Wednesday, October 25th, 2002
Yes, It Was a Bushmaster.
Dear friends,
Yesterday, Larry Bennett, a 16-year old, was shot in the head after he was involved in a minor traffic
accident. You probably didn't hear about it because, well, how could he be dead if he wasn't shot by The
Sniper?
Yesterday, an unidentified woman was shot to death in her car in Fenton, MI. You probably didn't hear
about it because she had the misfortune of not being shot by The Sniper.
Two nights ago, Charles D. Bennett, 48, an apartment security guard, was shot to death after confronting
two teenagers in his parking lot in Memphis, TN. You probably didn't hear about it because the sniper was
too busy sleeping in his car that night, and thus, poor Charles was not shot by The Sniper.
Yes, The Sniper has apparently been caught, so we can go back now to NOT reporting the DOZENS of
gun deaths that occur every day, the ones that just aren't newsworthy because they happen in all those old
boring ways -- unlike the ways of The Sniper, who was interesting and creative and exciting and scary! He
played so much better on the news.
Of course, had Congress not caved in to the NRA we would have known after the first HOUR of the first
day of the killings three weeks ago that those bullets were coming out of a rifle that belonged to John
Williams/Mohammad. How would we know this? It's right there in the state records in New Jersey: this
gun was purchased this past July, under the name of John Mohammad!
Many more people died needlessly in the days and weeks after that first hour of the shootings, and every
one of their deaths could have probably been prevented had we had a national ballistics fingerprinting data
base.
Thank you, Mr. Heston for this unnecessary carnage. Thank you, Mr. Bush, for supporting Mr. Heston
and his group's agenda -- which protects only the criminals.
And thank you, Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., for providing the gun used to shoot the 13 people in the DC
area. Bushmaster's president, Richard E. Dyke, was the Maine finance chairman of George W. Bush's
2000 Presidential campaign. According to Business Week, Dyke had to step down as Bush's finance chair
"after reporters began quizzing him about his business dealings. Bushmaster Firearms Inc., is notorious for
using loopholes to sidestep a 1994 federal ban on assault rifles." Bush and Bushmaster. Too tragically
perfect.
If everyone reading this letter (and you now number in the millions) would share this fact with just one
person who is thinking of skipping going to the polls on Nov. 5th, I believe that on Nov. 6th, Mr. Bush will
have neither the Senate nor the House doing his or Heston's bidding. Americans don't like people who
assist serial killers in being able to ratchet up their kills because The Sniper knows that his bullets are
prohibited by law from being traced to his gun.
That, in a nutshell, is what the NRA is all about -- and I implore all responsible gun owners and hunters to
join with me in putting an end to the NRA agenda once and for all. Don't give Bush his majority on
November 5th. He's already seen to it that his cronies in big business have wiped out your 401 (K), and
they are doing their best to see that you are left with no pension at all. That alone should be reason enough
to NOT pull a single lever for a Republican on Nov. 5th. Send a message. Do something brave.
Yours,
Michael Moore mike@michaelmoore.com www.michaelmoore.com
PS. "Bowling for Columbine" opens in a few dozen new cities this weekend, including Portland,
Minneapolis, Sacramento, South Florida, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Baltimore, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Cleveland, a bunch of towns in New Jersey, that village in Connecticut where we liberated the beaches, a
theatre in Times Square, Detroit (Royal Oak), and Denver. Click here to see the full list of theatres where
it opens today.
PPS. Don't forget to show up in DC or SF tomorrow to voice your opposition to the War on Iraq. Many
other cities are holding rallies. Check out my mission from the Office of Homeland Security for details.
PPPS. You can find out more about the candidates to beat and the ones to support in the upcoming
election here.
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