Fw: Gun Control Petition

["Margaret M Gullette" <mgullette@xxxxxxx>]

There is an Internet campaign afoot to tell our representatives that
we've had enough of the NRA and its misuse of the second amendment.
("Boys and Guns" seems to be the theme this spring, nationally and
internationally.) It's time for government to accept its proper role
in regulating firearms.  You can sign the petition at this link:
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>    http://www.moveon.org/children/
>
They forward all the signatures (i.e., this gets read). What follows
is a letter I received with the request to sign.

Resident Scholar, Women's Studies, Brandeis
e-mail: mgullette@xxxxxxx
617-965-2164
Home page:www.brandeis.edu/wmns/gullette.html
Declining to Decline judged "best feminist book on American popular
culture" (1998 Emily Toth Award)


-----Original Message-----
From: info@xxxxxxxxxx <info@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: mgullette@xxxxxxx <mgullette@xxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 10:00 AM
Subject: Petition Confirmation




>Like most people, I've been disturbed at the rise of violence in our
lives.  But Littleton really brings it home.  It seems ridiculous to
me that that guns can be picked up at gun shows without even a
background check.  Why aren't guns regulated for safety like other
consumer products?  Thousands of small children could be saved by
simple child safety standards for handguns.  Extremists are obviously
still running the show in Washington, but I believe it can change.
>
>MoveOn is the group that ran the online anti-impeachment campaign
last year.  They got a half million people to speak out.  And it made
a difference.  It only takes a minute to sign.  And then if you send
a message on to your friends and colleagues, the ball will really get
rolling.  It's up to us.
>
>Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think would
be interested.  Don't send this message indiscriminately.  Spam hurts
the campaign.