SAF News Sep 2008
[PRES] NRA: Hunter
NEWS RELEASE
SAF APPLAUDS OHIO SUPREME COURT RULING ON CCW
BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court that strikes down a ban on legal concealed carry in public parks was “a proper decision that upholds the state’s concealed carry preemption statute,” the Second Amendment Foundation said.
Ohio’s current concealed carry statute, adopted by the State Legislature in 2006, prohibits local governments from adopting more stringent gun control regulations than the state. The City of Clyde passed an ordinance banning legal concealed carry in city parks. The law was challenged by Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
“Anti-gun municipalities across the country have been cooking up ways to challenge state preemption statutes,” noted SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, “as a means of harassing legally-armed, law-abiding citizens. Today’s ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court struck a necessary blow in the Buckeye State for civil rights and the rule of law.”
The court ruled 4-3 against Clyde in a case that was being closely watched by both sides in the gun rights debate. It was a SAF-supported lawsuit against the City of Cincinnati that was the catalyst for concealed carry legislation in Ohio.
“The right of self-defense does not end on the sidewalk at the entrance of a public park,” Gottlieb observed. “The rights of law-abiding gun owners are not subject to the whims of anti-gun municipal governments that think they have the authority to ignore state statute. It’s because of city officials like those responsible for the Clyde ordinance that the State Legislature acted correctly two years ago and stripped them of the power to adopt such harassment laws.
“Ohio gun rights activists, and especially Ohioans for Concealed Carry, have every right to be proud,” Gottlieb concluded. “Ohio’s concealed carry statute is both sensible and responsible, and municipal governments have no business interfering with the lawful exercise of a constitutionally-protected civil right.”
Ohio’s current concealed carry statute, adopted by the State Legislature in 2006, prohibits local governments from adopting more stringent gun control regulations than the state. The City of Clyde passed an ordinance banning legal concealed carry in city parks. The law was challenged by Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
“Anti-gun municipalities across the country have been cooking up ways to challenge state preemption statutes,” noted SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, “as a means of harassing legally-armed, law-abiding citizens. Today’s ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court struck a necessary blow in the Buckeye State for civil rights and the rule of law.”
The court ruled 4-3 against Clyde in a case that was being closely watched by both sides in the gun rights debate. It was a SAF-supported lawsuit against the City of Cincinnati that was the catalyst for concealed carry legislation in Ohio.
“The right of self-defense does not end on the sidewalk at the entrance of a public park,” Gottlieb observed. “The rights of law-abiding gun owners are not subject to the whims of anti-gun municipal governments that think they have the authority to ignore state statute. It’s because of city officials like those responsible for the Clyde ordinance that the State Legislature acted correctly two years ago and stripped them of the power to adopt such harassment laws.
“Ohio gun rights activists, and especially Ohioans for Concealed Carry, have every right to be proud,” Gottlieb concluded. “Ohio’s concealed carry statute is both sensible and responsible, and municipal governments have no business interfering with the lawful exercise of a constitutionally-protected civil right.”
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[PRES] NRA: Veteran
NEWS RELEASE
2008 GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE SCHEDULED SEPT. 26-28 IN PHOENIX
BELLEVUE, WA – American gun rights leaders and hundreds of the nation’s leading gun rights activists will gather in Phoenix, AZ Sept. 26-28 for the 2008 Gun Rights Policy Conference, at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel.
U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, representing the Republican John McCain – Sarah Palin ticket, will speak during a Saturday luncheon, and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, former congressman from Georgia, is also expected.
This is the 23rd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, sponsored jointly by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Other participating organizations include the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America and National Shooting Sports Foundation. Representatives from several grassroots groups, including the Arizona State Rifle Association, Firearms Coalition, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Illinois State Rifle Association, Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts, Buckeye Firearms Association and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will also attend.
The weekend conference will feature panel discussions on state legislative and congressional affairs, international firearms regulation, court battles over firearm civil rights, media bias, the right of self-defense and more. There will also be a report on the upcoming congressional elections and on this year’s landmark Second Amendment ruling in the District of Columbia v. Heller case, with remarks from attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued that case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
There will be appearances by Alan Gottlieb, SAF founder and CCRKBA chairman; Joe Tartaro, SAF president and Gun Week executive editor; Charles Cunningham, director of federal affairs for the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action; authors John Lott, Alan Korwin, David T. Hardy and David Kopel, and many others.
Additional information is available at: www.saf.org
U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, representing the Republican John McCain – Sarah Palin ticket, will speak during a Saturday luncheon, and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, former congressman from Georgia, is also expected.
This is the 23rd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, sponsored jointly by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Other participating organizations include the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America and National Shooting Sports Foundation. Representatives from several grassroots groups, including the Arizona State Rifle Association, Firearms Coalition, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Illinois State Rifle Association, Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts, Buckeye Firearms Association and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will also attend.
The weekend conference will feature panel discussions on state legislative and congressional affairs, international firearms regulation, court battles over firearm civil rights, media bias, the right of self-defense and more. There will also be a report on the upcoming congressional elections and on this year’s landmark Second Amendment ruling in the District of Columbia v. Heller case, with remarks from attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued that case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
There will be appearances by Alan Gottlieb, SAF founder and CCRKBA chairman; Joe Tartaro, SAF president and Gun Week executive editor; Charles Cunningham, director of federal affairs for the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action; authors John Lott, Alan Korwin, David T. Hardy and David Kopel, and many others.
Additional information is available at: www.saf.org
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-NEWS RELEASE
HOUSE RIGHT TO VOTE ON D.C. GUN REGS, MAKE COUNCIL BEHAVE, SAYS SAF
BELLEVUE, WA – House passage of a bill that strips away authority from the District of Columbia Council was both proper and expected for a number of reasons, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
“What did the council expect,” observed SAF founder Alan Gottlieb. “The city has stonewalled, delayed and done everything in its power to make it difficult for citizens to register legal handguns, and the House justifiably voted to put an end to that nonsense. The city council’s vote to amend its own restrictive gun registration requirements was a pitifully transparent attempt to avoid having Congress take over, and it was too little, too late. Now the House has rightfully assumed responsibility for enforcing the Second Amendment in our nation’s capitol city.
“However, gun owners are not so foolish to believe that House Democrats embraced this legislation just because it was the right thing to do,” Gottlieb added. “Many voted for H.R. 6691 to give themselves some pro-gun-rights cover for the upcoming election, and they know it.
“Those Democrats are fully aware that chances of this bill getting through the Senate during this session of Congress are virtually nil,” Gottlieb added, “but this issue gave them a chance to cast a pro-gun vote they can brag about on the campaign trail over the next seven weeks. You can bet your gun collection that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will block a vote on this measure.”
Gottlieb is co-author of These Dogs Don’t Hunt: The Democrats’ War on Guns, a book that rips the Democratic party’s long history of supporting gun control, on political, socio-economic and racial grounds.
“We are certainly pleased that the House adopted this measure,” Gottlieb stated, “because it is a responsible step toward a sensible resolution of the District’s effort to dance around the Supreme Court ruling. It will come as a pleasant surprise, indeed, if the Senate passes this bill and sends it to President Bush before Congress adjourns. It is time for the District to live up to the Supreme Court ruling, and allow its citizens to rejoin the United States and fully exercise their constitutional right to own firearms for personal protection.”
“What did the council expect,” observed SAF founder Alan Gottlieb. “The city has stonewalled, delayed and done everything in its power to make it difficult for citizens to register legal handguns, and the House justifiably voted to put an end to that nonsense. The city council’s vote to amend its own restrictive gun registration requirements was a pitifully transparent attempt to avoid having Congress take over, and it was too little, too late. Now the House has rightfully assumed responsibility for enforcing the Second Amendment in our nation’s capitol city.
“However, gun owners are not so foolish to believe that House Democrats embraced this legislation just because it was the right thing to do,” Gottlieb added. “Many voted for H.R. 6691 to give themselves some pro-gun-rights cover for the upcoming election, and they know it.
“Those Democrats are fully aware that chances of this bill getting through the Senate during this session of Congress are virtually nil,” Gottlieb added, “but this issue gave them a chance to cast a pro-gun vote they can brag about on the campaign trail over the next seven weeks. You can bet your gun collection that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will block a vote on this measure.”
Gottlieb is co-author of These Dogs Don’t Hunt: The Democrats’ War on Guns, a book that rips the Democratic party’s long history of supporting gun control, on political, socio-economic and racial grounds.
“We are certainly pleased that the House adopted this measure,” Gottlieb stated, “because it is a responsible step toward a sensible resolution of the District’s effort to dance around the Supreme Court ruling. It will come as a pleasant surprise, indeed, if the Senate passes this bill and sends it to President Bush before Congress adjourns. It is time for the District to live up to the Supreme Court ruling, and allow its citizens to rejoin the United States and fully exercise their constitutional right to own firearms for personal protection.”
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"The right of self-defense does not end on the sidewalk at the entrance of a public park,”
You'd think that would be obvious to anyone with a brain, i guess that excludes the gun grabbers ey.
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