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	LPVA - Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Sisters and SAFER participants call on the government to support the right of women and all other Americans to have access to the best means of self-defense available: firearms.
		Second Amendment Sisters says that as interested people have heard about the group, many have offered their time, money, and other support.
		The Second Amendment Sisters knows it must be eternally vigilant against groups like MMM who wish to disarm all Americans and leave them defenseless against both tyrants and criminals.
	www.lpva.com /Archives/Editorial/Montoni/20040508.shtml (676 words)

	Second Amendment Sisters on the Move
		The Second Amendment Sisters began in 2000 as a counter demonstration to the Million Moms March.
		The Second Amendment Sisters is ideally positioned to be the leading Pro-Gun group in the country.
		We, the Second Amendment Sisters, need to be as vigorous as the Pro-Choice, animal rights groups and the NEA.
	www.allsafedefense.com /news/2asisters.htm (918 words)

	Women's Voice: Gun Club Springs Up At Mount Holyoke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A campus club called Second Amendment Sisters would like that sentiment to include firing a handgun with dead-on accuracy and lobbying to make sure that women are educated about guns and are comfortable owning them.
		Second Amendment Sisters became the focus of a national television report on gun-toting co-eds and school officials found themselves defending Mount Holyoke's culture of tolerance.
		Kelly said she suspected the Second Amendment Sisters at Mount Holyoke were motivated as much by a concern for self-defense as by a desire to be involved in something offbeat, "maybe something controversial."
	www.gunowners.org /wv32.htm (1258 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
		A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
		Second Amendment Sisters is a woman's advocacy group dedicated to perserving the basic human right to self-defense, as regonized by the Second Amendment.
	greeleybordc.org /page8.html (245 words)

	VOTE.COM \| Do You Support the 'Million Mom March' for Gun Control?
		Second Amendment Sisters, Inc., is pleased to announce that Texas State Representative Suzanna Gratia-Hupp will be the keynote speaker at their Armed Informed Mothers' March (A.I.M.M.) on Sunday, May 14, 2000 in Washington DC.
		She believes that had she been allowed by law to carry her legally owned sidearm into the restaurant, she would have been able to stop the man because she had a clear shot at him from a distance of less than 5 yards.
		Second Amendment Sisters Inc. is a grass-root self-defense and safety-education advocacy group based in Dallas.
	www.vote.com /vote/8554039/argument9052013.phtml?cat=4075633 (463 words)

	Keep and Bear Arms
		The Second Amendment Sisters point out that ninety percent (90%) of all violent crime takes place without the presence of a gun.
		The Second Amendment Sisters formed in 2000 in response to the first "Million Mom March." The Sisters and SAFER participants call on the government to support the right of women and all other Americans to have access to the best means of self-defense available: firearms.
		Unlike the well-oiled and covertly government-funded anti-gun machinery now aggressively stalking Americans' right of self-defense, the Second Amendments Sisters is a grass-roots organization whose activities are funded and performed by volunteers.
	www.keepandbeararms.com /NewsArchives/XcNewsPrint.asp?cmd=view&articleid=2939 (666 words)

	The Second Amendment Research Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because the Second Amendment and guns are one of the most hotly contested issues in American public policy and life, there are a significant number of resources on the web devoted to either one side of the debate or the other.
		A 2004 Memorandum Opinion for the Attorney General that argues that "The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias." You can also key-word search "second amendment" on the Department of Justice Homepage.
		It summarizes the treatment of the Second Amendment in law journals during the last decade, and offers the author’s analysis of the merits of some of the more important articles.
	secondamendmentcenter.org /links.asp (1086 words)

	Sisters in arms - The Boston Globe
		It was a typical Saturday afternoon for members of the Second Amendment Sisters, a women's gun rights group that they call Sass.
		Second Amendment Sisters aims to educate women about firearms and provide a comfortable atmosphere for women to learn to load and shoot revolvers, semiautomatic pistols, and rifles.
		Scott, a paralegal from Brookline, shoots at gun clubs regularly with her boyfriend and also enjoys the camaraderie of shooting with the Second Amendment Sisters.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/02/06/sisters_in_arms (838 words)

	dallasobserver.com - News - Granny get your gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thompson, a Dallas grandmother of six and co-founder of the women's anti-gun-control group Second Amendment Sisters, is patrolling the hallways of Capitol Hill, looking for targets in her war against gun control.
		Sister Thompson's duties are to reply to the piles of mail and perform needed bookkeeping of donations mailed in by supportive citizens.
		From that, Second Amendment Sisters was born, announcing its presence to the world this January.
	www.dallasobserver.com /Issues/2000-06-29/news/feature2_full.html (4320 words)

	Second Amendment Sisters Expand to College Campuses - SierraTimes.Com
		The Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) are proud to officially announce that they are expanding onto college campuses.
		Second Amendment Sisters is raising the awareness of the importance of the Second Amendment and the role it plays in protecting the right to self-defense.
		The organization is made up entirely up unpaid volunteers, dedicated to promoting the basic human right to self-defense, as recognized by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
	www.sierratimes.com /02/01/21/arsas020121.htm (368 words)

	Second Amendment Sisters
		The SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS came about when a group of women decided they had enough - enough of the distortion, enough of the misrepresentation, enough of the reproach from the anti-Second Amendment crowd.
		The Second Amendment is again under attack, this time from a group designed to garner sympathy from the public, and especially from the media.
		They have the backing of powerful anti-Second Amendment forces, such as Handgun Control Inc., who are determined to take the right to self-defense out of the hands of American families.
	www.usa2076.com /proguns/sas.htm (1099 words)

	U.N. Protest Raly Speech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When I saw "…regardless of the interpretation, the second amendment is irrelevant." That was when I KNEW their true agenda was NOT protecting children, but rather they were targeting our Second Amendment rights.
		Second Amendment Sisters is "no compromise" when it comes to the Second Amendment, our basic human right to self-defense.
		The Second Amendment is the backbone of the Bill of Rights and it's the Bill of Rights, which supports our Constitution.
	www.gunblast.com /sas_unspeech.htm (3090 words)

	A Rebuttal - "Loaded: The Second Amendment Sisters" [Free Republic]
		Second Amendment Sisters are committed to preserving our Basic Human Right to Self-Defense-we are not lovers of guns, we are lovers of our rights.
		She's the main spokeswoman for the Second Amendment Sisters, an organisation which grew up via the internet in opposition to the Million Mom March that lobbied Washington DC last May for tighter gun control in the wake of horrific crimes such as the Columbine shooting.
		To her, the second amendment is a tool that can be used to turn on government.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a76770957f5.htm (8728 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Local News: Women with weapons
		Coordinator of the N.H. chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters, a national women's gun-advocacy organization, Coffey shot her first round in the back yard of her husband's former Kentucky home and has enjoyed target shooting since.
		The national Second Amendment Sisters was formed in 1999 in response to the anti-gun Million Mom March.
		Genie Jennings is Maine's Second Amendment Sisters coordinator, a chapter which co-hosts firearms clinics for women with the Kittery Trading Post.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/08202006/nhnews-20gun-women.html (767 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Pride of college girl gun club
		It is a glorious fall afternoon, and the members of the "Second Amendment Sisters" at Mount Holyoke College are in high spirits, because they are going shooting.
		Like most of the Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) attending this private all-women's institution of some 2,000 students, April grew up with guns around her.
		SAS supporters say the second amendment of the Constitution enshrines that right for all individuals.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2342403.stm (684 words)

	Second Amendment Sisters, Inc.
		Second Amendment Sisters enters its seventh year with an eye toward restoring the basic human right of self-defense in 11 states and Washington DC.
		Second Amendment Sisters: As Goes the Second Amendment, So Goes the First
		All mail (electronic or print) to Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. may be edited for publication and becomes the property of Second Amendment Sisters, Inc.
	www.2asisters.org (286 words)

	SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS
		The founders of the Second Amendment Sisters are located in South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Illinois, and New Jersey.
		Sawyer went on to explain that the anti-Second Amendment groups play on women's fear of guns and the natural inclination of women to be peacemakers.
		The Second Amendment Sisters are calling their march the Armed Informed Mother's March (AIMM).
	www.etherzone.com /2000/bend021200.html (1077 words)

	Second Amendment Sisters: Never Be Victims Again! - Report By Nancy Johnson
		WASHINGTON — In a sea of red white, and blue, the Second Amendment Sisters rally proved that it didn’t need over $2 million in sponsorships to be a success.
		As a survivor of this tragedy, her impassioned calls for the right of citizens to self-defense have thrust her into the national debate on the right to keep and bear arms.
		At the conclusion of the Second Amendment Sister’s rally, the protest was taken directly to the extremists on the other side.
	www.sierratimes.com /arnj051400.htm (823 words)

	A ray of hope in MA - THR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mount Holyoke chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), now in its first year, is a recognized on-campus organization with a membership approaching 50 women.
		Christie Caywood, the student who organized the Mount Holyoke chapter, said she basically stumbled upon the Second Amendment Sisters at last year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
		Heil stressed that the Second Amendment Sisters organization is not responsible for training these young women.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=6690 (1542 words)

	Second Amendment Foundation Online
		We believe that the Second Amendment right to self-protection and defense of liberty should be granted to all those eligible including everyone of legal age, and those who are not violent criminals.
		The last direct decision involving the 2nd Amendment was in 1939, in a case called U.S. vs. Miller.
		Instead, they sent the case back to a lower court, and ordered a trial, which would determine whether or not the shotgun was legal according to his second amendment protections.
	www.saf.org /default.asp?p=gunrights_faq (5421 words)

	Second Amendment Sisters, Inc.
		The approximately 400 people who turned out heard speakers Shemane Nugent, who spoke as a mother; the Reverend Joyce Smith, speaking from the point of view of the gun; Author John Lott, who declared the rally the “Real March for Women’s Lives”; Kay Daly, spearhead of the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary.
		Many came on busses from neighboring states, though attendees flew in from as far away as California to support the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
		The Second Amendment Sisters had a 10% showing of the original.
	www.2asisters.org /SAFER (362 words)

	GunWeek.com
		But despite professional staging and musicians, the public relations impact of the MMM event was significantly undercut by the emergence of the grassroots, bootstrap Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), who billed themselves as the Armed Informed Mothers.
		Meanwhile, the Second Amendment Sisters, which has chapters in about two-thirds of the states, has announced that they will be holding rallies in 18 states on Mother’s Day, May 13, 2001.
		Since then, Second Amendment Sisters has welcomed a growing number of women and men from across the country, all dedicated, unpaid, volunteers who passionately believe in the basic human right of self-defense.
	www.gunweek.com /2001/sas0510.html (604 words)

	Women's group supports gun awareness - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		McMannis said the five founders of Second Amendment Sisters came from Illinois, South Carolina, Texas, New Jersey and Florida.
		The organization's purpose is to raise awareness of the importance of the Second Amendment, which is the amendment that guarantees Americans the right to bear arms.
		Although not a part of the National Rifle Association, the Second Amendment Sisters work alongside the organization, especially in the area of advocating gun safety and educating children.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_17680.html (685 words)

	Citizens Required
		The second was that I needed to be very careful about what I put in my constitution.
		You see, the Second Amendment Sisters believe it is the right of every American citizen to carry a gun for the purposes of self-defence.
		In fact, as their name suggests, it is a right that they believe is enshrined in the Second Amendment of the American constitution.
	www.citizensrequired.com /unit/ktr_sas/sas.shtml (317 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Pro-gun women's group to hold rallies
		The group, Second Amendment Sisters, also held rallies last year in opposition to similar rallies held by the Million Mom March organization.
		Their first effort was the AIM Rally and March on Mother's Day 2000, which the group said drew approximately 5,000 people to the Washington Monument and thousands more to rallies in cities all over the United States, according to a statement released by the group this week.
		Since then, Second Amendment Sisters has welcomed a growing number of women and men from across the country, all dedicated, unpaid volunteers who passionately believe in the basic human right of self-defense, the statement said.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=22658 (479 words)

	The hands that rocked the capital - Salon
		Second Amendment Sisters founder Kimberly Watson said the event grew out of postings on the Free Republic Web site by like-minded women, who were offended at the self-righteousness of the Million Mom March's message and wanted to stage a counterprotest.
		Like Free Republic itself, the protest drew a diverse crowd united in its distrust of government and loathing of President Clinton, whose impeachment was regularly invoked at the event.
		They probably did annoy a few, but the media seemed more interested in the Second Amendment Sisters than did the crowd gathered on the Mall.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2000/05/15/moms/index.html?pn=3 (528 words)

	Women & Guns
		The formation of the first college chapter of the Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) at Mt. Holyoke College in western Massachusetts was enough to give The New York Times a case of the vapors.
		While the media has not been as interested in the gun issue of late, the Second Amendment Sisters have built on their successes, creating state chapters, and now its first college chapter.
		Trends such as increasing public impatience translate to activists by reminding them to be prepared in their presentations to non-gun groups and to capitalize on the public's lack of patience with the legislative process.
	www.womenandguns.com /archive/old0502issue/holyoke0502.html (1777 words)

	Women & Guns
		Well, since I became involved with Second Amendment Sisters (SAS), my activities certainly have "intensified." I really, honestly thought that I was just giving five weeks to saving the Second Amendment when I accepted the position of Pennsylvania State Coordinator in late March of 2000.
		The Second Amendment is merely one of the ten amendments which make up the entire Bill of Rights.
		If a group doesn't like one of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, or any of the other amendments to the Constitution, then there are procedures to follow in order to change our Constitution, or the Amendments.
	www.womenandguns.com /archive/old1103issue/sas1103.html (947 words)

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