This letter was [supposedly] written by Michael Moore, the documentary
filmmaker, whose
new film "Bowling for Columbine" is now hitting the nation's theaters. But
he also sent out this letter to his audience and, I'd like to share his
ideas with you. Please take the few minutes to read his important message,
and
what we can make our voices heard on Election Day, Nov. 5th.


Dear friends,


Yesterday, Larry Bennett, a 16-year old, was shot in the head after he was

involved in a minor traffic accident. You probably didn't hear about it

because, well, how could he be dead if he wasn't shot by The Sniper?


Yesterday, an unidentified woman was shot to death in her car in Fenton,

MI. You probably didn't hear about it because she had the misfortune of not

being shot by The Sniper.


Two nights ago, Charles D. Bennett, 48, an apartment security guard, was

shot to death after confronting two teenagers in his parking lot in

Memphis, TN. You probably didn't hear about it because the sniper was too

busy sleeping in his car that night, and thus, poor Charles was not shot by

The Sniper.


Yes, The Sniper has apparently been caught, so we can go back now to NOT

reporting the DOZENS of gun deaths that occur every day, the ones that just

aren't newsworthy because they happen in all those old boring ways --

unlike the ways of The Sniper, who was interesting and creative and

exciting and scary! He played so much better on the news.


Of course, had Congress not caved in to the NRA we would have known after

the first HOUR of the first day of the killings three weeks ago that those

bullets were coming out of a rifle that belonged to John Williams/Mohammad.

How would we know this? It's right there in the state records in New

Jersey: this gun was purchased this past July, under the name of John

Mohammad!


Many more people died needlessly in the days and weeks after that first

hour of the shootings, and every one of their deaths could have probably

been prevented had we had a national ballistics fingerprinting data base.


Thank you, Mr. Heston for this unnecessary carnage. Thank you, Mr. Bush,

for supporting Mr. Heston and his group's agenda -- which protects only the

criminals.


And thank you, Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., for providing the gun used to

shoot the 13 people in the DC area. Bushmaster's president, Richard E.

Dyke, was the Maine finance chairman of George W. Bush's 2000 Presidential

campaign. According to Business Week, Dyke had to step down as Bush's

finance chair "after reporters began quizzing him about his business

dealings. Bushmaster Firearms Inc., is notorious for using loopholes to

sidestep a 1994 federal ban on assault rifles." Bush and Bushmaster. Too

tragically perfect.


If everyone reading this letter (and you now number in the millions) would

share this fact with just one person who is thinking of skipping going to

the polls on Nov. 5th, I believe that on Nov. 6th, Mr. Bush will have

neither the Senate nor the House doing his or Heston's bidding. Americans

don't like people who assist serial killers in being able to ratchet up

their kills because The Sniper knows that his bullets are prohibited by law

from being traced to his gun.


That, in a nutshell, is what the NRA is all about -- and I implore all

responsible gun owners and hunters to join with me in putting an end to the

NRA agenda once and for all. Don't give Bush his majority on November 5th.

He's already seen to it that his cronies in big business have wiped out

your 401 (K), and they are doing their best to see that you are left with

no pension at all. That alone should be reason enough to NOT pull a single

lever for a Republican on Nov. 5th. Send a message. Do something brave.


Yours,


Michael Moore

mike@...

www.michaelmoore.com




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