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Candidates on Rights

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Candidates on Rights

 

By Jeff Knox
           

            (December 5, 2007) As the Primary season begins, now is the time for GunVoters to step up and make sure that they have a choice worth choosing come next November.  If GunVoters don’t stand up now, in the early Primaries, there will only be a choice between an anti-gun Democrat and an anti-gun Republican for President. 

Here is an outline of the key candidates’ positions. 

Democrats:

If you are voting in a Democratic Primary, there is only one candidate with a pro-gun record; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.  Gov. Richardson had a good record as a Representative and as Governor.  All of the others have expressed strong anti-gun views.

Republicans:

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Heller

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Heller’s Up and Parker’s on Deck

 

By Jeff Knox

 

(November 28, 2007) The Supreme Court will review the D.C. gun ban case.  The case, originally known as Parker v. D.C. is now known as D.C. v. Heller.    The name change is a source of confusion, which we’ll explain momentarily.  Another matter of confusion is who’s behind the case.  It is often reported that this case is a project of the libertarian Cato Institute; that’s not true.  While several key players in the case are closely associated with Cato, the organization itself did not fund or sponsor the action.  It is true however that NRA was not happy about this case going forward but has filed a supporting amicus brief and recently began using it as a fundraising appeal.

The story so far:  Last March the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in Parker v. D.C. that the District’s rigid gun control laws violated D.C. citizens’ rights under the Second Amendment.  The court declared that the Second Amendment refers to an individual right, but left plenty of wriggle room by suggesting that “reasonable restrictions” do not constitute “infringement.”

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Color Commentary: A Clarification

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Color Commentary

 

By Jeff Knox

 

(November 13, 2007) Back in July I wrote a piece titled “The Color of Gun Control” in which I described some of the racist motivations which historically underlie gun control laws.  When that article was published in Shotgun News a month later and I re-read it, I was surprised to note a rather glaring error.  While I stand by the core premise of the article, that gun control is intrinsically racist, I think some corrections and clarifications are is in order.

What immediately caught my attention was reading my description of the Illinois Firearm Owner ID system as a local jurisdiction, permit to purchase style program.  The FOID is no such thing.  It is a non-discretionary program operated by the State Police under which any person wishing to own a gun in the state must apply through the State Police and pass a background check.  If their record is clear, they get the FOID with no further say-so from law enforcement.

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Brady Bunch, Police Chiefs Call for More Firepower

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Brady Bunch, Chiefs Call for More Firepower

 

By Jeff Knox

 

(November 7, 2007) The Brady Campaign Against Gun Ownership has renewed its old partnership with the virulently anti-gun International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) advocating increased police firepower and a renewal of the Clinton “Assault Weapons” ban.  Of course they blame regular gun owners and the politicians who allowed the 1994 ban to sunset for the need for more heavily armed officers.

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Appleseed: Purpose Driven Riflery

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Appleseed:  Purpose Driven Riflery

 

By Chris Knox

 

(October 22, 2007)  The Appleseed Project came to Phoenix this October.  It was my privilege to strap into a hard-kicking .30-’06 bolt gun, lay down on a concrete floor, and, fire well over 200 rounds into the teeth of an Arizona sandstorm.  It was among the most intense educational experiences of my life.  By the end of the day, despite the tough conditions, I knew that my shooting had improved, but more important, I had a new perspective on what it means to shoot a rifle. 

The Appleseed Project, a grassroots idea that seemingly came out of nowhere, has quietly grown nationwide and yet has stayed beneath the radar of the established shooting world.  Behind it is a club with the unlikely title Revolutionary War Veterans Association.   An Appleseed shoot is part history class, part rifle theory, and a whole lot of shooting.  Last year a thousand people participated in Appleseed shoots around the country.  This year’s goal is 2,000.  For 2008, it’s 4,000.  The longer term goal is to double the number of attendees every year. 

Nonetheless, Appleseed is not about shooting.     

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Back to Basics

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Back to Basics

By Jeff Knox

 (October 10, 2007) The single most important fact that gunowners and rights supporters need to understand and educate others about is that gun control laws don’t work.  It’s not that they don’t work well or are only marginally effective, they don’t work at all.  As a matter of fact, they actually work backwards; not only do they not reduce crime, accidents, or suicide, they enable crime and increase loss of life.  Gun control laws make criminals of innocents while protecting criminals.

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Fear, Mistrust, & False Promises

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Fear, Mistrust, and False Promises

 

By Jeff Knox

            Gun control is all about fear, mistrust, and false promises.  Typically some event or series of events, real or imagined, cause an increase in fear and mistrust of some one or some thing; criminals, terrorists, “Saturday night specials”, African-Americans, “assault weapons”, street gangs, etc.  This results in supposedly well meaning politicians, media, and special interest groups calling for legislation promising to limit, restrict, control, or disarm said object of fear and mistrust.

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Un-Picking Candidates

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Time to “Un-Pick” Some Candidates

 

By Jeff Knox

(Manassas, VA, October 3, 2007) Much as the man who said, “I may not know much about art, but I know what I like,” when it comes to the 2008 Presidential Primaries there are a lot of folks who aren’t sure who they want to support, but you can bet they know who they don’t like. Well it’s high time GunVoters made it absolutely clear who they don’t like and why. If they don’t, they could allow an unacceptable candidate to rise to the top of the heap based on a mistaken perception of broad “acceptability.”

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Great Expectations

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Expected Actions & Amazing Revelations

 

By Jeff Knox

 

DC files petition for Supreme Court review of Parker/Heller.

            (Manassas, VA, August 5, 2007) The District of Columbia released its long awaited petition asking the Supreme Court to review the Parker/Heller case.  Mayor Adrian Fenty held a Tuesday morning press conference which was anticipated by 3 articles and a guest editorial in the Washington Post.  All of the stories in the Post echoed the City’s contention that the Court of Appeals made a radical decision when they interpreted the part of the Second Amendment which says, “the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”, as meaning that the People’s right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed.

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