Iowa Gun Owners
P.O. Box 3585
Des Moines, IA 50323
www.IowaGunOwners.org
Dear Friend, July 6, 2009
Do you agree with the following statement, “I can’t find anywhere in the 2nd Amendment where it says that a person should be allowed to carry a concealed firearm on their person out in public…the 2nd Amendment doesn’t address that nor does it guarantee that.”
If you are like the rest of the members of Iowa Gun Owners you are outraged when you read this!
As a friend of the 2nd Amendment you may be thinking to yourself, “This must have been said by Sarah Brady or Attorney General Eric Holder or some other anti-gun bureaucrat in Washington.”
What would you say if I told you that this statement was made by your sheriff, Lonny Pulkrabek?
That’s right. Sheriff Pulkrabek said this recently while talking to Jan Michaelson on WHO radio in Des Moines. You can listen to the interview yourself by going to this web address: http://mickelson.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=474403.
That’s why it’s important for you to sign and return the enclosed petition regarding Sheriff Pulkrabek to Iowa Gun Owners today!
You see, Sheriff Pulkrabek believes that he alone gets to decide who can and who can not have the means to defend themselves from a violent criminal attack.
To make this decision, Sheriff Pulkrabek makes law abiding citizens like you come before him and prove to him that your life is worth defending.
But don’t take my word for it. Read for yourself what the sheriff said in the same interview on WHO, “I just want them to tell me, in a couple of sentences under the justification, why it is that they feel…a need for them to carry a firearm.”
You see, it doesn’t matter to your sheriff that the right to keep and bear arms is God-given and constitutionally guaranteed.
Nor does it seem to matter to him that numerous studies have proven that states with a real right-to-carry have drastically lower crimes rates.
So why then would Sheriff Pulkrabek, who is charged with maintaining the peace of Johnson County, be so adamantly opposed to your having a gun for self-defense?
Is it possible that he believes that only the police should be carrying guns? Read this quote from Sheriff Pulkrabek, taken from the same interview, and decide for yourself. “Yeah, I am curious why people feel the need or why they want to carry a firearm when I know hundreds and hundreds of police officers, who are full time police officers, that don’t always carry off-duty.”
Did you catch what he said? He can’t understand why you would want to be able to defend your families because he knows police officers who don’t carry off duty! What kind of standard is this?
Using the sheriff’s logic, you would not be able to have a spare tire in your trunk if the local mechanic doesn’t carry a spare tire either! This is an abuse of power and it needs to be stopped.
So please, take a moment to complete the petition to Sheriff Pulkrabek and return it to us here at Iowa Gun Owners!
That’s the bad news. The good news is that there is a group in Iowa that is fighting to protect your right to keep and bear arms!
Iowa Gun Owners is a new group in Iowa that was founded on the idea that the right to keep and bear arms is not something that should be subject to a politician’s personal whims.
Our members believe that it’s time for Iowa to join states like Vermont and Alaska in allowing law abiding citizens to carry a weapon for self-defense WITHOUT needing a permit!
Only by passing a REAL Right-to-Carry law will the people of Iowa, and specifically Johnson County, be free from this abusive system that allows Sheriff Pulkrabek to deny you your rights based on his personal anti-gun agenda.
Iowa Gun Owners realizes that there are many good sheriffs out there who do an excellent job of enforcing the law while maintaining their constitutional moorings. We thank them for their service to our state.
But Sheriff Pulkrabek is clearly not one of those sheriffs!
That’s why I hope that you’ll take a minute and complete this petition to Sheriff Pulkrabek. If he never hears any objections from his constituents then he’ll continue to work against your right to keep and bear arms.
Don’t forget, unlike your state representative and state senator who are currently out of session and unable to change anything, Sheriff Pulkrabek can change his mind regarding your gun rights today!
That’s why it’s vital that Sheriff Pulkrabek hears from you immediately! And don’t be afraid to express your outrage. After all, Sheriff Pulkrabek works for you.
I would also encourage you to join Iowa Gun Owners. No other group in Iowa takes a No Compromise position when it comes to defending your gun rights.
We are committed to effecting real change when it comes to Iowa’s gun laws. From eliminating the abusive permit-to-carry system, to informing our members about anti-gun politicians such as Sheriff Pulkrabek, to passing a “castle doctrine” bill here in Iowa, Iowa Gun Owners is on the front line fighting for your rights.
But we need your support.
That’s why I’m also asking you to include the largest donation that you can to help us cover the cost of this special Johnson County program and our other efforts across Iowa!
The more money we raise the more people we can contact in Johnson County to let them know about Sheriff Pulkrabek.
So if you can, please include a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or $ 35. As part of this special Johnson County Program, any amount you give today will also cover the cost of a year long membership to Iowa Gun Owners as well!
If you can afford more, by all means, please contribute what you can.
With an increased Democrat majority in the General Assembly and a fellow conspirator in the Governor’s Mansion, the gun grabbers in Des Moines can hardly contain their excitement.
They believe now is their chance to start ramming anti-gun legislation into law.
The only thing stopping them right now is you and me. We must organize now before it’s too late.
That’s why you and I must make our voices heard.
So please return the enclosed petition to Sheriff Pulkrabek with the most generous contribution you can afford, to help me mobilize more Iowa gun owners.
Whatever you can do — $250, $100 or $35 — will help.
But please, sign and return your petitions TODAY. That’s most important.
Yours for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms,
Aaron Dorr
Executive Director
P.S. Sheriff Pulkrabek is aggressively opposed to your right to keep and bear arms. His own words demonstrate this. o let’s send a message to him that he can not ignore!
So please sign and return the enclosed petitions regarding Sheriff Pulkrabek TODAY!