 The following is an excerpt from J. Neil Schulman's book 
 SELF CONTROL Not Gun Control, to be published Nov. 30,
 1995 by Synapse--Centurion.  Reproduction in computer file
 and message bases is permitted for informational purposes
 only. Copyright (c) 1995 by J. Neil Schulman.  All other
 rights reserved.


The following article appeared in _Out of Step_ Vol. 3, No. 11
November 25, 1994.

                       PUTTING REPUBLICAN
                        FEET TO THE FIRE


      Maybe you have noticed that the Second Amendment is not
mentioned in the Republican Contract With America.

     Maybe you have noticed that Republican spokespeople have
not been mentioning gun owners as having played a significant
part in turning the Congress of the United States over to a
Republican majority in both houses for the first time in four
decades.

     Maybe you have noticed that Republicans seem to be
treating gun owners like an embarrassing rich cousin at a wedding
feast. The gifts were too extravagant not to invite the
cousin--but the cousin is seated as far away from the bride and
groom as possible.

     My fellow gun owners, I am not happy about this--and I
darn well don't trust politicians to do the right thing unless
they are given no wiggle room whatsoever.

     I propose the following:

     First, if you are not a registered Republican, switch
your registration to Republican. Next, Republican gun owners must
send letters to the Republican leadership--Newt Gingrich and Bob
Dole, in particular--explaining that we are neither trustful nor
patient when it comes to our Second Amendment rights. Tell them
why you voted on November 8th--whether it was primarily your
concerns about prayers in schools or your concerns about the
right to keep and bear arms that brought you out to the polls in
an off-year election.

     Third, we need to raise a national political war chest
for the 1996 elections. We need to raise a large amount of money
soon enough to explain to the Republican leadership that if they
pass laws restoring our Second Amendment rights, this money will
be spent on Republican candidates in the 1996 general elections;
but if the Republicans _fail_ to restore our Second Amendment
rights by this time in 1995, the money will be spent in
Republican primaries to defeat the Republican leaders who failed
to deliver for us--and to make especially sure that no Republican
candidate who isn't 100% dedicated to protecting our Second
Amendment rights will get anywhere near the Republican nomination
for president in 1996.

     You may not have realized the political clout we just
demonstrated on November 8th. We had better let the Republican
leadership know that we aren't wallflowers at this wedding
celebration and if they don't ask us onto the dance floor fast,
they just aren't going to enjoy the honeymoon.

                               ***


          And as I look at the Republican leadership's
     performance six months later, it's a mixed bag.
     Newt Gingrich has included a chapter on the importance
     of the Second Amendment in his book; Bob Dole committed
     himself to repeal of the anti-firearms provisions of
     the 1994 Crime Law ... yet in the wake of the Oklahoma
     bombing, the Republican leadership can't hold together
     the votes to repeal the "assault weapons" and magazine
     bans ... and a Republican-chaired House subcommittee--
     with time-limits and softball questions--failed to bring
     out the truth about who were the real criminals at Waco.

          This may be outdated information by the time this
     book sees print.  Books have a long lead time between
     writing and printing.  But if the Republicans don't get
     their act together, grass-roots politicking by gun
     owners is going to give them a kick in the butt they
     won't like.                                      --JNS

                                ***


                         THE NEW BOOK
                    from J. Neil Schulman!

                           Author of 
        STOPPING POWER: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns


                 SELF CONTROL Not Gun Control


   "Schulman interestingly and insightfully raises a number of
  liberty-related issues that we ignore at the nation's peril.
   His ideas are precisely those that helped make our country
  the destination of those seeking liberty.  The book's title
 says it all: personal responsibility, not laws and prohibitions,
                is the mark of a civil society."
     Professor Walter E. Williams, Chairman
     Department of Economics
     George Mason University
     Fairfax, Virginia


Publisher: Synapse--Centurion
Price: $24.95 U.S.; $32.95 Canada
Publication Date: November 30, 1995
Approx. Shipping Date: Oct. 15, 1995
ISBN: 1-882639-05-7
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 95-74682

Full info is on J. Neil Schulman's World Wide Web Page at:  
http://www.pinsight.com/~zeus/jneil/ or download the file
SELFCONT.ZIP from GunTalk.

                     *** ORDER INFO ***

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  Mail:                 P.O. Box 94, Long Beach, CA 90801-0094
  Voice Mail:           (500) 44-JNEIL
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