Armed Females of America NY chapter will hold a barrel drive at the gun show to raise legal defense funds to help Ronald Dixon and his family. Stop by the show, make a donation and sign a letter to Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes supporting Ron Dixon's right to self defense.

Many of you in New York are familiar with the Ronald Dixon case in Brooklyn. It is the scheduled feature (unless other news pre-empts it) Friday night on 20/20 during JOHN STOSSEL's "GIVE ME A BREAK" news segment which airs during the LAST 5 or 10 minutes of the show: ABC, Channel 7, Friday night, February 28th approximately 10:50 P.M. until 11:00 P.M. (SEE BELOW FOR BLURB from John Stossel) Please check your local listings for your time and channel.

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This Friday's "Give Me a Break" is about a man who is in trouble because he shot a burglar. In Brooklyn, N.Y., Ron Dixon and his family were jolted awake by a noise early one morning. There was a stranger in the house. When Dixon saw the intruder enter his young son's room, he grabbed his 9 mm pistol, and said to the man, "What are you doing in my house?" Dixon says the burglar then moved toward him, and so he shot him twice.

The intruder survived. He's a career criminal who's been arrested 19 times. He's now being held in New York's Rikers Island jail. Dixon has also been arrested and charged with "criminal possession of a weapon." He's threatened with up to a year in jail, because his gun was unlicensed. (the license was pending) editor.

Prosecutors want to put him in Riker's Island - the same jail where the burglar was sent. Head prosecutor Charles Hynes wouldn't talk to 20/20 but said of Dixon's case, "You get caught with a [unlicensed] gun in Brooklyn, you're going to do jail time." Dixon will fight that in court March 11. At the same time that New York Gov. George Pataki, to save money, plans to let criminals out of jail, prosecutors are trying to put Ron Dixon in? When the career criminal, who was in Dixon's house, got his first conviction, he got probation, no jail time. But Dixon has to go to jail? Give me a break!

Please come by the gun show and make a small donation to this good cause and sign a letter to prosecutor Hynes.

Diane McKeough
AFA, NY


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