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    WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Rev. Jesse Jackson's
 attempt Tuesday in city rallies to generate support for more restrictive
 gun legislation clashes with public opinion on this civil rights issue,"
 right to self-defense advocate John M. Snyder said here today.
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     Zogby International early this month found in a poll of 1,020 Americans
 that 66 percent of the American voting public sees no need for new gun
 control laws, Snyder noted.
     "Frustrated with this public opposition," said Snyder, "Jackson and the
 gun grabbers are trying to intimidate legislators into supporting their
 radical agenda with these emotionally-charged rallies.
     "Legislators should wise up to Jackson and company. Millions of voters
 already know that U.S. Representatives and Senate Judiciary Committee
 members failed to consider constituent sentiment when they rushed to
 approve a National Instant Check System (NICS) 'improvements' bill earlier
 this summer. Why should legislators in Congress and state legislatures
 continually fly in the face of public opinion regarding the individual
 Second Amendment civil right to keep and bear arms?"
     Snyder said, "One policy initiative which demonstrably would meet with
 overwhelming support is the elimination of public funding of colleges and
 universities which prohibit students and professors from carrying guns on
 campus when they have state issued permits to carry concealed firearms.
     "A recent Internet survey by the Washington Post's freely distributed
 Express revealed that 85 percent of 1,658 poll respondents favored allowing
 college students who have permits to carry guns on campus." See
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-gGY4tc2U8.
     "Congress and state legislatures," said Snyder, "would be well-advised
 to ignore Jackson and other gun-grabbing ax grinders and listen instead to
 the heartbeat of the American public."
     A former NRA editor, Snyder is Manager of Telum Associates, LL.C,
 Public Affairs Director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and
 Bear Arms, PR Director of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, and
 Treasurer of the Second Amendment Foundation. He serves on the Board of the
 American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens and is author of the
 book Gun Saint.
     Contact: John Snyder of Telum Associates, LL.C
               +1-703-212-9863
 
 

SOURCE Telum Associates, LL.C