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Rep. Sanchez applauds President Obama’s gun control executive orders

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Editor Posted in Barack Obama, Gun Rights, Loretta Sanchez Leave a comment

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District

STATEMENT, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2016

MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Morris, 202-225-2965, Emily.Morris@mail.house.gov

REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ APPLAUDS PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKING ACTION TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46), senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement after President Obama announced a series of new executive actions to prevent and reduce gun violence in America.

“I applaud President Obama’s executive actions to strengthen federal enforcement of gun laws and to address the crisis of gun violence across America. I believe these measures are consistent with existing law and essential to effective enforcement, which is the President’s responsibility. Continue reading→

Sen. Boxer calls for more gun control after the jihadi shooting in San Bernardino

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Editor Posted in Barbara Boxer, California, Crime, Democratic Party, Gun Rights, Guns, Middle East, Terrorism Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2015

Contact: Zachary Coile 202-224-8120

BOXER SPEAKS ON TRAGIC SHOOTING IN SAN BERNARDINO

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) spoke on the Senate floor today in reaction to yesterday’s tragic shooting in San Bernardino and in support of sensible gun legislation to protect the American people.

“My heart is broken after this rampage that led to tragic loss of life, so many injuries, so much trauma and pain for the people of San Bernardino,” Boxer said. “I want to thank the medical personnel who are working as we speak to save lives, and all the brave, courageous law enforcement officers who rushed to the scene and later stopped these killers.” Continue reading→

OC Sheriff’s CCW policy following Court’s grant of rehearing in the Peruta Case

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Editor Posted in Gun Rights, OC Sheriff, Orange County, Sandra Hutchens 9 Comments

NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org

Sheriff’s CCW Policy Following Court’s Grant of Rehearing in Peruta Case

SANTA ANA, Calif. – (March 27, 2015) – On Thursday, March 26, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to rehear “en banc” the case of Peruta v. County of San Diego. In February 2014, a three-judge panel split 2 – 1 and held that a Sheriff’s policy requiring more than “self-defense” or “personal protection” to meet the “good cause” requirement for a concealed weapon license violates the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms.

In remaining consistent with the law and respecting the court’s previous opinion, Sheriff Hutchens has been issuing CCW Licenses and citing the three-judge panel opinion as authority for the “good cause” requirement. Based on yesterday’s vote to rehear the case, the three-judge panel opinion can no longer be cited as authority. In response to the court’s decision, Sheriff Hutchens will require all new applicants and those applicants currently in the process to articulate their safety concerns and provide supporting documentation in accordance with Orange County Sheriff’s Department Policy #218 – License to Carry a Concealed Weapon. CCW Licenses issued under the previous Peruta standard of “good cause” are lawful and will NOT be recalled; however, supplemental “good cause” may be required at time of renewal. Continue reading→

Mexican farmers resist anti-gun laws to successfully defend their farms

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Editor Posted in Chriss Street, Gun Rights, Mexico Leave a comment

Mexicans for gun rights

EXCEPTIONAL MEXICANS SUPPORT SECOND AMENDMENT

By: Chriss W. Street

The powerful Knights Templar Drug Cartel over the last few years terrorized and murdered avocado growers in the Mexican State of Michoacán to extort cash and steal farms. Although Article 10 of the Mexican Constitutional guaranteed the right to keep and bear arms, gun control legislation drastically limited these legal rights. But last year many farmers brought guns out of hiding to form vigilante groups called, “autodefensas,” to liberate their farms through force. In partnership with the Mexican government on March 9th, they killed the top Knights Templar leader Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, known as the “Craziest One.” These Exceptional Mexicans are proving why Americans must defend their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. Continue reading→

NRA members flood NPR show with votes for gun rights

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Editor Posted in Gun Rights Leave a comment

Last night, the National Rifle Association called on its members and fans to cast their vote in award-winning NPR show Intelligence Squared U.S.’s debate about second amendment rights, “The Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Has Outlived Its Usefulness.”

Over 40,000 NRA supporters flooded the IQ2US website and Facebook with votes and comments in support of America’s right to bear arms. The debate–to be taped in front of a live audience from NYC at 6:45 PM Eastern TONIGHT–is part of IQ2US’s non-profit, non-partisan mission to raise the level of public discourse in the United States and beyond. Continue reading→

Gun rights activists seeking to recall CA legislators may be misfiring

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Gun Rights, Orange County, Sharon Quirk-Silva Leave a comment

Sharon Quirk Silva rides to victory

Gun rights legislator recall campaign update

By Scott Lay, Publisher of the Nooner, a California Political Newsletter

RECALL: On Friday, I wrote about the effort of gun rights supporters to recall a sampling of legislators who voted for legislation regulating access to guns and ammunition. I further wrote that the proponents erred in selecting five Democrat legislators who are all Latino, providing ample, uh, ammunition, against the effort. None of the targets were authors of the bills cited as the most infringing.

Three of the five were elected in low-turnout special elections this year, meaning the quantity of signatures necessary to qualify a recall are far lower than for legislators elected in the November 2012 election. The fourth, Sharon Quirk-Silva, is the number two target of Republicans next year, and the fifth is Speaker John Perez, who proponents said they were targeting just to annoy him. I don’t believe the impetus of the recall efforts was racist, although if I am a Republican strategist, I would go out of my way to appear not racist. After all, Darrell Steinberg carried the most sweeping of the gun bills, but is not a target. Continue reading→