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According to [http://www.2asisters.org/ their website], the Second Amendment Sisters "was founded in 1999 by five women who got together on the internet. [[Deb Altrath]] of New Jersey, [[Juli Bednarzyk]] of Illinois, [[Dianne Sawyer]] of South Carolina, [[Marinelle Thompson]] of Texas, and [[Kim Watson]] of Florida discovered they had something in common - that they didn't want the anti-rights [[Million Mom March]] to speak for them. For five months these women, along with a small but dedicated group of volunteers, planned a rally of their own, using the internet to pull all the pieces together. None of them had ever planned such an event before, but the combination of their personal skills and the 'must-do' attitude of their supporters enabled them to make a powerful statement on May 12, 2000 - that there were women to whom the Second Amendment meant something, and to whom 'gun control' was a false promise."
Their slogan, "Self-Defense is a basic human right," red rose logo and events such as the Mother's Day 2004 [http://www.2asisters.org/SAFER/index.html SAFER, or Second Amendment Freedoms for Everyone Rally] seek to put a female face on gun ownership and strengthen the anti-gun control argument that "weaker members of society," including women, need guns to ensure their safety. This contrasts with the [[National Rifle Association]]'s and pro-gun hunters'/ fishers'/ outdoors groups' very virile image.
Their website's [http://www.2asisters.org/affiliate/ affiliate page] lists [[Safety Technology]], [[Hickory Farms]], [[Marathon USA]] ("whose 'Make A Call For Freedom' program assists in the fight to preserve the Second Amendment by serving as a cash generating resource for organizations on
the front line of battle to preserve our right to keep and bear arms"), [[Miva]] e-commerce, [[TerrysVillage.com]] and [[Fain's World of AirSoft Guns]]. Also, purhcases of the books [[More Guns Less Crime]], [[Dial 911 and Die]], [[Self Control, Not Gun Control]] and two others through [[amazon.com]] generates income for the group. Other sources of income include their [http://www.2asisters.org/sponsor/sponsors.htm sponsors], such as [[Grover Norquist]]'s group [[Americans for Tax Reform]] and [http://GunsSaveLives.org/ Guns Save Lives], individual sponsors and dues-paying members.
==Contact information==
Second Amendment Sisters, Inc.<br>
900 R.R. 620 South<br>
Ste C101 PMB 228<br>
Lakeway TX 78734<br>
Toll-free Phone/Fax: (877) 271-6216
Email: inquire@2asisters.org
Website: http://www.2asisters.org
