New gun rights organization

The American Rifle and Pistol Association

Sounds real good at first - an alternative to the NRA, and another org fighting to keep our freedoms.

Right up until you read their Statement of Principles.

In the contentious firearms debate, there is often no true debate at all; rather, one faction eschewing any and all restrictions (even if sensible), and an opposing faction that strives for outright prohibition or de facto prohibition via regulation. R+P aligns itself with neither polarized faction, believing that optimal firearms management solutions can exist where genuine gun rights are protected while public safety is assured. 

Allowing the antis a nice avenue to sneak in more "common sense" gun restrictions

R+P fully supports every citizen’s right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution. However, R+P strongly supports restriction of this right for convicted felons and those that have been adjudicated mentally ill.

Convicted felons - still in prison - I agree with. Once they are released back into society, they are either to be trusted with the same rights as everyone else, or they should NOT be loose on the streets.

Besides - all of us are federal felons simply through ignorance of the millions of laws and rules promulgated by illegal bureaucracies like the BATFE and the EPA. Should we all be stripped of our God-given and Constitutionally guaranteed rights for using a spray can of bug killer in a way not intended by the label directions?

And exactly who does the "adjudicating" in mental illness cases? Again, either someone is safe to be loose in society, or not. Too many new "mental illnesses" get "discovered" every year - and wanting to possess a weapon is certainly an "illness" the antis will try to get implemented.

R+P believes that it is each state’s right to determine for benefit of its citizens any prerequisites, qualifications, documentation, training, and levels of demonstrated proficiency, if any, deemed necessary for lawful use of differing types of weapon systems. The establishment of any such requirements are not the prerogative of the federal government. 

So the Constitution can be trampled by states like Ill-Annoys, California, and New York.

Enforcement of the Constitution is definitely one of the proper functions of the federal government!

R+P believes that the most effective initiatives proven to reduce crime and gun-related violence are to be found in encouraging the increase in the number of well-trained Concealed Handgun License holders; better preventative treatment for the mentally ill; the reduction of gang activity and the availability of illegal street weapons; and strengthening of professional armed security in high population concentration locales such as malls and schools. 

Leaving open the door for such travesties as Ill-Annoy's Quinn re-writing a flawed :shall issue" CCW law into a virtual ban on carry, if you can convince your betters that you even deserve THAT limited right.

Mandatory mental health screening - through JugearsCare government appointed psychologists?

What, exactly, is an "illegal street weapon"?

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It will be interesting to find out if this gun rights organization is actually an arm of the Joyce Foundation and the Brady Bunch, taking orders directly form George Soros...

Another sickening development

Found this here:

MAIG Coordinators Paid as City Employees, Saves Gun-Hater’s Money

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Sean Caranna

Here’s a great way to reduce overhead and be effective at running a national organization dedicated to infringing on the gun rights of everyday people all at the same time…  Have cities hire your people for you so that tax payers cover ¼ of your people’s salary and benefits, pay for most of their operational costs, and finance all of their other resources!  It also embeds your people as leaders in city government so that you don’t have to lobby there!

Sounds like another conspiracy theory from the tinfoil hat brigade… Right?

Back in March, while researching the repeal of some anti-gun ordinances, I stumbled across an Orlando City Council agenda item that grabbed my attention. It was, on its surface, just a mundane action item for the annual contract renewal of a city employee. But this city employee’s job title was, well, unique…

“Approving Employment Contract for the Grant-Funded Position of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Regional Coordinator.” City of Orlando Website

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Much more at the link.

Is YOUR city stealing from you to infringe on your rights?

The Brady Bunch comes a-begging...

Just got this in one of those neat postage paid envelopes, and filled it out:
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Notice how I mentioned the evil NRA? It's true - if I ever get rich, they - and a bunch of other gun organizations - will get a chunk of my estate.

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Probably wasted my ink. At least it costs 'em some postage.
I wonder if this will make them stop sending me more postage paid return envelopes?

Letter from the Brady Bunch

They wasted postage on a big envelope with these pages:

 

Take stuff out of context, and have fun with it. The "guys with the guns" currently are the Osama administration. 

Lie like a rug. The NRA is not opposed to fighting terrorists, they only want the government to follow their own rules - namely, the Constitution.

Not one crime has ever been prevented by a gun trace - the best they can do is help convict the shooter long after the crime was committed. 

Allowing students to exercise their right to self-protection on campus is a no-brainer. How many young women are attacked and killed on campus? Those little blue lights over the "rape phones" I have seen on the Beloit College campus only promise that the second responders (police) will arrive too late to do more than draw a chalk line around the body, or transport the victim to the hospital. They truly do think a woman raped and strangled with her pantyhose is preferable to a dead rapist.

The "gun lobby" does not exist in the sense the Brady Bunch would have us believe it does. It consists of millions of Americans, each contributing their small share to organizations like the NRA.

The "Brady Bill" has not prevented one criminal from obtaining a gun since its' inception. It has only caught those stupid enough to attempt to purchase one through a legal dealer, and more often than not, that person was not prosecuted for attempting an illegal purchase. How do you get a statistic on events that have not happened, anyway? Not every illegal gun sale results in a shooting, let alone a death.

The "gun show loophole" does not exist. It is actually private citizens selling private property privately. It would not have prevented the Columbine shooters from stealing guns, or getting them through buyers willing to make a straw purchase. Again, one armed teacher might have prevented the whole incident.

There is no such thing as a "deadly assault ammo clip". No ammunition feeding device is dangerous unless you trip on it or try to insert it into a body orifice.

Only the very innocent or very stupid really think that "preventing loaded guns in schools and restaurants" would have any effect on public safety - after all, Columbine and Virginia Tech both occurred in places where guns were prohibited.

The Tucson shooter did not use a "military assault clip", since his Glock uses a magazine - and if he had been limited to a standard magazine, he would have simply carried a couple more of them to do his evil act. The size of the tool is immaterial - the use it is put to is all important.

The Fort Hood attacker was in the ARMY. He used standard magazines.

I had no idea there were 49 people shooting at Virginia Tech. I guess the Brady Bunch can't afford proofreaders.

 The ability of the "disturbed individual" to get hold of magazines was overshadowed by the fact that all of his victims were disarmed by school rules and at his mercy, where only one student or instructor with a personal weapon could have prevented many or all of the deaths and injuries.

Osama's "op-ed" sure was instrumental in getting all those laws passed, wasn't it? During his administration so far, Americans have regained many freedoms with respect to personal protection.

If we all just would get along...

Now for the tear-jerker on blue paper:

 

Colin has to live with his bullets and the images of all those bodies because of the efforts of people like the Brady Bunch who work ceaselessly to infringe on Americans' Constitutional and God-given right to armed self defense. One armed person could have saved him from those bullets, but he wants to make sure that the next nutcase who goes into a college with evil intent will have no opposition.

Again with the lie about the Brady Bunch not wanting to take anyone's guns - they just want to make sure that no one can legally obtain a weapon or carry it for self-defense. Criminals will not be bothered, as they get their weapons out of a car trunk at night in the kinds of places that Brady Bunch members don't go into.

Jim Brady was a collector of guns before he got shot - and I'm not sure that his wife is not the brains behind the whole works - along with a liberal application of money from that patriot, George Soros.

They didn't include a postage-paid envelope - perhaps they ARE getting smarter with age.

Constitutional Carry gaining traction

Soon it could be five, if South Dakota passes their bill.
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12 states on path to guns with no permits

11:14 PM, Mar. 6, 2012

By Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY

Legislatures in a dozen states are considering laws that would eliminate requirements that residents obtain permits to carry concealed weapons.

Gun-control advocates view the efforts as part of a long-range strategy to eventually weaken gun laws across the country. But supporters say armed, law-abiding citizens prevent crime.

Andrew Arulanandam, policy director for the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, which supports these legislative efforts, argues that crime rates are low in four states — Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming — that already allow residents to carry without a permit. "Our viewpoint is, a good person will always be a good person," he said. "They don't need a license to be a good person."

Brian Malte, the director of state legislation for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence argues the permitless systems put law enforcement officers in a bad situation when they encounter someone with a weapon, and he's critical of efforts that would allow people who have never even shot a firearm to carry one in public.

"They want a gun in every nook and cranny in society with no permission needed and no background check," Malte said, adding, "This is just a recipe for disaster."
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As usual, the Brady Bunch pops up with the tired old "blood in the streets" argument that has been proven false again and again. As if the people who cause all the trouble would follow yet another stupid rule.

The law - the Constitution - allows for no such thing as "gun control". More and more states are recognizing that fact. The federal government won't release their grip on the power - and money - that all the illegal federal laws generate - as long as our CONgress is under the control of liberals.

Money quote:

In New Hampshire, Republican Rep. J.R. Hoell's bill has cleared the House. Hoell points to the recent school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, as a failure of gun control. "Gun-free zones kill people," he said.

H/t Alphecca

Unattended guns CAN cause death or injury!

Glock says so right here in the Tupperware box my G20 came in:

"An unattended loaded weapon can cause injury or death to yourself or another!"

So - this is where the Brady Bunch gets the idea that guns have a mind of their own!

Anyway, I'm not taking any chances - I keep mine loaded and well attended!

The Brady Bunch's creative math

The Brady Bunch routinely reports to us on how many people, including police officers, are "victims of gun violence" every year. "Gun violence" that is directly caused by our "lax gun laws" that allow "anyone" to obtain a gun.

Except - they lie:
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   A little digging uncovered the following from brief narratives on the NLEOMF site:

·         Probation Officer Tiffany Bishop was accidentally shot and killed while participating in a departmental training exercise. Officer Bishop is the 53rd law enforcement fatality caused by gunfire in 2011. 

·         Police Officer Geoffrey Breitkopf was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a knife-wielding suspect. Officer Breitkopf is the second police officer from the Nassau County (NY) Police Department to be killed in 2011. He is also the 19th law enforcement officer to be killed by gunfire in 2011. According to the Officer Down website, “Police Officer Geoffrey Breitkopf was accidentally shot and killed after being mistaken for a suspect by another police officer.”

·         Hundreds of officers, family and friends filled Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore for the funeral for Baltimore police Officer William H. Torbit Jr., who was shot and killed Jan. 9 when four of his fellow officers mistook him for a suspect during a fight outside a club near downtown.—Baltimore Sun

·         Sergeant Paul Stuckey was fatally shot while responding to reports of night hunting in West Feliciana Parish.

Sergeant Stuckey had notified his supervisor at approximately 2:15 am that he had received a report that someone was hunting near St. Francisville. A fisherman located his body at daybreak at an old ferry landing along the banks of the Mississippi River suffering from a shotgun blast to the chest.

Investigators believe that his own shotgun may have accidentally discharged and struck him in the chest.

   The Memorial Fund website, which is a tribute to the police officers, sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement professionals who die on the job also noted the following:

·         Police Officer Anthony Giniewicz died as a result of gunshot wounds sustained 26 years earlier during an exchange of gunfire with gang members. Officer Giniewicz is the tenth law enforcement fatality from the State of California in 2011.

·         Police Officer David Roberts was shot in the face and partially paralyzed while assisting in the arrest of two robbery suspects in 1985. Officer Roberts succumbed to complications from a blood infection.

·         Officer Tom Hayes died 31 years after he sustained a gunshot wound in the line of duty. 

   That’s three killed by friendly fire and one who apparently died by accidental discharge of his own firearm. Plus, three more passed away apparently from complications from gunshot wounds suffered years before. 

   Others who died from gunshot wounds included officers shot by wanted fugitives, armed robbers confronted in the act and frequently dangerous “domestic disturbance” participants who may, or may not, legally have firearms. 

   Deputy Sherri Jones was killed with her own gun after being overpowered and disarmed by a prisoner in the basement of the Bowie County, TX Courthouse. 

   However, trust the gun prohibition lobby, led by the Brady Center and Violence Policy Center, to throw all of these fatalities in as just a statistic and blame: a) lax gun laws, b) shall-issue concealed carry statutes, and, c) gun rights in general.

Continue reading on Examiner.com Reading behind the lines of police fatalities - Seattle gun rights | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/reading-behind-the-lines-of-police-fatalities#ixzz1hx9aqeKb

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Each death or injury makes their mouth water with anticipation of more Draconian gun restrictions.

The truth wouldn't further their goals.

More Brady Bunch Facebook

Just got this:
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Subject: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence also commented on their link.

From: "Facebook"

Date: 12/20/2011 11:45 AM

To: Chuck Kuecker

facebook Hi Chuck, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence also commented on their link. Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence wrote: "Chuck, if you agree that it is desirable to keep criminals from getting guns, how do you suggest going about it? Or are you saying that we should throw up our hands because criminals are always going to try to evade the law?" See the comment thread Reply to this email to comment on this link. Thanks, The Facebook Team See Comment This message was sent to ckuecker@ckent.org. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please click: unsubscribe. Facebook, Inc. Attention: Department 415 P.O Box 10005 Palo Alto CA 94303

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Interesting that if you take the link to the thread, even that comment has been purged. That's the one I responded to that got me blocked.

And they bite!

Posted a reply to the Brady Bunch's web page a few minutes ago, and just checked again - now, all my comments are gone.
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CTRL-ALT-PrintScreen gets the capture of the single window.

All my comments down their memory hole - and all but the last archived here. Also, I'm blocked from further comments.

You can erase, but the Internet is forever, sucka.