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		<title>We hate being right</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=650</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve got bad news… we were right. Just a few weeks ago we told you the anti-freedom DISCLOSE Act wasn’t dead, and we were right. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and arch anti-gunner Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have been twisting the arms of a handful of short-on-principle Republicans in order to gain passage of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We’ve got bad news… we were right.</p>
<p><strong>Just a few weeks ago we told you the anti-freedom DISCLOSE Act wasn’t dead, and we were right.</strong></p>
<p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and arch anti-gunner Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have been twisting the<br />
arms of a handful of short-on-principle Republicans in order to gain passage of the outrageous DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<p>CongressDaily, a Capitol Hill publication, reports that Republican Senators Scott Brown (MA), Olympia Snowe (ME)<br />
and Susan Collins (ME) are under pressure from Reid, Schumer and their anti-gun cabal to vote for the DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<p>In the name of “openness” Reid and Schumer want to silence grassroots activists like you.</p>
<p>They say they want to &#8220;shine light&#8221; on our &#8220;dealings&#8221; in order to restrain our &#8220;undue&#8221; influence on politics.<br />
<strong><br />
In reality, they’re only interested in protecting their reelections and hiding their anti-freedom voting<br />
records.</strong></p>
<p>We cannot let them succeed in these dirty tricks.</p>
<p>We know you saw what happened during the health care debate &#8212; you can be sure the same kind of underhanded,<br />
backroom deals are going on RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>Without a doubt Reid and Schumer will do whatever it takes to buy the vote from RINO’s (Republicans-In-Name<br />
-Only) like Brown, Snowe and Collins.</p>
<p><strong>Remember, the DISCLOSE Act was written to silence YOU&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8230;and the National Association for Gun Rights.<br />
</strong></p>
<p>The truth is this legislation was written to silence any group that talks about the voting records of politicians &#8212; from<br />
the National Association for Gun Rights to your local state group or gun club.</p>
<p>The DISCLOSE Act should really be called the &#8220;Establishment Protection Act.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>To make matters worse, while we are silenced, anti-gun liberal special interests and labor unions<br />
are exempt from the outrageous provisions of this bill.<br />
</strong><br />
We might expect this sort of election year payoff for labor unions and liberal special interest groups, but gun owners<br />
have been shocked to learn that the &#8220;pro-freedom&#8221; NRA has also negotiated a special exemption.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, because they agreed to sit on the sidelines in this fight, President Obama and Majority Leader Harry<br />
Reid granted the NRA a special exemption to the onerous restrictions that will be put on the rest of us.</p>
<p>Here’s what you can do to join the fight against the DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Call Senators Scott Brown (202-224-4543), Olympia Snowe (202-224-5344) and Susan<br />
Collins (202-224-2523)</strong> and demand that the stand up to Harry Reid’s malicious manipulation and<br />
publicly oppose the DISCLOSE Act in any form.</li>
<li>Call your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121 and demand that they publicly oppose the anti-free speech<br />
DISCLOSE Act.</li>
<li><strong>Forward this e-mail to all your gun rights supporting and freedom loving friends and family.</strong></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nagr.org/strokedonate1.aspx?pid=DISCSept">Chip in $10 or $15 to help the National Association for Gun Rights fight against the DISCLOSE Act.</a></li>
</ol>
<p>We know we don’t have to tell you that time is of the essence.</p>
<p><strong>Please call Senators Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins TODAY.  Demand that they stand<br />
up to Harry Reid and oppose the anti-freedom DISCLOSE Act.</strong></p>
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		<title>Obama Bans More than 100,000 American-Made Rifles</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=645</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has banned the importation of more than 100,000 M1 Garand rifles from from South Korea. According to a South Korean official, &#8220;The U.S. insisted that imports of the aging rifles could cause problems such as firearm accidents. It was also worried the weapons could be smuggled to terrorists, gangs or other people with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Obama has banned the importation of more than 100,000 M1 Garand rifles from from South Korea.<br />
According to a South Korean official, &#8220;The U.S. insisted that imports of the aging rifles could cause problems<br />
such as firearm accidents. It was also worried the weapons could be smuggled to terrorists, gangs or other<br />
people with bad intentions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although the number of guns in the U.S. has increased over the years, the number of gun accidents has<br />
steadily dropped. Furthermore, these rifles would have been sold by federally licensed dealers that are required<br />
to run a background check for every sale. The Obama administration&#8217;s excuse for the ban doesn&#8217;t hold any<br />
water.</p>
<p>The U.S. military employed the M1 Garand in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.  These antiques are pieces of<br />
history.  This move clearly demonstrates Obama&#8217;s hostility toward the Second Amendment and his lack of<br />
appreciation for our history.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/obama-bans-more-than-100-000-american-made-rifles">Click here</a> for the full article.</p>
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		<title>They&#8217;re preparing their final assault</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=635</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-gun activists like Sarah Brady and BILLIONAIRE New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg want your guns. But they can read the writing on the wall. With the shift in political winds and the November elections rapidly approaching, they know time is running out for a friendly Congress to enact their anti-gun agenda. We&#8217;ve already alerted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anti-gun activists like Sarah Brady and BILLIONAIRE New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg want your guns.</p>
<p>But they can read the writing on the wall.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">With the shift in political winds and the November elections rapidly approaching, they know time is running out<br />
for a friendly Congress to enact their anti-gun agenda.</span></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve already alerted you to the multi-million dollar media and TV ad blitz that Michael Bloomberg and his gun<br />
control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, aimed at setting the stage for a TOTAL ban on private firearm sales<br />
this year!</p>
<p>And you know about the Brady Campaign&#8217;s recent &#8220;Press Briefing&#8221; where they announced they&#8217;ll be throwing<br />
millions more behind the war against private firearms sales.</p>
<p>The Brady Campaign teaming up with Mayors Against Illegal Guns means this fight will happen this summer.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">NAGR members contributed nearly $100,000 to launch our Internet Blast against targeted Senators whose<br />
votes are key to victory on this issue.</span></p>
<p>Thanks to our program, the gun-grabbers&#8217; scheme against private sales has been stalled in the current session.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">But, the gun grabbers don&#8217;t quit easily.  And you can guarantee they&#8217;re preparing to launch another assault when<br />
Congress reconvenes this September.</span></p>
<p>We must be prepared for this renewed assault.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4482519:6702459924:m:1:181593557:CB1ECFDBBF6BB1EFD6C64F6FA372B106">And that’s why it&#8217;s vital you sign the Protect Private Firearms petition we&#8217;ve created for you.</a></strong></p>
<p>Your petition demands that Majority Leader Harry Reid and your Senators kill S. 843 &#8212; the gun grabbers&#8217; bill to<br />
close the so-called &#8220;gun show loophole&#8221; &#8212; and any other bill that would infringe on private gun sales.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">You see, despite his election year claims, Senator Harry Reid is NOT a solid supporter of your Constitutional<br />
right to keep and bear arms.</span></p>
<p>And as Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid has the power to completely control the legislative agenda in the Senate.</p>
<p>When he likes a bill, it gets voted on.  When he wants to kill a bill, it dies a slow, bitter death.</p>
<p>And now we have the perfect opportunity to force him to take a position while facing a tough reelection campaign.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">If we put enough pressure on Harry Reid and our Senators, the gun grabbers&#8217; schemes to ban private gun sales<br />
before November will be destroyed.</span></p>
<p>The fact is, we simply cannot afford to lose the fight for private firearms sales.</p>
<p>Should we, it’ll just be the tip of the iceberg.</p>
<p><span id="more-635"></span></p>
<p>You see, we have heard the gun control crowd blathering on and on about the so-called “gun show loophole” for years.</p>
<p>They simply can’t stand the fact that law-abiding citizens <span style="text-decoration: underline;">legally</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">routinely</span> exercise their Second Amendment<br />
freedoms to buy and sell firearms out from under the watchful eyes of government snoops.</p>
<p>Make no mistake about it &#8212; once they close the so-called “gun show loophole,” they’ll move on to:<br />
* Ban sales of semi-automatic rifles or pistols between gun owners without government “licensing requirements.”</p>
<p>Want to buy that Glock your buddy at the gun range has for sale? Unless you have the proper paperwork, it will be<br />
ILLEGAL if the gun-grabbers have their way;</p>
<p>* Impose a sky-high tax to discourage all private sales.</p>
<p>While private sales may still remain legal for a time, the anti-gunners will impose a tax so high it will make obtaining<br />
the proper paperwork unaffordable;</p>
<p>* Enact a TOTAL ban on private sales and transfers &#8212; even between family members.</p>
<p>Looking forward to passing down granddad’s hunting rifle to your son? Well, if the gun-grabbers get their way, that’ll<br />
be illegal also.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">We know this may all be hard to stomach, but we know who we’re dealing with.</span></p>
<p>The gun-grabbers’ dream society is one where every citizen is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">unarmed</span> &#8212; except those who work for the federal<br />
government, of course.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">To get there, they first need a national gun registry that gives them a complete database of every gun and every gun<br />
owner in America.</span></p>
<p>And the bad news is, we may be closer to that point than you think.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">You see, the only thing stopping the gun-grabbers from using the Brady Bill’s unconstitutional “background checks”<br />
as their gun registration scheme are those hated private sales.</span></p>
<p>So regulating and finally banning all private sales is at the very top of their agenda.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Now, we know that with their massive majorities in Congress and Barack Obama in the White House, things look<br />
bleak at first glance.</span></p>
<p>Add to that the fact that the gun-grabbers are spending millions on their national media and TV ad campaign to<br />
ram S. 843 into law and even some of our closest friends start to get discouraged.</p>
<p>But we tell them &#8212; just like we&#8217;re telling you &#8212; that if we give everything we have, the gun-grabbers will have a much<br />
tougher fight on their hands than they bargained for.</p>
<p>You see, this is an election year.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Incumbent Congressmen and Senators have already begun their reelection campaigns, and the last thing they want is<br />
for anything “controversial” to cost them votes in November.</span></p>
<p>And Harry Reid is especially vulnerable now that he has a tea party challenger attacking his liberal record.</p>
<p>Of course, the anti-gunners like Michael Bloomberg and Sarah Brady don’t think closing the so-called “gun show<br />
loophole” is controversial at all.</p>
<p>In fact, they actually think it’s a “political winner” for the anti-gun Democrat leadership in Congress!</p>
<p>Well, once we explain to the American people the real agenda behind S. 843, we’ll prove the gun-grabbers DEAD WRONG!</p>
<p>But there may not be much time.</p>
<p>You see, Congress will reconvene BEFORE the November elections when they&#8217;ll try to ram through every<br />
anti-freedom bill they can before they lose the votes they need.</p>
<p>That means we are right smack in the middle of this battle.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4482519:6702459924:m:1:181593557:CB1ECFDBBF6BB1EFD6C64F6FA372B106">So in addition to your petition, we hope you’ll agree to make a generous contribution of $35, $70, or even<br />
$105 towards this fight as well.</a></strong></p>
<p>In fact, we&#8217;re counting on it.</p>
<p>You see, because we can&#8217;t afford to lose this fight &#8212; and we MUST be prepared for anything &#8212; we’ve already printed two<br />
grassroots mailings to alert gun rights supporters all over the country to the threat we’re facing.</p>
<p>And we&#8217;ve launched the Internet Blast for Private Firearms Sales, a full scale campaign to flood the internet with banners<br />
and emails alerting the public to this threat.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">We&#8217;ve gone all out, but we have to tell you, as it stands now, we simply don’t have the money in the bank to cover all I&#8217;ve<br />
planned, especially considering all the other battles we have on our hands.</span></p>
<p>We’ve never had to make a decision like this before &#8212; and believe us, we were hesitant at first.</p>
<p>But we also know that we’ve always been able to count on good folks like you to come through when needed.</p>
<p>Of course, we know that because of the tough economy, some people just can’t give.</p>
<p>We understand that.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4482519:6702459924:m:1:181593557:CB1ECFDBBF6BB1EFD6C64F6FA372B106">But won’t you please consider contributing at least $35?</a></strong></p>
<p>If we can raise enough money, my plan is to expand my program to protect private firearms sales even further and really<br />
put the heat on.</p>
<p>You know the program &#8212; direct mail, e-mail, blogs, along with hard-hitting internet, newspaper, and even radio and TV<br />
ads if we can afford it.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4482519:6702459924:m:1:181593557:CB1ECFDBBF6BB1EFD6C64F6FA372B106">But we can’t do any of this without your help.</a></strong></p>
<p>Despite their massive majorities in Congress, we’ve successfully held off the gun-grabbers.</p>
<p>But this could be our toughest test yet, so please don’t just delete this email.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4482519:6702459924:m:1:181593557:CB1ECFDBBF6BB1EFD6C64F6FA372B106">Please rush us your most generous contribution IMMEDIATELY!</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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		<title>Quislings support Kagan</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=624</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“…we lost.  President Obama won.” According to turncoat Senator Lindsey Graham, that means your voice doesn’t matter. According to Lindsey Graham, that means we shouldn’t defend gun rights. Just a few days ago, Senator Graham (R &#8211; SC) voted with the gun-grabbers on the Judiciary committee for confirmation of Elena “not sympathetic to your gun [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>“…we lost.  President Obama won.”</strong></p>
<p>According to turncoat Senator Lindsey Graham, that means your voice doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>According to Lindsey Graham, that means we shouldn’t defend gun rights.</p>
<p><strong>Just a few days ago, Senator Graham (R &#8211; SC) voted with the gun-grabbers on<br />
the Judiciary committee for confirmation of Elena “not sympathetic to your<br />
gun rights” Kagan to the Supreme Court.</strong></p>
<p>That kind of defeatist pandering makes us sick, especially when it’s clear that Kagan will<br />
bring an ardently anti-gun agenda to the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>Elena Kagan will be a solid vote against the Second Amendment if confirmed, but they<br />
don’t want the public to see that for themselves.</p>
<p>We know that:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Kagan said she is “not sympathetic” to the right to keep and bear arms.</strong></li>
<li>Kagan supports <strong>gun licensing and registration.</strong></li>
<li>Kagan dismisses the notion that the Second Amendment deserves “unlimited<br />
protection against governmental regulation.”</li>
<li>Kagan worked as an associate White House counsel from 1995-1996 and as a deputy<br />
assistant for domestic policy from 1997 to 1999 in the anti-gun Clinton administration.</li>
<li><strong>Kagan personally drafted an executive order for Bill Clinton that banned<br />
the importation of semi-automatic firearms.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>And on top of another Graham betrayal of conservatives, Indiana Republican Richard Lugar<br />
is planning to join Graham in support of Kagan’s nomination.</p>
<p><strong>Make no mistake Lugar and Graham are complicit in selling out YOUR Second<br />
Amendment rights.</strong></p>
<p>Members of the National Association for Gun Rights &#8212; like you &#8212; have been actively opposing<br />
Kagan’s nomination for weeks now and we&#8217;re calling on you to make your voice heard again.</p>
<p>You’ve signed thousands of Firearms Filibuster Petitions against Kagan’s nomination, now<br />
it’s time to turn up the heat on Lindsey Graham and Richard Lugar.</p>
<p>Here’s what you can do to help:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Call Senator Graham at (202) 224-5972 and Senator Lugar at (202) 224-4814.</strong><br />
Tell them that their votes will have consequences when they’re up for re-election and that<br />
unless they publicly pledge to oppose Kagan’s confirmation gun owners will hold them<br />
responsible for their betrayal.</li>
<li><strong>You can also send Graham</strong> (<a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4462992:6677028594:m:1:181593557:F09DB5C19B86137CD67EB0E1321FC2B3">click here</a>) <strong>and Lugar</strong> (<a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4462993:6677028594:m:1:181593557:F09DB5C19B86137CD67EB0E1321FC2B3">click here</a>) <strong>an e-mail.</strong> Tell them<br />
enough is enough, and it’s time for them to stand up for the Constitution and the Second<br />
Amendment.</li>
<li>And if you can, <a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4462994:6677028594:m:1:181593557:F09DB5C19B86137CD67EB0E1321FC2B3">please chip in just $10 or $15 to help us continue to fight</a> <strong>against<br />
Kagan’s nomination and for the right to keep and bear arms.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Even if you’ve called two or three times already, if you don’t keep calling as Kagan’s<br />
confirmation nears, they’ll think you have changed your mind.</p>
<p>So let’s keep up the pressure and demand Congress respect our gun rights.</p>
<p>Thanks for your continued dedication to our cause.</p>
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		<title>You did it! DISCLOSE Act stalled</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=615</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The anti-free speech DISCLOSE Act stalled in the Senate yesterday, thanks to your phone calls and emails. Don’t let some punk Senate staffer tell you differently; your phone calls and e-mails are making a difference. Keep them up! Because of pressure from you and thousands of other members of the National Association for Gun Rights, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The anti-free speech DISCLOSE Act stalled in the Senate yesterday, thanks to your phone calls and emails.</p>
<p>Don’t let some punk Senate staffer tell you differently; your phone calls and e-mails are making a difference.</p>
<p>Keep them up!</p>
<p>Because of pressure from you and thousands of other members of the National Association for Gun Rights,<br />
anti-gun Democrats were unable to muster the votes necessary to begin the final debate on the DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<p>But, the battle is far from over.</p>
<p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continues to play the despicable Beltway games he&#8217;s famous for.</p>
<p>At the last minute, Reid voted against cloture.</p>
<p>That means he can bring it up for a vote at any time.</p>
<p>And insider sources tell us Harry Reid and his allies plan to bring it up again in September to use as a campaign<br />
issue in the elections.</p>
<p><span id="more-615"></span>Reid and his anti-gun allies will say we are just a special interest group flush with corporate cash.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll say they want to &#8220;shine light&#8221; on our &#8220;dealings&#8221; in order to restrain our &#8220;undue&#8221; influence on politics.</p>
<p>We cannot let them succeed in these dirty tricks.</p>
<p>Reid and arch gun-hater Chuck Schummer will be twisting arms and cajoling those Senators sitting on the<br />
fence in a final attempt to pass the DISCLOSE Act before the election.</p>
<p>We saw what happened during the health care debate &#8212; you can be sure the same kind of underhanded,<br />
backroom deals will happen here.</p>
<p>By hook or by crook, the instant they&#8217;ve got enough votes Reid will bring it up for another vote.</p>
<p>So we must be ready.</p>
<p>With their reelections on the line, you can be certain the so-called “moderates” from both parties are seeing<br />
which way the electoral wins are blowing.</p>
<p>If we can keep up the pressure, we&#8217;ll kill this bill again.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re sure we don&#8217;t need to remind you what’s at stake.</p>
<p>The DISCLOSE Act was written to silence YOU&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;and the National Association for Gun Rights.</p>
<p>The truth is this legislation was written to silence any group that talks about the voting records of politicians &#8212; from<br />
the National Association for Gun Rights to your local state group or gun club.</p>
<p>The DISCLOSE Act should really be called the &#8220;Incumbent Protection Act.&#8221;</p>
<p>To make matters worse, while we are silenced, liberal special interests and labor unions are exempt from the<br />
outrageous provisions of this bill.</p>
<p>We might expect this sort of election year payoff for labor unions and liberal special interest groups, but gun owners<br />
have been shocked to learn that the &#8220;pro-freedom&#8221; NRA has also negotiated a special exemption.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, because they agreed to sit on the sidelines in this fight, President Obama and Majority Leader Harry<br />
Reid granted the NRA a special exemption to the onerous restrictions that will be put on the rest of us.</p>
<p>While we&#8217;ve successfully slowed momentum behind the DISCLOSE Act, Harry Reid is waiting for the right moment<br />
to bring the DISCLOSE Act up for another vote.</p>
<p>You can rest assured that we will be on top of this legislation and will alert you as soon as they bring it up for a vote.</p>
<p>As for now, here&#8217;s what you can do to help keep the heat on the Senate:</p>
<ul>
<li>Even if you&#8217;ve already called this week, please contact your Senators and tell them you&#8217;ll oppose this legislation no<br />
matter what is added to it. And tell them that as a member of the National Association for Gun Rights you&#8217;re carefully<br />
watching the DISCLOSE Act and consider any vote for the bill a vote against gun rights.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4455632:6665043933:m:1:159248865:671B6708A2753D3611B34D784B66C8AC">Chip in $10 or more to help the National Association for Gun Rights continue fight for your gun rights.</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The only way to stop the DISCLOSE Act is to continue to put pressure of your Senators.</p>
<p>Your help has been indispensable, but our work isn&#8217;t finished.</p>
<p>Thank you for your continued dedication and we&#8217;ll keep you informed of where this fight goes from here.</p>
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		<title>URGENT: Vote tomorrow on DISCLOSE Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[URGENT UPDATE DISCLOSE Act on the move Dear gun rights ally, The fate of free speech is being debated in the U.S. Senate RIGHT NOW. Harry Reid’s midnight skulduggery has the DISCLOSE Act on the fast track to passage TOMORROW afternoon. That’s right; Harry Reid and his anti-gun allies in the Senate are scheduled to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>URGENT UPDATE</p>
<p>DISCLOSE Act on the move</p>
<p>Dear gun rights ally,</p>
<p>The fate of free speech is being debated in the U.S. Senate RIGHT NOW.</p>
<p>Harry Reid’s midnight skulduggery has the DISCLOSE Act on the fast track to passage TOMORROW afternoon.</p>
<p>That’s right; Harry Reid and his anti-gun allies in the Senate are scheduled to shred the First Amendment tomorrow at 2:45pm EST.</p>
<p>And unless the American people stand up and say NO, they will succeed.</p>
<p>I need you to call your senators immediately and demand that they vote AGAINST and publicly oppose the DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<p>As you know, the DISCLOSE Act was written to protect the anti-gun Establishment in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>If passed into law, it could silence virtually every state and national conservative organization in the country, including the<br />
National Association for Gun Rights and any state level gun rights organization you belong to.</p>
<p>The DISCLOSE Act is a direct attack on your First Amendment right to petition Congress and mention legislation or voting<br />
records during the election season.</p>
<p>You and I both know that election season is the best time to hold politicians accountable for their anti-gun votes.</p>
<p>The DISCLOSE Act is designed to silence grassroots activists LIKE YOU and protect the Establishment politicians in Washington.</p>
<p>The DISCLOSE Act will affect every political organization you belong to, on any and every issue.</p>
<p>To make matters even worse, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has joined an unholy cabal of liberal special interests like the<br />
Sierra Club, the AARP and countless labor unions.</p>
<p>Together they&#8217;ve managed to gain exemptions from the onerous restrictions the DISCLOSE Act would lay on the rest of us.</p>
<p>I strongly encourage you to contact the NRA at 800-672-3888 and demand that they stop the backroom deals and come out<br />
strongly in opposition to the DISCLOSE ACT.</p>
<p>In fact, Capitol insiders say that a special relationship between Harry Reid and the NRA may be the driving force behind their exemption.</p>
<p>Reid is facing a very tough re-election race in Nevada and is relying on the NRA to paint him as a pro-gun candidate. If he’s held<br />
accountable for his anti-gun votes, he will almost certainly lose.</p>
<p>So making a deal with the NRA while simultaneously silencing all of the pro-gun groups who would take him to task is Harry Reid&#8217;s<br />
perfect political move.</p>
<p>And it seems to be working.  The NRA has all but endorsed him (see the June 2010 issue of the NRA magazine, with flattering pictures<br />
and flowery praise of Harry Reid) and he&#8217;s scheduled a final vote on DISCLOSE for tomorrow.</p>
<p>We are right in the middle of this battle!  Reid’s pulled every trick in the book to ram through the DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<p>But there is a chance we can stop this monstrous violation of our Constitutional Rights &#8212; if you ACT right now.</p>
<p>Please, call your senators and demand that they vote against and publicly oppose the DISCLOSE Act.</p>
<p>Tell them that any vote to restrict free-speech will be considered a vote against gun owners.</p>
<p>You can also help the National Association for Gun Rights by chipping in $5 or $10 to help keep up the fight against the DISCLOSE ACT.</p>
<p><a href="http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/4446437:6651613983:m:1:181593557:B7BBD76CEF580EEF4FCFB11DAF4874D4">Click here to contribute</a>.</p>
<p>For Liberty,</p>
<p>Dudley Brown<br />
Executive Director<br />
National Association for Gun Rights</p>
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		<title>NAGR-PAC: What do Jane Norton &amp; Sarah Brady have in common?</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=598</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple: they both want Gun Owners in jail! Jane Norton (R &#8211; CO) claims to be pro-gun. And though we&#8217;ve been skeptical of Jane Norton &#8212; especially considering she was recruited by one of the leading anti-gun Senators in the U.S. Senate &#8212; we decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. She even [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 style="text-align: left;">Simple: they both want Gun Owners in jail!</h1>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Jane Norton (R &#8211; CO) claims to be pro-gun.</p>
<p>And though we&#8217;ve been skeptical of Jane Norton &#8212; especially considering she was recruited by one of the leading anti-gun Senators in the U.S. Senate &#8212; we decided to give her the benefit of the doubt.</p>
<p>She even joined her opponent, Ken Buck, in filling out the National Association for Gun Rights 2010 Federal Candidate Survey 100% pro-gun.</p>
<p><strong>But right now, Jane Norton is acting more like radical gun-banner Sarah Brady</strong>.</p>
<p>In her radio and TV advertisements, Jane Norton is vocally advocating for the legal persecution of law-abiding gun owners – against an active member of Colorado&#8217;s largest gun rights group, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO).</p>
<p>To prop up her faltering campaign, Jane Norton’s operatives have been pushing the liberal media to talk about the malicious prosecution of a gun owner in a positive light.</p>
<p><strong>Norton is trying to curry favor with the media elite and the anti-gun Establishment types, since it plays on their anti-gun sentiments</strong>.</p>
<p>Really, she&#8217;s just using the anti-gun hysteria of those who hate freedom to attack her opponent.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s desperate, for certain.</p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s also flat-out wrong</strong>.</p>
<p><span id="more-598"></span>Norton is trying to demonize gun store owner Greg Golyansky &#8212; a long-time member of RMGO.  Unlike many politicians, he’s got a history of standing for freedom.</p>
<p>Golyansky and his family moved from behind the Iron Curtain to America because of freedom, something they didn’t have in their homeland. He went through legal channels, moved to Colorado and started a business. I know Greg personally, and I can tell you that he’s someone who’s very excited about freedom and our country’s founding principles.</p>
<p>That’s who Jane Norton is vilifying &#8212; a Colorado gun owner &#8212; in an attempt to tar her opponent.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">As Paul Harvey used to say, here’s the rest of the story</span>.</p>
<p>A decade ago the BATFE (federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) used a sting operation against Greg Golyansky, attempting to jail him for mere paperwork violations of their byzantine regulations.</p>
<p><strong>To his credit, then Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Buck – now Jane Norton’s U.S. Senate primary opponent – refused to prosecute Golyansky. Simply put, the evidence wasn’t there</strong>.</p>
<p>But Ken Buck&#8217;s boss &#8212; former Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Tom Strickland &#8212; tried to force Buck into prosecuting Golyansky, despite the lack of evidence.</p>
<p>Why did Tom Strickland try to force Buck to prosecute this so-called gun crime?</p>
<p>Simply put, Tom Strickland is a raving anti-gun extremist. He wanted to empower the BATFE to go on witch hunts against gun owners across our country via a program called Project Exile (we call it Project Gestapo, since it uses outrageous anti-gun rhetoric and promotes &#8220;turning in your neighbors for illegal guns.&#8221;)</p>
<p>I should know about this case: Greg called me when it happened.</p>
<p>I told Greg Golyansky that this is what happens when there&#8217;s a combination of rabid, anti-gun politicians in charge of &#8220;administering the law&#8221; and a tide of gun control is sweeping our state, as it was in the wake of the Columbine tragedy.</p>
<p>Fast forward to the 2010 elections.</p>
<p><strong>Jane Norton, behind in the polls, is now using this non-issue against Ken Buck</strong>.</p>
<p>Frankly, this makes me furious.</p>
<p>I know politicians are not to be trusted, but when they answer a written survey and sign their signature attesting to it, I expect them to live up to their word.</p>
<p><strong>But it only took a few weeks for Jane Norton to break her written promise</strong>.</p>
<p>You see, in the NAGR 2010 Candidate Survey we ask candidates if they would support legislation to reduce the power of the BATFE.</p>
<p>Jane Norton answered yes &#8212; and now attacks her opponent because he resisted the overreaching grasp of the BATFE!</p>
<p><strong>This has made us question Jane Norton&#8217;s entire survey</strong>.</p>
<p>And since she was recruited by one of America&#8217;s leading anti-gun Senators, who has routinely worked to close down the private sale of firearms in America and enact gun controls on numerous levels of the federal government&#8230;</p>
<p>..<strong>. we have no choice but to question all of her answers to our survey. </strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>Put simply, gun owners cannot trust Jane Norton in the U.S. Senate</strong></strong>.</p>
<p><strong>As a gun owner, and someone concerned with our Second Amendment freedoms, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">we encourage you to cast a vote against Jane Norton for U.S. Senate</span></strong>.</p>
<p>For liberty,</p>
<p>Dudley Brown<br />
PAC Director<br />
National Association for Gun Rights PAC</p>
<p>P.S. Jane Norton &#8212; like radical anti-gunner Sarah Brady &#8212; is embracing BATFE’s malicious persecution of gun owners, and cannot be trusted with our firearms freedoms in the U.S. Senate.</p>
<p><strong>We encourage you<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> not to vote for Jane Norton</span> in the August 10th Republican primary</strong>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Paid for and authorized by the National Association for Gun Rights Inc PAC.</p>
<p>Not authorized by any candidate or candidate&#8217;s committee</p>
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		<title>Gun shop owner sues Chicago over opening new stores</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=594</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we previously mentioned, the McDonald decision changes very little about the legal landscape facing gun owners. Your right to keep and bear arms is fundamentally guaranteed so long as you abide by the state and federal laws which restrict those same rights. Make no mistake, the McDonald decision is not a magic bullet that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we <a href="http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=561">previously mentioned</a>, the McDonald decision changes very little about the legal landscape facing gun owners.  Your right to keep and bear arms is fundamentally guaranteed so long as you abide by the state and federal laws which restrict those same rights.  Make no mistake, the McDonald decision is not a magic bullet that will reverse generations of gun control legislation.</p>
<p>Case in point: It&#8217;s unlawful for gun shop owner Joe Franzese to open any gun shops in the City of Chicago. Franzese and a former U.S. marine have filed suit against the City of Chicago, as well as city officials, for this absurd and unconstitutional ordinance.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I filed the lawsuit because I want to sell a legal product and you can&#8217;t outlaw a legal product,&#8221; said Franzese.</p></blockquote>
<p>The ordinance that bans gun shops in Chicago, as well as other recently passed ordinances, essentially maintains a gun ban in all but name.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;By banning gun shops and the sale (of) handguns, Chicago and Mayor Daley currently maintain and actively enforce a set of laws, customs, practices and policies under color of state law which deprive individuals, including the plaintiffs, of their right to keep and bear arms, and engage in commerce by selling them, lawful products, in violation of the Second and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution,&#8221; the lawsuit alleges.</p></blockquote>
<p>Franzese would like to open five gun shops before the end of the year.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I have unlimited financial backing, unlimited time and I&#8217;m not going anywhere anytime soon,&#8221; said Franzese. &#8220;The ball&#8217;s in (Mayor Daley&#8217;s) court. We haven&#8217;t heard anything yet, but all odds of this going through are few and far between, I guess.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going anywhere,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got 15, 20, 30 years. It doesn&#8217;t matter to me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Franzese is seeking monetary damages through the lawsuit, including loss of profits and attorney fees.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.pioneerlocal.com/libertyville/news/2511260,lake-county-lawsuit-071910-s1.article">Click here</a> for the Libertyville Review article.</p>
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		<title>Judge rips sheriff for rejecting gun permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAGR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Iowa, Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber was reprimanded by a federal judge for refusing to issue a concealed weapons permit to conservative activist Paul Dorr.  The reason?  Many Osceola County residents were putt off by Mr. Dorr&#8217;s conservative opinions. Sheriffs should be upholding the Constitution, not passing judgment on political free speech.  It&#8217;s outrageous [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Iowa, Osceola County Sheriff Douglas  Weber was reprimanded by a federal judge for  refusing to issue a concealed weapons permit to conservative activist Paul Dorr.  The reason?  Many Osceola County residents were putt off by Mr. Dorr&#8217;s conservative opinions.</p>
<p>Sheriffs should be upholding the Constitution, not passing judgment on political free speech.  It&#8217;s outrageous that Sheriff Weber denied Mr. Dorr&#8217;s right to self-defense for exercising his First Amendment rights.</p>
<blockquote><p>It was wrong for Osceola County   Sheriff Douglas Weber to deny Paul  Dorr of Ocheyedan a permit to carry  a  concealed weapon three years  ago, according to a court ruling issued   Wednesday.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Mark  Bennett also ordered Weber   to  successfully complete a court-approved course on the U.S.   Constitution  within five months.</p>
<p>“In denying (Dorr) a concealed weapons permit, Sheriff Weber   single-handedly hijacked the First Amendment and nullified its freedoms   and protections,” Bennett wrote in the ruling.</p>
<p>Anger over the  sheriff’s denial of the gun permit was a factor in  inspiring some  grass-roots activists to push for changes to Iowa’s  weapons law.  Starting Jan. 1, a new law requires sheriffs to issue gun  permits except  under a narrow set of circumstances.</p>
<p>Bennett ruled that Weber’s  denial of Dorr’s gun permit in 2007  trampled his free speech rights  because the sheriff was retaliating  against Dorr for publicly  protesting, passing out leaflets and writing  letters to newspaper  editors on a variety of topics.</p>
<p>&#8220;The court finds a tsunami, a maelstrom, an avalanche, of direct  uncontroverted evidence in Sheriff Weber&#8217;s own testimony to conclude  beyond all doubt that he unquestionably violated the First Amendment  rights of &#8230; Paul Dorr,&#8221; Bennett wrote in the decision.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a  great reminder that the First Amendment protects the sole individual  who may be a gadfly, kook, weirdo, nut job, whacko and spook, with the  same force of protection as folks with more majoritarian and popular  views,&#8221; he added.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100709/NEWS10/7090348/Judge-rips-sheriff-for-rejecting-gun-permit">Click here</a> for the full article.</p>
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		<title>Filibuster Kagan!</title>
		<link>http://nationalgunrights.org/blog/?p=564</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is a serious threat to our gun rights. Call your senators ASAP and urge them to filibuster Kagan. From examiner.com: Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan should be filibustered. We have learned a lot more about Elena Kagan and her views on the right to bear arms since the last time she [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is a serious threat to our gun rights. Call your senators ASAP and urge them to filibuster Kagan.</p>
<p>From examiner.com:</p>
<blockquote><p>Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan should be filibustered.</p>
<p>We have learned a lot more about Elena Kagan and her views on the right to bear arms <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner%7Ey2010m5d10-Supreme-Court-nominee-finds-no-fault-with-Heller-decision" target="_blank">since the last time she appeared in this column</a>, and what we have learned is not pretty.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>A nominee who does not believe that the right to bear arms is a  fundamental right, like free speech and the free exercise of religion,  should not be permitted to sit on the Supreme Court.  The Supreme Court  has declared rights to be &#8220;fundamental&#8221; that are not even mentioned in  the Constitution, like abortion, travel, and procreation.  A right  expressly written into the Bill of Rights that has been described as the  very &#8220;palladium of liberty&#8221; cannot possibly occupy a lesser status.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Yesterday, when asked by Sen. Grassley whether the Constitutional right to bear arms created a right or merely protected a right that pre-existed the Constitution, Elena Kagan looked puzzled and answered,</p>
<p>&#8220;Senator Grassely, I&#8217;ve, uh, I&#8217;ve never really considered that question.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m6d30-Filibuster-Kagan">Click here</a> to read the full article.</p>
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