<p><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 13pt;"><img src="http://www.nationalgunrights.org/images/NAGR_email.gif" border="0" /><br /><br />John,  <br /><br />Have you ever thought of videotaping police officers to document their  actions?<br /><br />As a concealed weapons permit holder, I know I  have.<br /><br /><strong>Did you think that you could be beat up and arrested for  doing it?</strong><br /><br />Check out this story of that very thing  happening.<br /><br /><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/6446600:9500456213:m:1:177854183:8F10C9F19F22220351EC47297AB2D427"><img src="http://www.nationalgunrights.org/images/LVPDBeatDown_forWeb.png" border="0" alt="LVPD" /></a><a><br /><br />Was  a crime committed?<br /><br />Nope. <br /><br />And despite the Las Vegas Police  Department admitting the officer’s actions “violated several Metropolitan Police  Department policies,” <strong>the officer is probably not going to be  punished!</strong><br /><br />Amazing, isn’t it?<br /><br />A cop can grab a guy and  beat the snot out of him for the simple act of operating a video camera, yet he  may not even get fired.<br /><br />It’s possible that all he will get is a 40-hour  unpaid suspension.<br /><br />Now get ready for the worst part…<br /><br /><strong>…he’s  been on paid “administrative leave” for 4 months!</strong><br /><br />I should tell  you, I have several friends in law enforcement. <br /><br />I’ve done ride-alongs  with them, and witnessed firsthand, from their perspective, what a tough job  they have.<br /><br />And <strong>I deeply respect them for doing that job, because  I think we need more constitutionally-minded law enforcement  officers.</strong><br /><br />But this Las Vegas incident is yet another example of  the ever-growing police state that you and I live in.<br /><br />In a mad rush to  make our country safer, police departments are using strong-arm tactics that go  far beyond their moral and legal boundaries.<br /><br />I think Ben Franklin put it  best when he said that <strong>those who would give up essential liberty to  purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor  safety.</strong><br /><br />I don’t want to lose our freedom in exchange for some  perceived temporary safety by creating a police state, and I know you feel the  same.<br /><br /><strong>Can you imagine if the guy in the video had been carrying a  firearm?</strong><br /><br />The cops would probably have branded him as a  “terrorist,” or worse, they might have simply shot him as a matter of  course.<br /><br />Today it’s a random guy with a video  camera.<br /><br /><strong>Tomorrow it could be you. <br /></strong><br /> For  Freedom,<br /><br /> <img src="http://nationalgunrights.org/images/DWBsigBlue.jpg" border="0" alt="signature" /><br /> Dudley  Brown<br /> Executive Director<br /><br />P.S. Please help the National Association  for Gun Rights continue to fight against police state actions like the one  witnessed in the story linked above.<br /><br /></a><strong><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/6446601:9500456213:m:1:177854183:8F10C9F19F22220351EC47297AB2D427">Chipping  in $15 or $20 goes a long way toward making your voice heard with hundreds of  thousands of other gun owners who feel the same way.</a> </strong><br /><br />Please  act TODAY! <br /><br /><br /><br /> </span></span></p>
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