this "shelter"
has
slaughtered more than 85% of the animals it has taken in.
In fact, two PETA employees in North Carolina were recently indicted for
dumping 18 dead dogs and cats into a dumpster -- and authorities found 13
more
dead dogs and cats in their van.
Yet, the "animal rights" and "eco-terrorism" movements have no more regard
for human lives than they have for dogs and cats.
In report after report, scientists and doctors who were working on
breakthrough medical research -- cures for cancer, Alzheimer's disease,
cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and other human sufferings -- have
left
their research after receiving letters containing death threats and
poison-laced razor blades, and threats to their children.
I think the above paragraph might be something of an exaggeration - at
least, I'm unfamiliar with the evidence that might support the notion that
"report after report" show scientists leaving their research due to
threats.
But there is no question that death threats and threats to families form an
important arrow in the animal rights quiver.
And there's no doubt in my mind that it's only just a matter of time
before
they start escalating their tactics against hunters in the field.
Would it look like an accident? Would it look like a fall from a tree
stand? Mark my words. There's a lot of things that can happen in the
woods, where
nobody knows the truth but the trees.
And "animal rights" fanatics have already make it crystal clear where they
stand when it comes to hunters.
PETA compares hunters to the KKK and Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial
killer who ate his victims -- and claims that hunters are no different
than
"Nazi doctors and slave traders."
You need to know the facts as well as what I believe about PETA and their
fellow "animal rights" extremists. Your fellow gun owners and hunters
across
America need to know the facts. And your neighbors and friends need to
understand what really happens to their money when they send a
contribution to
PETA.
It's about time that somebody had the courage to stand up to these
fanatics. They are a threat to our values. They are a threat to our
children. They
are a threat to our way of life. And you and I need to stand up together
and
draw the line against PETA's war on our values and our future.
That's exactly why -- despite the warning I've received -- I decided to
break silence and debate PETA spokesman Andrew Butler on October 18th.
And I hope I can count on your strong personal support for my decision.
First, I hope you'll be sure to watch this debate, premiering October 18th
at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on InDemand Pay-Per-View. Invite your friends to
join you. And invite them whether or not they hunt, or own guns - -
because
your neighbors will be shocked when they find out the real truth about
PETA.
Second, I hope you'll use the postcards I've enclosed to tell more of your
friends, relatives, and fellow Americans about this debate. Give them to
people at work. Put them on the bulletin board at your hunting club. Or
mail
them to people you know in other towns or states -- so that your fellow
Americans can learn the truth about PETA on October 18th.
Third, in making this decision to take on PETA -- and explose them for
what
they are -- I hope I can count on your financial support to reach America
with our NRA message.
I want to make sure that by the end of this year we can put a copy of this
debate into the hands of as many Americans as we can.
According to PETA's most recent annual report, 11 million American
schoolchildren have already been subjected to PETA's "animal rights"
propaganda.
235,000 teachers have been co-opted into PETA's national misinformation
campaign.
And thirty million Americans have visited their website.
That's why I want every member of Congress, every legislative staff member
on Capitol Hill, and every courtroom judge to have a copy of this debate.
I want to make sure we can send a copy to every hunt club in the nation.
To
every fair-minded T.V. and newspaper reporter across the country. To every
American who takes a hunter safety course. To educators in cities where
PETA is most actively propagandizing our children. And to every member of
the
4H and other youth groups that work with animals -- young people who will
soon be
called on in the battle against these extremists.
I want to make sure that in the coming months, we have the resources we
need to combat PETA's ongoing efforts -- because there's no doubt in my
mind
that we'll have to fight the federal bureaucracy, in the state
legislatures
and in the courts if we want to keep our public hunting lands open,
preserve
hunting opportunities in our National Forests and National Wildlife
Refuges,
and block efforts to shorten hunting seasons nationwide.
I want to make sure we have the resources to work with local law
enforcement agencies to demand prosecution of extremists and fanatics if
they harass
and terrorize hunters in the field.
And most of all, I want to make sure that every American who cares about
the truth has the opportunity to find out what PETA really stands for and
what
they really do.
Most Americans, if they know anything at all about PETA, think that
they're
over-eager animal lovers, or college kids with too much time on their
hands
or, at worst, annoying vandals who splash paint on fur coats.
They don't understand that, when they send a few dollars to PETA they're
also sending money to a terrorist support group that wants to shut down
hunting, take fishing poles out of children's hands, ban milk from their
breakfast, and stop medical advancements. A group that condones the use of
threats
and destruction to achieve their ideological goals.
Someone needs to break the silence. And I'm asking you to help me lead the
way,
And if I can count on you to send a contribution to the NRA for our
efforts
to fight back and expose the truth about PETA and the "animal rights"
thugs, I'll send you a DVD, VHS, or audio CD copy of my debate with Andrew
Butler
just as soon as it's available after it airs on October 18th.
So please, support our NRA efforts. Please help me counter the $30 million
that PETA is spending each year to brainwash our children, shut down
medical research, slaughter dogs and cats, ban our hunting and end our way
of life
-- by sending a special contribution of $20, $30, $50, or whatever amount
you
can.
Please stand with me in this fight by watching my debate, using the
enclosed postcards to spread the word, and sending your most generous
contribution
today.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Wayne LaPierre
Executive Vice President
P.S. Please watch my debate with PETA representative Andrew Butler on
InDemand Pay-Per-View on October 18th. Please use the enclosed cards to
spread
the word about this debate. And please send a generous gift to help fund
our
all-out NRA fight.
P.P.S. The FBI has called the "eco-terrorism" movement the #1 domestic
terrorism threat in America today. You and I need to break the silence,
stand up
to this threat, and fight for our rights. I hope you'll let me hear from
you in the next few days. Thank you again.
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Well - there you have it. The NRA appears to be serious, and has wisely
focused on PETA, who are easy targets, and, in fact, by focusing on PETA,
the
NRA can focus on the many black marks on PeTA's records, and tie them to
the
underlying concepts of Animal Rights, the premises of the ideology, if you
will, to reveal AR/AL for what they are.
This is going to get very interesting folks - PeTA no longer has a free
ride.
Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not
have, nor do they deserve, either one." Benjamin Franklin.
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