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Posted on 01/16/2006 11:53:04 AM PST by neverdem
Friday, December 23, 2005
One of NRA-ILA's top legislative priorities in Congress continues to be the passage of S. 1082 and H.R. 1288--the Senate and House versions of the "District of Columbia Personal Protection Act." This legislation seeks to restore the constitutionally-guaranteed Second Amendment rights of the residents of the District of Columbia.
The need for this legislation is obvious. Since 1977, the District has banned the possession of all handguns not acquired and registered before that year. D.C. law also prohibits keeping an assembled rifle or shotgun in the home, effectively outlawing the use of firearms for lawful self-defense. And despite these Draconian gun control laws, Washington, D.C., consistently has one of the highest homicide rates in the nation.
"D.C.'s politicians have stripped law-abiding residents of their ability to defend themselves and their families," said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "Passage of the ‘District of Columbia Personal Protection Act' will remedy this senseless and dangerous injustice."
Please be sure to contact your U.S. Senators and Representative and ask them to cosponsor and support S. 1082 and H.R. 1288.
For a list of Senate cosponsors, please visit http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN01082:@@@P.
For a list of House cosponsors, please visit http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR01288:@@@P.
You can call your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121, or your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121.
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I highly doubt that either Voinovich or DeWine will support this. They are both RINOs who are unlikely to stand up for the rights of gun owners. Both need kicked out of office.
Doesn't the NRA-ILA website have some informative links the would help those interested in influencing our elected officials? Like maybe some valuable information that could be used to support the right to defend yourself from harm?
I have two very left-wing Dem senators. One of them being that mean-spirited cadaver-in-action, Frank Lautenberg. I doubt either them will vote to allow the serfs the ability to effectively defend themselves.
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I saw one of the NRA-ILA speakers/leaders, whatever the term is, on C-Span, as I recall, recently. He was talking at a university, maybe American University. Unfortunately, Happy Hour came over me (a nap) and I missed the end of it--wanted to hear what the students would ask.
I recall, however, that he said the townhall meetings that our elected officials are an effective tool to use to inform them of our thoughts, so effective, as I recall, that legislators had stopped giving the NRA the information directly as to when the elected would be meeting in hometowns across America. And the was why the grassroots level is important because no legislator worth his or her salt is going to ignore a constituent who requests information on when a visit to the local townhall will happen.
This tells us something about our elected officials and it also speaks volumes about how effective we can be if we aim to be.
How about our national parks? I live out west. I could care less if the welfare clients in Washginton choose to elect idiots who deprive them of their rights. I do intensely dislike being forced to be disarmed when traveling in Federal holdings within MY state, as well as the other relatively free adjoining ones. How about a "Personal Protection in Public Parks" act. It could limit carry in buildings etc but not leave back country hikers with the a better choice than either being a sitting duck for the illegal drug runners, and bad guys who frequent our parks, or being in violation of gun laws.
IIRC, I saw the same program. The guy seemed relatively young, but prematurely going bald. He had hid delivery down pat. I don't recall the Q & A.
Don't feel so bad. This is one of my Senators.
Tim Schmidt, the founder, has a letter there, with some pertinent information that someone interested in contacting their elected officials about this legislation may want to use in support of the right to keep and bear arms to defend oneself from harm.
He tells of being aboard an airplane and reading an article called "The Constitutional Right and Social Obligation to Carry a Gun," by Robert Boatman.
Some thought-provoking quotes from his letter and the article follow:
“Even though most people do not carry guns, the mere possibility that an intended victim could be armed with a handgun eliminates millions of crimes every year”
“According to the FBI, states with “shall-issue” right-to-carry laws have a 26 percent lower total violent crime rate, a 20 percent lower homicide rate, a 39 percent lower robbery rate and a 22 percent lower aggravated assault rate than those states that do not allow their citizens to legally carry guns.”
“Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, Gary Kleck, in Point Blank: Gun Violence in America found that ‘robbery and assault victims who used a gun to resist were less likely to be attacked or to suffer an injury than those who used any other method of self- protection or those who did not resist at all.’”
“Carrying a loaded gun with the ability and will to use it is not a casual fling meant to bring some excitement into your boring life. It is an all- embracing lifestyle and must take precedence over your respect for law, your fear of social criticism, your love of humanity, your wardrobe and your drinking habits.”
I don't know what the stats say about people who carry regardless of a permit or not, but I hazard that there is a spectrum from A-Z. Locally, it is against someone's law or rule to carry a firearm while bow-hunting. I don't believe the local prosecutor will enforce the law in the unlikely event that a C.O. locates and writes someone up for doing so.
I've been reading some SCOTUS cases regarding guns. In one, Muscarello v United States, there is much ado about the word "carry". I guess if it were me, if I'm out in the woods, I have a means of defending myself, regardless of the law. I do have a permit for concealed carry. Nobody need know, especially considering the mentality fostered by the MSM.
The next time the anti-gunners march in DC, maybe someone could be on hand with a sign: In DC, the politicians refuse to allow a "woman the righ to choose" to defend herself from harm...
I feel bad for both of us.
Bump for a free America.
Don't feel bad. Get mad. Who would have thought that pilots could be armed?
I'm definately mad. I've written a considerable number of letters to people in the Republican Party in Ohio suggesting that we pull our support from thes RINOs. It doesn't likely do any good because the Republican Party leadership in Ohio is part of the problem, but at least I've made my opinions known.
Conservative are making progress at gaining more control of our party, but it's a slow fight. Blackwell winning the Governor's office will be a big step along the way.
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