Governor Janet Napolitano, is no friend to gun owners

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Governor Janet Napolitano, who is no friend to gun owners, is taking
a page out of California's anti-gun playbook.

As you may know, the Golden State is using hunting and conservation
regulations to tighten the noose around gun owners' necks. In
California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation banning
all center fire ammo containing lead for hunting in the Condor region
of the state.

Then, the California Fish and Game Commission extended the area
beyond that called for in the legislation to include the "historical
range" -- not just the areas where the California Condors are known
to presently live. This greatly increased the ammunition ban to
cover an area that is approximately 1/4 of the huntable portion of
California. The Commission also banned the use of all rimfire ammo
for any type of hunting -- including all game and non-game animals!

The concern now is that the anti-gunners/anti-hunters are planning
the exact same strategy in Arizona.

Governor Napolitano recently appointed Mr. Norm Freeman to the
state's Game and Fish Commission. But Mr. Freeman is associated with
-- and is a donor to -- the Peregrine Fund (an organization that
supports the lead ammo ban in California). How long before he begins
advocating for a lead ammo ban for all hunting in Arizona?

There should be no questionable loyalties for members of the Arizona
Game and Fish Commission, and the Peregrine Fund is not a pro-hunting
rights group.

ACTION: Please contact your state senator and ask him or her to
oppose Mr. Freeman's confirmation. As you know, what happens in
California either affects or infects what happens in other states.
Let's guarantee that Arizona will not be infected by its next door
neighbor. Contact your senator today!

A full senate contact roster and and a pre-written letter are
included below for your convenience.

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Dear Senator:

Governor Napolitano recently appointed Mr. Norm Freeman to the
state's Game and Fish Commission. Mr. Freeman is associated with,
and is a donor to, the Peregrine Fund -- an organization that
supports the lead ammo ban which California recently enacted.

As such, I am very concerned about where Mr. Freeman's loyalties lie
-- does he support the U.S. Constitution or is he going to follow the
anti-gun lunacy of the Peregrine Fund.

There should be no questionable loyalties for members of the Arizona
Game and Fish Commission, and the Peregrine Fund is not a pro-hunting
rights group. Gun Owners of America has an excellent letter from a
doctor who holds a degree in toxicology at
http://gunowners.org/fs0701.htm -- a letter that exposes the junk
science behind lead ammo bans.

So please oppose Mr. Freeman's nomination unless he publicly and
expressly distances himself from the Peregrine Fund. To do so would
mean he would have to break ties with a group to which he has donated
money. But without such a declaration, I would urge you to oppose
Mr. Freeman.

Sincerely,

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Arizona Senate Roster

District lookup (identify your senator):
http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp

Name District E-mail Phone (602) Fax (602)

O'Halleran 01 tohalleran@azleg.gov 926-5584 417-3101
Hale 02 ahale@azleg.gov 926-4323 417-3260
Gould 03 rgould@azleg.gov 926-4138 417-3265
Harper 04 jharper@azleg.gov 926-4178 417-3154
Flake 05 jflake@azleg.gov 926-5219 417-3224
Gorman 06 pgorman@azleg.gov 926-5284 417-3106
Waring 07 jwaring@azleg.gov 926-4916 417-3150
Allen 08 callen@azleg.gov 926-4480 417-3155
Burns 09 rburns@azleg.gov 926-5993 417-3226
Gray 10 lgray@azleg.gov 926-3376 417-3253
Leff 11 bleff@azleg.gov 926-4486 417-3270
Blendu 12 rblendu@azleg.gov 926-5955 417-3168
Miranda 13 rmiranda@azleg.gov 926-5911 417-3171
Davis 14 dmccunedavis@azleg.gov 926-4485 926-3429
Cheuvront 15 kcheuvront@azleg.gov 926-5325 417-3249
Taylor 16 llandrumtaylor@azleg.gov 926-3830 417-3148
Cahill 17 mburtoncahill@azleg.gov 926-4124 417-3017
Johnson 18 kjohnson@azleg.gov 926-3160 926-3429
Gray 19 cgray@azleg.gov 926-5288 417-3161
Huppenthal 20 jhuppenthal@azleg.gov 926-5261 417-3157
Tibshraeny 21 jtibshraeny@azleg.gov 926-4481 417-3252
Verschoor 22 tverschoor@azleg.gov 926-4136 417-3222
Rios 23 rrios@azleg.gov 926-5685 417-3167
Aguirre 24 aaguirre@azleg.gov 926-4139 417-3024
Arzberger 25 marzberger@azleg.gov 926-4321 417-3146
Pesquiera 26 cpesquiera@azleg.gov 926-4326 417-3259
Garcia 27 jgarcia@azleg.gov 926-4171 417-3262
Aboud 28 paboud@azleg.gov 926-5262 926-3429
Soltero 29 vsoltero@azleg.gov 926-5342 417-3169
Bee 30 tbee@azleg.gov 926-5683 417-3247