NV: Secretary of State Certifies Initiative to Ban Private Gun Sales in Nevada

Gun Watch ^ | 10 December, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Nevada Secretary of State Democrat Ross Miller, has certified a Nevada gun control initiative put forward by organizations funded by Michael Bloomberg.  The timely turn in of signatures and some signatures themselves have been challenged by a group of Nevada second amendment supporters.   Democrat Ross Miller lost the 2014 election for Attorney General.  Because of term limits, he was ineligible for a third term as Secretary of State, and is in lame duck status.  He also certified the Marijuana initiative.  From the AP article:

Nevada's top election official is giving the go-ahead to two initiatives for the 2016 ballot: One to allow recreational marijuana use, and the other to tighten background checks for anyone buying guns from private sellers and gun show exhibitors.

Miller is only 38, and is likely to be active in Democrat political circles for decades to come.

Nevadans for States Gun Rights is going to have to grow to combat this initiative.  Their web presence seems to simply be a fundraising plea.  

They are going to need much more organization and money to combat the Bloomberg machine.

It is unknown if they will challenge the ballot certification of the gun control initiative.

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[marktwain]

Nevadans are going to have to mount a herculean effort to stop this.

It can be done, but it will take a lot of work.

[faithhopecharity]

a real shame thatresponsible public officials didn’t just refuse to certify an unconstitutional initiative for the ballot.
now a whole lot of time, effort, and $$ will be required, and quickly, to stop what a good Sec of State should have taken care of quickly and efficiently

[Red Steel]

These laws don’t work especially in Western states. They get ignored. I’ve heard that the Nevada legislature would take steps negate this.

[rktman]

Roger that. Don’t know how many NRA/GOA/SAF folks are in the state but I certainly hope we don’t get the same support the folks in WA got with I-594. Even the reno gazette journal had an editorial board opinion the other day saying that the initiative is a waste of time and money. HO LEE crap! I agree with something the rgj editorial board wrote? What’s next? Admitting that the ONE isn’t?

[matthew fuller]

Hasn’t Nevada been invaded by large numbers of transplant californians?

[tcrlaf]

All of those “private” guns in Nevada prevented Harry’s kid, Rory Reid, from getting filthy stinkin’ rich off of the Chinese Solar deal, because of the armed citizens willing to defend the Bundy Ranch.

OBVIOUSLY, that kind of thing cannot be allowed to stand. I mean, who are theses peons, who think they can get between a Democrat and a massive payday, anyway?/s

[rktman]

You heard incorrectly. According to an email I got from one of our state senators who is PRO gun, if the ‘15 legislature doesn’t enact it, it WILL be on the Nov ‘16 ballot in the hands of the no/low info voters who will buy it because it closes the “gun show loophole”. It has to be enacted as written or goes on the ballot as written. In WA, the I-594 cannot be amended for 2 years after going on the books. Sux!

[marktwain]

That is the way I understand it as well. It looks like their may be a court case on the certification of the ballots, but I would not count on that working.

[Red Steel]

Your article post. Maybe this person can do something for Nevada.

“Newly Designated Nevada GOP Majority Leader: We’re Here to ‘Get our Gun Rights Back”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234183/posts

[Red Steel]

To defeat that law, show Nevadans it is that Commie New Yorker Bloomberg who is the one pushing it.

[rktman]

She’s a good pro gun lady. Sadly, the way the initiative/referendum process is written, the legislature has it’s hands tied. Unless they could cobble something together this session that would preempt what’s written in the initiative and get it passed and signed before the ‘16 ballot. Not counting on that happening.

[TexasGator]

“In WA, the I-594 cannot be amended for 2 years after going on the books. Sux!”

It won’t happen but I think future legislatures have to power to delete that clause and make any changes they want.

[rktman]

Lots of union folks in Vegas and the population there trumps the rest of the state. But you can bet they’ll vote yes on the recreational, uh, I mean regulate and tax, marijuana initiative.

[PieterCasparzen]

So it’s ok for the government to sell guns to outlaws, but American citizens ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? can’t have guns ?
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[rktman]

I certainly hope that would be the case. Depends on the seattlite contingency. And we know about seattle.

[aomagrat]

There are enough democrats in Las Vegas to override the votes of everyone else in Nevada.

[The Toll]

I would break that law ASAP.

[JimRed]

A federal statute makes it a crime to deprive any person of a Constitutional right under the color of law. It sounds like the state itself and any LEO trying to enforce it would be guilty of that crime, by depriving persons of their rights as recognized in the second amendment. What do they fail to understand about “shall not be infringed”?