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March 22, 2002

LETTER IN SUPPORT OF AUGUSTUS ALZONA

From: Aaron Zelman, Executive Director
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership

In Montgomery County, Maryland, Augustus Alzona is in trouble with the
Democrat and Republican parties and the Jewish Community Council of
Greater Washington. Republican officials have started proceedings to
remove Alzona from his position on the local Republican Central
Committee.

What exactly did Alzona do to bring such wrath down upon his head? He
distributed a flyer (created by the Tyranny Response Team) implying that
a proposed gun registration and licensing scheme (which would require
all gun buyers also to submit to fingerprinting and mug shots) was
Hitlerian. The flyer showed the faces of three Democrat politicians
digitally imposed onto photographs of Nazi soldiers.

Apparently some critics have decided that this flyer constitutes "hate
speech" and is even "anti-Semitic." And therefore, Mr. Alzona must go.

Earth to critics:

1. Fact: The Nazis (initially using existing laws of the Weimar
Republic) required registration of firearms. Hitler then used these laws
to confiscate all firearms from Jews, thus making it more difficult to
fight back against his Final Solution. The flyer Mr. Alzona distributed
is accurate in implying that "gun control" advocates have something in
common with Nazis.

2. Fact: Calling an opponent a Nazi can hardly be "anti-Semitic," and
it's astonishing anyone could be so ignorant as to think so. In this
case, it's PRO-Semitic. It is a warning to Jews and other minorities (of
which Mr. Alzona himself is one) not to trust excessive government
control. From Pharaohs to the Tsars to Stalin to -- yes -- Hitler,
powerful governments have never been good for the Jews. It's a mystery
why so many Jews in America support citizen disarmament. Do America's
Jewish Councils have the same mindset as their predecessors, the ghetto
"Judenrat" of Europe, which urged their people to cooperate with the
Nazis -- until almost none of their people were left? (This attitude was
clearly depicted in the NBC-TV film, "Uprising," which can now be seen
on video.)

3. Fact: Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership has repeatedly
documented the connection between "gun control" and genocide, including
Hitler's Final Solution, in books ("Death by Gun Control", "Gateway to
Tyranny") and articles (http://www.jpfo.org/genocide.htm). Anyone who
doubts the accuracy of the TRT's flyer can look at the documents on our
Web site.

4. Finally, to the accusation that Mr. Alzona's distribution of the
flyer constitutes "hate speech," I can only say, "Wake up. You live in
America. We have free speech here, not governmental mind control. When
freedom is at stake, political speech can -- and should -- be vehement
and strong." In this case, I remind you, it was not only strong, but
accurate.

I am a Jew, a Semite. My organization, Jews for the Preservation of
Firearms Ownership, has used the image of Hitler to characterize those
who want to control, and eventually deprive us of, our firearms
(http://www.jpfo.org/allinfavor.htm). This image is one of the most
popular JPFO has ever produced -- and it's popular with both Jewish and
Gentile supporters.

If you want to take me on for producing "anti-Semitic" "hate speech," go
ahead - make my day.

Sincerely,
Aaron Zelman
Executive Director
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
P.O. Box 270143
Hartford, WI 53027
Phone (262) 673-9745
Fax (262) 673-9746

(You may distribute this letter as you see fit.)

--
Webmaster
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
http://www.jpfo.org/