Got this e-mail to pass on . Was un able to copy the letter head, but here is the content:


Hello, my name is Rich Pearson and I have been active in the firearm rights movement for over 40 years. For the past 15 years, I have served in the Illinois state capitol as the chief lobbyist for the Illinois State Rifle
Association. I lobbied Barack Obama extensively while he was an Illinois State Senator. As a result of that experience, I know Obama

After seeing this I tried to research elements of it and hit a stone wall. Obama's official literature makes a vague reference to supporting the 2nd Amendment without stating which interpretation, although I'm pretty sure it isn't the "Anything goes" position of the NRA. After that it goes into "sportsmen's issues", hunting and fishing, without discussing the specific allegations. Obviously I'd like to see more target ranges and encouragement of responsible gun ownership, not Assault Weapons Ban II and death by a thousand cuts for the US arms industry.

Never mind - clearly anti-gun. Time to focus on congressional members.

please visit www.nralla.org/obama for a detailed look at the junior seanators view on the 2nd amendment.