Would the real NRA please come forward

Responsible Firearms Ownership

I present the following for your information only. While exchanging email with fellow shooters I came across a message from Bruce Chesley. What caught my attention was his tag line or sig file. This is a piece of text that is automatically added at the end of your outgoing mail if you have your email program setup that way. He does. Part of his said "Treason for $$$: ALL "pro 2A" orgs. I emailed him to ask just what he meant by that. Here is what followed, with his permission to publish here.

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:53:35 -0500 jeff loveless <jlove@seark.net>
writes:

Bruce,
I'm curious. When you get time could you explain to me
what you mean by the last part of your sig, as quoted below ?
jeff

>> Bruce Chesley wrote:
>> Treason for $$$: ALL "pro 2A" orgs.

>Bruce Chesley wrote:
>
>>      I have been a member in ALL the leading allegedly pro 2A
>> orgs. I became an nra Lifer before I knew that they have
>> been the longest and biggest gun control promoter. I was
>> a jpfo Founder in 1989 and became its MA Field Rep. then its
>> New England Field Rep. until 1998, when I discovered that
>> zelman had financially ripped me off. I had concluded by 1992 that
>> zelman was lying about wanting to genuinely "destroy gun control".
>> Former jpfo Research Director, Jay Simkin, and former jpfo Director,
>> Alan Rice, had concluded the same by 1993. So have several
>> others.
>>      Re the nra treason: Obtain the March 1968 American Rifleman
>> and read the article beginning on page 22. Summarily, then nra
>> president, frank orth, admits that "the nra was originally founded
>> to promote workable gun control laws (sic)". The congressional
>> public record documents their pro gun control testimony FOR the
>> 1934 nfa, 1936 ffa and the 1968 gca, just to name a few. Contact
>> your local library or the Library Of Congress in DC, and ask for the
>> Federal Repository near you. Contact them and ask for the public
>> congressional testimony for the aforementioned laws. Note who
>> from the nra says what. Via www.discountbooks.com, obtain the
>> book "Gun Control" by Robert J. Kukla, edited for publication by
>> Harlon Carter - yes, THE Harlon Carter. Read this book.
>>      To summarize all orgs. They ALL use the same formula to make
>> money while being ineffective. Politicians and the informed know
>> this. ALL these organization have known for a very long time, how
>> to wage the right war to restore the 2A, and they have refused to
>> do so. WHY ??? While Americans view these organizations as
>> "the great defenders", they are in reality, BUSINESSES. BUSINESSES
>> stay in BUSINESS by creating and maintaining the need for their
>> product(s) and / or service(s). I submit to you that increasing
>> anti weapons laws have been excellent for BUSINESS.
>>      You may be familiar with the statement "When they (government)
>> call for confiscation, that will be the final line drawn in the sand !!!"
>> Well, Jeff, I hope you're sitting down. That "final line in the sand"
>> happened with the 1934 nfa, which the nra willfully conspired with
>> congress to write, lobby for it get it passed, enacted and administered.
>> Since the 1934 nfa, the "mopping up campaign" has been well under
>> way. Don't believe me ? Obtain Blacks Law Dictionary at your local
>> library or court house law library. Look up the legal terms "de facto"
>> and "confiscation" and THINK about what you just read. I did and sent
>> my inquiry to Constitutional Attorney, Larry Becraft. If you are
>> familiar with the pro American movement, then you know who Attorney
>> Becraft is. He agreed with me that de facto confiscation is in
>> effect. So where was the next American Revolution ? It never
>> happened.
>>      The bottom line is "If anti weapons laws went away, how would all
>> these, inmost cases, highly salaried and perked org. officers and
>> employees make the same or better income and perks elsewhere ?"
>> And no, the usual knee jerk answer about promoting ownership and
>> training, is NOT the answer. The fact is they would NOT be able to
>> make that much money.
>>
>> Bruce Chesley
>> Truth is a terrible cross to bear.
>> Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.". Thomas Paine
>> Treason for $$$: ALL "pro 2A" orgs.
>>

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:19:58 -0500 jeff loveless <jlove@seark.net>
writes:

>Bruce,
>
>You have certainly provided me with a different view of some of the 2A
>groups. I will check the sources you mention and read what I can
>find. At this point, being "for" the NRA and GOA is very deeply ingrained, but
>I am open minded and more interested in the truth than blind loyalty to any
>group. In fact, I would like to include your email or a detailed article
>from you, on my web site, with your permission of course. It would either
>help educate people (like me) or stimulate debate. Or both! Either way,
>truth has a way of being outed. The page where I would like to place
>your information is:
>
>http://www.seark.net/~jlove/issues.htm
>
>where it would be in a searchable database. My 'homepage' is at
>
>http://www.seark.net/~jlove/firearms.htm
>
>Consider writing an article describing your position and I will gladly
>add it to my page. Or, if you have already written or published a similar
>article, perhaps I could link to it.
>
>What you have to say should be read and I would like to have it on my
>website. Again, only with your permission.
>
>jeff
>

And on 8-23-01 Bruce sent me the following:

If you would like to post our cross thread onto your website,
then you may do so AS IS with the understanding that this
information represents the tip of the iceberg. I have other
information that I am researching and verifying.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free
to email them to me.
Sincerely,
Bruce Chesley
Truth is a terrible cross to bear.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.". Thomas Paine
Treason for $$$: ALL "pro 2A" orgs.

If anyone would care to add to this or provide comments, email me.

Mr. Chesley may be reached at Bruce Chesley <excalibur25@juno.com>

Jeff Loveless