NOTICE: Seeking Handicapped Gun Owners
NOTICE: Seeking Physically
Disabled Gun Owners
Whose Right to Keep And Bear Arms for
Self Defense is Being Denied by the State
May 28, 2002
KeepAndBearArms.com -- One of the most
outrageous and disgusting types of anti-self-defense prohibitions we know of
involves people who are physically disabled or disadvantaged. There are American
veterans of foreign wars -- crippled in the line of duty, no less -- who will go
to jail if they are "caught" exercising their right to keep and bear
arms. There are women gunowners in wheelchairs who go out on the streets of
American cities unarmed because they fear criminal prosecution -- cities where a
sane woman should be prepared, and able, to protect herself.
This is UNACCEPTABLE!
We are currently doing research in the area of
armed self-defense for people who have some type of physical disability. We are
specifically asking for people who meet the following qualifications to please
make contact as soon as possible. If you:
• have some type of physical disability
that makes you more vulnerable to predators than the general population;
• live in a city or state where it
is illegal to carry a firearm to defend your precious life from violent
criminals;
• are
willing to provide specific information about your disability;
• are
a gun owner who feels maligned by your city/state's prohibition on your right to
self-defense; and
• are
willing to consider being a plaintiff in an aggressive lawsuit on your behalf,
once we get to that stage, OR are at least willing to have details of your
situation publicly exposed in the media,
then please get in touch with us, first by
email.
When you write, please offer a couple of
paragraphs that describe the following:
• your
name, age, race, gender, and specifics about your disability that should be
considered by a reasonable person as compelling need for having your right to
carry a firearm for self-defensive purposes honored;
• where
you live and what it's like living under an anti-self-defense prohibition with
your disability;
• any
attempts you've made to secure your right to keep and bear arms for
self-defense, and the results (send scanned images of documentation if you
have them available);
• the
extent to which you'd be willing to go, within your own moral boundaries, to
restore your rights; and
• anything
else that is in your heart to share.
We'd be especially interested in cases where
people with serious disabilities have been arrested for exercising their right
to keep and bear arms. If the case is still pending, all the better.
Please note that unless stated otherwise, it
will be assumed that the information you share can be used publicly to expose
the wrongful violation of your rights. If you have concerns about your
name being made public and you're still willing to share information as long as
we maintain your anonymity, consider this a public vow that your anonymity will
be honored to the utmost. REPEAT: Under no circumstances will we EVER share your
identity unless authorized, by you, to do so -- yet we are looking for
folks who'll go public.
Please contact us by emailing Disabled@KeepAndBearArms.com.
Please give your email the subject of KABA DISABLED GUNOWNER.
NOTE: If your disability is such that writing a
couple of paragraphs is difficult for you, please at least send your name, city,
state and phone number and a note that says you meet the above criteria -- and
expect a personal call from a KeepAndBearArms.com Representative as soon as we
are able to get back to you. Please be patient as we don't know what kind
of response this request will yield -- if it's extensive, response time may be
longer.
This research was sparked by a man who lives in
an anti-self-defense city who has tried repeatedly -- and failed -- to secure
legal acknowledgement of his right to keep and bear arms. Unfortunately, we lost
contact with this gentleman, his case was strong and compelling, and we know
there must be others who've been similarly abused. We consider exploration in
this arena to be highly meritorious -- to expose the ruthlessness of the
anti-self-defense movement, and to make inroads toward restoring the right of
the people to keep and bear arms in the Criminal Empowerment Zones.
