State, local and jurisdictional-level actions related to gun-control (Post-Newtown)

[tonyz]

Originally Posted by MR2

Praise the Lord and pass the ammo.

Amen.

[SF_BHT]

Originally Posted by Dusty

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/arkansas-ho...235026007.html

Incidentally, AR is controlled by Republicans for the first time in a century.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - The Arkansas House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday to allow concealed-carry permit holders to take their weapons into churches, and it is expected to be signed into law by the state's governor.

The Church Protection Act would allow individual places of worship to decide whether to allow concealed handguns and who could carry them. The Republican-controlled House passed the bill 85-8 with bipartisan support. The measure previously passed the Republican-controlled Senate 28-4.

Arkansas joins a handful of other states, including South Carolina, Wyoming and Louisiana, that allow guns in churches, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Gun control and gun rights issues have dominated the public conversation since a gunman shot dead 20 children and six adults at an elementary school December 14 in Newtown, Connecticut.

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, a Democrat, was expected to sign the bill into law.

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Dusty

You have any land for sale that will give us interlocking and mutual supporting fire by you? I need to establish residence there......

I can just see our flags flying over the house (Camp) and all the GS running around doing the daily dozen. Your camp can be a radio relay for the sector.....

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by SF_BHT

Dusty

You have any land for sale that will give us interlocking and mutual supporting fire by you? I need to establish residence there......

I can just see our flags flying over the house (Camp) and all the GS running around doing the daily dozen. Your camp can be a radio relay for the sector.....

There's a defensible bench just to the west of my shack.

[Badger52]

Many of the blogosphere's earlier efforts at <click on the link to send your rep a nastygram> are starting to generate the typical canned replies. One came in this AM from a local Dem in Congress who has, thus far, managed to hold onto his power & grow it a little - by pandering to the rhetoric of the moment at the nearest big city. He's also the Minority Whip and on the Health and Ways & Means Cmte's. The return fire went like this:

Dear Rep. Kind,

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I note with interest your comment here:

"And we can and should be enforcing stricter penalties for gun trafficking to stop the spread of illegal weapons across our borders and among our communities."

Does that mean you will support measures currently ongoing in Congress that hold Attorney General Eric Holder and others in the Department of Justice and BATFE accountable for the weapons consciously allowed to funnel to murdering cartels operating against us and our neighbors to the south in Mexico?

I share with all rational people sadness over any events like Sandy Hook, not just the latest one on the news. Yet I wonder how those who are dancing on the graves of the children & teachers to move their long-standing agenda of firearm confiscation (Sen. Feinstein's own words, on the record) would feel about Photo ID in order to vote, and a full multi-agency background check to get that ID.

This is not about hunting & sportsmen in Wisconsin and you and the rest of Congress know it. And, not that it should matter, more voters in your district are watching your votes on this than you might realize. Gun control is not about guns, it never has been. It's about control by a few. You're a product of a good education and should know that as well. Conduct yourself accordingly as an American.

Respectfully,

Charitable mood today; civility included the possum last night that wisely chose not to push the issue. I think ZD put some weird juju on his avatar....

[pcfixer]

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

There are multiple threads that have already started related to reactions to the recent shootings. National-level politics tends to take the lead, but what is occurring locally can sometimes be overshadowed.

The idea of starting this thread is to provide discussion on what is occurring within our individual States and localities. Information that would be of good use to responsible gun-owners and those who are engaged with the established processes (executive, legislative, judicial or law-enforcement)

Currently residing in an occupied bastion of liberalism... I watch closely.

From the Peoples Republic of Maryland (PRM)...



Link HERE

PRM is a bastion of liberalism turning the corner into progressivism.

See this is what is proposed by Gov Martin O'Malley
http://marylandshallissue.org/share/SB0281_pamphlet.pdf

More and more every day is see control of social, economic and political life being exercised by those who are executives in government. Please tell me I'm wrong.

[pcfixer]

Frederick County Md.. I live here. Sheriff blasts gun control.

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen

An interesting article addressing the theme of this thread:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...a-gun-controls

Re-reading some of the bills actually up in various states; just wanted to thank you for the continuing synopses.

Of all, I like the wording in South Carolina's S.247 alot for the exact reason you mentioned.

[SF18C]

It seems everyone else is trying to get rid of guns, Texas is trying to put them IN THE SCHOOLS.

http://whiteforeasttexas.com/?p=842

Representative James White filed HB 1142, which provides locals schools boards the discretion to add an elective course offering that would give their high school students the opportunity to gain an appreciation of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.

And Texas has a few more keyed up:

HB 700 seeks to allow Texans the option of open carry.

HB 48: would provide CHLs the opportunity to renew their license in a continuous process on line.

HB 223: would allow members of a school district’s school board and the superintendent with a concealed carry license to carry into school board meetings.

HB 553: would take steps to protect Texan’s second amendment rights from egregious actions by the federal government.

HB 627: exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

HB 698: requires that digital or electronic fingerprinting be offered within 25 miles of applicants.

HB 972: CHL on campus

[tonyz]

"New Jersey General Assembly members are seeking outright bans and onerous restrictions on your rights through a large number of anti-gun bills. To oppose these bills, NSSF is urging all sportsmen, hunters and gun owners to attend Wednesday’s (Feb. 13) public hearing of the Law and Public Safety Committee starting at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, New Jersey."

A list of the proposed NJ legislation reported by the New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc.

http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/anjrpc.site...e_Analysis.pdf

[ZonieDiver]

I think ZD put some weird juju on his avatar....

No 'ju ju' from me. I hire that out.

[tonyz]

Teaching is a gift Hatchet. We seem to have our share of very good ones on this site. Keep up your good work in teaching good things to good people.

I am sure that someone will be along to implore you to use more paragraphs - that is not my place here.

In the spirit of your post about sharing good information with good people...

"Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."
Hebrews 13:16

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by ZonieDiver

No 'ju ju' from me. I hire that out.

Jobu is da man!

[pcfixer]

This is a good read and some self fulfilling prophecy.

http://www.naturalnews.com/038970_gu...#ixzz2KCrAGA2N

For the record once again, these people are not calling for such actions, they are merely predicting what is likely to take place. A government that attempts to disarm the citizenry at gunpoint is essentially declaring war on the People and should expect to be treated like an occupying enemy of America. On top of that, the real power in all this is that there is no central leader of any such rebellion. These actions would organically rise out of the population in the form of independent, self-initiated teams of armed defenders who are willing to risk their lives to save America from tyranny.

Veteran firearms instructor Paul Howe even penned a popular piece called 2nd Amendment and the Kool-Aid Drinkers in which he explains one popular solution for handling those who attempt to engage in gun confiscation:

Should firearm confiscation begin, solutions are simple. If they cannot live in a community, they cannot work in a community. If their house goes away while they are at work confiscating guns, so be it. Allow them to leave with their family and what possessions they can pack in their car.

Howe also explains, in other interviews, that gun confiscation teams -- "tac teams" -- should expect to be attacked without warning and take huge casualties, reducing the effectiveness of those teams and effectively ending gun confiscation activities.

http://blog.wilsoncombat.com/paul-ho...-by-paul-howe/
Not sure how ya'll think of Paul Howe.

[BOfH]

Originally Posted by pcfixer

http://blog.wilsoncombat.com/paul-ho...-by-paul-howe/

pcfixer,
The article by Paul Howe was posted in its entirety by QP TR in another thread: http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...&postcount=401

Originally Posted by pcfixer

Not sure how ya'll think of Paul Howe.

In his words:

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Good words from a great American.

Much to think about here.

TR

[pcfixer]

Thank You BofH. Good catch. I don't read all the post and didn't do a search for this particular post as I thought it was pretty recent.