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Via Hot Air:

The vote on SB2165 and Obama’s continuing efforts to keep laws in place to prosecute victims demonstrate that Obama has tried hard to mislead voters on his hostility towards gun ownership.  He was in the minority of his own party on this issue.  That makes him an ideologue, not a post-partisan moderate.

I sent the following letter to the National Rifle Association.

National Rifle Association
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22030

To whom it may concern,

I was shocked to discover that you endorsed Baron Hill in Indiana’s Ninth Congressional District. With this endorsement, you have permanently lost my support. This endorsement undermines not only your credibility as an organization that allegedly supports Second Amendment rights, but also undermines the Second Amendment itself. I could not be more disappointed with this foolish endorsement.

First of all, I point to Baron Hill’s record as recorded by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. (http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/scorecard/scorecard.php?shr=IN). I want to highlight the following three pieces of legislation where the Brady Campaign gave Baron Hill positive marks:

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This is from the CNN YouTube Democrat Debate. Plugs sticks his foot in his mouth at the 1:20 mark of this video

So not only are we “bitter” according to B. Hussein Obama, we’re also “mentally unstable”.

From the NRA-ILA:

The American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) is once again trying to confuse hunters into believing two bold lies: that the NRA does not support hunting, and that AHSA and the Sierra Club do.

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Josh and myself interview Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Lakeville) concerning the Mishawaka firearms restriction that was voted down 5-4 in the City Common Council.

Rep. Walorski will be on Sirius Satellite Radio “The Patriot” (I think it’s channel 144) tonight in the 9:00 PM hour of NRA News. If you subscribe to Sirius give it a listen.

And now — Rep. Walorski on Hoosier Access Radio

 

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Yesterday, State Rep. Jackie Walorski wrote on the proposed gun ban going before the Mishawaki City Council. Last night, the gun ban, originally proposed by Mishwaka’s Republican Mayor, Jeff Rea, was defeated by a 5-4 vote.

From WNDU:

Passion about protecting fellow citizens swayed Mishawaka City Council to vote 5-4 against a weapons ban ordinance.

The ban was actually proposed by Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rea and City Attorney Cory Hamel.

It would’ve prohibited all weapons from four buildings frequented by the public: Mishawaka City Hall, the police station, the Battel Center, and Mishawaka Utilities main building.

Weapons were defined as guns, knives, explosives, and chemical sprays.

Rea and Hamel were the only two people out of a large crowd to speak in favor of the proposed ordinance.

The article went on to say:

Walorski and the rest of the crowd told the City Council that taking away law abiding citizens’ right to bear arms will do nothing but put everyone in danger.

Walorski says, “We have a Castle Doctrine that says wherever your castle is — house, car — and you have a threat on your personal space, you have the opportunity in this state to defend yourself.”

This alert sent out from the National Rifle Association:

“[F]ollowing the Supreme Court’s favorable Heller decision, city officials in Washington, D.C. have been planning to obstruct D.C. citizens from exercising their right to keep and bear arms, despite the Supreme Court’s clear statements. And some in Congress are planning to do something about it.

On Thursday, Representative Mark Souder (R-Ind.) introduced H. Res. 1331, a rule to govern House consideration of a modified version of H.R. 1399–the “District of Columbia Personal Protection Act.”"

Yeah, yeah it’s “just a resolution to consider an act” … but with General Secretary Pelosi in charge of the Politburo anything even resembling this typically isn’t going to see the Congressional light of day, much less pass. At least someone has the gravitas to follow the US Constitution.

State Representative Jackie Walorski (R, HD-21) released this statement on yesterday’s ruling by the Supreme Court on DC v. Heller, the 2nd Amendment case.

I am absolutely elated with the US Supreme Court’s decision to stand on the side of our forefathers and our citizens’ right to bear arms. What a major win today! If you haven’t taken a moment to celebrate, please do…these kind of wins don’t come that often.

Being a major proponent of the 2nd Amendment, I am grateful that the right decision came down as it did. I have authored significant pro-gun legislation in Indiana, including Indiana’s Lifetime Handgun Permit and I couldn’t be happier. The right to bear arms and to protect ourselves, our families and our properties is a monumental cornerstone of the US Constitution. Whenever an elected official starts talking about “banning” guns or supporting “gun free” zones, it’s time to worry. When that happens, the ONLY people with arms are criminals who aren’t obeying any laws, let alone gun laws.

In light of this ruling, I again applaud the South Bend Common Council for dropping their idea of banning guns from city owned property in the City of South Bend, Indiana. Today’s ruling reinforces their decision as the right one.

(From Congressman Souder’s website)

U.S. Rep. Mark Souder released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.

“Today, the highest court in the land affirmed what many of us already knew: our Bill of Rights guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms, and the gun ban imposed by Washington, D.C., is not only ineffective but, more importantly, unconstitutional.

“I was privileged to be the lead House Republican on an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court earlier this year by 250 House Members, 55 Senators, and the Vice President, in his capacity as President of the Senate. For years, I have also been an outspoken critic of D.C.’s gun ban, and I’ve sponsored legislation in the House of Representatives to overturn it.

“I look forward to reading the details of the majority decision penned by Justice Scalia, but I am pleased that the Court’s philosophy is correct. This decision doesn’t just affect D.C.—it secures our Second Amendment right nationwide.”

The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre is announcing today the National Rifle Association is filing lawsuits in US District Courts against the City of Chicago and all of the Chicago suburbs that passed firearms bans, the city of San Francisco, among other cities in the US that passed firearms bans to get their firearms laws overturned on the basis of new case law with today’s Heller decision.

UPDATE: Chicago suburb Wilmette, Illinois has suspended enforcement of its firearms ban as a result of the Heller decision, according the NBC5 in Chicago. Of note is this interesting quote:[click More] (more…)

10:22 AM - The Majority opinion is written by Justice Antonin Scalia as my source said, and on the surface it appears the Washington, DC firearms ban is STRUCK DOWN! The decision is 5-4 in favor of ruling that the 2nd Amendment applies to an INDIVIDUAL’S right to possess firearm

The SCOTUS Blog has the decision in PDF form HERE (h/t Gary Welsh).

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Latest update from our friends at the 2nd Amendment Patriots below.  I was told by many Hoosier Access readers that you joined the effort to call council members to support gun owners in South Bend.

South Bend’s Common Council threw in the towel Thursday on their proposal to ban firearms on city owned property, regardless if you had a license to carry.

The council has declared they will postpone indefinitely that proposal and will take steps to withdraw it entirely. The 2nd Amendment Patriots up there who are on this e-mail list are going to be at the council’s meeting tonight to make sure that happens. As soon as I get a report from them I’ll pass it on.

Now there’s already some stories on why they’ve abandoned that ridiculous idea, but I’m going to tell you the real truth. I know the real truth because I’ve been getting the phone calls from the council members. In fact, I got another one today.

One story that’s been printed in one of their local papers up there said it was because the local retired city police was not going to support it because it would have prohibited them from carrying on city property, too.

If that were true, the council would have simple exempted the retired police and still passed their ordinance and the retired city cops would have then supported it. They would have no problem that the regular American citizen would have their Second Amendment Rights violated.

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