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Senate’s Most Anti-gun Republican in Trouble in Indiana: It’s about time!
May 7, 2012Contempt Order Against Eric Holder
May 4, 2012Related articles
- Issa Threatens to Hold Holder in Contempt (abcnews.go.com)
- Powerful Rep. Darrell Issa has filed a motion to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for refusing to cooperate with the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the “Fast and Furious” program, a botched gun-tracking program which has put H (shortformblog.com)
- Speaker Boehner protects Eric Holder from Contempt of Congress citation…again (gunnyg.wordpress.com)
- Rep. Issa circulates contempt resolution against AG Eric Holder (thehill.com)
Trayvon Martin, and Stand Your Ground Laws
April 20, 2012And now every anti-gun zealot in America is trying to use the Trayvon Martin incident to repeal pro-gun laws, such as Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law.
The New York Times, always a toady for anti-gun causes — put it this way:
“As the [George Zimmerman] case proceeds, the Stand Your Ground law should be on trial as well. It has invited gun owners to flirt with vigilantism…”
In other words, anti-gun zealots would take us back the “bad ol’ days” in 2003 — when a 78 year-old man was taken through the wringer by the legal system because he shot a man breaking into his trailer.
Or a 71 year-old-man was almost destroyed by the legal system because he used a gun to defend his 63 year-old friend against thugs who were trying to rob him.
In fact, in the four years for which we have statistics since the Stand Your Ground law was passed in Florida, homicides have dropped by 16.1%.
This is faster than the national average.
This means that many — perhaps hundreds — of Floridians are alive today because criminals have had to pause before robbing or killing them.
And, in most cases, they have had to pause not because a victim pulled a gun, but because the killer didn’t know whether or not the victim had a gun.
But make no mistake about it: Florida will be the test case to see whether anti-gunners can use the threats of riots and lynching’s to force repeal of America’s pro-gun laws.
We have to stop their threats in Florida.
And we need to do this by getting Governor Rick Scott to agree to veto efforts to repeal Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.
Because, if we don’t the anti-gun laws — the threats of riots — the vigilante justice — may soon be coming to a state near you.
Vice Chairman
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Lunatic Reds… In Black Gowns, again…
April 19, 2012Related articles
- GOA Alert: Reid to Push Gun-Grabbing Judge for Nevada (maddmedic.wordpress.com)
- Sen. Heller Appears To Block Judge Because She Is Insufficiently Activist On Guns (thinkprogress.org)
- Political races run hot on energy (politico.com)
- Seniors For Junk Mail: Harry Reid Leads The Fight To Protect Senior Citizens’ Access To… Junk Mail (tarpon.wordpress.com)
You can’t say that we didn’t warn you Colorado!
April 9, 2012(Denver) – Recently, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors decided to refer a hybrid request to the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), to approve a revised plan to implement the FasTracks project. Included in this plan is a 100% increase in the RTD sales tax, dedicated to completing the FasTracks project.
A local citizens group, ‘Truth About Transportation‘ (TAT), has studied the promises made by RTD in 2004 versus what RTD will actually deliver.
You can read the details of the entire 2004 FasTracks plan from RTD here.
Those promises included:
- A 12 year completion plan. (2017) to complete the project
- At a cost of $4.7 billion
- Provided by a 0.4% sales tax
- New and expanded rapid transit in nine major travel corridors, funding over 119 miles of light rail and commuter rail
- And a plethora of other promises made and not kept
Truth About Transportation is a citizens group that opposes any further tax increase to fund the FasTracks project, beyond the 0.4% sales tax that voters approved in 2004. TAT believes that RTD should be held accountable to voters to deliver what was promised in 2004.
TAT will be highlighting this lack of accountability and failure to deliver, over the next several months.
For more information you can contact Ken Katt at 303.338.9149. You can visit the TAT web site at TATColorado.com or email us at kennethkatt@aol.com.
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If anyone tells you that Islam is a “Religion of Peace”
March 21, 2012Hat Tip to Texas Fred for leading me toward another Blog ran by Texas Brady. I have known for many years that Islam is anything but a religion of peace. I have seen first hand the results of this religion from Africa to Israel, and across the orient.
Perhaps the radicle feminist’s that scream about the oppression here in America of women would care to spend some time elsewhere in the world…
For those of you with a strong inner constitution might care to take a look at what are indeed the fruits of this moon cult’s faith…
A pictorial recent history of Islam.
Related articles
- Even The New York Times Is Scared To Death Of Islam (neosecularist.com)
- Islam is Peaceful? (davidscommonsense.wordpress.com)
A Great Quote
March 21, 2012“Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that will require every citizen to prove they are insured,but not everyone to prove they are a citizen!”
Kinda makes the Obama/Holder DOJ attack against Voter ID laws look silly doesn’t it? ID’s are only required when the DOJ says they are required.
Constitutional Carry update: Republicans are pro gun..?
March 17, 2012Constitutional Carry is the basic principle that if you are legally eligible to purchase a firearm, you should be able to carry that weapon, concealed, for self-defense without government permission.
Passage of Constitutional Carry does not abolish existing permit systems, or their corresponding reciprocity agreements. It merely provides law-abiding citizens with an alternative avenue for armed self-defense.
Passing Constitutional Carry in state legislatures across the country is a key goal of the National Association for Gun Rights’ State Legislative program. The National Association for Gun Rights’ activists successfully passed Constitutional Carry in Wyoming in 2011.
Constitutional Carry is law in Vermont, Alaska, Arizona and Wyoming.
- Colorado: Two Constitutional Carry bills have been introduced, one in each chamber. SB-25 (Neville) has been procedurally killed in committee. HB-1092 (Priola) was on third reading but they sent it back to Judiciary to clear up a language dispute.
- Georgia: HB-679 (Spencer) is in Public Safety & Homeland Security. It was heard on February 13th, but the committee’s chair, Republican Ann Purcell, refused to allow an up or down vote. Georgia’s important “crossover” deadline has since passed, but there is still time to add it as an amendment to another gun bill.
- Iowa: Working with our ally Iowa Gun Owners, two Constitutional Carry bills have been introduced in Iowa (HF-291 and HF-2113). They are in the Public Safety Committee. Again, Republican leadership has blocked the vote in effort to quietly kill both bills, but pressure to revisit this legislation is mounting.
- Kentucky: HB 280 (Harmon) is in the House Judiciary Committee.
- New Hampshire: Working with our ally New Hampshire Firearms Coalition (NHFC), HB-536 (Hoell) passed the House and received a favorable hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. This is the second year in a row that it has passed. However, anti-gun Republican leadership is trying to kill it behind the scenes. NAGR and NHFC have worked hard to expose the anti-gun backroom dealings.
- Maine: Two 2011-12 bills were killed by leadership.
- Mississippi: HB 596 (Formby) was introduced this past month; however it contains some bad language that needs to be amended out.
- Montana: In 2011, NRA “A-Rated” rated Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed Constitutional Carry. Montana does not hold a legislative session in 2012. NAGR is continuing to work in Montana to see that this becomes the standard in all areas of the state next year.
- Ohio: HB 256 (Adams) is the 2011-12 bill. It is in the State Government & Elections committee.
- Oklahoma: There are dozens of gun bills floating around the capitol this year. While most of have an emphasis on open carry, one proposed floor amendment from last March (FA-7 by Derby) to HB-1796 (Tibbs) came close to doing away with the permit requirement.
- Rhode Island: S 2133 (Picard) is in Senate Judiciary.
- South Carolina: The concept was introduced earlier in the 2011-12 session, but didn’t make it far before the anti-gunners stalled it and watered it down. NAGR members in the Palmetto state are working to get a recorded vote on Constitutional Carry in the South Carolina Legislature.
- South Dakota: NRA “A-Rated” Republican leadership violated the state constitution to prevent HB 1015 (Kopp) from receiving a floor vote. They substituted it with language that at best still requires a permit in the form of your driver’s license and still mandates ALL the requirements including a background check. South Dakota Gun Owners and NAGR will continue to work toward a real Constitutional Carry law in the future.
- Tennessee: Several Constitutional Carry bills have been introduced in the last two years including SB 397, which awaits a hearing in the Judiciary Committee. On February 2, companion legislation was introduced in the Tennessee State House — HB 3818.
- Virginia: HB 139 by Delegate Cole was left in committee after crossover without being continued. Cole was unwilling to respond to the demands of NAGR members to file a discharge petition to bring Constitutional Carry to the House floor. NAGR will be working with our allies on the ground in Virginia to find a more courageous sponsor to bring this to the floor going forward.
- Wisconsin: Last year, Wisconsin became the 49th state to recognize concealed carry in SB 93 (Galloway). The bill originally began as a Constitutional Carry bill.
- Elsewhere: 2011-12 Constitutional Carry bills were considered in Nevada, Idaho, Indiana, Oregon, Utah, and West Virginia. However, those initiatives failed to become law.

This brings the total to 26 states that have, are considering, or have considered Constitutional Carry during this legislative cycle.
For Freedom,

Dudley Brown
Executive Vice President
Related articles
- Constitutional Carry Bill Faces Opposition in SD House (americanclarion.com)
- South Dakota Gun Owners champion ‘Constitutional Carry Bill’ (americanclarion.com)
- Rolling Back Civilian Disarmament Laws in America (survivalblog.com)
- Rolling Back Gun Control (lewrockwell.com)







