"Project Exile" Condemnation Coalition

We Condemn "Project Exile"


To All Americans:

The current NRA leaderships "Project Exile" program
demands "zero tolerance" enforcement of all existing federal gun
laws. But mostif not allof these laws are unconstitutional
violations of the Second Amendment. American firearm owners and
supporters of the Bill of Rights have invested countless millions of
dollars and man-hours to prevent these same laws from ever being
passed. Clear-thinking Americans continue to work tirelessly to repeal
them.

Enemies of the right of self-defense and the Second Amendment, such as
Handgun Control Inc., Bill Clinton, and Charles Schumer, all strongly support
"Project Exile, because "Project Exile" is an official
endorsement of these onerous gun laws including the
infamous 1994 "Crime Bill" which outlawed "high
capacity" magazines and banned perfectly Constitutional militia
rifles.

The NRAs current leadership says that "Project Exile" is
aimed at convicting violent felons. But of course these laws can beand
will beused against any citizen who breaks them.
"Project Exile" demands enforcement, with Zero Tolerance and
minimum 5-year prison terms, of current federal laws enforceable
against any American man or woman who, for example:

*  attaches a +2 extension to a "post-ban" Glock pistol
magazine

*  attaches a flash suppresser, folding stock, or bayonet lug to a
"post ban" militia rifle

*  accidentally carries a concealed weapon (with state
"license" or not) into a federally prohibited area, such as
near a school or into a post office

*  drives to another state to give a family member (even a son or a
granddaughter) a handgun without going through the instant check
registration scheme

*  possesses a gun while subject to a restraining order, regardless of
the absence of violence, and without a trial or any legal adversarial
process having taken place

*  commits ANY minor infraction of ANY unconstitutional federal gun law

Should Americans go to prison for the acts described above? "Project
Exile" says YES.

There is no connection between supporting the Bill of Rights and
supporting federal laws that are un-American. Moreover, the
agencies that enforce such laws slaughtered over eighty people in Waco,
shot to death a young boy and his mother at Ruby Ridge, and continually
commit brutal acts against citizens under the guise of "gun
control". The "legal" excuse behind the Waco massacre was
the unproved suspicion of "illegal" machine gun
possession. The "legal" excuse behind the Ruby Ridge killings
was a shotgun that may have been inch too short. Both are
examples of "zero tolerance".

As for the issue of crime, dissatisfaction regarding the removal of
criminals from our streets should be directed toward state and local
lawmaking bodiesthe same entities which often refuse to reduce crime
by respecting our right to bear arms for self-defense.

Governments have murdered tens of millions of their own citizens in the
last century alonemass murders that were often greatly facilitated by
civilian disarmament aided by firearms registration. Conventional
criminals continue daily to add to their terrible toll of victims.
Therefore we call upon legislators to repeal ALL LAWS which infringe upon
the right of Americans to freely carry arms in defense of self, family,
and country. And we call on the NRAs leadership to repudiate
"Project Exile", which, by supporting such laws, is a grotesque
betrayal of the eighty-three million American firearm owners who conduct
peaceable lives every day; a betrayal of the Second Amendment; and a
betrayal of the entire Bill of Rights, the Constitution, and the freedoms
Americans hold dear.

This statement is endorsed by the following:

Anti-"Exile",
Pro-Second Amendment Coalition Organizers

Brian Puckett, President, Citizens Of
America; Co-founder, GunTruths.com

Angel Shamaya, Founder, Exec. Director, KeepAndBearArms.org/.com

Russ Howard, Exec. Director, Citizens Against Corruption; Past
Director, NRA, On Exile

Larry Pratt, Exec. Director, Gun Owners of
America

Anti-"Exile",
Pro-Second Amendment Coalition Members

Aaron Zelman,
Exec. Director, Jews for the Preservation of
Firearms Ownership

Leroy Pyle, President, Paul Revere Network;
Past NRA Director; Founding Exec. Director, Law
Enforcement Alliance of America; NRA Benefactor Member, NRA Law
Enforcement Committee; NRA Firearms Instructor

Steve Silver, President, Lawyers Second Amendment
Society; Co-founder GunTruths.com;
Sec. Amendment Attorney

Albert Ross, Director, Texas State Rifle Association; Treasurer, Dallas Arms
Collectors Association, Inc.; Past NRA Director & 2nd Vice-President

Nancy Herrington, Executive Vice President, Women Against Gun Control,
Georgia State
Director - Women Against Gun Control

Sarah Thompson, M.D., Founder, Executive Director, Utah Gun
Owners Alliance

Kevin Starrett, Executive Director, Oregon Firearms
Federation

Reginald Shinn,
State Chairman, California American Pistol & Rifle Association

Harry Schneider, Chairman, Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association

Gary S. Marbut, President, Montana Shooting Sports
Association

Larry Farrell,
President, Gun Owners of New Jersey

Tom Chandler,
Chairman, Capital District Shooters
Committee On Political
Education (SCOPE) NY's
Largest Second Amendment Civil Rights
Group

Ed Kelleher,
President, Grass Roots South
Carolina

Paul Valone,
President,  Grass
Roots North Carolina

Dudley Brown,
Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Gun
Owners

Bill Duff,
Legislative Chairman, Keystone Firearms Coalition [PA]

Jack Iannantuono,
Spokesman, Lehigh Valley Firearms Coalition representing nearly
20,000 second amendment supporters in eastern PA

John Harris,
Executive Director, Tennessee
Firearms Association, author of "Carrying a Handgun
for Self-Defense in Tennessee"

Barry Bright,
President, Free Kentucky

Jeff Chan,
President, RKBA.org

Larry R. Rankin,
Chairman, California American Pistol & Rifle Association, Santa
Barbara County; Life Member, GOA,
NRA, CRPA, LEAA, On Exile

Arthur "Art" Nichols,
President, N. Orange County NRA Members Council; NRA Life
Member, Benefactor, On Exile

David Gross,
Founding Director, Past Pres., Minnesota Gun Owners Civil Rights
Alliance; Former Chairman, NRA High-power Committee

Andrew E. Barniskis,
Legislative Chairman, Bucks County Sportsmen's Coalition [Pennsylvania]

John Birch,
President, Concealed Carry, Inc.

Nancyann Rutledge,
President, Citizens' Gun Rights
Alliance, (formerly the Santa Barbara NRA Members
Council, decertified after refusing to support gun control
and anti-gun candidates)

Bernie Oliver,
President, Brass Roots, Inc.
[Arizona]

Bob Glass,
President, Tyranny Response Team

A. Nathan Zeliff,
Founder and President, SaveOurGuns.com

Jerry F. Phillips,
Founder and Director, GunsAndCrime.com

Weldon Clark,
President, Second Amendment News

Melissa & Neal Seaman,
Co-Presidents, Fi9arms.com, On
Exile

H.S. "Gunnie" Reagan (Major, Retired (USAR),
NRA Life Member and Patron Member; Member GOA, SAF, Deer Tribe Gun
Club Founder, SASS, IDPA, USPSA, IPSC, Vietnam Veteran

L. Neil Smith,
Noted author,
pro-liberty and pro-Constitution activist

J. R. Nyquist,
Author, "Origins
of the Fourth World War", Archives

J.J. Johnson,
Editor-in-Chief, SierraTimes.com
[noted internet news magazine]

Arnold Gaunt,
Utah Republican Party State Central Committee member; NRA Endowment
member

Val Finnell, M.D.,
Past President, Virginia Citizens
Defense League

Chris BeHanna,
Past Board Member, Coalition of New Jersey
Sportsmen
Life GOA & NRA



To All Pro-RKBA organization executives and officers:  We
welcome your endorsement of this statement.  To add your name and/or
that of your organization, please email [email protected]
with your name, title, organization name, web site address, contact
phone numbers, and a brief statement about your concerns regarding
Project Exile.  Please also include any data or web site links you
have regarding this dangerous program.