Florida doing some work for gun rights!

I found an article that talks about three bills in Florida to help preserve their citizen's 2nd amendment rights.

The first bill provides a way in which public officials can be punished for violating state firearm pre-emption law. It is pretty cool. It basically unifies the Florida gun rights so no local government can change them around.

The second bill was previously addressed and it is the bill prohibiting doctors from asking about guns in the household. Which has nothing to do with the health of the patient.

The third bill is open carry! It will allow not only concealed carry of firearms, but also the open carry of firearms. I support the option to do this as long as the person is a good steward for the second amendment. Included in this bill is also a campus carry provision.

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20110227/OPINION/110225022/-1/news0207/Other-views-Bills-protect-2nd-Amendment-rights-Feb-27-?odyssey=nav|head

Lots of news for Monday.

In the article about the ATF and Obamaccare on the chopping block it explained how the house went after the ATF while defunding the unpopular socialized medicine bill. It says the house approved the following: an amendment to defund Obamacare for the next 6 month and an amendment blocking the ATF long gun reporting which has been previously discussed. The article went on to say that 41 senators are now in a position to either simply defund Obamacare and the ATF long gun reporting or shutting down the non-essential functions (they didn't fully explain what these are) of the Obama administration, INCLUDING THE ATF! For the sake of our gun rights I hope they choose the latter.

Permitless carry-
I support the proposed permitless carry legislation in SC. I feel that licensing to carry is an infringement of the 2nd amendment. The framers of the constitution included the 2nd amendment in order to protect Americans from a government that ignores the will of the people. It is absurd that the very institution that the 2nd amendment was designed to protect us from is regulating our 2nd amendment rights. The 2nd amendment is not about the right to plink, hunt, compete, or even to defend yourself. The 2nd amendment was designed to be the ultimate check and balance, maintaining the power of the individual citizen.

Castle Doctrine-
You wake up in the middle of the night to a loud noise in the other room. You sneak out of the bedroom to find an unauthorized person in your in your family room. Should you have a "duty to retreat" or should you be able to forceably remove them from your property. I choose the latter, this is your property! There is no reason that the law abiding, tax paying citizen should retreat and let the intruder do as they please. You don't know what the intruder is there for. It could be to steal a TV or it could be to kidnap or kill a loved one, are you willing to take that chance? If there is an intruder in an OCCUPIED home, they have no regard for the life inside. They must be dealt with immediately. The Castle Doctrine legislation does away with the duty to retreat. People should be able to stand their ground on their own property above all other locations.

The ATF has been involved in some of the "gun trafficking to Mexico"
Project Gunrunner, the program in question, apparently allowed the transfer of thousands of guns to Mexico. They did this to apparently to track where they end up. One of our own agencies is now one of the methods in which guns end up in Mexico. Of course when they collect the guns later, after they've likely killed multiple innocent citizens on both sides of the border, they will NO DOUBT be thrown into the "assault rifles from the US" statistic. Im very happy to see a possible complete defunding of this deceiving agency.

The last article from Friday was about permit holders being exempt from NICS checks.
A permit holder goes through a much more thorough background check, fingerprinting, and application process. If that individual was not allowed to buy a gun they would not be allowed to get a license in most cases. I know that in Texas this is already true. As always CHL holders are some of the most law abiding people. Their backgrounds have already been checked.

There is a new piece of national legislation that has been proposed.-
A right to carry, universal reciprocity bill is being considered. This will allow carry permit holders to carry their firearms in other states that offer a permit. There already is reciprocity between many states, but this will further broaden the amount of states that most permit holders will be allowed to carry in.
http://www.nraila.org/issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=189

Will be out of town until Sunday night.

Since I will be out of town until Sunday night I will not be able to do the usual summaries as I will mostly be on my iPhone and only able to put up links.

These are some hot articles right now. It will be a big Monday when I fully address most of these topics.

House votes to put the ATF and Obamacare on chopping block:
http://gunowners.org/a022411.htm

Permitless Carry in SC:
http://www.thestate.com/2011/02/25/1711532/sc-political-briefs.html

Castle Doctrine in PA:
http://www.thestate.com/2011/02/25/1711532/sc-political-briefs.html

Apperantly the ATF has a little something to do with the "guns in Mexico" (this doesn't surprise me)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/23/eveningnews/main20035609.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea

Permit holders exempt from NICS checks:
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14079782/permit-holders-to-be-exempt-from-background-checks?redirected=true

Schumer going after private sales. Drafting a bill.

They call it the "gun show loophole" but it is simply the ability to privately sell your guns. If they pass this bill, and you decide to sell a gun to your brother, dad, or friend; you would have to go to an FFL dealer to run a background check, pay for a transfer and fill out a 4473. This leaves a trace of where every firearm goes and to whom. Which is basically registration and does away with the biggest obstacle to confiscation.

As always it is allot of work to keep our gun rights, definitely make sure when this bill is presented you contact as many representatives as you can and tell them to oppose this legislation. I will keep my readers posted on the developments of this issue.

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP602fe21c36ca428892c3288da03f1e79.html

The ATF screwing with shotgun imports.

The ATF is running rampant. This is becoming ridiculous. They want to ban the import of shotguns that to them "have no sporting purposes". Of course this is ridiculous, they should only restrict the import of shotguns that would be ILLEGAL in the US. Many people choose a shotgun for home or self-defense. Why only limit us to American made brands? 

I sent a simple email to their "study" on shotguns because they are apparently open to opinions. I hope they listen, as always the more contacts they receive the better. To email the ATF use this link: shotgunstudy@atf.gov

I do not believe it is necessary to deem a sporting purpose before allowing the import of a shotgun. I believe that any shotgun that would be legal in the US should be allowed to be imported. Many people use shotguns for home defense and often times foreign made guns are of higher quality. I hope for the ATF to broaden the language on sporting purpose to include instead all lawful purposes as this only seems logical.