Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 21:01:40 -0600
From: Karl Schrader <schrader@magma.ca>
Subject: RFC-Letter # 2

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Dear FirearmsÆ Owner,  May 15, 1998  RFC: #2

ItÆs a go!  The FED UP II Rally on Parliament Hill is officially
declared for Tuesday, September 22, 1998.  This decision was due to the
instantaneous and terrific support from over 60 clubs and individuals in
just a few days.  It resulted also from the responsive and unqualified
backing by CanadaÆs major firearmsÆ organizations.  Congratulations to
the committed for answering the call.

The date of Tuesday, September 22 was selected since Parliament would
probably be in session.  Organizers felt that an enormous crowd and
thunderous ovations would send powerful messages to sitting members in
the House.  Saturdays were given consideration, however, politicians and
members of the media would tend to be out of town for the weekends.
Hopefully, gun owners will realize just how essential this rally is and
will find creative ways to attend. Numbers will make the desired impact.

Now the work begins.  Spread the news to others.  Arrange your vacation
time to be at the Ottawa rally on September 22.  Develop your own circle
of like-minded friends.  Plan how your group is going to write, phone,
fax, and email to protest C-68.  Already several thousand brochures
announcing the FED UP II Rally are being distributed through
communication networks across Canada.  Preparations are well underway to
form an Organizing Committee to implement the needs of firearmsÆ owners
and other FED UP groups. Further details will be communicated, as they
become available.
This is an absolutely critical time for all firearmsÆ organizations and
individuals in the country to unite in a common cause: to protect our
private property, our constitutional rights and our fundamental
freedoms.  Accordingly, it is essential that all gun organizations set
aside their past differences and cooperate with the common purpose of
assembling the largest political rally in the history of Canada: FED UPII.

To encourage early participation, organizations that commit to
supporting the FED UP II Rally will receive the status of ôSponsorsö.
Their names will be publicized on rally literature and on the INTERNET
in the order that their request to be a sponsor was received.  It is
expected that a complete list will appear daily in the Canadian
FirearmsÆ Digest.  Convince your organizations to act swiftly and make
substantial commitments.  The final day for organizations to be added to
the sponsor list will be September 1.
Eastern hospitality lives.  To reduce costs and to accommodate some
participants from remote parts of Canada, plans are being made for
billeting rally members in a variety of locales.  Costs are expected to
be low or non-existent, with the probable exception of meals.  In most
cases local transportation will be provided.

A prime objective of the FED UP II Rally will be to deliver into the
hands of Justice Minister, Anne MacLellan, one million signatures on a
ôRepeal C-68ö petition currently being circulated in firearmsÆ stores
across Canada by Reform M.P. Garry Breitkreuz.  Stay tuned.

                                                       Yours sincerely,
                                                        Al Dorans,   RFC
Ottawa
Communications: Karl Schrader
Email: schrader@magma.ca / Telephone: 1-613-224-2025

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