DALLAS, TX, January 24, 2000 The Second Amendment Sisters, a grassroots self-defense advocacy organization, has announced plans for the Armed Informed Mothers' March (A.I.M.M.), Sunday May 14, 2000, on the Mall in Washington D.C.
"The purpose of A.I.M.M. is to get concerned women together and let Congress know that we won't stand for having our right to defend our families ripped away," said Kimberly J. Watson, one of the founders of the group. "We won't let this assault go on any longer."
"Women deserve to have every option available to them when it comes to protecting themselves from violence," said Watson. "Any further erosion of the Second Amendment serves only to harm women and their families. Violent criminals don't care how many new laws are made for the children - in fact, a crush of new laws will make it that much easier for criminals to take advantage of children, and their mothers."
In 1998, one out of every 33 women was a victim of a violent crime.
Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) is the brainchild of a small group of women who decided to fight back against propaganda put forth by organizations, such as Handgun Control Inc., which are seeking to exclude the public from firearms ownership. SAS would like to use A.I.M.M. as an opportunity to teach the public things they might not know about laws that exist right now, and why the Second Amendment is important to the American people. They also want to emphasize the need for firearms-safety education, tougher sentencing for violent criminals, and greater parental involvement in the lives of children.
"The women behind the Million Mom March are attacking the wrong end of the problem. Any inanimate object will just sit there until a person picks it up. What they do with it depends on what kind of respect they've been taught for human life," said Watson. "With A.I.M.M., we can make our voices heard. We have to stop treating the law-abiding citizens like criminals. Even Golda Meir was against playing politics on the backs of our children."
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