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December 12, 2000:
Liberty Watch Files Federal Suit against HCI! 
February 23, 2001: HCI:
No Stomach for the Battle?
HCI Threatens Firearms Web Sites with Lawsuit
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HCI: Propaganda, Disinformation
and Outright Lies
These have become the stock-in-trade of the organizations listed below:
Handgun Control, Inc.
Center for Prevention
of Handgun Violence (CPHV)
Washington CeaseFire, Inc.
HCI and company have only one goal: to disarm the
American citizen. In turn, their goal has only one effect: to
deny Americans the right to protect themselves and their families
from crimes of violence. These lobbying groups are dedicated to
disarming the American people in the Legislatures and in the Courts;
through Executive Order and Editorial. Their success requires
that Americans be persuaded by fear, emotional slogans and Evening
News sound bite. Their failure requires only an informed citizenry.
Liberty Watch, Inc. is a Florida based organization
dedicated to promoting common sense and honesty in public policy
debate and legislation. Our efforts to expose the methods and
disinformation of those who would disarm the victims
of violent crime include the sponsorship of Internet sites
where American citizens may obtain facts about violence,
crime and self protection. Two of our sites are:
The
Anti-HCI Website
Center
for the Prevention of Handgun Violence.com
Designed and run by Liberty Watch's capable Associates, these
sites continue to dispel HCI untruths through the simple use of
fact, satire and parody.
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While HCI appeals to emotion, we provide facts.
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While HCI peddles fear, we promote responsibility.
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While HCI asks for money, we ask only common sense.
Evidently, we've been quite successful. HCI and company
have now trained their guns on us.
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HCI: Trampling the First Amendment
in its Attempt to Destroy the Second
Relying on its war chest of corporate and private contributions, its legions
of attack dog lawyers and its bought and paid for political connections,
HCI has finally come out of the closet: It's not just the Second
Amendment they disdain; they are more than willing to shred the
First Amendment to further their goals.
In letters dated October 17, 2000, HCI and company
threatened the operators of our sponsored sites with a flurry
of legal actions. Their demand: Surrender your domain names
to HCI, or suffer the consequences. Their actions are
designed to muzzle these voices of opposition through a war of
legal attrition. Essentially they have said, "Surrender
your property or perish. Maintain your silence or pay the price."
Click below to read their outrageous demands to our colleagues:
Demand to the Anti-HCI Website
Demand to CPHV.com
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HCI: Neighborhood
Tough Guy?
We've seen it before. Some want your car keys; some want your
money; some just want your surrender. Try as they might, bullies
just don't seem to play well with others. And so it is with HCI.
We respect their First Amendment right to publish whatever untruths
they wish. We had hoped they would respect our right to do just
the opposite. We offered to place mutual disclaimers on our sites.
True to form, HCI didn't even offer a written reply. In a telephonic
conversation with our attorneys, they did what most bullies do...they
escalated their threat and refused the mutual coexistence which
we offered.
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HCI: Big
Mistake
Bullies never learn. Eventually, they run into that one little
guy who doesn't know the meaning of the word "surrender".
Eventually, they pick on one group which refuses to recognize
the bully's authority. We submit that we ARE that
group. And so we have responded to our attackers with a simple
message. In the most courteous manner we could manage, we've told
HCI to "pound sand".
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HCI will not trample our First Amendment rights.
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HCI will not take our property
by force of litigation.
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HCI will not deny us the right to protect our families and loved ones.
In short, they will not muzzle us, impoverish us or disarm us.
So, to our lurkers from HCI and company: Settle in guys.
It's gonna be a long day. Click below to view our
reply:
Liberty Watch Responds
Liberty Watch Takes
the Offensive!
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The last two words of our response to HCI are "Molon Labe".
These two words characterize our legal position and our personal
sentiment. For a better understanding of this, our battle cry,
click the links below.
Molon
Labe
To receive the latest information on this suit and how
you can help, please visit our sites at:
The
Firing Line
The
Anti-HCI Website
Center
for the Prevention of Handgun Violence.com
or view our Newsletter, Common
Sense
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Contact Us:
Liberty Watch, Inc.
568 East Woolbright Road
Suite 107
Boynton Beach, Florida 33435
Richard Lucibella, Executive Director
Telephone: (561) 740-9770
Fax: (561) 733-9810
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