I present for yourconsideration Sportsmen for Clinton? and Sportsmen for Obama?The next presidential election will be especially important in case the Democratsretain control of the House and Senate.
Well, the anti's have finally published their list of events for their part of National Exercise Your Rights Day. They are planning to exercise their First Amendment Rights in the following ways:
a rally at a park in Newark near the school where the recent shootings took place
a protest at a gun store in Maryland that is responsible for the most crime guns found in Washington, D.C.
a candlelight vigil at the Arizona state capitol in Phoenix
a community gathering at a church in Birmingham, Alabama
an anti-violence coalition breakfast in Minneapolis
a statewide letter writing campaign is being organized in California to build support for a crime-fighting “microstamping” bill being considered by the State Legislature.
I encourage gun rights activists nationwide to exercise your First and Second Amendment Rights by helping to make next Tuesday a record sales day for your local firearms and ammunition dealers and a record letter and e-mail day for your elected officials.
If you live in an area where an anti-gun activity is scheduled, please show up at their events with proper attire, buttons, and signage to let these folks know that you support ALL of their rights.
We've gotten a lot of responses from activists around the country planning to take individual action, but not a lot of information about group actions. The Second Amendment Sisters and Maryland activists are planning to "support" the event at Realco Guns in Upper Marlboro, Maryland from Noon to 2:00 and while it is difficult to ask activists in Northern Virginia to disarm and venture into "The People's Republic of Maryland", I am planning to do so and your support would be appreciated. Since this is going to be the official event for the DC area, it is also likely to be the biggest and receive the most publicity so we need the best turnout possible.
If you or your group is planning any organized activity - march, shooting event, picnic, group buying trips, or whatever, please let us know so we can help get more people to join you.
If you are willing to coordinate an event, please let us know.
Missouri residents are reminded that your new law goes into effect on the 28th which should lower costs for you.
Please forward this alert to everyone on your e-mail list and copy it into your favorite firearms forums.
I don't recall if I have ever done a QotD before and I may never again. But this was just too much. In Philly they want to file a suit against the NRA for successfully lobbying against Pennsylvania gun control laws.
From Michael Coard, president of the Philadelphia Millions More Movement:
“I am constantly in court defending young Black men who are accused of shooting another young Black man."
Followed by:
“We are looking for survivors of victims of gun violence who will sign on to our lawsuit. The object of our lawsuit is to allow Philadelphia to finally be able to pass its own gun legislation.”
Perhaps if Michael would stop defending shooters and let them rot in jail there would be fewer victims in Philly.
It is the right to live free and protect yourself.
Backing up, I remember thinking the Ruger Ranch Rifle was an interesting idea. Just not applicable to my circumstances. Prairie dogs have been my issue because I back up to county open space. The Ruger 10-22 has done just fine.
Then our circumstances changed. We bought some mountain land. Inhabitants include deer, elk, bear and moose.
The concept of a ranch rifle became real. Protecting your family from large animals is now a definite consideration.
With deep woods, I wanted a semiautomatic with a shorter barrel and a big punch. What I wanted was a Ruger Ranch Rifle on steroids. The .223 just wasn't going to do it. The 6.8mm Rem SPC is ballistically an unknown to me and ammo availability could be an issue.
What I ended up with is a Springfield Armory Socom 16. It is not small, but is smaller. Certainly not pretty, but very functional.
The bottom line is that the best choice for the job is a firearm the gun grabbers want to say NOBODY needs.
A basis of need is not in the Constitution. But if it were, the gun grabbers would still be wrong on what they want to call assault weapons.
It is not on the Senate site, or Thomas, but the Richmond Times-Dispatch says that H.R.2640 , the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, has been passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The Brady Bunch, in the form of Stop the NRA, is nice enough to inform us that H.R.2640 , the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, is seeing action in the Senate Judiciary Committee today.
There are big differences of opinion on this one. The NRA is for it. The GOA is against it. Do your own research and let your Senators know how you feel.
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is announcing that the District is going forward with an appeal to the Supreme Court in the Parker case.
The announcement puts to rest rumors and concerns that DC would simply make minor adjustments to their oppressive gun restrictions to feign compliance with the Federal Circuit Court's decision stating that the Second Amendment refers to an individual right.
The next step in the process is for the Supreme Court to decide whether they will hear the case or not. If they do not choose to hear it, the court ruling stands and its decision carries a bit more weight than it would have had if it had never been appealed to the SCOTUS, but it would still not be a binding precedent for all federal courts. If the Supreme Court does choose to hear the case it will be almost impossible for them to reach a decision without a clear statement of whether the Second Amendment applies to only state militias such as the National Guard or whether it is an individual right.
Please spread this news and start writing letters to the editor; the anti-gunners will be mounting massive media campaigns in attempts to convince the Court that the American people no longer believe in the Second Amendment. It is up to us - you and me - to diffuse that nonsense and make it clear that the majority of Americans recognize the right to arms as a basic human right.
We will keep you posted as the issue develops and we will present more in-depth analysis in "The Knox Report" and in the Blogs on our newly revamped website - www.FirearmsCoalition.org.
Yours for the Second Amendment,
Jeff Knox The Firearms Coalition
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