Dear Interested Citizen:
You are invited to join with other citizens and organizations in an effort to diminish the volume of accidents and deaths through the use of handguns. The MISSOURI COMMITTEE FOR FIREARMS SAFETY has been organized to bring together those of you wishing to stop this mad use of firearms by those who do not know how to use them or who misuse them.
The Committee has been formed and incorporated in the State of Missouri as a result of consultation with six national organizations and several state and local groups working in this field. Missouri must be among the organized states to help the U. S. Conference of Mayors’ in the implementation of its Handgun Control Project. The purpose is to take a position of leadership in education on the need to ban the manufacture, importation, sale and private possession of handguns except for use by sportsmen clubs and law enforcement personnel. The Committee is working with the U. S. Conference of Mayors’ Handgun Control Project and other similar national groups.
Join now by making a contribution or become an active member of the planned committees on education, research, conferences, and others to be appointed. Subjects to be considered:
“Do I need a gun to protect myself?”
“How can we prevent gun accidents in the home?”
“What have other state and local groups done?”
“What myths exist on the use and misuse of handguns?”
“What can the citizens and organized groups do?”
“How can we help the victims of handgun use?”
Sincerely,
Marvin I. Fridley, Jr.
President
Missouri Committee for Firearms Safety
7207 Pershing Avenue, University City, Missouri 63130. (314) 727-7563.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1976.
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Original source: SD_Times1976_12.pdf, printed page(s) 2; PDF page(s) 2.
