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September 30, 2009 by On Sept. 21, the San Francisco Examiner editors filed an editorial that implies there may be much more support for Montana's 10th Amendment agitation than some may think -- and from many different sources other than gun owners.
"There’s a growing movement on the part of states to override federal laws and regulations under the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers to the states not delegated to the federal government. So far, the battle lines have been drawn at Real ID, medical marijuana and firearms, but federally mandated health insurance may not be far behind.
"State sovereignty resolutions were introduced in 37 states this year; seven passed. Although the resolutions are not legally binding, Tenth Amendment Center founder Michael Boldin said they 'serve notice' that states will no longer automatically enforce federal mandates in areas they believe the central government has no constitutional authority.
"Montana’s first-in-the-nation law reasserting state authority with the regulation of firearms manufactured and sold within state boundaries was soon followed by a similar law in Tennessee. Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have already sent letters to gun dealers and federal permit holders in both states telling them to ignore the state law. A court battle is next.
"Nearly 20 other states have similar legislation in the works, including directives to their governors to order National Guard troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Next year, Arizona will have a state constitutional amendment on the ballot that allows residents to opt out of any national health care program."
For more, go to: http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/Examiner-Editorial-States-reassert-sovereignty-with-legislation-59954857.html
Also:
-- Pennsylvania to Consider Nullifying Some Federal Gun Laws; http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/09/17/pennsylvania-to-consider-nullifying-some-federal-gun-laws/
[ Read Full Post ]September 29, 2009 by Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman in his Sept. 21 column on examiner.com blisters Seattle Mayor Greg Nickles for being "a masochist, yearning not only to be remembered as the mayor whose reign was called because of snow, but the man who also turned political defeat into public humiliation by opening the door to a lawsuit he – and in his wake, the city he should have served instead of trying to run – will certainly lose."
Workman is referring to the ousted mayor's last-ditch attempt to reimpose a gun ban in the city's park and recreation properties.
As Workman notes in his column, Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, "just across Lake Washington from Seattle" is "poised to file a lawsuit -- and he’s got an impressive track record. Twice SAF has sued the city of San Francisco over gun bans – the second time in partnership with the National Rifle Association, Law Enforcement Alliance of America and other plaintiffs, the first time back in the 1980s all on its own – and won both times. SAF has forced Washington, D.C. to revise its handgun policies now that its gun ban has been stricken by the U.S. Supreme Court, and SAF is currently suing the City of Chicago over a handgun ban, a case that could end up before the high court."
For more, go to: http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Seattle-Mayor-Nickels-setting-stage-for-legal-slap-down
Also:
-- Mayor Nickels: reviving the gun ban; http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009920638_mayornickelsrevivingthegunban.html
-- Conlin: AG wrong on proposed Seattle gun ban; http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/179795.asp?from=blog_last3
-- Nickels proposes gun ban on parks and rec properties; http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_091809WAB-nickels-park-gun-rules-KS.19183734f.html
-- State AG: Nickels proposed gun ban against the law; http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/179670.asp
[ Read Full Post ]September 28, 2009 by September 26, 2009 by Cleveland Gun Rights Examiner Daniel White pulls no punches in his Sept. 14 column on examiner.com: "Dave Stancliff is a columnist for The Times-Standard. He is a former newspaper editor and publisher," White writes. "He is also an idiot."
White proceeds to dissect Stancliff's sloppy recount of the same, tired, and false liberal rant about "scare tactics," "fear," "lies," "rumors," and, of course, this hate-mongering diaribe: "Racists across the country are loading up on guns and ammunition like Armageddon is around the corner. Hate groups are gaining record memberships because Obama is black. That should raise some alarm. These nuts are arming themselves in record numbers.
"Yet," as White writes, Stancliff "fails to provide any proof this is actually occurring. Then again, he doesn't bother to report the actual evidence that President Obama and his administration really would like to pass more gun control laws, but that pesky Will of the People keeps getting in the way.
"After all of that, Dave then goes on to completely discredit himself by believing and regurgitating the lies he's been fed.
"I do ask for laws that would restrict sales of M-16s, AK 47s, or Uzi's," Stancliff writes.
"You've had them since 1934," White responds.
"I don't care what anyone says, hunting with machine guns makes no sense," Stancliff writes.
"The Second Amendment isn't about hunting," White correctly notes.
For more, go to: http://www.examiner.com/x-2206-Cleveland-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain-just-pass-more-gun-laws
[ Read Full Post ]September 25, 2009 by September 23, 2009 by Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Dave Workman reminds Second Amendment activists that the 24th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in St. Louis is drawing near "and, already, the agenda looks ripe for sparks."
Expected to speak: NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre will deliver a special address during the Saturday, Sept. 26 session, and former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr, who was the Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 2008 will keynote the annual awards luncheon on Saturday. Also on the agenda: SAF President Joe Tartaro, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, along with Chuck Cunningham, federal affairs director for the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action; John Valleco, legislative director with the Gun Owners of America; Jake McGuigan, director of government affairs for the NSSF; John Snyder, CCRKBA public affairs director; David Kopel, senior policy analyst for the Independence Institute; Tim Oliver, vice president for Missouri Concealed Carry; Michael Guzman, president of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus; Ralph walker, first vice president of the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association; Alaska State Sen. Sam Strom, Kansas State Sen. Philip Journey and attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued the Heller case before the U.S. Supreme Court, and attorney Donald Kilmer, who argued the Nordyke Case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
For more, go to: http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d14-St-Louis-will-host-24th-annual-Gun-Rights-Policy-Conference-Sept-2527
Also:
-- NRA Exposes America's Mayors in Anti-Gun Lobby Effort; http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2167313/nra_exposes_americas_mayors_in_antigun.html
-- Gun Owners Tell Mayors The Truth About Mayors Against Illegal Guns; http://www.ammoland.com/2009/09/12/gun-owners-call-mayors-out-on-mayors-against-illegal-guns/
[ Read Full Post ]September 22, 2009 by Utah gun owners are protesting Nevada's decision to reject Utah-issued concealed-weapon permits.
On July 1, the Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association, which sets the Silver State's permit recognition requirements, dropped Utah from the list of states whose permit holders also may carry concealed firearms in Nevada.
The reason: Utah does not require permit holders to prove their proficiency with a live-fire test on a shooting range.
"You don't get a driver's license without taking a driving-in-the-car test," Frank Adams, the Nevada association's executive director, said Monday. The same should apply for weapons owners, he said. "You should at least show proficiency."
The policy group Gun Owners of Utah this past weekend issued a call for letters and e-mails of protest after getting an alert from the National Rifle Association. On Sept. 14, though, group spokesman Bill Clayton said the cause appears hopeless because Nevada authorities interpret their state law as backing up the ban.
Nevada law requires permittees from other states to meet substantially the same requirements as Nevada holders, and Nevada requires a shooting test.
For more, go to: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13335238
Elsewhere:
-- MINNESOTA: Gun-Carrying Protester: '2nd Amendment Isn't Suspended' When Obama's In Town; http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/09/guncarrying_protester_2nd_amen.html
-- MINNESOTA: Protester defends bringing guns to Obama rally; http://www.startribune.com/local/59288822.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UHDaaDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
-- WISCONSIN: Rhinelander Mayor Responds to "Anti-Gun" Accusations http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/59269437.html
-- VIRGINIA: The National Rife Association has endorsed Bob McDonnell for governor; http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=11127523
-- SOUTH CAROLINA: NRA targets Riley affiliation with Mayors Against Illegal Guns; http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/sep/13/nra-targets-riley-affiliation/
-- SOUTH CAROLINA: Pro-Gun Stalwart Rep. Joe Wilson Under Attack; http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/opinion-pro-gun-stalwart-rep-joe-wilson-under-attack-r-1252962568
-- PENNSYLVANIA; NRA wants York mayor to quit gun group; http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13335295
-- VERMONT: There is no shooting slump; http://www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/ci_13330879
-- IOWA: Iowa Firearms Carry Bills – Status; http://www.ammoland.com/2009/09/13/iowa-firearms-carry-bills/
-- NEW YORK: Fearing controls, more opt to pack heat ; http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=841433
-- GEORGIA: Tea party rally in Roswell opposes big government; http://www.examiner.com/x-7422-Cobb-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Tea-party-rally-in-Roswell-opposes-big-government
-- NEVADA: How gun rights questionnaire can influence NV senate race; http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d12-How-gun-rights-questionnaire-can-influence-NV-senate-race
-- FLORIDA: Studies: Buybacks do little to stop violence; http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/story/1703743.html
-- NORTH DAKOTA: NRA targets Fargo Mayor Walaker’s gun position; http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/252736/
-- CALIFORNIA:Gun shows holstered at Daly City’s Cow Palace; http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=116361
-- MICHIGAN:Michigan legislator's proposal would allow concealed guns on college campuses; http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2009/9/10/michigan-legislators-proposal-would-allow-conceale/
-- TEXAS: Police worried about losing gun permit notification; http://www.examiner.com/x-2206-Cleveland-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d9-In-Texas-police-worried-about-losing-gun-permit-notification
[ Read Full Post ]September 21, 2009 by September 19, 2009 by Gun Owners of America was among the first to issue a five-alarm alert about the confirmation of Cass Sunstein as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs by the Senate in a 57-40 vote on Sept. 11. There was plenty of alarm when Sustein, a bizarre Obama crony who not only supports gun control and opposes hunting, but actually believes animals should have the right to sue hunters, was nominated for this regulatory post.
Now there's a lot of head-scratching.
The "real vote," GOA notes, was actually on Sept. 9 "when Republicans tried to kill his nomination using a filibuster -- a procedure which required Democrats to muster 60 votes. Every Democrat (except for three) voted for Sunstein. The three Senators who voted against Sunstein on the filibuster were Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Mark Pryor (D-AR) and James Webb (D-VA).
Unfortunately, a handful of Republicans crossed party lines to help Sunstein overcome the procedural roadblock. The Republican traitors who crossed party lines on Wednesday were Senators Bob Bennett (UT), Sue Collins (ME), Judd Gregg (NH), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Richard Lugar (IN) and Olympia Snowe (ME).
For more, go to: http://www.examiner.com/x-2206-Cleveland-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain-just-pass-more-gun-laws
Also:
-- Cass Sunstein: An even bigger threat than Van Jones? http://www.examiner.com/x-16023-Sacramento-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Cass-Sunstein-An-even-bigger-threat-than-Van-Jones
-- Obama "Czar" Sunstein Talks About the Second Amendment; http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-%E2%80%9Cczar%E2%80%9D-sunstein-talks-about-the-second-amendment.html
-- Cass Sunstein, like Van Jones, is an indicator about how far left Obama leans; http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Cass-Sunstein-like-Van-Jones-is-an-indicator-about-how-far-left-Obama-leans
[ Read Full Post ]September 18, 2009 by Washington Post Reporter Chris Davenport went through the bureaucratic and legal process of purchasing and owning a handgun in D.C., and wrote about it in an article published on Sept. 2.
As he writes, to get a handgun permit, “It took $833.69, a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam. Oh, and the votes of five Supreme Court justices. They're the ones who really made it possible for me, as a District resident, to own a handgun, a constitutional right as heavily debated and rigorously parsed as the freedoms of speech and religion …”
For more, go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/01/AR2009090103836.html
Elsewhere around the nation:
-- VIRGINIA : Richmond Coliseum changes gun policy again; http://www.ammoland.com/2009/09/07/virginas-richmond-coliseum-changes-gun-policy-again/
-- TEXAS : Houston police wary of revised gun law; http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6607275.html
-- CONNECTICUT : Women boost gun sales; http://www.newstimes.com/ci_132825
-- NEVADA : The hunt is on for more ammunition; http://www.lvrj.com/news/57603387.html
-- LOUISIANA ” Tax-free gun sales excite; http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2009/sep/05/tax-free-gun-sales-excite/
-- SOUTH CAROLINA : Adjutant General candidate to give away free AK-47; http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2009/09/04/a-machine-gun-social/
-- NEW MEXICO : Past NRA leader speaks’ http://www.daily-times.com/ci_13267300
-- ARIZONA : Guns to be allowed in some bars; http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statepress.com/node/7253&ct=ga&cd=7mIJlgS5ycQ&usg=AFQjCNHZz8afITzs0xG7lXeL5kfIkgg1Aw
-- TENNESSEE : Guns in parks becomes law; http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/sep/01/guns-parks-becomes-law/?local
-- CALIFORNIA : Political shootout over Cow Palace ; http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Political-shootout-over-Cow-Palace-56825532.html
-- CALIFORNIA : Group carries guns, legally; demonstration highlights right to carry unloaded weapons; http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_7458254b-2c32-591e-8ef4-57f29cc09ed8.html
-- CALIFORNIA : Delay in weapons permit suit brought against Sacramento sheriff; http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/12987/DELAY_IN_WEAPONS_PERMIT_SUIT_AGAINST_SACRAMENTO_SHERIFF
-- FLORIDA : John Thrasher endorsed by National Rifle Association; http://www.jaxobserver.com/2009/09/02/john-thrasher-endorsed-by-national-rifle-association/
-- WISCONSIN : Green Bay City Council drops proposal to limit guns in parks; http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090901/GPG0101/90901167/1207/GPG01
-- NORTH CAROLINA : Supreme Court reverses Felony Firearms Act; convicted felon’s right to own gun reinstated; http://www.mydailyrecord.com/ee/dunndailyrecord/index.php?pSetup=dunndailyrecord&curDate=20090901&pageToLoad=showFreeArticle.php&type=art&index=03
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