Delivery Problems?: One list member complained of not receiving the
daily mailing for September 30, 2005. Did anyone else have this problem?
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Moonbats Over Miami: Tim Wheeler uses the Brady Bunch vendetta against
Florida to remind us of the long-term strategy of the Brady Bunch. (You
may need to scroll down to this item.)
http://www.claremont.org/localliberty/
Related Item: "The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence will begin
distributing educational materials about Miami's new Shoot First Law at
Miami International Airport on Monday, October 3." (And I thought it was
a state law.)
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=54380
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Wisconsin CCW Bill Includes Privacy Clause: As the prohibitionists grasp
for straws to stave off licensed CCW in Wisconsin, they discover that
the newly introduced bill would bar public access to lists of permitees.
(That hasn't been a problem in Arizona.)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/sep05/359647.asp
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Ohio Sheriff Demands Annual Address Verification: The sheriff of Belmont
County has implemented a policy of requiring CHL-holders to verify their
addresses and that they are still in possession of the CHL. There does
not appear to be any legal basis for this demand.
http://www.ohioccw.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3402
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Plot Thickens In Virginia Election: The Virginia Citizens Defense League
has decided not to join the NRA in its endorsement of gubernatorial
candidate Jerry Kilgore.
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20050930-110728-7266r.htm
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Native-American Professor Supports RKBA: David Yeagley links
Native-American heritage and the Second Amendment in a speech to
students at Ohio University.
http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=21703
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German Prince May Face Trouble With Antique Firearms: The sons of a
German prince listed several antique weapons in an online auction
catalog. The weapons have been seized by police because German law
requires licensing of working firearms, even if they are antiques.
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=24131&name=Police+check+Prince+Ernst+August's+family+arms
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From CCRKBA:
NEWS RELEASE
BRADY'S ANTI-GUN AD CAMPAIGN IS 'TOURIST TERRORISM,' SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA - A deplorable advertising effort mounted by the Brady
Campaign to Control Gun Violence that warns tourists they might be
killed by legally-armed Florida residents is tantamount to terrorism,
the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said
today.
The Brady Campaign is running ads in several American cities and in the
United Kingdom that say "Warning: Florida residents can use deadly
force." Another advertisement warns Florida-bound tourists to "Use
special caution in arguing with motorists on Florida roads." The Florida
tourism industry is properly furious, and Sunshine State gun owners have
every right to feel insulted.
"The Brady Campaign has descended to a new low," said CCRKBA Executive
Director Joe Waldron. "This factually-challenged organization has always
been extremist in its philosophy. Spreading hysteria is their political
stock in trade, but now they are deliberately trying to terrify
tourists, including those from other countries. To do that, they're
openly suggesting that legally armed, law-abiding Florida residents are
emotionally unbalanced to the point that they would gun down tourists.
"Because their insidious gun control schemes have been increasingly
rejected by American voters, Congress and state legislatures," Waldron
continued, "these rabid anti-freedom zealots are now trying to villify
our country in the eyes of foreign visitors. The Brady bunch is
essentially telling British subjects not to come here because
legally-armed American citizens cannot be trusted, and might murder them.
"The Brady camp simply cannot bring itself to admit that America is
safer because its citizens retain and exercise their firearm civil
rights," Waldron observed. "Anti-gun fanatics despise the fact that
millions of Americans are legally armed, and that their campaign of
vitriol couldn't change that. But now they are taking their message of
hate and social bigotry toward American gun owners to the international
level. In the process, they are slandering the reputation of the great
state of Florida, and demonizing its residents.
"Even for the Brady Campaign, sinking to this level of contemptibility
just didn't seem possible," Waldron acknowledged. "These people long ago
proved they have no credibility. Now they are demonstrating to the world
that they have no shame."
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From JPFO:
ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization
September 29, 2005
JPFO ALERT: Schumer & Feinstein -- They Aren't Hypocrites At All
We've received a flurry of letters regarding revelations
that Congressman Charles Schumer has a concealed weapons
permit, as does Congresswoman Dianne Feinstein. Given their
historical anti-gun stance, doesn't this make them
hypocrites?
Absolutely not, says JPFO.
Schumer, Feinstein and their ilk firmly believe that
government officials and agents should have access to
firearms, but _civilians_ should not. They are arrogant
people who believe that elected officials and their agents
are better, smarter, more important and more trustworthy
than the citizens.
That is the view of socialism -- rule by "experts" because
the people cannot arrange their own affairs. Naturally,
the "experts" need to be protected against the commoners,
who (they believe) are typically stupid and dangerous.
No, neither Feinstein nor Schumer are hypocrites. They are
simply tyrants who believe that the laws they impose should
only apply to the rabble. The real question is _why_ such a
clear double standard is tolerated in America, where all
citizens are supposedly equal.
The answer? Because Americans don't understand their
rights. They believe that any policy, legislation, or
regulation is by definition "lawful"...that is to say,
Constitutional. But we know better. And as more Americans
learn the true meaning of the Bill of Rights, so will they.
JPFO asks you to help bring back a Bill of Rights culture
by ordering one (or more!) copies of _Bill of Rights or
Bust_ (www.your10rights.com). Help Americans understand
that just because some politician _wants_ to take away your
rights, doesn't mean that he can.
- The Liberty Crew
P.S. Watch for a new "Talkin' to America" audio interview
(www.jpfo.org/talkamerica.htm) with Howard Linnette, author
of _Surviving Terrorism on the Streets of Jerusalem_,
published by Paladin Press. Wait 'til you learn what our
government is not telling Americans!
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From The NRA-ILA:
NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 12, No. 39 9/30/05
COMPASS CHANGES DIRECTION
As you know, on September 22, NRA filed a motion in United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to block
authorities from confiscating law-abiding citizens' firearms in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. On September 23, the Court sided with
NRA and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from
law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The controversy over gun confiscations erupted when The New York Times
reported that the New Orleans Superintendent of Police Eddie Compass
directed that no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to have guns
and that "only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons." ABC News
quoted New Orleans' Deputy Police Chief Warren Riley, saying, "No one
will be able to be armed. We are going to take all the weapons."
This week--fast on the heels of the restraining order--Compass abruptly
resigned his post. At the same time, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's
office was quick to distance itself from the statements made by Compass
and Riley.
The one big question that remains to be answered is who actually issued
the controversial confiscation order in the first place.
Under Nagin's leadership, the city's murder rate increased and there
were frequent reports of corruption within the police department. In
addition, during the region's wide-spread, post-Katrina violence,
looting, and civil unrest, roughly 250 police officers deserted their
posts. Amidst the anarchy, a television crew filmed police officers
apparently participating in the looting of a store.
MORE THAN 100 ATTEND INAUGURAL
"FIREARMS LAW & THE SECOND AMENDMENT" SYMPOSIUM
On Saturday, September 24, an unprecedented showcase of wisdom,
knowledge, and insight on the Second Amendment occurred at George Mason
University School of Law in Arlington, Va.--site of the first ever "2005
Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium." Sponsored by GMU's Law
Students for the Second Amendment and co-hosted by The NRA Foundation
and the NRA's Civil Rights Defense Fund, this day-long event was a
scholarly discussion of America's First Freedom, the Second Amendment,
and its historical and present day applications.
The day's sessions covered everything from the devastating role civilian
disarmament played in the genocidal campaign in Sudan (David Kopel) and
the racist roots of gun control in the United States (Prof. Robert
Cottrol and Don B. Kates), to the latest economic study of
Right-to-Carry legislation (Prof. Carl Moody), and the appalling lack of
self-defense rights in Great Britain (Prof. Joyce Lee Malcolm).
Early in the program, GMU Law's own Professor Nelson Lund set the tone,
noting that the term "people" as used in the Second Amendment cannot
refer to "states" any more than the term "arms" refers to "the upper
limbs of the human body."
Although the hosts invited more than half a dozen panelists who take
issue with the Founding Fathers' intent to provide an individual right
to keep and bear arms, only historian Saul Cornell of Ohio State
accepted, aptly noting at the outset of his remarks that he felt like a
priest attending his first Bar Mitzvah! Arguing that a historian's job
is sometimes to make things more complex, Prof. Cornell suggests that
the Second Amendment is really "an individual right exercised
collectively," like the right to vote or to serve on a jury. But one of
his conclusions at the symposium was that, today, the Second Amendment
is more relevant as part of America's "culture wars" than it is with
respect to public policy.
Two of the more topical points of discussion at the event centered on
NRA's recent victory in securing a temporary restraining order against
New Orleans' illegal campaign of gun confiscation after Hurricane
Katrina, and Weyerhaeuser's corporate policy of prohibiting its
employees from legally storing firearms in their vehicles in the
company's parking lot in direct violation of Oklahoma state law. These
were not just theoretical discussions, as the panelists who covered
these issues--Stephen Halbrook in the New Orleans case and Larry Johnson
in the Weyerhaeuser case--are both actively involved with the respective
litigation.
Larry Johnson, counsel in the Weyerhaeuser case, told a story that
illustrates just how much gun laws in Washington, D.C. have changed
since his youth. While waiting for his flight to leave National Airport
in the 1950s, Mr. Johnson took in many of the capital's sights--the FBI
building, the Smithsonian, and even the White House--all while toting
his hunting rifle. He wasn't questioned until a White House security
guard saw him outside the gate cradling his rifle. Not knowing what
tone the conversation would take, Johnson was surprised when the guard
merely told him to open the rifle's action! It's not hard to imagine
what that conversation would be like today.
Prof. Bob Cottrol and other experts addressed the issue of firearms and
civil rights; Prof. Cottrol argued that the Second Amendment served
three purposes: 1) defense of one's self; 2) defense of the state; and
3) defense of one's self from the state. Prof. Cottrol also added a bit
of levity, describing himself as a Humphrey Democrat who supports
"issuing 'gun stamps' so poor people can have access to quality firearms."
The inaugural "2005 Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium" was a
success, and as Eric Swartz, President of GMU Law Students for the
Second Amendment noted, it is an event they hope to repeat every year.
We will be sure to keep you updated on future plans to organize the 2006
symposium--and we would encourage law students to contact NRA-ILA for
assistance in starting similar groups on their own campuses.
(Look for a more complete recap of this event in an upcoming issue of
your NRA magazine--likely in January.)
CONTINUE TO URGE PASSAGE OF S. 397 IN U.S. HOUSE
As you know, the U.S. Senate passed S. 397--the "Protection of Lawful
Commerce in Arms Act"--by a strong bipartisan vote of 65-31! This
action represents a great victory and a vitally important first step
toward ending the anti-gun lobby's shameless attempts to bankrupt the
firearm industry through reckless, predatory lawsuits. It also
represents a crucial step forward for law-abiding firearm manufacturers,
retailers, and owners in this country.
With Congress now back in session, it is critical that you once again
contact your U.S. Representative's Capitol Hill office in Washington,
D.C., and urge him/her to pass S. 397 as passed by the Senate!
You can find contact information for your elected officials by using the
"Write Your Representatives" <
http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/>
tool at www.NRAILA.org <
http://www.NRAILA.org/>, or you can call your
U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121.
We can and will achieve our mutual goal of finally enacting this common
sense law, but only with your continued assistance. Please help us
finish the job once and for all by contacting your U.S. Representative
in Washington and urging him/her to support the "Protection of Lawful
Commerce in Arms Act" as passed by the Senate.
A LOOK AT THE STATES
(****For all of the action items below, you can find contact information
for your legislators by using the "Write Your Representatives"
<
http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/> tool at www.NRAILA.org
<
http://www.NRAILA.org/>. As always, thank you for your support.****)
CALIFORNIA
Assembly Bill 996, authored by Assemblymember Ridley-Thomas (D - Los
Angeles), is now on the Governor's desk. AB 996 would require all
retailers to display and sell ammunition in a manner that is only
accessible by an employee, not the purchaser. Any violation of this
measure would result in a misdemeanor. Please contact Governor
Schwarzenegger's office and urge him to oppose this onerous legislation
further restricting our rights! The Governor can be reached at
(916) 445-2841. The Governor has until October 9 to sign or veto this
legislation, so your immediate action is needed!
FLORIDA
SB-206 & HB-129 have been introduced in Florida and are Supported by NRA
and Unified Sportsmen of Florida. SB-206, by Senator Durell Peaden
(R-2) (Identical HB-129), "prohibits specified persons, employers, and
business entities from establishing, maintaining, or enforcing any
policy or rule that prohibits a person from parking motor vehicle on
property set aside for such purpose when secured firearm or firearms are
being lawfully transported and stored in the motor vehicle; and provides
for specified immunity from liability for businesses." SB-206 amends
790.25, 27.53. HB-129, "Lawful Ownership, Possession, and Use of
Firearms and Other Weapons" was introduced by Representative Dennis
Baxley and is cosponsored by Representatives Bob Allen (R-Merritt
Island); Greg Evers (R-Milton); Gayle Harrell (R-Pt. St. Lucie); Paige
Kreegel (R-Punta Gorda); Mitch Needelman (R-Palm Bay); Joe Negron
(R-Stuart); Julio Robaina (R-Miami); Ray Sansom (R-Ft. Walton Beach);
Dwight Stansel (-Live Oak; Baxter Troutman (R-Winter Haven). It is
IDENTICAL to SB-206. HB-125 was also introduced and is supported by NRA
and Unified Sportsmen of Florida. An identical Senate companion bill
SB-208 has been filed by Senator Carey Baker (R-Eustis). HB-125 by
Representative Greg Evers (R-Milton), is cosponsored by Representatives
Bob Allen (R-Merritt Island); Dennis Baxley (R-Ocala); Nancy Detert
(R-Venice); Gayle Harrell (R-Pt. St. Lucie); Will Kendrick
(D-Carrabelle); Mitch Needelman (R-Palm Bay); Julio Robaina (R-Miami);
Ray Sansom (R-Ft. Walton Beach); and Baxter Troutman (R-Winter Haven).
HB-125 requires subagents appointed by the Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission for the sale of hunting, fishing, and trapping
licenses and permits to provide individuals seeking such licenses and
permits the opportunity to register to vote or to update a voter
registration; requires supervisors of elections to provide such
subagents with the necessary voter registration applicai ons; and
provides penalties. We will keep you informed as these bills progress
in the Florida legislature.
NEW YORK
The Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Inc. (S.A.F.E.) will
be hosting its "2005 Right-to-Carry Conference & Second Amendment Rally"
on Sunday October 16, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (doors open at 12:00
noon). The event will be held at the Sheraton, Long Island, 110
Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Smithtown, NY, (631) 231-1100, (on Motor
Parkway on North side of LIE between exits 53 & 55). In attendance at
the event will be: Wayne R. LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President;
John C. Sigler, NRA First Vice President; Randy A. Daniels, New York
Secretary of State; Jim Fotis, Executive Director, Law Enforcement
Alliance of America; and John L. Cushman, S.A.F.E. President and
Founder, and NRA Director. At the conference, you will get the latest
information on the Right-to-Carry on Long Island, meet and network with
fellow sportsmen, raise issues of concern with local and national
leaders of Second Amendment organizations and local legislators, and win
valuable prizes in draings limited to attendees only. Admission and
parking is free and the event is open to your family and friends.
TEXAS
Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) has negotiated, and Governor Rick Perry
(R) has signed, a Concealed Handgun License reciprocal agreement with
the State of Alaska. For more information, please visit
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/alaskareciprocity.pdf
<
http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.24.1897.10.4325426>.
VIRGINIA
The "Virginia Shooting Sports Association" (VSSA), NRA's Virginia state
affiliate, cordially invites you to attend its Annual Meeting and "NRA
Shooting Sports Clinic" tomorrow, Saturday, October 1, 2005. The Annual
Meeting and Shooting Sports Clinic will take place at Holiday Lake 4-H
Education Center, located on Rt. 723, Appomattox, Virginia. Spend the
day shooting air rifles, shotguns, and high power rifles. Then stay for
dinner and hear about VSSA's accomplishments during the past year. The
NRA Shooting Sports Clinic is open to VSSA members and non-VSSA members
alike, and is a great opportunity to introduce your children or adult
friends to the shooting sports. Lodging is available at the center.
For additional information on lodging, and meals, please call the VSSA
Office at (540) 672-5848 or visit the VSSA web site at
www.myvssa.org/am.htm
<
http://www.nranews.org/UM/T.asp?A2.24.1897.11.4325426>.
WISCONSIN
A bill was recently introduced in the Wisconsin legislature that will
eliminate barriers to recruiting new hunters. AB 677 is landmark
legislation similar to what NRA is pursuing in other states. Among
other things it will lower the state's minimum hunting age. Currently,
no one in Wisconsin can hunt until they are 12 years old. In fact the
law prevents them from even receiving firearms instruction at a range
until they reach that age. AB 677 eliminates both of these barriers
thus allowing parents to determine when their kids are ready to learn
marksmanship and begin to hunt. Studies have shown that states that
make youth wait until they are 12 to begin hunting are recruiting new
hunters at a much slower rate than states that allow parents to make
that decision. The other component to AB 677 is that it will allow a
new hunter of any age to hunt under the supervision of an experienced
hunter prior to taking hunter safety. This mentoring provisio will
allow experienced hunters to take friends and family into the field to
introduce them to the sport when the opportunity arises. Currently, a
potential new hunter has to complete hunter safety prior to their first
hunt, something that is often not logistically possible. This barrier
makes it very difficult to introduce new adult hunters into our
heritage. The provisions of AB 677 are critical if we want to continue
the proud hunting traditions of Wisconsin. Wisconsin members are
strongly encouraged to call their legislature at (800) 362-9472 to voice
their strong support for AB 677.
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
