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According to Vol. 5, No. 40, NRA-ILA FAX ALERT of 10/9/98:
"On Thursday, Mr. LaPierre, announced the
appointment of James Jay Baker to the position of Executive
Director of NRA-ILA, effective immediately.
"Jim Baker is a staunch defender of Second Amendment
freedoms with a strong NRA background,"
LaPierre said. "He has served NRA in the past as an expert
in federal elections law, as Director
of our Federal Affairs Division, and, until 1994, as Executive
Director of the Institute for Legislative
Action. NRA members know Jim Baker, and they know the fight
for their rights is in capable hands."
The appointment marks a return for Baker to the position
he held from 1991 to 1994.
"Jim Baker returns to the NRA with an incredible wealth of experience and
expertise as an aggressive defender
of our Second Amendment freedoms. He has an exemplary reputation
on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures,
and Jim is highly regarded by the nearly three million NRA
members and the nation's firearms
owning community. Jim Baker is a hunter, a firearms expert and a
skilled legislative strategist.
Our members have full confidence that the fight for their rights is
in capable hands."
I have promised you, the reader, that "Gun Owners Alliance" is where you would read "The R E S T of the Story!" It will suprise me if any other pro-gun group touches on the topic I will touch on NOW:
You can read the entire story at:
http://www.gunownersalliance.com/turkey.htm
Jim Baker is not the friend of Gun Owners, THAT IS, if you believe that the Brady Bill and the Instant Check is the Trojan Horse of the Pro-Gun Community. Read on:
As the noted writer and attorney David Kopel has written in an
Independence Institute monograph on waiting periods:
Significantly, the instant check is subject to the sameproblem
of creating a gun and gun-owner registration
system as is a waiting period. As the [1989 Justice Department]
Task Force observes, "Any system that
requires a criminal history record check prior to purchaseof
a firearm creates the potential for the automated
tracking of individuals who seek to purchase firearms."
Even now, we know that the Federal Register on June 4, 1998,Volume 63, Number 107, at pages 30514-30517 and 30429-30438, and on August 17, 1998, Volume 63, Number 158, at pages 43893-43897, state on page 30432:
"The FBI will maintain an automated Audit
Log of all transactions that pass through the NICS.
Transactions relating to firearm
transfer approvals in the Audit Log will be maintained
for eighteen months."
Yes, the Instant check will come into place on November 30, 1998,
and will maintain a LIST of firearms owner purchasers for 18 months.
Oh, the FBI will maintain the list.
But who passed this "Trojan
Horse" through?
In part, we can thank Mr. Jim Baker, which now is the NRA-ILA's Executive Director and Chief Lobbyist. Read on:
Starting in 1989, the NRA, under Warren Cassidy, has chosen to fight gun control with . . . national computerized gun control. Jim Baker of the NRA was quoted by USA Today on October 26, 1993 (P. 7A) as saying: " We already support 65% of the Brady bill, because it moves to an instant check, which is what we want."
And even before the voting started, Jim Baker was conceding defeat.
Readers of the Tuesday, November 16 issue of USA Today learned this:
"It doesn't make a heck of a lot of difference" whetherthe
Brady bill is voted on separately or as part of
the crime package, says NRA lobbyist Jim Baker. "Whetherit's
before Thanksgiving or when they get
back in January (the Brady bill) is going to
happen."
Imagine getting ready for a championship game and your coachtells you your side is beaten before you've taken the field. Would you give your best effort? The NRA through Jim Baker, was publicly conceding defeat even before the first vote was taken on the Brady Bill/Instant Check.
You can read the entire story at:
http://www.gunownersalliance.com/turkey.htm
When politicians vote for the NRA compromise gun control bill,how
can the NRA (or anyone else) justifiably criticize these people
for supporting gun control? A memo released on this matter by Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) illustrates the problem. She said:
[A] complete substitute bill was offered by Senators Doleand
Mitchell. This legislation, which I supported,
differed drastically from the original Brady Bill. Itprovided
for accelerated implementation of the
national instant-check [sic], which I and other gun rights
supporters have long sought, followed by
elimination of any waiting period. THE NRA DESCRIBEDTHE SENATE'S
APPROVAL OF THIS
SUBSTITUTE BILL AS A VICTORY. [Emphasis added.]
This is exactly how the NRA described the passage of the first national gun control law since 1968. On November 20, 1993, the Senate passed a bill that would certainly impose a minimum of five days waiting period everywhere in the United States. Yet the Associated Press reported that NRA "spokesman Bill McIntrye" was saying that the instant background check also in the bill "will be a victory for gun owners."
The Online Report to the F I R E A R M S C O A L I T I O N back in January 6, 1993, Release 1.3, states:
"Tanya Metaksa is Wayne LaPierre's choice toreplace
James J. Baker.....When the press finds
out about it -- as they're about to througharticles
in Gun Week and Fishing and Hunting News
they'll undoubtedly report that Baker has
been ousted because of enactment of the Brady Bill.
It is unclear why Jim Baker left NRA-ILA back in January of
1993. However, that is not the important point of this
quote. What is interesting is that even the liberal press knew
what Mr. Baker accomplished as head of NRA-ILA, when the Brady Bill
passed.
Now you know who will be the NEW "Chief Lobbyist" for NRA-ILA,and
now you know, "The R E S T of the Story."
NRA. The "winning" team?