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NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 13, No. 49 12/15/06

OHIO LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR'S VETO

Governor Bob Taft's (R) veto of crucial statewide preemption legislation has been overridden by the state legislature. This was the first time in 29 years that the Ohio legislature overturned a Governor's veto. On Thursday, December 7, the State House voted 71-21 to override House Bill 347. On Tuesday, December 12, the State Senate also voted (21-12) to override the veto, with three Democratic Senators voting in favor of the measure.

Championed by Representative Jim Aslanides (R-94), HB 347 will create statewide preemption ensuring that firearm laws are uniform throughout the state. Currently, 43 states have similar laws. Passing statewide preemption eliminates problems for gun owners who have been unduly burdened by local ordinances, such as the Columbus "assault weapons ban." In addition, this legislation will correct a number of problems that have surfaced during the past year for Right-to-Carry permit holders. The most common complaint for license holders has been the "plain sight" requirement in a motor vehicle. HB 347 will eliminate this requirement.

To view how your State Legislator voted on the veto override, please visit www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=2510. Please take a moment to contact your State Representative at (614) 466-3357, and State Senator at (614) 466-4900, and thank them for defending your Second Amendment rights. If they opposed the veto override, please politely remind them you will remember their vote come election time.

A special thank you to all NRA members for your calls and e-mails in support of HB 347 during the legislative session!

MICHIGAN PROTECTS GUN OWNERS' RIGHTS

Michigan's State Legislature has passed a two-bill, NRA-backed package, to create the state's "Emergency Powers Protection Act" (HB 6363 and HB 6364). The new laws prevent local governments from confiscating lawfully-owned firearms during a declared state of emergency, as witnessed in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. "Law-abiding Michiganders have won a significant victory in the State Legislature," said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina confirmed a fear long-held by American gun owners: the day government bureaucrats declare our Second Amendment null and void, leaving law-abiding citizens defenseless in the midst of chaos and lawlessness. We promised then to take measures to ensure that the Second Amendment is not another casualty during a declared emergency, and we are proud to have delivered on that promise."

In the first year since Hurricane Katrina, state legislatures in Alaska, Idaho, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and Louisiana passed measures that echo the spirit of Michigan's "Emergency Powers Protection Act". This fall, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed a similar federal bill with broad, bipartisan support, and President Bush signed the measure in October.

Michigan's bills passed overwhelmingly in the State Senate, 37-1, and unanimously in the State House, 105-0. "No matter what the circumstances, lawful gun owners have the right to possess their firearms in their homes," Cox said. And if forced to evacuate, they have the right to transport their firearms to a safe place. Nobody has the right to disarm them. On behalf of our many NRA members in Michigan, I want to thank Representative Scott Hummel for his leadership and his dedication to seeing the 'Emergency Powers Protection Act' become law. I also want to thank the representatives and senators who recognized the will of the people and voted overwhelmingly to pass this sound legislation."

COURT NIXES JERSEY CITY'S GUN RATIONING SCHEME

In a persuasively reasoned decision he read from the bench, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Maurice Gallipoli declared Jersey City's one-gun-a-month handgun rationing law null and void, holding that it violates state preemption, equal protection, and was "arbitrary and capricious."

Ordinance # 06-116, limited handgun purchases persons pre-certified by the State as non-criminals after undergoing extensive background checks. The ordinance criminalized Jersey City dealer sales of more than one handgun per month, deviating from New Jersey's already strict gun control laws, that require separate government-issued permits for each handgun. Permits are only issued after an extensive, costly, and lengthy background investigation of the purchaser.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy introduced the invalidated law earlier this year, in a rush to appear to be combating Jersey City's mounting crime problems. The City Council passed the law by a vote of 6-2, despite a mountain of evidence that the law would not reduce crime because it targeted only law-abiding purchasers. The President of the City Council even called the measure "feel good" legislation that would probably not reduce crime--before voting in favor of the law.

The lawsuit was brought by the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) as lead plaintiff, with the support of NRA-ILA, the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund, and the New Jersey Association of Firearms Dealers (an affiliate of the National Shooting Sports Foundation).

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Since I last blogged and can't say I miss it here all that much. Terribly slow loading since they jacked us with the Ads, and while I DO hate leaving a place where I generated over 5000 postings, it's simply time to move on. To everyone that stopped by over the last 16 months or so, thanks. Check us out over at Shooting The Messenger where I still do a daily gig.

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Charles at LGF is upset because...

"The fake photo used by the New York Times to illustrate the story of the Pakistani missile attack was prominently featured at Slate this morning, then quickly removed without an explanation. The American Thinker caught ’em.
UPDATE at 1/18/06 11:40:44 am:
A reader has informed me that the fake photo also appears in the latest print edition of TIME Magazine."

This coming from a blogger who regularly posts rumors of missile attacks upon commercial airliners each and every time some pilot reports an unindentified cloud that's behaving suspiciously. Little free clue: if you're going to bitch about others being hoodwinked then be REALLY REALLY sure you ain't hoodfuckingwinked on a regular basis yourself. This bullswaddle of being superior to the MSM while making the same stupid mistakes as they do is, well, bullswaddle. EVERYONE screws the pooch no matter how much GRAVITAS is up their ass and dying to see the light of day. If this is the best he can come up with anymore then he might as well toss in the towel and join Pajamas Media.

Wait. Never mind.

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What with it's built-in rat squad and force-fed advertising, Blogger sucks just as bad in it's own incompetent way. Posting there means writing then watching the hours pass while they decide whether or not to publish. At least it's free. I'm only continuing with AOL to blog so that means I'm paying for a service that wants people to fink me out, but to click on the ads while they're doing so.

Fuckers. All of em.

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Enjoying the day here just by vegging. Stopped by to see if anyone reported me and dammitall no one has yet.

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Now you can be a narc and drop a dime on someone violating community standards and report a naughty blog entry by clicking Notify AOL. It's under each entry and next to the also new Blog about this entry. So you can praise or punish all in one swell foop. What a bunch of fucktards.

Also, my hit counter is working again, and instead of the approximately 60,000 hits I should have, it was reporting 11 as I write this.

11. Gotta love when they improve something here. Report your fellow bloggers, brag about them, and see how few hits they get.

Swell. Do me a favor, please. NEVER click into the ads AOL forced upon us, and report me. Maybe that will finally convince me that blogging here is too lame to even imagine continuing,

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Of dying from the following, over the course of the average lifetime:

Falls: 1 in 229
Auto: 1 in 228
Drowning: 1 in 1,081
Obstruction of the respiratory tract: 1 in 1,267
Accidental poisoning: 1 in 212
Firearms: 1 in 315
Fire: 1 in 1,471
Knifing: 1 in 1,796
Airplane: 1 in 5,704
Dog bite: 1 in 206,944
Lightning strike: 1 in 56,439


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Ann Coulter

"The Republican Party emerged from the Whigs when the Whigs waffled on slavery. (They were "pro-choice" on slavery.) The Republican Party was founded expressly as the anti-slavery party, which to a great extent remains their position today. Having won that one, today's Republican Party stands for life, limited government and national defense. And today's Democratic Party stands for ... the right of women to have unprotected sex with men they don't especially like. We're the Blacks-Aren't-Property/Don't-Kill-Babies party. They're the Hook-Up party."

In a vain attempt to explain why the Judiciary Committee hearings are a circus, Ann Coulter details some of the differences between Democrats and Republicans. It's all in vain because to understand a Democrat one must think like a Democrat and without significant brain damage the average person will never be capable of understanding such disgusting, treasonous wretches. Same problem the FBI has in tracking down serial killers. Who can figure what these monsters are going to do next?

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Becoming more and more difficult to even add one posting a day here, and it's somewhat sad. From the frenetic 20 or more to an obligatory stop-by just for old times sake.

I simply abhor the ads AOL has foisted upon us all and will not ever pay for a service that in turn tries to make money off of me. They just HAD to go ahead and make it commercial. Makes me laugh too when I log onto AOL and the blocking pop-ups deal has to wait for the AOL pop-ups before kicking in. I mean, how ludicrouse is that. Do any of the suits really wonder WHY folks are leaving in droves?

Frig it. I'll be back again tomorrow probably with something. Old habits die hard yadda yadda.

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Better not. Call me Sally, I mean.

Create an e-annoyance, go to jail Perspectives CNET News.com

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess.
This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison."

I'm all for anything that protects women from cyber-stalkers, but come on now. Please. Two years in the slammer if you piss someone off while anonymous? All I can say is thank the heavens most of the PJ Media gang are up front with their monickers. Talk about an annoying bunch that would be looking at jail time...

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