Contact your California Legislators and voice our opinion!

Hola, The noise level about gun rights, gun ownership, coyote hunting, bear hunting, 2nd amendments, Bill of Rights, Our Constitutional rights, Sandy Hook, Colorado shooting and on and on and on.  Is this not getting a little out of hand.  Where is the common sense to solve these issues and be logical about the solutions.

Common Sense people are informed people and take action(voting) on social issues. Common Sense people think about the issues and find out the truth about the issues and act accordingly. They are not influenced by the ill-informed media who only cares about ratings and sensationalism.

I talked to people all the time who do not hunt, are not sporting participants, are not against owning guns or against hunting, but are  just citizens trying to live their lives. Interestingly, when asked about hunting and gun ownership, most say they believe in the 2nd amendment and the need for managing wildlife with hunting as one of the options.

They are not afraid of guns and ownership, in fact, many have guns. What is missing is action to voice their logical comments. They are just too busy to make a statement of record. Apathy is the biggest culprit for change or no change in addressing the policies being discussed right now. Why? because the "squeaky wheel gets the grease" The anti's are vocal, organized, and make the most noise about these issues while the majority of reasonable citizens are apathetic to the causes.

Are you a logical citizen who wants to voice your opinion? Well here is how you do it.


How do you  contact your individual state legislators.  Please go to http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ ; enter your street address, city and zip code and your California state senator and assembly member will be displayed. 

Clicking on those names will take you to the state legislator's home page which provides contact information, biographical information, etc. about that legislator.  Because of redistricting, only one-half of the senators (odd-numbered districts) were elected in 2012; the remainder (even-numbered districts) will be elected in 2014.

Ok, this is how you let your opinions known to your elected officials. Simple but you have to do it or your apathy will prevail. 

Obviously, these views are mine. I just feel the majority needs to be heard. Thanks Dan for your motivation to address this issue.

Two Supreme Court Decisions that Affect our 2nd Amendment Rights

Ok, here is another point of view of the laws of the land on gun rights, what do you think?

Two Supreme Court Decisions That Affect Our 2nd Amendment Rights

There are two Supreme Court rulings that directly relate to the current anti-Assault Weapon issue everyone needs to be reminded of.

 The first is United States v. Miller 1939. Miller possessed a sawed-off shotgun banned under the National Firearms Act. He argued that he had a right to bear the weapon under the Second Amendment, but the Supreme Court ruled against him. Why? At the time, sawed-off shotguns were not being used in a military application, and the Supremes ruled that since it didn't, it was not protected. Even though Miller lost that argument, the Miller case set the precedent that protected firearms have a military, and thus a legitimate and protected Militia use.

The military now uses shotguns regularly, but not very short, sawed-off shotguns, but an AR-15/AK-47 type weapon is currently in use by the military, therefore it is a protected weapon for the Unorganized Militia, which includes just about every American citizen now that both age and sex discrimination are illegal.

(The original Militia included men of age 17-45) Therefore any firearm that is applicable to military use is clearly protected under Article II, and that includes all those nasty-looking semi-automatic black rifles, including full 30 round magazines.

 The second important case is that of John Bad Elk v. United States from 1900. In that case, an attempt was made to arrest Mr. Bad Elk without probable cause, and Mr. Bad Elk killed a policeman who was attempting the false arrest. Bad Elk had been found guilty and sentenced to death. However, the Supreme Court ruled that Bad Elk had the right to use any force, including lethal force, to prevent his false arrest, even if the policeman was only trying to arrest him and not kill him.

Basically, the Supremes of the day ruled that as a citizen, you have the right to defend against your civil rights being violated using ANY force necessary to prevent the violation, even if the offending party isn't trying to kill you.

Both of these cases are standing law to this day.

 The Miller decision clearly includes AR-15/AK-47 type weapons as having a military application. The Bad Elk decision means that if the government tries to confiscate your  AR-15/AK-47, or arrest you for having one, you can kill the offenders on the spot, even if they are not trying to kill you.

Also consider this about gun registration:
Why Convicted Felon's Don't / Won't Have to Register Their [Illegal] Firearms
 U.S. Supreme Court’s 1968 Haynes v. U.S. decision:

Haynes, a convicted felon, was convicted of unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun.   He argued that for a convicted felon to register a gun was effectively an announcement to the government that he was breaking the law and that registration violated his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.   The court, by an 8 – 1 margin, agreed, concluding:

 “We hold that a proper claim of the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination provides a full defense to prosecutions either for failure to register a firearm…or for possession of an unregistered firearm.” (Summary from American Rifleman, March 2000, page 20)

 So, when these gun registration schemes are announced, be aware that only lawful gun-owners are required to register their firearms.   Unlawful owners are exempted from registration laws due to their constitutional protection against self-incrimination.  

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