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Guns and “The Fairer Sex”

Over at Girls Just Wanna Have Guns, Edwin Leap has a laugh at the expense of the inconsistent anti-gun left. They bristle at the assertion that there are some things that men can do that women cannot; unless that something is to resist the wiles of gun industry marketeers.

This is fascinating to me.  This is 2013.  The equality of women is not an issue for discussion.  Women serve in high public office, women fly high performance combat aircraft and command Naval vessels.  Soon, it appears they will serve alongside men in ground combat.  Women own and run huge industries.  Women are movers and shakers, cultural icons and scientific innovators.  Women teach in universities, give us our news, analyze our politics and raise our children.  Women ride motorcycles and buy sports cars.  They are athletes, construction workers, truck-drivers and welders.  Women pursue and arrest criminals as law-enforcement officers.  Women are capable of doing whatever they want.

So, in light of this, is the political and cultural left really worried that the big, bad, paternalistic, old gun industry has tricked the fairer sex into buying and owning guns?  It’s such a silly assertion that I find myself at a loss of words.

The anti-gun left would have us believe that merely applying a pink finish to a gun, or slapping Hello Kitty onto it, makes that gun irresistible to women. To them, there’s no other “logical” explanation as to why a woman would want a gun. It must be trickery!

The author points out that, far from falling for advertising hype, women understand biology and math. They also understand the use of tools. An inescapable fact of biology is that the average man is bigger and stronger than the average woman. This is called sexual dimorphism; the fact that male Homo Sapiens look different than do female Homo Sapiens. Men are also more prone to violence than are women. This isn’t always a bad thing. Who would want our country protected by non-violent Marines? But it is a problem when a woman finds herself, or her child, as the object of a man’s violent urges. Since we can think of the physical differences between men and women as mathematical ratios, what a woman needs in such a situation is something that adds to her side of the equation. And a gun is a tool that does just that. A gun “makes the mathematics of violence work in their favor.”

Contrary to what the anti-gun left would have us believe, women understand this. They aren’t responding to clever marketing when they buy guns; they are responding to a biological imperative. A woman who wants to protect herself and her offspring needs a tool that allows her to do so against a larger, stronger attacker. She may ultimately choose the pink gun over the same model with a blued finish, but what really makes her choose that gun over any other is its ability to aid her in defending herself and her children from a man bent upon violence. It’s the gun that’s underneath the pink finish that she’s really buying.

But to an anti-gun leftist, this is simply unthinkable. Women are supposed to know that they are to wait for the police to show up; not “take matters into their own hands.” In other words, wait for a man to show up to save her. In any other area of life, this would be recognized as a thoroughly sexist attitude. But not, for the left, when it comes to guns. When is comes to guns, they tell us, women are “naturally” predisposed to shy away from them. Any desire to actually buy one must be because they fell for some man’s advertizing campaign.

What a pity that the left considers women so pathetically simple and weak.  And what delicious irony that a libertarian and conservative movement like gun-ownership should make the ‘pro-woman’ left look so utterly silly.

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Facts can be troublesome things

“Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.”
-An ancient proverb

Remember those executive orders President Obama gave post-Sandy Hook? They were mostly orders to himself; a to-do list for the Executive branch. Among these was an order to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to gin-up some nice, fresh, anti-gun statistics for The One to use.

He should have been more careful of what he wished for.

The CDC filed its report, but the results weren’t what the boss was hoping for. Facts can be such troublesome things. Among the unfortunate facts uncovered by CDC were data showing that those who resist violent criminals using firearms are far less likely to be injured than those using other defensive techniques or tools. Put another way, the woman who defends herself against a rapist by using a 9mm handgun is less likely to be injured than the woman who used pepper spray.

All-in-all, the Obama ordered report ended up finding more pros than cons in regards to the right to an open or concealed weapon. The report also reminds us of the numerous causes of gun deaths, citing that most gun deaths are at the hands of those who used a gun for their suicide — not homicide. The report highlights the poor state of America’s suffering mental health. The report states that suicide by guns outweighs the amount of deaths caused by violent crimes by 61%.

We gun owners have known this for a long time. Our guns have never leapt out of the gun safe of their own accord and gone on murderous rampages. None of us or our gun owning friends have succumb to our firearms’ Jedi mind tricks and started shooting strangers at random. We know that if you take a gun out and set it on a table, it will continue to just sit there, doing nothing. (Didn’t Sir Isaac Newton already cover this?!) We didn’t need to have our tax dollars spent by the CDC figuring out what’s common knowledge: Firearms provide more benefits than risks to their owners. Now, one might think that having the CDC spend money consulting with Capt. Obvious would be a good thing if The One would actually listen to their results and leave us alone. But alas, anti-gun liberals have long shown a particularly robust immunity to facts; especially the troublesome ones.

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California: Anti-Gun Bills Continue to be Heard in Senate and House Committees

From NRA-ILA:

California: Anti-Gun Bills Continue to be Heard in Senate and House Committees
Posted on June 28, 2013

Time is running out in Sacramento!

You MUST contact Your state Senator and Assembly Committee members TODAY

 

Next week there are several anti-gun bills expected to be heard in their respective state Senate and Assembly Committee.  It is critical that you call AND e-mail members of these committees to ensure they hear your voice of OPPOSITION to these onerous and misguided anti-gun bills.  Let members of these committees know that these bills will do nothing to reduce violent crime and will only turn currently law-abiding citizens into criminals should they be enacted.  Don’t forget to forward this alert to family, friends and sportsmen throughout California because it is going to take a united effort to stop these egregious and deeply flawed bills.

 

Assembly Bill 169 (Dickinson) is scheduled to be heard in the state Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, July 1.  AB 169 would prohibit the transfer of millions of lawfully owned handguns and jeopardize the continued ownership of constitutionally protected firearms.  Current California law allows handguns that are not on the state Department of Justice (DOJ) approved handgun roster to be sold or transferred to another individual through consignment sale or as a private party transfer, provided that the sale is completed through a licensed firearms retailer.  AB 169 would BAN the sale of ALL handguns (NEW and USED) that are NOT on the DOJ approved roster of “safe” handguns.

 

There are MILLIONS of handguns that were manufactured and/or purchased prior to the enactment of the DOJ approved handgun roster law.  Most of the handguns lawfully possessed in California today, are not currently on the California Department of Justice (DOJ) approved handgun roster of new handguns that licensed dealers are allowed to sell to the public nor will those handguns ever be allowed to be added to the “approved” roster.  If enacted, AB 169 would leave gun owners who lawfully purchased a handgun with no legal means to sell or transfer their handgun.  AB 169 passed in the state Assembly by a 43 to 24 vote on May 2.  To view the NRA’s letter of opposition for AB 169, please click here.  Contact information for members of the Senate Appropriations Committee is provided below.

 

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Assembly Bill 48  is scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, July 2, in the state Senate Public Safety Committee. Please call AND e-mail members of the Senate Public Safety Committee and respectfully urge them to OPPOSE AB 48.  Contact information for members of the Senate Public Safety Committee is provided below. Assembly Bill 48 (Skinner) BANS the sale of magazine parts kits that can hold more than ten cartridges, and requires mandatory reporting of law-abiding citizens who purchase more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition with a five-day period.  AB 48 passed in the state Assembly by a 46 to 26 vote on May 29.  To view the NRA’s letter of opposition to AB 48, please click here.

 

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Also, on Tuesday, July 2, the state Assembly Public Safety Committee is scheduled to hear several unreasonable and unwarranted anti-gun bills that are listed below.  Contact information to respectfully urge members of the Assembly Public Safety Committee to OPPOSE SB 53, SB 108, SB 293 and SB 755 is provided below.

 

Senate Bill 53 (DeLeon) requires persons to buy an annual ammunition purchase permit, requires the registration and thumbprint of the purchaser for each ammunition purchase, and bans online and mail order sales of ammunition to Californians.  SB 53 passed in the state Senate by a 23 to 15 vote on May 29.  To view the NRA’s letter of opposition to SB 53, please click here.

 

Senate Bill 108 (Yee) requires mandatory locked storage of firearms in a locked house regardless of whether anyone is present.  SB 108 passed in the state Senate by a 21 to 17 vote on May 28.  To view the NRA’s letter of opposition to SB 108, please click here.

 

Senate Bill 293 (DeSaulnier) BANS the sale of conventional handguns, if the state Department of Justice approves the sale of “Owner Authorized – Smart” handgun technology. SB 293 passed in the state Senate by a 22 to 14 voteon May 29.  To view the NRA’s letter of opposition to SB 293, please click here.

 

Senate Bill 755 (Wolk) expands the list of persons prohibited from owning a firearm, including persons who have operated cars and boats while they are impaired commonly referred to as DUI.  SB 755 passed in the state Senate by a 25 to 12 vote on May 29.  To view the NRA’s letter of opposition to SB 755, please click here.

 

Senate Appropriations Committee to OPPOSE AB 169:

 

 

Kevin de León (D-22), Chairman

Phone: (916) 651-4022
Fax: (916) 327-8817

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mimi Walters (R-37), Vice Chairman

Phone: (916) 651-4037

Fax: (916) 445-9754

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Ted Gaines (R-1)

Phone: (916) 651-4001

Fax: (916) 324-2680

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Jerry Hill (D-13)

Phone: (916) 651-4013
Fax: (916) 324-0283

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Ricardo Lara (D-33)

Phone: (916) 651-4033
Fax: (916)-327-9113

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Alex Padilla (D-20)

Phone:  (916) 651-4020
Fax:  (916) 324-6645
E-mail: [email protected]

 

Darrell Steinberg (D-6)

Phone:  (916) 651-4006
Fax:  (916) 323-2263

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

Senate Public Safety Committee to OPPOSE AB 48:

 

 

Loni Hancock (D-9), Chairman

Office:  (916) 651-4009

Fax: (916) 327-1997

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Joel Anderson (R-36), Vice Chairman

Office:  (916) 651-4036

Fax: (916) 447-9008

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Marty Block (D-39)

Office:  (916) 651-4039

Fax: (916) 327-2188

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Kevin de León (D-22)

Office:  (916) 651-4022

Fax: (916) 327-8817

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Steve Knight (R-21)

Office: (916) 651-0021

Fax: (916) 324-7543

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Carol Liu (D-25)

Office:  (916) 651-4025

Fax: (916) 445-3712

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Darrel Steinberg (D-6)

Office:  (916) 651-4006

Fax: (916) 323-2263

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Assembly Public Safety Committee to OPPOSE SB 53, SB 108, SB 293 and SB 755:

 

 

Tom Ammiano (D-17), Chairman

Office: (916) 319-2017

Fax: (916) 319-2117

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

Melissa Melendez (R-67), Vice Chairman

Office: (916) 319-2067

Fax: (916) 319-2167

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-59)

Office: (916) 319-2059

Fax: (916) 319-2159

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

Holly Mitchell (D-54)

Office: (916) 319-2054

Fax: (916) 319-2154

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

Bill Quirk (D-20)

Office: (916) 319-2020

Fax: (916) 319-2120

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

Nancy Skinner (D-15)

Office: (916) 319-2015

Fax: (916) 319-2115

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

Marie Waldron (R-75)

Office: (916) 319-2075

Fax: (916) 319-2175

E-Mail: [email protected]

 

You can write your representative here urging them to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills listed above.  Please feel free to also copy and paste all the bill information to ensure your state legislators know which bills to OPPOSE.

 

You can also send a letter to all elected officials in California here.  Please feel free to copy and paste all the bill information above to ensure the elected officials of California know which bills to OPPOSE.

 

You can also find information about anti-gun and pro-gun legislation in California at www.calnra.com.

 

Help NRA Get Californians Connected with NRA’s California Resources

Help the NRA expand its California network to keep all pro-Second Amendment Californians better informed about legislation in Congress, Sacramento, and locally that threatens your right to keep and bear arms, as well as developments in Second Amendment litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.  Please forward this email to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, whether they belong to the NRA or not!  Encourage them to sign up for California NRA’s Stayed Informed e-mails here. And follow NRA through these additional connections:

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Facebook Pages: NRA’s Facebook page, CalGunLaws.com Facebook page, NRA Members’ Councils’ Facebook page, Hunt for Truth Facebook page

 

LinkedIn: NRA’s LinkedIn page, YouTube: NRA YouTube, Twitter: NRA Twitter, NRA-ILA Twitter, CalNRATwitter, CalGunLaws Twitter

 

The NRA recognizes that California is one of the most active Second Amendment “battleground states,” so for decades NRA has devoted substantial resources to fighting for the right to keep and bear arms for Californians. The NRA has full-time legislative advocates in its Sacramento office fighting ill-conceived gun ban proposals. NRA coordinates a statewide campaign to fight ill-conceived local gun bans and regulations. And NRA has been litigating cases in California courts to promote the right to self-defense and the Second Amendment for many years. NRA’s California legal team continues to work pro-actively to strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances, and to protect the Second Amendment rights of California firearms owners. For information about NRA’s litigation efforts, see www.nraila.org/legal/litigation.aspx.

To donate to help support the NRA’s California efforts, please click here.

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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 26 06/28/2013

From NRA-ILA:
NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 26 06/28/2013

Case Against Student Who Wore NRA T-Shirt to School Dismissed

On June 27th, in a positive resolution to a case which has captured the attention of advocates for First and Second Amendment rights, the case against 14-year-old Logan Middle School Honor Student Jared Marcum of Logan, W.V., was dismissed with prejudice. Marcum had been charged with obstructing an officer following an incident stemming from a Logan Middle School faculty member’s reaction to Marcum wearing to school an NRA t-shirt featuring the words “Protect Your Right” and an image of a semiautomatic rifle. The charge against Jared carried a possible sentence of incarceration.

The entire episode started back on April 18th when Marcum was wearing his NRA t-shirt in school and a Logan Middle School band teacher took exception to Marcum’s choice of attire. The Logan County Schools’ Dress Code, however, had no restriction on clothing featuring firearms. Nevertheless, the teacher demanded that Marcum remove his shirt or turn it inside out. Marcum refused, citing his First Amendment rights, at which point the other Logan County school officials became involved. During the incident, Marcum’s classmates were vocal in support of him.

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National Education Association Vice President: NRA, Second Amendment Supporters “Are Going to Hell”

Speaking to all 3,000 of the assembled “progressive activists” at this year’s Netroots Nation conference, National Education Association vice president Lily Eskelsen Garcia boldly declared a “prophecy” about the eternal destiny of NRA and Second Amendment supporters, and of politicians and lobbyists working to promote gun rights: “I’m not an ordained minister; I’m not a theologian, but these guys are going to hell.”

Wow. Going to hell for supporting the Second Amendment? That type of radical thinking might explain the very high incidence of ridiculous cases involving over-zealous school officials misinterpreting and wrongly enforcing “zero-tolerance” rules–and doing so without exercising even the smallest measure of sound judgment, discretion or basic common sense.

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Read the Latest NRA-ILA Legal Update for June 2013

NRA-ILA’s “Legal Update” online newsletter gives NRA members and gun owners the latest information on Second Amendment cases filed or supported by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (www.nraila.org).

At any given time, NRA-ILA is involved in dozens of cases. NRA-ILA’s goal in every case we consider is to strategically advance the rights of gun owners, while not creating bad precedent. The “NRA-ILA Legal Update” provides news and updates on our current cases.

To read the latest NRA-ILA Legal Update for June 2013, click “Read More” below.

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Call Sen. Manchin, Tell him you Oppose his Misguided Legislation

In his latest move to advance the gun control agenda of President Barack Obama and billionaire anti-gun Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Manchin continues to misrepresent his failed legislation.

Senator Manchin’s proposal criminalizes certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens — requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution.

As we have noted previously, expanding background checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not stop mass shootings, reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in their schools. In addition, the amendment would open the door to a national registry of gun owners. According to a recent internal memo from the Department of Justice, so-called “universal” background checks will not work without requiring a national gun registry.

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Seeking Nominations for 2012 NRA-ILA Volunteer Awards

The NRA-ILA “Jay M. Littlefield Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award” is an annual honor that recognizes an NRA member who demonstrates exceptionally meritorious activism in defense of our Second Amendment rights. Similarly, the “NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year Award” is bestowed upon a group that has gone above and beyond in defending and promoting our rights over the past year.

Nominations for these honors must be submitted by NRA members in good standing and be accompanied by a one-page description of why the nominee is deserving. Winners will be selected by NRA-ILA staff and will be acknowledged at this Fall’s NRA Board of Directors Meeting. The deadline for submissions is July 12, 2013.

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Enter the EOTech .300 Blackout Holographic Sight NRA Giveaway!

We’re giving away an EOTech .300 Blackout Holographic Sight on Facebook! Enter the NRA Giveaway by Tuesday, July 2 at 3 p.m. ET for a chance to win.

The OPS2-300 offers a 2-dot ballistic drop reticle that allows the shooter to zero either subsonic or supersonic rounds in the same reticle pattern. Offered in the XPS2 platform, it is the shortest and lightest HWS sight available. Featuring a .300 Blackout custom laser etched hood and waterproof capability up to 10ft, functionality and durability are at the forefront.

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ALASKA: Governor Signed Important Pro-Gun Legislation Today

CALIFORNIA: Anti-Gun Bills Continue to be Heard in Senate and House Committees

CALIFORNIA: Traditional Ammunition Ban Sent to Senate Committee Suspense File

COLORADO: Recreational Shooting Targeted in Management Plan for Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

COLORADO: Join Fellow Second Amendment Supporters at a Freedom Festival in Glendale this Saturday

COLORADO: Open Houses Scheduled to Discuss Recreational Shooting Along Front Range

DELAWARE: Governor Jack Markell Signs into Law Measure Attacking Law-Abiding Gun Owners

ILLINOIS: Concealed Carry Legislation Passes Both Legislative Chambers and Awaits Governor’s Signature

ILLINOIS: Localities Attempting to Enact Anti-Gun Ordinances in Anticipation of Firearms Preemption Law

LOUISIANA: Governor Signs into Law Pro-Second Amendment Bills Passed in 2013 Legislative Session

 MAINE: Legislative Session Adjourns with the Defeat of All Anti-Gun Legislation in Augusta

MISSISSIPPI: Attorney General Releases Draft Opinion on 2013 Legislative Changes to Mississippi’s Carry Statutes

MISSISSIPPI: NRA-Backed Changes to Carry Laws Take Effect on July 1– Opponents Launch Efforts to Repeal House Bill 2

MISSOURI: Self-Defense Bill and Right-to-Carry Reform Delivered to Governor

NEVADA: Governor Vetoes New York-Style Gun Control Bill and Signs Pro-Gun Bill into Law

NEW JERSEY: Sweeney FID Bill and .50 Caliber Ban Pass in Assembly

NEW MEXICO: Santa Fe City Council Votes Down Gun Magazine Ban on a 6-2 Vote

NORTH CAROLINA: Bill to Prohibit Destruction of Firearms Signed into Law

NORTH CAROLINA: The Fight in Raleigh Continues to Strengthen Your Second Amendment Rights

TEXAS: Campus Carry Will NOT Be on Special Session Call

 

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Published June 26th, 2013 by

Legislative updates: AB711, SB299, SB475

Several legislative updates:

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CAL-ERT: Action required! Help defeat the AB 711 lead ammo ban

Vote To Ban Traditional Ammunition To Be Heard In Committee

AB 711 would make California the first state in the nation to prohibit the use of all lead ammunition for hunting. This bill’s next stop is the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, June 24, 2013, where it is expected to be brought up for a vote. We need a strong voice!

Extensive research has shown that traditional Lead ammunition does NOT pose a health hazard for hunters

HuntForTruth.org urges all hunters, recreational shooters and gun owners to actively oppose AB 711.

We strongly urge you to contact each member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Please forward this alert to your family, friends, fellow sportsmen and gun owners throughout California and urge them to do the same.

Important facts regarding AB711

1)   The lead in ammunition is NOT the same as the highly toxic, chemical lead in old paint and gasoline.

2)    Federal and state health department studies have concluded that lead ammunition is not a human health risk.

3)    Studies have found that lead ammunition does not cause lead poisoning in wildlife.

4)    Despite 99% hunter compliance, the AB821 lead ammunition ban has failed to reduce lead poisoning in condors.

5)    AB711 fails to address the alternative sources of lead in the environment that are poisoning condors and other wildlife.

Be sure to check out HuntForTruth.org’s shocking new video opposing AB 711 and its recent hard-hitting rebuttal to the bill sponsor’s alleged “facts” sheet in support of the bill. This video and the rebuttal reveal the truth regarding lead ammunition, and expose the misinformation being spread by the ammunition ban proponents in their latest attack on hunters that is being disguised as a campaign to “get the lead out.”
Please act now! Visit the HuntForTruth.org websiteand Facebook page and “like” us, “share us with your friends, and anyone else you think may be interested in helping to fight this serious assault on hunting. You can also follow HuntforTruth.org on YouTube.
Click here to forward to a friend. Please help get the word out! Forwarding and posting this email in its entirety is allowed and encouraged.
 
You can also remain informed on important issue to hunters, like California’s AB 711 and other attempts to ban traditional ammunition at NRAHuntersRights.org.

The Senators below are the key votes in the Senate Appropriations Committee.. Please contact them as soon as possible and ask them to NOT vote for AB711

Capitol Office:
State Capitol, Room 5108
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 651-4022
Fax: (916) 327-8817
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5064
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4013
Fax: (916) 324-0283
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5050
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4033

Fax: (916)-327-9113

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4038
Sacramento,  CA  95814
Phone:  (916) 651-4020

Fax:  (916) 324-6645

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento,  CA  95814
Phone:  (916) 651-4006
Fax:  (916) 323-2263

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Help NRA Get Californians Connected with NRA’s California Resources
Help the NRA expand its California network to keep all pro-Second Amendment Californians better informed about legislation in Congress, Sacramento, and locally that threatens your right to keep and bear arms, as well as developments in Second Amendment litigation and regulatory enforcement actions. Please forward this email to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, whether they belong to the NRA or not!  Encourage them to sign up for California NRA’s Stayed Informed e-mails here. And follow NRA through these additional connections:
Websites:

 

 

 

The NRA recognizes that California is one of the most active Second Amendment “battleground states,” so for decades NRA has devoted substantial resources to fighting for the right to keep and bear arms for Californians. The NRA has full-time legislative advocates in its Sacramento office fighting ill-conceived gun ban proposals. NRA coordinates a statewide campaign to fight ill-conceived local gun bans and regulations. And NRA has been litigating cases in California courts to promote the right to self-defense and the Second Amendment for many years. NRA’s California legal team continues to work pro-actively to strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances, and to protect the Second Amendment rights of California firearms owners. For information about NRA’s litigation efforts, see  www.nraila.org/legal/litigation.aspx

 

To donate to help support the NRA’s California efforts,
please click here.

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Thanks to the many pro-Second Amendment groups in California that are helping us distribute the important information contained in this CAL-ERT.  Because this topic is so important and many of us are members of multiple groups, we might receive multiple copies of this message. Thank you for your understanding.   

Special thanks to our friends at the Calguns Shooting Sports Association for their support of NRA and the NRA Members’ Councils at their booths throughout California.  We enjoy working with these fine and dedicated activists.   

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California: Anti-Gun Senate Bills Starting to Move in the state Assembly

From NRA-ILA:

California: Anti-Gun Senate Bills Starting to Move in the state Assembly
Posted on June 21, 2013

Members of the state Assembly Public Safety Committee MUST hear your OPPOSITION

Your immediate attention is needed on two anti-gun bills scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, June 25, in the state Assembly Public Safety Committee.  Members of the state Assembly Public Safety Committee MUST hear your opposition to these unnecessary and misguided bills TODAY.    These anti-gun bills will do nothing to reduce California’s crime rate and will one affect law-abiding citizens, because law-abiding citizens are the only ones that respect the law.  Contact information for the members of the committee can be found below.

Senate Bill 299 (DeSaulnier) requires law-abiding gun owners who are victims of gun theft to report that loss within 48 hours of when the owner knew or “should have known” it was lost or stolen.  To view a copy of the NRA’s letter of opposition to SB 299, please click here.

Senate Bill 475 (Leno) requires the prior approval of the board of supervisors of both the County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco to allow a gun show at the Cow Palace.  To view a copy of the NRA’s letter of opposition of SB 475, please click here.

Members of the Assembly Public Safety Committee:

 

Tom Ammiano (D-17) Chairman

Phone: 916-319-2017

Fax: 916-319-2117

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Melissa Melendez (R-67) Vice Chairman

Phone: 916-319-2069

Fax: 916-319-2167

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D-59)

Phone: 916-319-2059

Fax: 916-319-2159

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Holly Mitchell (D-54)

Phone: 916-319-2054

Fax: 916-319-2154

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Bill Quirk (D-20)

Phone: 916-319-2020

Fax: 916-319-2120

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Nancy Skinner (D-15)

Phone: 916-319-2015

Fax: 916-319-2115

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Marie Waldron (R-75)

Phone: 916-319-2075

Fax: 916-319-2175

E-mail: [email protected]

You can write your representative here urging them to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills listed above.  Please feel free to also copy and paste all the bill information to ensure your state legislators know which bills to OPPOSE.

You can also send a letter to all elected officials in California here.  Please feel free to copy and paste all the bill information above to ensure the elected officials of California know which bills to OPPOSE.

You can also find information about anti-gun and pro-gun legislation in California at www.calnra.com.

Help NRA Get Californians Connected with NRA’s California Resources

Help the NRA expand its California network to keep all pro-Second Amendment Californians better informed about legislation in Congress, Sacramento, and locally that threatens your right to keep and bear arms, as well as developments in Second Amendment litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.  Please forward this email to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, whether they belong to the NRA or not!  Encourage them to sign up for California NRA’s Stayed Informed e-mails here. And follow NRA through these additional connections:

Websites:  NRA-ILA, NRA-ILA California, NRA – ILA Legal Update,  CalNRA.com, CRPA.org, CalGunLaws.com, HuntforTruth.org

Facebook Pages: NRA’s Facebook page, CalGunLaws.com Facebook page, NRA Members’ Councils’ Facebook page, Hunt for Truth Facebook page

LinkedIn: NRA’s LinkedIn page, YouTube: NRA YouTube, Twitter: NRA Twitter, NRA-ILA Twitter, CalNRATwitter, CalGunLaws Twitter

The NRA recognizes that California is one of the most active Second Amendment “battleground states,” so for decades NRA has devoted substantial resources to fighting for the right to keep and bear arms for Californians. The NRA has full-time legislative advocates in its Sacramento office fighting ill-conceived gun ban proposals. NRA coordinates a statewide campaign to fight ill-conceived local gun bans and regulations. And NRA has been litigating cases in California courts to promote the right to self-defense and the Second Amendment for many years. NRA’s California legal team continues to work pro-actively to strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances, and to protect the Second Amendment rights of California firearms owners. For information about NRA’s litigation efforts, see www.nraila.org/legal/litigation.aspx

To donate to help support the NRA’s California efforts, please click here.

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NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 25 06/21/2013

From NRA-ILA:
NRA-ILA GRASSROOTS ALERT: Vol. 20, No. 25 06/21/2013

Outrage of the Week: Bloomberg Gun Control Group Claims Terrorist was “Victim of Gun Violence”

This week’s outrage comes to us from New Hampshire, where New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group–Mayors Against Illegal Guns–labeled a terrorist as a “victim of gun violence.”

As part of a gun control rally this week in Concord, a MAIG-sponsored “No More Names” tour bus arrived and anti-gun organizers read the names of those “killed with guns” since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school last year. Chief among the questionable list of gun violence victims was Boston Marathon terror bombing mastermind, Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

When Tsarnaev’s name was read, the crowd booed, and one of the attending pro-gun counter-protesters–who significantly outnumbered the antis–shouted, “he’s a terrorist”–a point obviously lost, at the time, by the MAIG “No More Names” group.

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Biden Regroups, Promises Fight

At a press conference this week, Vice President Joe Biden (D) warned that he and the Obama administration have not given up on their proposed gun control measures, declared that the administration would “beat” NRA by passing gun control measures, and vowed that legislators who oppose the administration on gun control will “pay a political price” for doing so.

As reported in the Washington Post, Biden said to an audience that included Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, “As proud as the president and I am of progress we’ve made, we need Congress to act. We need everyone in the country to know the fight is not over. Far from it.” He further stated, “Janet Napolitano has not given up. Eric Holder has not given up.”

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Call Sen. Manchin, Tell him you Oppose his Misguided Legislation

In his latest move to advance the gun control agenda of President Barack Obama and billionaire anti-gun Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Manchin continues to misrepresent his failed legislation.

Senator Manchin’s proposal criminalizes certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens — requiring lifelong friends, neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution.

As we have noted previously, expanding background checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not stop mass shootings, reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in their schools. In addition, the amendment would open the door to a national registry of gun owners. According to a recent internal memo from the Department of Justice, so-called “universal” background checks will not work without requiring a national gun registry.

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Watch for a New “NRA-ILA Legal Update” Next Week

NRA-ILA’s “Legal Update” online newsletter gives NRA members and gun owners the latest information on Second Amendment cases filed or supported by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (www.nraila.org).

At any given time, NRA-ILA is involved in dozens of cases. NRA-ILA’s goal in every case we consider is to strategically advance the rights of gun owners, while not creating bad precedent. The “NRA-ILA Legal Update” provides news and updates on our current cases.

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Connect on NRA Social Media

Do you want to get breaking news about your Second Amendment rights? Are you interested in communicating with fellow firearms enthusiasts? Would you like a change to win great prizes in NRA giveaways? Then you should “like” the NRA on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!

Social media is quickly becoming the most effective way to communicate, and the NRA is on board. Our Facebook page and Twitter feed are constantly updated with breaking news, interesting articles, and fun activities. Social media provides an opportunity for our members to communicate with each other and with us. You don’t want to miss out!

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ALASKA: Governor Signed Important Pro-Gun Legislation Today

COLORADO: Recreational Shooting Targeted in Management Plan for Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

DELAWARE: Governor Jack Markell Signs into Law Measure Attacking Law-Abiding Gun Owners

HAWAII: Honolulu City Council Adopts Resolution To Ease Permitting and Registration Process

ILLINOIS: Concealed Carry Legislation Passes Both Legislative Chambers and Awaits Governor’s Signature

ILLINOIS: Localities Attempting to Enact Anti-Gun Ordinances in Anticipation of Firearms Preemption Law

MAINE: Legislative Session Adjourns with Passage of Bill that Attacks Private Firearm Transfers

MISSISSIPPI: Attorney General Releases Draft Opinion on 2013 Legislative Changes to Mississippi’s Carry Statutes

MISSOURI: Self-Defense Bill and Right-to-Carry Reform Delivered to Governor

MONTANA: Management Plan Closes Public Land to Target Shooting

NEVADA: Governor Vetoes New York-Style Gun Control Bill and Signs Pro-Gun Bill into Law

 NEW JERSEY: Assembly Considering Misguided Gun Control This Week

NEW JERSEY: Attack on Second Amendment Continues in Trenton

NEW MEXICO: Your Santa Fe City Council Attempting to Ban Standard Capacity Magazines

NEW MEXICO: Santa Fe City Council to Vote on Banning Standard Capacity Magazines on Wednesday

NORTH CAROLINA: Contact your County Sheriff TODAY to Support the Repeal of Permit to

NORTH CAROLINA: Bill to Prohibit Destruction of Firearms Signed into Law

RHODE ISLAND: Concealed Carry Attack Stalls in Committee, But This Bill is Still Alive

TEXAS: Legislature Passes Record Number of Pro-Gun Bills But Key Items Remain as “Unfinished Business”

TEXAS: Campus Carry Will NOT Be on Special Session Call

VERMONT: Sportsmen’s Act of 2013 Signed into Law

 

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Watch for a New “NRA-ILA Legal Update” Next Week

From NRA-ILA:

Watch for a New “NRA-ILA Legal Update” Next Week
Posted on June 21, 2013
NRA-ILA’s “Legal Update” online newsletter gives NRA members and gun owners the latest information on Second Amendment cases filed or supported by the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (www.nraila.org).

At any given time, NRA-ILA is involved in dozens of cases.  NRA-ILA’s goal in every case we consider is to strategically advance the rights of gun owners, while not creating bad precedent.  The “NRA-ILA Legal Update” provides news and updates on our current cases.

To subscribe online or to read previous issues, please go to http://www.nraila.org/legal/nra-ila-legal-update.aspx , or click here.

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California: More Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled to be Heard Next Week and Two Anti-Gun Bills Pass on Party-Line Vote

From NRA-ILA:

California: More Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled to be Heard Next Week and Two Anti-Gun Bills Pass on Party-Line Vote
Posted on June 15, 2013

Time is running out!

You MUST contact your state Senator and Senate Committee Members TODAY

 

The following bills are scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, June 18, in the Senate Public Safety Committee.  Please call AND e-mail members of the Senate Public Safety Committee and respectfully urge them to OPPOSE AB 180 and AB 231.  These onerous and misguided bills will do nothing to reduce violent crime and will only turn currently law-abiding citizens into criminals should they be enacted.  You cannot let that happen!  Please forward this alert to family, friends and sportsmen throughout California because it is going to take a united effort to stop this egregious and deeply flawed legislation.  Contact information for the members of the Senate Public Safety Committee is provided below.

Assembly Bill 180 (Bonta) repeals California’s firearm preemption law by granting Oakland an exemption to enact unique laws regarding possession, registration, licensing and subjecting gun owners to unknowing criminal liability when traveling through Oakland.  AB 180 passed in the state Assembly by a 46 to 29 vote on May 28.

Assembly Bill 231 (Ting) expands the current law for Criminal Storage of Firearms and child access.  This measure would not increase safety and would simply create unreasonable storage procedures which would take away law-abiding gun owners’ inherent right to self-defense.  A firearm owner acting with the utmost care and precaution would be held criminally liable “regardless of whether the person knows or reasonably knows that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm.”  A violation of this section can be punished as a FELONY.  AB 231 passed in the state Assembly by a 46 to 30 vote on May 28.

 

Senate Public Safety Committee:

 

Senator Loni Hancock (D-9), Chairman

Office:  (916) 651-4009

Fax: (916) 327-1997

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senator Joel Anderson (R-36), Vice Chairman

Office:  (916) 651-4036

Fax: (916) 447-9008

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senator Marty Block (D-39)

Office:  (916) 651-4039

Fax: (916) 327-2188

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senator Kevin de León (D-22)

Office:  (916) 651-4022

Fax: (916) 327-8817

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senator Steve Knight (R-21)

Office: (916) 651-0021

Fax: (916) 324-7543

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senator Carol Liu (D-25)

Office:  (916) 651-4025

Fax: (916) 445-3712

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senator Darrel Steinberg (D-6)

Office:  (916) 651-4006

Fax: (916) 323-2263

E-mail: [email protected]

 

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On Tuesday, June 11, Assembly Bill 169 and Assembly Bill 711 both passed in their respective Senate committees by a party-line vote.  These bills have been scheduled to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, June 24.  Please call AND e-mail members of the Senate Appropriations Committee TODAY and respectfully urge them to OPPOSE these two extreme anti-gun and anti-hunting bills.  Contact information for members of this Committee is provided below.

Assembly Bill 169 (Dickinson) passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee by a 5 to 2 vote.  AB 169 would prohibit the transfer of millions of lawfully owned handguns and jeopardize the continued ownership of constitutionally protected firearms.  Current California law allows handguns that are not on the state Department of Justice (DOJ) approved handgun roster to be sold or transferred to another individual through consignment sale or as a private party transfer, provided that the sale is completed through a licensed firearms retailer.  AB 169 would BAN the sale of ALL handguns (NEW AND USED) that are NOT on the DOJ approved roster of “safe” handguns.

There are MILLIONS of handguns that were manufactured and/or purchased prior to the enactment of the DOJ approved handgun roster law.  Most of the handguns lawfully possessed in California today, are not currently on the California Department of Justice (DOJ) approved handgun roster of new handguns that licensed dealers are allowed to sell to the public nor will those handguns ever be allowed to be added to the “approved” roster.  If enacted, AB 169 would leave gun owners who lawfully purchased a handgun with no legal means to sell or transfer their handgun.

Assembly Bill 711 (Rendon) passed in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee by a 7 to 2 vote.  AB 711 would make California the first state in the nation to prohibit the use of lead ammunition for ALL hunting.  Such a ban on traditional ammunition would have devastating effects on hunting and conservation.  You cannot let this happen!  Many hunters would not be able to afford the higher cost of non-traditional ammunition.

Senate Appropriations Committee:

 

Senator Kevin de León (Chairman)
Senator Mimi Walters (Vice Chairman)
Senator Ted Gaines
Senator Jerry Hill
Senator Ricardo Lara
Senator Alex Padilla
Senator Darrell Steinberg

 

You can write your representative here urging them to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills listed above.  Please feel free to also copy and paste all the bill information to ensure your state legislators know which bills to OPPOSE.

You can also send a letter to all elected officials in California here.  Please feel free to copy and paste all the bill information above to ensure the elected officials of California know which bills to OPPOSE.

You can also find information about anti-gun and pro-gun legislation in California at www.calnra.com.

 

Help NRA Get Californians Connected with NRA’s California Resources

Help the NRA expand its California network to keep all pro-Second Amendment Californians better informed about legislation in Congress, Sacramento, and locally that threatens your right to keep and bear arms, as well as developments in Second Amendment litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.  Please forward this email to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, whether they belong to the NRA or not!  Encourage them to sign up for California NRA’s Stayed Informed e-mails here. And follow NRA through these additional connections:

Websites:

NRA-ILA, NRA-ILA California, NRA – ILA Legal Update, CalNRA.com, CRPA.org, CalGunLaws.com, HuntforTruth.org

Facebook Pages: NRA’s Facebook page, CalGunLaws.com Facebook page, NRA Members’ Councils’ Facebook page, Hunt for Truth Facebook page

LinkedIn: NRA’s LinkedIn page, YouTube: NRA YouTube, Twitter: NRA Twitter, NRA-ILA Twitter, CalNRATwitter, CalGunLaws Twitter

The NRA recognizes that California is one of the most active Second Amendment “battleground states,” so for decades NRA has devoted substantial resources to fighting for the right to keep and bear arms for Californians. The NRA has full-time legislative advocates in its Sacramento office fighting ill-conceived gun ban proposals. NRA coordinates a statewide campaign to fight ill-conceived local gun bans and regulations. And NRA has been litigating cases in California courts to promote the right to self-defense and the Second Amendment for many years. NRA’s California legal team continues to work pro-actively to strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances, and to protect the Second Amendment rights of California firearms owners. For information about NRA’s litigation efforts, see www.nraila.org/legal/litigation.aspx.

To donate to help support the NRA’s California efforts, please click here.

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