'Now Is Time for Deep Reflection, Not Dancing in Blood' Says SAF

    BELLEVUE, Wash., April 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, as the
 nation is mourning Monday's horrible loss at Virginia Tech, this should be
 a time of deep reflection and offering our prayers for the victims and
 their heartbroken families.
     Sadly, noted Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation,
 some groups and individuals are using this terrible crime to further their
 own political cause: the continued erosion of firearm civil rights and the
 abolition of firearm ownership in the United States.
     "Almost from the moment the first news broke about this monstrous
 crime," Gottlieb said, "we at SAF have been forced to respond to staccato
 attacks from gun control organizations whose goal is to destroy the Second
 Amendment. Perhaps we should be astonished, but in fact, we are once again
 simply disappointed in the morbid exploitation of this event. We are
 grateful, however, that the media has given us an opportunity to respond to
 these attacks. There was a time in the past when that did not happen.
     "These groups, that so quickly have tried to politicize Virginia Tech's
 sorrow and loss, have a well-documented history of shamelessly dancing in
 the blood of crime victims to advance their agenda," he continued. "Such
 deplorable behavior should not be forgotten by the American public. Eighty
 million law-abiding gun owners in this country did not go to Virginia Tech
 or some other college campus yesterday to unleash carnage. They have harmed
 no one, and their civil rights should not be erased in response.
     "Today, we should all stand together as Americans with broken hearts,"
 Gottlieb added. "Today, we are all Virginia Tech students and alumni.
 Today, we are all diminished by this great loss.
     "There will be plenty of time in the days and weeks ahead to analyze
 what happened, to try and make some sense of such a senseless act, and to
 examine what may have gone wrong and learn from it," Gottlieb stated. "For
 now, let us direct our emotions toward where they will do the most good.
 Let us offer our prayers and support to the families of the victims, and to
 the thousands of students whose lives will be forever changed by this
 despicable, cowardly act."
     The Second Amendment Foundation (http://www.saf.org) is the nation's
 oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal
 action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately
 own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more
 than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to
 better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
 
 

SOURCE Second Amendment Foundation