Posted on 09/11/2003 12:48:32 PM PDT by Luke Skyfreeper
The Missouri Senate has JUST NOW OVERRIDDEN GOV. BOB HOLDEN'S VETO OF LICENSE-TO-CARRY, by the narrow margin of 23 to 11!
23 votes were required to override, and we barely made it -- but we made it.
We were helped out in key swing votes by Senator Jon Dolan, who flew in from military duty in Cuba for this and the abortion override vote, and also by Senator Michael Gibbons, who voted against the original bill. No one knew until today how Senator Gibbons would cast his vote.
These are certainly not the only Senators who deserve to be thanked. Senator Harold Caskey, Democrat Senator from District 31, has swum against the tide of many of his colleagues to provide tremendous, courageous leadership in this issue. Senators Peter Kinder and Sarah Steelman also come to mind as prominent supporters. And those who passed the override in the House deserve to be thanked as well, because without them we would never have reached this point.
Makes sense to me.
I have seen a couple of clips to pilot "training" on TV and am disgusted. As a trainer my self, I am of the opinion that the Fed program will get pilots killed. I see shooters moving down a simulated aisle banging away at a target(s) at the end of the aisle. Kind of neat in an action pistol competition concept but likely to be very non productive for a pilot defending his air craft. If it costs $6,000.00 for this kind of training, I am in the wrong racket.
Congratulations.
Carolyn,
You obviously weren't among those who have fought this battle, long and hard, week in and week out, for the past twelve years.
And when I say "week in and week out, for the past twelve years," there are literally people who did that.
This is not a moment for complaining about what we don't have. This is a "free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last!" kind of moment. I can't tell you what a miracle it is that we actually achieved license-to-carry in the State of Missouri over Governor Bob Holden's veto.
At the beginning of the year, after 11 years of struggle, no one really gave those who were fighting for this a snowball's chance in hell of even getting a bill out of committee. I personally know people who fought on anyway, in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Their goal was just to get a bill on the governor's desk, all the while knowing that it was virtually certain to be vetoed, and all the while knowing that a veto override would almost certainly fail.
Until yesterday, there had been a grand total of 3 governor's vetos overridden in the State of Missouri in the nearly 150 years since the Civil War.
If you're so concerned about what we don't have, then why don't you get involved? May I suggest that joining Second Amendment Sisters would be a good place to start. SAS is active now in the State of MO, and you can contact the MO state Second Amendment Sisters coordinator at mo_coord@2asisters.org.
Or are you the kind of person to sit and let others do all the work, and then complain that they haven't served you up enough on a silver platter?
In fact, I dare you to get involved.
I'm sorry if this sounds a little bit harsh, but you come across as if you really have no idea of the enormous sacrifices that others have made to gain you the freedom to legally carry a concealed defensive weapon in Missouri.
I was part of JPFO, NRA, GOA, WMSA and the Missouri 51st Militia. I wrote, called, etc., wrote columns for WMSA and wrote and edited the Necessary Force newsletter for the 51st. I have been published by GUNS magazine, WOMEN & GUNS and Media Bypass. I was on a first-name basis with Aaron Zelman, Brad Alpert and even Kevin Jameson! I worked my you-know-what off for five years, calling and writing.
In 1998 I was diagnosed with lung cancer and given less than a year to live. Thanks to God, good doctors and a special diet, I'm still here, although I am not up to doing what I did in the political realm.
So don't presume to tell me how much work was involved, as I know how much work is involved. The fact STILL remains that we should not have to have permission from the state to exercise a right that is part of the Bill of Rights.
Carolyn
I would like to publicly thank you for all of your hard work. I firmly believe that every Missouri citizen who has worked, now or in the past, to get us where we are today deserves every bit as much credit for the results as the effort they have put into it. You are one of the people who has gotten us to where we are today. This is your victory too. We did it!
The fact STILL remains that we should not have to have permission from the state to exercise a right that is part of the Bill of Rights.
I agree with you. Definitely. All I'm saying is, this is a miraculous victory. There will always be more to be done. But today, let's be thankful and celebrate what has been achieved.
So am I! :^)
Carolyn
I think it will be good ammo against the anti's if we can show how violent crimes, rapes, and everything actually went down in Missouri from their own numbers. Before the anti's have a chance to change them. Who knows how much the statistics for 2003 in 2003 might be differenct from the statistics for 2003 several years from now.
I'd warn those freepers with high blood pressure to take the bench on this activity though, because I nearly make my heart explode when I read their crap.
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