California Gun Control Bill Hearings!

Gun Control Bills Scheduled for Committee Hearings TODAY and TOMORROW

, It will not be often that we choose to forward political information to you. But, we feel that the current topics being addressed at the State need to reach you. Whether you are an avid hunter who uses firearms in the field or a fly fisherman that has no interest in picking up a gun...HEAR THIS NOW!These Gun Control, Anti-Gun Bills WILL HURT EVERY SPORTSMEN.

The effects may not be seen on the grand scale immediately, but you can be sure that it will be seen if even one of these bills is allowed to infringe on our rights. The California Legislature will have its first hearing on AB 711 tomorrow April 16 in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. Most in the outdoor community are opposing this bill.

COHA is opposing AB 711 on the basis that the legislature has delegated wildlife issues to the Fish and Game Commission and should not undermine that authority. The NRA is opposing AB 711 citing that misguided scientific data has been used prior to push anti-lead and anti-hunting agendas. SCI (Safari Club International) opposes AB 711 and has added that the alternative non-toxic (non-lead) projectiles on the market may also be being targeted as illegal because they are capable of penetrating some bullet proof vests.

The NSSF, (National Shooting Sports Association) also opposes AB 711. Wilderness Unlimited opposes AB 711, based on all of the above reasons and the fact that the ammunition manufactures do not have a prayer to fulfill our ammo requirements with reasonable products in the time allotted under the constraint of the proposed bill. At the very least, proposed gun control bills will take immediate effect on the Wilderness Unlimited community. When one group is affected in WU, we all are. Read more on AB 711 and the rest of the Bills below. We URGE you to take notice of the matter at hand and do what you can to help spread the word and share your opposition with your State Legislator. Regards,WU The following is being shared from theNRA-ILAContact your State Legislators in Sacramento TODAYMany anti-gun bills are scheduled to be heard in committee this Monday and Tuesday. Call AND e-mail your state legislators urging them to OPPOSE the bills listed below. Remind them that a criminal by definition does not obey or respect the law and any legislation infringing on gun owners will do nothing to affect criminals or their access to and misuse of firearms. Instead, urge them to focus on meaningful legislation relating to school safety, mental health issues, marketing of violence as entertainment for our children and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals.

On Monday, April 15 in the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation at 1:30 p.m. in Capitol room 126 Assembly Bill 760 (Dickinson) imposes a sales tax of .05 cents per ammunition component (complete cartridge, bullet or case).

On Tuesday, April 16 in the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife at 9:00 a.m. in Capitol room 437 (Click here to listen to this hearing):Assembly Bill 711 (Rendon) BANS the use of all lead ammunition for hunting. On Tuesday, April 16 in the Assembly Committee on Public Safety at 9:00 a.m. in Capitol room 126 (Click here to listen to this hearing):Assembly Bill 231 (Ting) expands the law for Criminal Storage of Firearms and child access. On Tuesday, April 16 in the state Senate Committee on Public Safety at 9:00 a.m. in Capitol room 4203:Senate Bill 47 (Yee) expands the definition of "assault weapons" to BAN the future sale of rifles that have been designed/sold and are equipped to use the "bullet button" or similar device, requires NEW "assault weapon" registration of ALL those semi-auto rifles that are currently possessed to retain legal possession in the future, and subjects these firearms to all other "assault weapons" restrictions. Senate Bill 53 (DeLeon) requires persons to buy an annual ammunition purchase permit, requires the registration and thumbprint of the purchaser for each ammunition purchase, and bans online and mail order sales of ammunition to Californians.

Senate Bill 108 (Yee) requires mandatory locked storage of firearms within a locked house regardless of whether anyone is present.

Senate Bill 293 (DeSaulnier) BANS the sale of conventional handguns, if the state Department of Justice approves the sale of "Owner Authorized Smart" handgun technology. Senate Bill 299 (DeSaulnier) turns victims of firearm theft into criminals for failing to report the loss of their firearm within 48 hours.

Senate Bill 374 (Steinberg) expands the definition of "assault weapons" to BAN the future transfer of all semi-auto rifles that accept detachable magazines (including those chambered for rimfire cartridges) and virtually all semi-auto rifles with fixed magazines (primarily those chambered for rimfire cartridges), requires NEW "assault weapon" registration, requires registration of ALL those semi-auto rifles that are currently possessed to retain legal possession in the future, and subjects these firearms to all other "assault weapon" restrictions.

Senate Bill 396 (Hancock) BANS the POSSESSION of any magazine with a capacity to accept more than 10 cartridges, including currently legally possessed "grandfathered" large capacity magazines. Senate Bill 567 (Jackson) expands the definition of shotgun for "short-barreled shotguns" that are illegal to own.

Senate Bill 755 (Wolk) expands the list of persons prohibited from owning a firearm. Your state Senator and Assemblyman MUST hear from you TODAY urging them to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills listed above.

Don't forget to forward this alert to your family, friends and fellow gun owners throughout California and urge them to do the same. We need all of California gun owners and Second Amendment supports to continually call AND e-mail their state legislators.

The California Legislature needs to know that this tyranny against law-abiding citizens needs to stop. You can write your representative here urging them to OPPOSE the anti-gun bills listed above. Please feel free to also copy and paste all the bill information to ensure your state legislators know which bills to OPPOSE. You can also send a letter to all elected officials in California here. Please feel free to copy and paste all the bill information above to ensure the elected officials of California know which bills to OPPOSE.

You can also find information about anti-gun and pro-gun legislation in California at www.calnra.com. Help NRA Get Californians Connected With NRA's California ResourcesHelp the NRA expand its California network to keep all pro-Second Amendment Californians better informed about legislation in Congress, Sacramento, and locally that threatens your right to keep and bear arms, as well as developments in Second Amendment litigation and regulatory enforcement actions.

Please forward this email to your family, friends and fellow gun owners, whether they belong to the NRA or not! Encourage them to sign up for California NRA's Stayed Informed e-mails here. And follow NRA through these additional connections: Websites: NRA-ILA, NRA-ILA California, NRA ILA Legal Update, CalNRA.com, CRPA.org, CalGunLaws.com, HuntforTruth.orgFacebook Pages: NRA's page, CalGunLaws.com page, NRA Members' Councils' page, Hunt for Truth pageThe NRA recognizes that California is one of the most active Second Amendment "battleground states," so for decades NRA has devoted substantial resources to fighting for the right to keep and bear arms for Californians.

The NRA has full-time legislative advocates in its Sacramento office fighting ill-conceived gun ban proposals. NRA coordinates a statewide campaign to fight ill-conceived local gun bans and regulations. And NRA has been litigating cases in California courts to promote the right to self-defense and the Second Amendment for many years. NRA's California legal team continues to work pro-actively to strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances, and to protect the Second Amendment rights of California firearms owners.

For information about NRA's litigation efforts, see www.nraila.org/legal/litigation.aspx

Nevada Big Game Draw is Open!

The big game tag application process is now open. Applications must be received through the mail 5 p.m., and through the Internet by 11 p.m. by April 15 to be eligible for the drawing. You will be officially notified of the draw results by June 10. However, initial tag draw results will be posted online at huntnevada.com within 48 hours of the actual draw, which is usually held in late May.

Hunters can review hunt choices in the 2013 Big Game Seasons and Application Regulations book, which is posted online at ndow.org and available at NDOW offices and license agents statewide. NDOW will once again hold tag application workshops in Las Vegas (March 28) and Reno (March 27). The workshops include information on Nevada's big game management, tag quotas and allocations, draw odds, and bonus points. NDOW staff will explain common application errors, the computerized draw system and any new procedures or regulations for this year's drawing.

When selecting a hunt, it is always important to do your homework and know what to expect from the units you are applying for. The NDOW website is a valuable tool with several resources to help sportsmen select the right hunts. In an effort to make things easier, NDOW has placed the Top 10 Big Game Tag Application Resources on one page. The page includes maps, hunter information sheets, bonus point tables and hunt statistics and draw odds.

Take a Shot at One of Nevada's Specialty Tags

Nevada Dream Tags

The Nevada Dream Tags Program is a raffle that allows resident and nonresident sportsmen a chance at the hunt of a lifetime while also contributing to Nevada's wildlife habitat. The tags are similar to other western states' raffle tags and "hunt of a lifetime" tags.

All that is required to get started in the raffle is to first purchase a Resource Enhancement Stamp (RES) for $10. Once you have your stamp, you can purchase an unlimited number of raffle tickets for each species available for only $5 each. You can purchase both the RES Stamp and the raffle tickets at Nevada Dream Tag.
One of the best aspects of this raffle is the ability to purchase tickets for your family and friends. Anyone can go online and purchase their favorite hunter chances at the hunt of a lifetime for their birthday or Christmas or any special occasion.
 Tickets for the Nevada Dream Tag raffle are available now and will be sold until June 30. The winners will be announced in early July.

Partnership in Wildlife (PIW)

Partnership in Wildlife (PIW) is a voluntary and optional participation program that offers unique hunting opportunities to hunters for a few statewide big game tags. A person with a PIW tag may hunt in any unit with an open season for the species listed on the tag, during the season dates when that unit is open for that species, and only with the weapon authorized to be used during that open season.

Applicants who are eligible and apply for hunts in the first big game drawing of the year can apply for PIW hunts at the same time. Marking the PIW box with your initials for the same species you applied for in the first drawing will let us know that you want to participate in the PIW drawing for some very special tags. (Doe, cow, depredation and junior hunt applicants are not eligible for PIW hunts.) The PIW tag fee donation is $10 for each species applied for. If successful for a PIW hunt tag, the entire tag fee the participant submitted with their main draw application will pay for the PIW tag. If unsuccessful in the PIW draw, $10 of the tag fee received will be placed in the Wildlife Heritage Trust Account. The remainder of the tag fee received from an unsuccessful applicant for a big game tag will be refunded to the applicant.

Silver State Tags

The Silver State Tag is similar to the state's Heritage Tags and will provide lucky recipients with the opportunity to hunt a specific big game animal statewide in those hunt units where there is an established season for the species specified on the tag. But unlike the Heritage Tags, which generally sell at auction for thousands of dollars, Silver State Tags will be available through Nevada's normal tag application process at a far lesser price.

Tag applicants can expect to pay a nonrefundable application fee of $20 plus the $3 predator control and $2 online convenience fee, which brings the total to $25 for mule deer, Nelson (desert) bighorn sheep and pronghorn antelope. An additional $5 is required for the elk application. Tag recipients will be charged the current fees established for the tag received. Applications may only be submitted electronically at Hunt Nevada.

In addition to expanded choice of hunt location, tag holders also will have an extended season in which to harvest their game animal. Tag holders also can use their legal firearm of choice throughout the season's duration – bow, muzzleloader or rifle.

Hope this is helpful. I have drawn four mule deer tags, two antelope tags over the past 15 years so you can draw.

A Young Americans Views

 TRANSCRIPT:   

  Delivered to the New Hampshire Legislative Assembly
  January 22,  2013

Dear citizens of  New Hampshire ,
 
Four days ago, I was across the street for a gun rally on the steps of the Capitol. I had  never been to a gun rally before. I expected it to be all about hunters and guns. I was surprised: People were not afraid of not being able to hunt. They were not afraid of criminals at all. Do you know who they were afraid of? The Federal Government. I was shocked. They were afraid of the government taking away their freedoms. 
 
The reason I went to the rally in the first place was that I heard children, like me, talking with President Obama about guns on the radio. I think those kids were far too young to make policy, and got it all wrong. 
 
Naturally, I don't want my mom or dad to die either, nor my friends or family. But I learned in school that the First Amendment gives us our Basic Freedoms, like Freedom of Speech,  Freedom of Religion and Freedom to Assemble. To  protect our God-given rights, our Founders gave us the 2nd Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms.
 
My Civics teacher  taught us that the reason our Founding Fathers gave us the right to bear  arms is to protect ourselves from the government of man because when man is given absolute power, he becomes absolutely corrupt. In 1776, guns freed us from the abuses of King George.  Today, guns keep us free from tyranny by government.
 
If President Obama wants to take our guns, isn't he taking away our means to protect our  right to freedom? Wasn't the 2nd Amendment given to us to protect our 1st Amendment rights? It's not by chance that those are the first two amendments. They were the two most important gifts our Founders gave the American people.
 
I don't know. I'm just a 14 year old girl, and that's what I thought I learned in school.  Did Mr. Obama learn something different in school than that? 
 
I think it is terrible for someone to use a national tragedy for political gain, don't you? So, when I heard Mr. Obama issued 23 gun control orders in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, I was upset. In school I was taught executive means to execute laws -- not make them.  When did that change? Didn't the president swear an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution? Doesn't the 2nd Amendment state: "the  right for people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." ˇ Tell me  how 23 orders on gun control is not an infringement. Can someone please tell me that? Has King George returned?
 
I hope New Hampshire members of congress remember their pledge and do not use this  tragedy to create unjust laws. 
 
So I ask myself,  what gun would our Founders want their citizen militia to have today to  protect us from a government greedy for power.  I think Thomas  Jefferson would recommend a semi-automatic rifle  with 50-round clips, and pistols that hold 20. But, I'm sure George  Washington would demand these  arms.
 
Just so you know, I don't even own a gun, nor does my mom, or dad . But when I'm old enough, I want the right to buy a gun if I want to, so I can protect the America that I love. I hope I never need one, but I always say, "plan for the worst and hope for the best".  Unfortunately, that's sort of why the government is taking away our guns: they are planning for the worst Americans, and not thinking of the best. Maybe the question we should be asking is what caused the morality of the United States to decay? Are parents no longer  teaching their kids "thou shalt not kill?"
 
I want to live in an America with laws that protect the best people on Earth, not the worst, don't you? Wouldn't that be more free? Wouldn't that be more  American? Isn't freedom  what America is all about? The right to bear arms is our best guarantee to live free. 
 
Finally, at my  track meet at UNH on Sunday, I read the banner on the wall. It said three words: Tradition. Pride. Excellence. I hope and pray that New Hampshire will continue its tradition of excellence and lead the way for  the rest of the county, and never infringe on my rights. May the people  of the great state of New Hampshire carry on their long tradition of freedom, so we can proclaim with pride the  words our forefathers gave us: Live Free or  Die!
 
This is our United States . This is our New Hampshire . And that should never change.
 
Live Free or Die,  New Hampshire !
 
  Thank you,
Daphne  Jordan
Nottingham , NH

What do you think abut Daphine's views? Comment.

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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