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'Gun Gap’ Widens as Senate Race Tightens -- GOA ‘A’ rated Ernst hangs on to narrow lead in polls

Tuesday, 14 October 2014 00:00 Written by Gun Owners of America


With the Senate race between Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley tightening to within one point, the differences between the two on Second Amendment rights is widening more than ever.
Braley, the Democrat candidate, recently attacked his Republican opponent for running a TV ad “where she was shooting a pistol into the camera, and saying ‘let me take aim at ObamaCare.’”
So what’s wrong with that? Well, says Braley who is “F” rated by Gun Owners of America, the ad “came out right before the tragic shooting in Santa Barbara.”
Um, excuse us? Did Braley really just try to link the two events? Oh, yes he did.
Never mind the fact that the ad was uploaded to YouTube weeks before the shooting ... that it was uploaded by a candidate who is halfway across the country ... and that the real reasons for the California shooter’s killing spree were well-documented in his 141-page manifesto -- none of which mentioned Ernst’s ad.
Guy Benson, who is a TownHall.com columnist, had this to say about the crazy effort on Braley’s part to connect the shooting and Ernst’s ad:
Braley's ghoulish effort to connect the two was as clumsy as it was nonsensical. A lighthearted political ad featuring an Iowa candidate shooting at the range had absolutely nothing to do with a deranged person's murder spree in California.
But that’s not all.
Braley lies about connections to Bloomberg
Rep. Bruce Braley likes to vote against your Second Amendment rights, but then keep you in the dark about it.
When Braley was challenged on his anti-gun views, he tried to downplay his record and distance himself from the God-Father of Gun Control, the former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Braley said he’d never met the man, even though ... wait for it ... he attended a No Labels conference with him.
Not only that, Braley’s own press release had touted the fact that he attended the conference with Bloomberg.
To combat this damning evidence, Braley supporters claimed that Bloomberg hadn’t actually attended the event after all.
But the photographic evidence tells a different story:
Braley Strikes Out with gun owners
So to review the bidding: Braley is “F” rated by Gun Owners of America -- that’s Strike One.
Then Braley tried to demonize gun owners by linking his opponent’s firing a gun to a deranged murderer half way across the country -- that’s Strike Two.
Finally, Braley lied about his connections to the God-Father of Gun Control -- that’s Strike Three.
ACTION: Thank Joni Ernst for standing strong in favor of your gun rights. She’s coming under attack for supporting the Second Amendment, so we don’t want her to feel like she’s standing alone in support of our gun rights.
So thank her for her commitment to the Constitution, and tell her that you are contacting her as a result of GOA’s alert!
Please urge your family and friends to do the same.
CONTACT by email: info@joniforiowa.com
CONTACT by phone: 515-278-5613
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Mrs. Ernst:
Gun Owners of America tells me that you have an outstanding rating with them. So I want to thank you for your strong stance on Second Amendment rights, which is reflected in your “A” grade with GOA.
I also want you to know that I’m disgusted with Bruce Braley’s poor record on gun rights. Not only is he “F” rated by Gun Owners of America, he tried to demonize you for using a gun to “take aim” at ObamaCare, and he’s linked that ad of yours to a deranged murderer in California -- half way across the country. That’s shameful!
Finally, Braley lied about his connections to Michael Bloomberg, who is truly the God-Father of Gun Control today.
So I want you to know that you are not alone, and that there are many Iowans like myself who stand with you in defending the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Sincerely,


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Serious Warning to Gun Rights Supporters in Alabama
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Serious Warning to Gun Rights Supporters in Alabama


Serious Warning to Gun Rights Supporters in Alabama

Gina Miller October 18, 2014

Last week, I wrote a short column warning of the very real danger to Alabama residents' gun rights from the proposed Statewide Amendment 3 on the ballot for this November 4^th. Here is the proposed amendment:

Act 2013-267, HB8, proposes an amendment to Article I, Section 26 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that every citizen has a fundamental right to bear arms and that any restriction on this right would be subject to strict scrutiny. The proposed amendment also provides that no international treaty or law may prohibit, limit, or otherwise interfere with a citizen's fundamental right to bear arms.

The wording in the amendment makes quite clear the back door it leaves wide open for future courts or state legislatures, under the sway of leftists, to impose restrictions on Alabamans' gun rights—after "strict scrutiny," of course! But, I was astonished to learn that there are apparently supporters of this amendment among conservative, TEA Party, and gun rights groups, including "Alabama Gun Rights," whose Legislative Affairs Director, George Owens, has on his publicly viewable Facebook page a message of support for this amendment, posted on September 30^th By Brian Phillips. The post was signed by George Owens, and states, in part:

Currently there are three levels of scrutiny applied to the issues of constitutional rights; Rational Basis, Intermediate Scrutiny, and Strict Scrutiny.

audio at link below


Passage of this Amendment will go far in protecting the rights of future generations of Alabama Citizens who may not have the blessings of a pro-gun legislature, and be faced with passage of laws that significantly curtail their right to bear arms.

This Amendment is supported by the National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, The Citizens Committee on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Gun owners of America, and every attorney who has argued for gun rights in every court in this nation including Alan Guara, who argued the Heller v DC and McDonald v Chicago gun rights cases.

Alabama Gun Rights Inc., asks our members to make your family and friends aware of this important constitutional amendment and ask them to vote for the amendment on the November ballot.

This is dead wrong, and if true, it's deeply disturbing that all these gun rights groups are supporting this amendment. We must remember that it is leftist tyranny-pushers who have worked their way into positions of power in courts and legislatures who have used twisted "legal" arguments under the guise of terms like "strict scrutiny" to shred the United States Constitution and our natural rights.
I don't know whether conservatives who support Alabama Statewide Amendment 3 are doing so out of a lack of understanding of the danger to their gun rights that amendment poses, or if they are leftist infiltrators posing as conservatives to mislead people into voting away their God-given right to keep and bear arms. Either way, it's not good. With the words, "...and that any restriction on this right would be subject to strict scrutiny," this amendment declares that your unalienable right to keep and bear arms is not unalienable and will be subject to restriction! Don't you see? This is subtle and evil, the wordsmithing of tyrants.


I contacted retired attorney, constitutional scholar and logician extraordinaire, Publius Huldah, to give us her take on this proposed amendment. Here is what she wrote:

The proposed Amendment 3 takes away the God-given or natural right of self-defense recognized in the existing wording of Article I, Section 26 of the Declaration of Rights of the Alabama Constitution; and transforms it into a mere "fundamental right" which is subject to whatever restrictions the Alabama State government might later decide to impose.

A "fundamental right" [as opposed to a God-given or natural right] is a government created and regulated "right." This concept is being used to strip us of the God-given unalienable rights mentioned in our Declaration of Independence (2nd para), and replace them with "fundamental rights" which are subject to whatever restrictions the government wishes to impose.

The People of Alabama should take no comfort in the use of the fine-sounding terms, "fundamental rights" and "strict scrutiny". Such terms were chosen to deceive you. In this Brave New World, these terms are legal code language for replacing God given or natural rights with privileges granted and withdrawn by the government.

The proposed Amendment 3 is a treacherous scheme to deprive the People of Alabama of the God-given right of self-defense. The existing wording of Article I, § 26 does not permit the State government to impose ANY restrictions on your God-given right to self-defense.

If The People of Alabama ratify proposed Amendment 3, they will thereafter bear arms ONLY if the Alabama government says they can.

This is a serious warning, not only for the people of Alabama, but for every American in any state where nefarious people seek to tamper with our natural right to keep and bear arms. Don't be deceived by Alabama Statewide Amendment 3. It's a Trojan horse that will one day bite the hand that votes for it. Alabama, be wise and vote "NO" on this terrible amendment!
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Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
mi·li·tia

məˈliSHə/

noun

a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities, typically in opposition to a regular army.

all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service

Frank Bruni, pointed out that the flu kills far more people in the United States each year than ebola has killed ever

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NY Times Author Uses Ebola Situation to Call for More Gun Control

NY Times Author Uses Ebola Situation to Call for More Gun Control

Posted on: October 18th, 2014

The author, Frank Bruni, fairly pointed out that seasonal flu kills far more people in the United States each year than ebola has killed in the entire world, ever.

However, at the very end of the editorial, he couldn’t help but stick in an argument for gun control.

So are these: fewer potato chips. Less sugary soda. Safer sex. Tighter restrictions on firearms. More than 30,000 Americans die from gunshots every year. Anyone looking for an epidemic to freak out about can find one right there.

Of course, what isn’t mentioned is that around 20,000 of those deaths are due to suicide, and a percentage of the homicides are justifiable homicides by armed citizens or police officer involved shootings.

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[WATCH] The REAL War on Women: Liberals Disarming Law-Abiding Women

Posted on Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 9:45 am.by: Conservative Infidel


Democrats continue to use the plight of women as a political weapon. They bloviate and posture as if women are victims of a supposed “Republican War on Women” when lawmakers assert that women who are responsible enough to have sex are responsible enough to purchase their own contraceptives.

These same Democrats, however, continue to leave law-abiding women (and men) vulnerable- not in some figurative sense, but in the very-real, physical sense.

Each day in America, women are assaulted and while Democrats strive to make employers buy birth control, they overlook how their efforts to disarm law-abiding men and women are affecting real, flesh-and-blood human beings.

In the below ad, a victim of sexual assault speaks out and tells of her encounter with evil. While sleeping and minding her own business in her room, a man came in and repeatedly sexually assaulted her. Her ordeal was horrific and like so many women who have suffered similar outrages, Kimberly Weeks decided to make a difference.

How has she opted to do that? By stepping-up and using her experience to tell Michael Bloomberg and the rest of the civilian disarmament brigade that she, not them, knows how to best defend herself and that the method she prefers is a loaded gun.

Liberals, in cooperation with the dutiful leftstream media, have worked very hard to maintain a narrative that paints guns as inherently dangerous and placing a burden on gun owners to explain why they need firearms.

The onus is not upon any citizen to explain why they should be able to exercise their constitutional rights. However, in this instance, Ms. Weeks appears willing and able to articulately explain her reasoning.

Take a look at the below ad that tells Michael Bloomberg what’s what.



http://www.tpnn.com/2014/10/18/video-the-real-war-on-women-liberals-disarming-law-abiding-women/


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Police Department Requesting Facebook Passwords From Gun Permit Applicants

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Police Department Requesting Facebook Passwords From Gun Permit Applicants

By The Free Thought Project on October 18, 2014

Request violates Constitution & Facebook’s Terms of Service


The Watervliet, N.Y., Police Department is asking pistol permit applicants for access to their Facebook accounts.

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The department recently sent an applicant a form which asked for his Facebook username and password, and after the applicant complained, the department claimed the form was sent to him by mistake and was only used during face-to-face interviews when the department asks applicants for access to their Facebook accounts.
“It is… a common practice to view social media as a means to identify and determine character of a pistol permit applicant, in addition to other investigatory methods,” the department’s spokesperson told the applicant. “Typically all we ask is that an applicant access their account during an interview.”
But if the police dept. gets the applicant’s login credentials as requested on the form, and the applicant does not change his password afterwards, the police and the court reviewing the application can theoretically access his Facebook account as much as they want.
“It is what it is,” the Chief of Police, Ron Boisvert, told gun rights advocate Robert Farago after Farago told him the request was unconstitutional.

So essentially, the Watervliet Police Dept. and the court are violating the First, Second and Fourth Amendments by strong-arming applicants into a warrantless search, which allows the court to deny applicants their Second Amendment rights based on their views expressed on Facebook.

“…If you decline – such information is no doubt handed up to the judge deciding yes or no on your application,” reported nyfirearms.com. “The question remains – How many people actually gave into this blatant violation of their rights when applying for a pistol permit?”

The request is also a violation of Facebook’s terms of service which prohibits users from sharing their passwords.

“…We’ve seen a distressing increase in reports of employers or others seeking to gain inappropriate access to people’s Facebook profiles or private information,” Erin Egan, the site’s chief privacy officer, wrote. “This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user’s friends.”

“If you are a Facebook user, you should never have to share your password, let anyone access your account, or do anything that might jeopardize the security of your account or violate the privacy of your friends.”
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Targeting the Anti-Gun Indoctrination Party

Posted by Lee Culpepper on October 19, 2014 at 10:41 am


Thanks to the last 50 years of public education, millions of Americans no longer appreciate the difference between facts and feelings.

Consequently, when facts hurt their feelings, many Americans just brush off the irrefutable evidence and attack anyone who points out the facts that expose illogical feelings.

When it comes to supporters of the Second Amendment, we see this irrational behavior play out among pro-gun Americans who religiously support the Democrat Party. Now, before anyone feels offended, just think about the following questions first…

…Which party had 94 percent of its senators support the last gun-control bill voted on in Washington? (Hint: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid voted against the bill for procedural purposes only.)

…Which party does President Obama–who called this anti-gun bill’s failure to pass “a shameful day for Washington”–represent? (Hint: Although Senator John McCain is indeed shameful, McCain’s vote this day was just part of the .09 percent of the pro-gun party that jumped ship and supported the anti-gun party’s 94 percent.)

…Which party ushered in the anti-gun laws that changed the face of Colorado in 2013? (Hint: It’s the same party of anti-gun nut Michael Bloomberg.)
[Bloomberg ran for Mayor of New York as a Republican only to differentiate himself from the other candidates on the ballot - ed.]

…Which party claims to champion the rights of women and minorities while simultaneously working to infringe on their Second Amendment right and their fundamental right to defend themselves in public? (Hint: This party supports a woman’s right to urinate on herself to fend off potential rapists. Unfortunately, packing pee probably won’t stop a murderer aiming to cut off ladies’ heads.)

…Finally, which party targeted Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws for repeal in the wake of the George Zimmerman trial–which did not even feature a SYG defense? (Note: SYG laws simply remove a victim’s duty to retreat when attacked. Yes, in states that do not have SYG, victims have a legal requirement to retreat if–“and the ‘if’ is important,” according to Attorney General Eric Holder, “no safe retreat is available.” As Holder explains, “…we must examine laws that [eliminate] the common-sense and age-old requirement [concerning] a duty to retreat.”)

The irrefutable fact that the Democrat Party is the answer to all of the above should cause pro-gun Democrats to pause this election period. However, anyone who has been held hostage in the public school system is vulnerable to ignoring indisputable facts when the facts do not jive with their feelings.

Yes, having public schools indoctrinate students in bizarre beliefs and practices where feelings trump facts has been the Democrat Party’s secret weapon for half a century. The brainwashing that occurs under the guise of education also explains why the Democrat Party opposes school choice like it opposes the Second Amendment.

Allowing its hostages to escape the indoctrination camps would hamper all the lessons on how feelings negate facts–so long as the Democrat Party approves of the feelings. You know, like how public schools teach children that boys and girls can be whatever gender they feel like being despite psychiatric evidence and chromosomal facts to the contrary.

Now, when it comes to anti-gun indoctrination, forcing children to attend schools where their primary lesson regarding firearms comes from twelve years of staring at a symbol of a little black gun with a red line running through it is a great way to convince impressionable minds (of children and adults) that stickers, signs, and other anti-gun propaganda keep our society safe.

Despite all the evidence of blood-thirsty lunatics bent on killing defenseless victims turning theoretical gun-free zones in to deadly fields of fire, millions of Americans still feel that law-abiding teachers armed and trained with guns cannot make schools safer.

Granted, 68 percent of the National Education Association (a liberal bastion) opposes measures that would arm teachers. On the other hand, 61 percent of the nation’s largest non-union teacher organization, the Association of American Educators, supports intelligent and selective efforts to arm teachers for school protection.

If only the Democrat Party supported school choice, perhaps then anti-gun parents could choose to send their children to schools that offer free-fire zones to homicidal nuts and that discipline children for chewing pop-tarts in to gun-shaped symbols or violate other demented anti-gun policies.

Meanwhile, normal parents could choose to send their children to schools where teachers are willing to carry guns to protect their students should a madman or terrorists interrupt the lesson plan about how thinking requires facts, not feelings.

Author: Lee Culpepper Lee Culpepper is a former United States Marine Corps officer and reformed high school English teacher. Through his interest and training with firearms and concealed carry, Lee Culpepper works to empower responsible, law-abiding adults with knowledge and training that can help to keep them physically and legally safe. Additionally, Lee Culpepper has shared his passions for writing and wrestling among youths from nearly every walk of life across the country. During his last stand in public education, Lee Culpepper invested in the lives of teens and young adults from a town that lists among the most dangerous and most impoverished cities in the nation. In the face of broken homes, government addiction, and rampant crime, Lee Culpepper has fought to plant a flag for America's empowering message of self-reliance, competition, and persistence. Follow Lee Culpepper on Twitter at @drcoolpepper. Read other articles by Lee Culpepper at Townhall.com.

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The teeth to the Constitution is the 2nd Amendment. Without it, there are no other Rights, or what Rights we choose to exercise I should say. This includes all 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights, they are violated daily by the government. 

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U.S. Caught Red Handed Arming Terrorist?


For all the rhetoric in the U.S. about gun control, a new report claims a U.S. plane dropped weapons in Isis held territory. Also, Attorney General Eric Holder says the lack of gun control in the states stays on his mind.

http://www.infowars.com/u-s-caught-r...ing-terrorist/

Eric Holder: "I dont know" - Eric Holder: I Don't Know!




Published on Oct 22, 2014
For all the rhetoric in the U.S. about gun control, a new report claims a U.S. plane dropped weapons in Isis held territory. Also, Attorney General Eric Holder says the lack of gun control in the states stays on his mind.

AIRDROP TO ISLAMIC STATE IS PROPAGANDA PLOY FOR BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN SYRIA - http://www.infowars.com/airdrop-to-is...

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Bloomberg Cash Fuels ‘Ground Zero’ Election for Gun Rights

Second Amendment defenders fear ‘draconian’ measures if Democrat wins

(CCDL) – Connecticut gun owners need to vote carefully on November 4th.
The CCDL Executive Board thoroughly vetted Tom Foley and the other candidates for this upcoming election. Tom has a good understanding of what the capabilities are with respect to the governor’s office. An unaffiliated candidate named Joe Visconti does not.
The majority of CCDL’s 16,000 members and other informed 2nd Amendment supporters are not buying into Visconti’s pledge of repealing Connecticut’s 2013 gun law. A sitting Governor CANNOT repeal a law, as Visconti has suggested.
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The Governor can only sign a repeal bill “if” one is presented to them from the legislature. However, given the current make up of a majority of anti-gun politicians in Hartford, it is highly unlikely that a repeal bill would be presented in the upcoming session. This logic is an aside to the fact that Visconti cannot win at this stage of the game, nor could he ever, given his lack of financing and low polling numbers. All he can accomplish by people voting for him is helping Malloy win a second term.
Allowing Governor Malloy another four-year term either through inaction (not voting) or unwise action (voting for a spoiler such as Joe Visconti) would have dire consequences for Connecticut gun owners. There are MANY pieces of anti-gun legislation lying in wait to be introduced, should Malloy win a second term. The following is a list of restrictions that will be considered by the legislature, should Malloy get re-elected. These current proposals could likely impact ALL Connecticut gun owners.

• Registration of ALL FIREARMS on a regular basis, such as registering your car or truck. They are also reportedly considering a ‘magazine permit’, similar to a pistol permit.

• Limits to the amount and type of ammo you can purchase. Ammo purchases would also be limited to the caliber of firearms registered in your name.

• Mandate that all ammo be stamped with a traceable serial number i.e. Bullet “micro-stamping, significantly increasing the cost and availability of ammunition.

• Mandate that firearms imprint a unique serial number on cases when fired, i.e. ballistic imprinting. California already passed this and the result is that firearms manufacturers have refused to sell any new models of guns in CA.

• Limit the purchase of firearms to one gun per month.

• Gun Permits would be renewable EVERY YEAR with a $70 (or higher) fee. Increased permit eligibility requirements.

• Mandated “Smart-gun” technology, increasing the cost of firearms by as much as 500%.

• Eliminate the power and authority of the Board of Firearm Permit Examiners and Appeals.

• The State would abolish the current list of banned ‘assault guns’ and reintroduce a new list of ‘allowable’ firearms you can own and purchase. If it’s not on the list…you can’t EVER own it!

• Additional taxes and fees for all firearms, ammo, accessories, etc. making it more difficult for those with limited income to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights.

Tom Foley will make sure that the rights of gun owners are not damaged further. He will help fix the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners by appointing fair-minded individuals. This is something that would fall well within his purview. He can and will remove Michael Lawlor (Under Secretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning) from his position. Both of these measures can be implemented starting from day one in a Foley administration.
CCDL, along with other plaintiffs, is actively in the midst of a constitutional challenge to this gun law via the Federal courts. We are headed to an appeal this December at the 2nd Circuit, and the aggrieved party of that decision, (us or the state) will be filing for Certiorari with the Supreme Court immediately after an opinion is rendered from the 2nd Circuit.
Lastly, I know (as do many others) that a candidate for governor in this state cannot win on guns alone. However a motivated base of 2A supporters, who show up to vote on Election Day, can potentially make a huge difference in a narrow election. This is exactly what we are facing. Please vote wisely with your choice for governor.

http://ccdl.us/blog/tag/dannel-dan-malloy/

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