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To: E=MC2
E=MC2 said: "What have YOU been doing?"

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking.

In support of the petition drives, I organized a group of volunteers to print and distribute petition forms and collect signatures.

Aside from that, I support candidates when I can find them who support my rights. I exercise my rights to the utmost consistent with staying out of jail.

I hold about half a dozen concealed carry permits and carry in those states where I am safe from imprisonment. I had planned to challenge my local sheriff regarding the issuance of a concealed carry permit. The rapid progress of Heller has delayed any action in that realm. "Incorporation" of the Second Amendment appears to be just around the corner.

My family are almost all life members of the NRA and I have life memberships in most of the other recognized groups. I also donated to the Cato Institute, though the funding for Heller appears to have been from private sources.

What would you suggest?

305 posted on 12/04/2008 1:41:01 PM PST by William Tell (RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
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To: William Tell

I was looking for ideas. My home base is Florida but I now reside in CA. Seems like there is no active, organized effort in CA like in FL and other states.


306 posted on 12/04/2008 1:47:34 PM PST by E=MC2
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To: William Tell

Actually, I am biding my time. Expect to retire to either TX or FL in about two years.


307 posted on 12/04/2008 1:48:19 PM PST by E=MC2
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To: William Tell; E=MC2
I hold about half a dozen concealed carry permits and carry in those states where I am safe from imprisonment

And there you have it. You obey the law out of fear of imprisonment even when it comes to the holy second amendment.

309 posted on 12/04/2008 1:50:13 PM PST by Soliton (This 2 shall pass)
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To: William Tell
"Incorporation" of the Second Amendment appears to be just around the corner.

I hate that one. Has no one ever read the actual TEXT of the legislation that was passed around to the States for ratification?

The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution as Ratified by the States December 15, 1791

Preamble

Congress OF THE United States begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution

RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.:

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.

It states right in the article that once ratified it is "as part of the said Constitution". How much more clear does it need to be? Untold decades of government stupidity could have been avoided if just ONE court had bothered to read it's own damn documentation.

Art 6 para 2 states clearly...

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

This doesn't require a law degree to understand. It doesn't require some black robed judge to interpret this for us lowly peons.

Past due time to put the genie back into the bottle.

315 posted on 12/04/2008 1:58:52 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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