28. Think Globally, Act Locally

``AND FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION, WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE
PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR
LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOUR.'' The Declaration of
Independence.

	When geese fly south for the winter, they adopt a ``V'' formation.
As each bird flaps, he creates an uplift for the bird immediately
behind. Consequently, by flying together in a V, the flock gets at
least a 71% greater range than if the birds flew individually.

	The hardest-working goose is the one at the front of the V, who
doesn't get the benefit of an uplift from following anyone. When the
lead goose gets tired, he drops back, and lets another goose take the
lead.

	The principles that work for geese work for people too. Working in
a group often helps you achieve much more than you could just by
yourself. And when people in a group share hard jobs, everyone remains
fresher for the long haul.

	Local gun issues affect far more than their locality. If bad gun
controls are enacted at the local level, it builds pressure on
Congress to make gun control national. As Sarah Brady points out,
state and local anti-gun laws are the ``building blocks'' for severe
national controls.

	Local groups fight the day-to-day battles on everything from
supporting pro-rights legislation in the state legislature to making
sure that shooting ranges aren't shut down by zoning laws.

	If there's no group in your area, contact one of the existing
groups listed below, and find out about setting up a local chapter.

	Some of the organizations below have telephone hotlines to keep
you up-to-date on developing legislation and other issues.

	The addresses and phone numbers listed below are the most recent
ones available to us, but some will have undoubtedly changed by the
time you read this. Groups are listed by state.

Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Association. PO Box 40962, Mesa, AZ
85274-0962.

FACT--Firearms Action Committee, Tucson, PO Box 27321, Tucson, AZ
85726.

Bay Area Professionals for Firearms Safety and Education. 101 First
Street, Suite 131, Los Altos, CA 94022. (408) 865-1720.

Californians Against Corruption. 115 W. California Blvd., Suite 225,
Pasadena CA 91105. These folks made a special point of exposing the
corrupt record of California Assembly Majority Leader Mike Roos, a
notorious anti-gunner and author of the infamous ``Roberti-Roos Assault
Weapon Ban.'' After a couple years of pressure, Roos was forced to
retire from the Assembly to take a non-elective job in Los Angeles
government. Californians Against Corruption now aims its fire at other
enemies of the Second Amendment, of whom there are plenty in
California.

California Organization for Public Safety (C.O.P.S.). 1451 South
Rimpau Ave., Suite 214, Corona, CA 91719. (714) 279-9953. Fax (714)
279-1185. Mr. Mike McNulty. Among COPS  many good works has been
exposing California government documents which demonstrate that the
state's ``assault weapon'' has been a fraud from its inception;
California government officials knew then, and know now, that the guns
are almost never used in violent crime.

California Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. 12062 Valley View St.,
Suite 107 Garden Grove CA 92645. This is California's NRA affiliate;
unlike the NRA affiliates in some other states, the CRPA is very
active in politics, and publishes a lengthy newsletter with
legislative updates.

California NRA Office. The NRA is organizing grassroots City Chapters
in several California cities. To get involved, call the NRA Grassroots
Coordinator, at (916) 446-2455.

Citizens For a Better Stockton, 6333 Pacific Ave., Suite 335,
Stockton, CA 95207. (209) 478-9633. Mr. Dale Thurston.

Committee to Enforce the Second Amendment. PO Box 94, Long Beach, CA
90801-0094. Mr. Neil Schulman.

Firearms Education Institute. Box 2193 El Segundo, CA 90245. Mr.
Michael Robbins.

Firearms Freedom Society. 7818 Stewart & Gray Road, #209, Downey, CA
90241.

Gun Owners ACTION Committee. 862 Granite Circle, Anaheim, CA 92806.
These folks are among the hardest-working activists in all of
California. They garnered national publicity in late 1990 by
successfully urging Californians to disobey the state's registration
law for so-called ``assault weapons.'' Leader T.J. Johnson burned a
registration card for the television cameras, just as Vietnam
protesters had burned their draft cards. They also do a fine
newsletter, We The People. Hotline (714) 871-4515.

Gun Owners of California. 3440 Viking Drive, # 106, Sacramento, CA
95827. (916) 361-3109. The GOC is one of the largest and oldest
activist groups in California, with 40,000 contributors. They work
especially effectively in state legislative races, although they
sometimes let other social issues, such as abortion, get in the way of
right to bear arms activism.

Quicksilver Coalition. PO Box 28873, San Jose, CA 95159. Mr. Jeff
Klopotic.

Firearms Coalition of Colorado. PO Box 1454, Englewood, CO 80150-1454.
Hotline: (303) 369-GUNS. A very strong grassroots organization.

Colorado State Shooting Association, PO Box 10425, Colorado Springs,
CO 80932. Formerly a sleepy domain of club shooters, now revitalized
into an active pro-rights, pro-safety association.

Pro Second Amendment Committee. PO Box 40191, Grand Junction, Colorado
81504. (303) 464-5282.

Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, PO Box 2506, CT 06146. (203)
245-8076; fax (203) 245-1957; legislative hotline (203) 722-3030.
Publishes the monthly Hook n' Bullet.

Delaware State Sportsmen's Association. PO Box 1786, Wilmington, DL
19899.

Unified Sportsmen of Florida, PO Box 6565, Tallahassee, FL 32314.
(904) 222-9518. USF's Marion Hammer is perhaps the most outstanding
state lobbyist for our cause in all fifty states. Because many trends
start in Florida, and because the balance of power in the legislature
is never stable, USF's work in Florida keeps us all safer nationally.
USF secured passage of the landmark legislation allowing citizens to
obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon for self-defense, after a
background check. The trend USF started in Florida is now spreading
nationwide.

Georgia State Shooting Association, P.O. Box 93345, Atlanta, GA 30318.
Telephone: (404) 874-6805. The group publishes the GSSA Sentinel. An
effective group in one of the key battleground states.

(Hawaii) Valley Isle Sport Shooters. P.O. Box 216, Puunene, HI 96784.

Illinois Informed Gun Owners, PO Box 9116, Downers Grove, IL
60515-9116.

Illinois State Rifle Association, PO Box 27, Kankakee, IL 60901.

Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association, PO Box 1322, Glen Burnie,
MD 21061. Mr. Fred Griiser. An extremely hard-working and powerful
state organization.

Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association, Inc., 2201 Victor
Court, Silver Spring, MD 20906. (301) 942-3329; fax (301) 942-7946.
Many gun dealers in Maryland--unlike their counterparts in some other
states--understand that unless they get actively involved in public
affairs, their business will be constricted and regulated until it
dies.

Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts. 14 Main St., Box 272,
Southboro, MA 01772. (508) 481-5112. How is it that in Massachusetts,
where three-term Governor Dukakis supported gun prohibition, not a
single major new statewide gun law has been enacted since 1976? The
Gun Owners Action League worked harder to preserve freedom than
Dukakis did to restrict freedom. GOAL makes a major effort to
encourage gun owners to register to vote, a strategy which should be
imitated by pro-rights groups in other states. The group makes
available to its members a Massachusetts legislative directory,
providing phone numbers and addresses for the whole state legislature.
(Another good idea for other groups to imitate.) GOAL also runs the
GOAL Foundation, which promotes firearms safety, and to which you can
make tax deductible contributions.

Motor City Sportsman's Association. PO Box 21383 Detroit MI 48221.
Motor City's feisty General Laney has been one of Michigan's
longest-standing supporters of civil rights.

Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance of Minnesota. PO Box 131254, St.
Paul, MN 55113. (612) 293-1269.

Minnesota Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. 4890 Hanson
Road, Shoreview, MN 55126.

Western Missouri Shooters' Alliance. 2900 Bedford Court, Blue Springs,
MO 64015. Also, PO Box 11144, Kansas City, MO 64119. Hotline: (816)
444-0228. Answering machines/phone lines (816) 229-5920, (816)
597-3533, (314) 567-2081, (314) 434-7322. Very involved in political
action, this group publishes a good monthly newsletter, The Bullet.
The Alliance is a key leader in the fight for laws allowing licensed,
trained citizens to carry concealed firearms.

Missouri Citizens for Civil Liberties. PO Box 9140, Richmond Heights,
MO 63117. Mr. John Ross.

Gun Owners of New Hampshire, RFD #1 Box 517, Andover, NH 03216. (603)
225-4664. A hard-working group which, thanks to its influence in the
New Hampshire presidential primary, has a major national impact.
Publishes the monthly Firearms and Freedom.

Coalition of New Jersey Sportsmen. PO Box 423, Oakhurst NJ 07753.
(201) 389-3355; (908) 889-5931. Ms. Barbara Nappan. Thanks to Governor
Jim Florio's plans to confiscate semi-automatics, New Jersey went from
the state with the weakest pro-rights movement to the strongest.
During the 1991 legislative elections, the Coalition played a major
role in ousting scores of anti-rights legislators.

Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs. P.O. Box 66,
Highland Lakes, NJ 07422. (201) 764-2433; (201) 661-0634. Like the
Coalition of New Jersey Sportsmen, these folks are very involved in
turning New Jersey around.

Citizens for Responsible Gun Ownership. Akron, OH. (216) 773-5701. Mr.
Ken Zeigler.

Firearms Fact Committee. Cincinnati, OH. (513) 474-6958. Mr. Bob
Eickelberger.

Land of Legend Rifle & Pistol Club. Newark, OH. Mr. & Mrs. Bob &
Kathryn Dennis. (614) 345-2860.

Lorain County Firearms Defense Association. (216) 327-6655. Mr. Chris
Crobaugh.

Miami Valley Association for Responsible Legislation. Dayton, OH.
(513) 294-6623. Mr. Mike Chaves.

Ohio Constitution Defense Council. 12900 Triskett Road, Cleveland, OH
44111. Publishes the quarterly Liberty Bell. Umbrella organization for
the local Ohio groups.

Ohio Rifle & Pistol Association. (513) 293-6194. Mr. Frank Fecke.

People's Rights Organization, PO Box 2652, Columbus, OH 43216;
614-268-0122. Dues $12. An effective grassroots organization, with the
common sense to realize that an assault on any part on the Bill of
Rights is an assault on all of it.

Citizens Safety Committee, Multnomah County. PO 19448 Portland, OR
97219. (503) 283-4368.

Pennsylvania NRA office. 301 South Allen St., #103, State College, PA
16801. (814) 234-2222. Mr. Alan Krug.

Keystone Second Amendment Association. PO Box 361, Curwensville, PA
16833. (814) 236 1013. Mr. Don Boal. One of the most informative
monthly newsletters published by any local group, chock full of
interesting information, and marred only by a sometimes overly
strident attitude.

Americans Against Gun Control. PO Box 1564, Rapid City, SD 57709. Mr.
Bill Wells.

Texas State Rifle Association, Texas State Rifle Association, PO Box
710549, Dallas, TX 75731. (800) 876-8772 and (512) 288-6608. Fax (512)
288-1008. Legislative hotline (512) 288-3242. The TSRA is the local
branch of the NRA. This hardworking group has its hands full with all
the anti-gun laws being proposed in the Texas legislature. They've
been publishing the TSRA Sportsman for over 20 years. The group also
offers TSRA Long Distance, a TSRA Mastercard, and dental insurance.
(Other groups take note!)

North Texas Arms Rights Coalition (NTARC). POB 28186 Dallas, TX
75228-0186. (214) 270-4068. Mr. Wayne Burnham.

Wisconsin Pro-Gun Movement, PO Box 51, Hales Corners, WI 53130. (414)
425-5577 phone/fax.

Wyoming Arms Rights Coalition. PO Box 2571, Gillette, WY 82717-2571