Gun Owners Won't Accept McCain and Conservatives Should Not Either

SPRINGFIELD, Va., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being
issued by the Gun Owners of America:

"John McCain has actively worked against the Second Amendment and self-defense
during his time in Congress. He also has been a spokesman for gun grabbers
during state initiative campaigns," said the three top officers of Gun Owners
of America - Founder and Chairman Sen. H. L. Richardson (ret.), Vice-Chairman
Tim Macy and Executive Director Larry Pratt.

"John McCain's so-called 'Straight Talk Express' will derail if he attempts to
con gun owners into thinking that he is really their man. If he had wanted
the support of gun owners, and conservatives in general, McCain should have
thought about that before chalking up his long string of unacceptable votes
and initiatives.

"Gun Owners of America urge the conservatives gathering this week in
Washington, D.C. for the CPAC 2008 to remember that John McCain is no
conservative. He worked with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) for amnesty for
illegal aliens. He worked with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) for protecting
incumbents by gagging political speech. He voted against President Bush's tax
cuts, although now Senator 'Straight Talk' says that he is for making them
permanent. He supported Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) when his presidential bid was
beached by the Swift Boat Veterans. He even explored running with Kerry in
the 2004 presidential election.

"He appeared in radio and TV ads in Colorado and Oregon on the behalf of an
anti-gun group, in an attempt to cripple gun shows and register gun buyers.

"Conservatives should not support John McCain for president. It is for sure
that gun owners will remember who has burned them and undermined the Second
Amendment," concluded the GOA officers.

SOURCE Gun Owners of America

Ellie McDaniel or Eddie Isler of the Gun Owners of America, +1-703-321-8585