jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (01/14/87)
Article: 1:34 An open letter to Jon Kaplowitz: Whew.. I gather you're not happy about the MV bill. Neither am I. Anything sneaking in trying to errode (and eventually destroy) our 2nd Ammendment rights is not kosher in my book. The same goes for my other rights as well! However, I think we've been getting a little more political than we should be in this group. Before you take this to mean that we shouldn't keep each other informed about situations that could endanger our ownership of guns, let me ensure you that that is not what I am saying. What I am saying is this: If we post too many obviously biased political arguments to this group, yet reject the anti-gunner articles (which is what I do), we will be justly accused of unfair censorship, and violating the right of free speach. We need to know when new laws could drastically affect our hobby/way of life, but not to vent our political spleens on a public forum. I certainly am not attacking Jon. I have posted all of his articles on the current state of the NRA so far because I felt they were valuable (as are most of his other articles). I think, however, that less emotionally charged (or fewer, more encapsulated) articles are the way to go. This way we can hope to avoid the corruption of this group with politics (which is a corruption in general). Let's hear it for more articles on the more pleasant aspects of this sport! Jordan Hubbard Moderator: mod.rec.guns USENET: ..ucbvax!jkh ARPA: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu