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It was a seemingly quiet afternoon in a Pittsburgh, Pa., car repair shop when suddenly a masked man entered through an open door, wielding a gun and demanding money from the shop owner.

After the owner handed over his money, the masked intruder stunned him in the back of the head with a stun gun.

A Viet Nam veteran and NRA firearms instructor who specializes in personal protection, the owner stumbled to his feet and grabbed his gun.

When the intruder pointed his gun at him, the owner fired one shot, killing the man.

Source: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, 12/18/2010

In the spirit of the holidays, www.NRAhuntersrights.org is holding a very special DOUBLE gift giveaway well-suited for late season hunting conditions. For the month of December we’re giving away a complete big-game hunting package featuring a Ruger M77 Hawkeye rifle and a Hawke Panorama 3-9×40 scope. Free to one lucky entrant, the combined value of this package is more than $1,000.

Marrying function with classic style, the Ruger M77 Hawkeye is chambered in 7mm-08 Rem. It incorporates a 22-inch, high-luster blued barrel; four-round magazine; and upgraded American black walnut stock. Each stock comes with a checkered cut grip and wrap-around checkered fore-end. Other features include integral scope mounts, a three-position safety and the LC6™ (“light-crisp”) trigger. Overall weight is just seven pounds; length is 42 inches.

Normally available only at Friends of NRA* events, this limited-edition rifle also features the NRA logo in 24k gold with the number 0NRA-0503 of 1125 on the floor plate.

Regular retail value of this rifle is $843. Learn more about Ruger’s fine line of firearms at www.ruger.com.

No hunting rifle is complete without a quality scope. The Panorama EV 3-9×40 is waterproof, fogproof, shockproof and comes with Hawke’s worldwide warranty. Other features include a red/blue illuminated 1/2 Mil Dot ballistic reticle; fully multi-coated optics for edge-to-edge clarity; 1/4 MOA finger tip turrets; all-weather zoom ring; and Hawke’s Extreme View (EV) optical system, which provides a 20 percent wider field of view over standard riflescopes. The scope normally retails for $189.99.

This scope is also fully compatible with Hawke’s free online Ballistic Reticle Calculator (BRC). For more information on Hawke’s full line of Panorama riflescopes, as well as the company’s other fine hunting and shooting optics, visitwww.hawkeoptics.com.

To enter the December Gift Giveaway, simply visit www.nrahuntersrights.org, and scroll down to the yellow box, “TO ENTER GIFT GIVEAWAY” on the right. Just send an e-mail to the address provided and write “Gift Giveaway” in the subject line. No other information is needed. Entries will be accepted now through Dec. 31, and a winner will be announced Jan. 1 on www.NRAhuntersrights.org. (One entry person, please.)

For the most up-to-date information about your hunting rights there’s just one source: www.NRAhuntersrights.org.

*Friends of NRA (www.friendsofnra.org) banquets boil down to one goal-fundraising for the future of the shooting sports. Since its inception in 1992, Friends of NRA has held over 13,500 events, reached over two million attendees and raised over $170 million for The NRA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Each year, The NRA Foundation allocates half of all net proceeds to fund projects within the state in which the money was raised and uses the other half to fund similar projects with a national scope.

Attorney General Eric Holder is stonewalling all efforts to get to the truth.

His minions have directed Federal employees with knowledge about this illegal gun pipeline to the Mexican cartels to refuse to cooperate with Congressional investigators.

I’ve said all along that Holder is either lying or he’s incompetent, and that either way, he can’t be trusted with the powers of his office or the sanctity of our freedoms. That’s why I wrote you and asked you to sign NRA’s Petition to Fire Eric Holder.

Your signed Petition will help NRA blow the lid off this conspiracy and cover-up, and hold Eric Holder and other administration officials responsible for the crimes they committed while trying to advance President Obama’s gun control agenda.

In Congress, the anti-gunners are cynically pointing to the Fast and Furious scandal and saying that if gun control laws were stronger, then the Obama Administration and BATFE would never have needed to break the law!!!

Using this twisted logic, they’re calling for reviving the Clinton gun bans, outlawing gun shows, restricting “ammunition clips,” rationing the number of guns you can buy, and requiring the registration of long gun sales.

So now, NRA has two battles on our hands… A battle to tell the American people the truth about Operation Fast and Furious, and a battle to fight off these new legislative assaults on our freedoms.

The Administration’s refusal to fully cooperate with Congressional oversight is a true Constitutional crisis. If NRA members don’t fight this battle and restore respect for accountability and the rule of law, no one else will.

Thank you for signing NRA’s Petition to Fire Eric Holder. Thank you for your generous contribution. Thank you for standing with NRA during America’s — and Freedom’s — time of need.

Yours in Liberty,

Wayne LaPierre
Executive Vice President

P.S. Please CLICK HERE NOW to sign NRA’s National Petition to Fire Eric Holder and make your generous contribution to NRA. With your help, we will hold Eric Holder responsible and defend our firearm freedoms from renewed anti-gun attacks.