Forwarding:

>Gainer Rumored to be on Short List for High ATF Post.
>
>
>The ISRA has learned from reliable sources that former Illinois State
>Police Director Terrance W. Gainer is being considered for an undis-
>closed, yet high level position in the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco &
>Firearms (ATF).
>
>Based on his past record, the ISRA finds Gainer to be totally unsuitable
>for any policy making position within the ATF. The ISRA would consider
>the appointment of Gainer to a top ATF post to be a grave threat to the
>future of civilian firearm ownership in the United States. While Director
>of the Illinois State Police, Gainer was openly hostile to law-abiding
>Illinois firearm owners. In the mid-1990s, Gainer testified in favor of
>a ban on private ownership of semiautomatic firearms. On the topic of
>concealed carry, Gainer testified that, even if a CCW law passed in
>Illinois, he'd refuse to issue any permits. As a puppet of the Daley
>administration, Gainer was a dutiful cheerleader in Springfield for any
>of Daley's gun-grab proposals.
>
>Talk of Gainer's selection is yet another indication that the ATF is
>loading its upper ranks with antigun zealots. As reported earlier this
>year by the ISRA, former ATF Chicago Division Director Kathleen Kiernan
>had been promoted to a high level position in the ATF headquarters.
>While heading up Chicago's ATF office, Kiernan also served as the chair
>of a fund raising event held by the Illinois Council Against Handgun
>Violence (ICHV). The ICHV is a Chicago-based group that has as its
>mission the destruction of the shooting sports and the end of civilian
>firearm ownership.
>
>Teaming Gainer with Kiernan would spell bad news for American gun owners.
>One could certainly expect to see stepped up administrative efforts to
>reduce the number of FFL holders in the nation and further restrictions
>on the importation of firearms, parts, and ammunition would soon follow.
>
>The ISRA is urging all American gun owners to contact their US Senators
>and Representatives and express opposition to Gainer's appointment.
>Callers should also inquire as to why no investigation of Kiernan's
>conflict of interest was taken up.

and this was unexpected?

What is ISRA?? What are their views??
What is the background on Gainer?? Career LEO or some political hack that got to be a "director"?? If Gainer is a hack what else has he done (job wise).

.

[url]http://www.isra.org/ns.htm[/url]

Norm