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Newsweek Palin Cover

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Michelle Malkin has a great post about the current Newsweek issue complete with a photo of Sarah Palin holding a shotgun. Michelle takes the drive-by media to task over their reaction to the photo

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NRA-PVF Endorses McCain/Palin

Posted in gun rights, Politics, tagged , , , , , , on October 9, 2008| 1 Comment »

This from the NRA-PVF web site:
  
Fairfax, VA. – The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Executive Vice President, Wayne LaPierre, and NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) Chairman Chris W. Cox are traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa., Springfield, Mo., Colorado Springs, Colo. and Reno, Nev. today for a series of press conferences endorsing Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin for President and Vice President respectively in the November 4 election.
 
“John McCain has more than two decades of pro-gun and pro-hunting votes in Congress. He has stood time and again to preserve our Second Amendment freedom and our rich hunting heritage,” said LaPierre. “Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin have earned the NRA-PVF’s endorsement and we will encourage gun owners, hunters and anyone who values freedom to vote McCain-Palin on November 4.”
 
“NRA members and gun owners will not allow Barack Obama to hide his radical record of opposition to our constitutional rights,” said Cox. “Obama has voted to make self-defense with a firearm in the home illegal, has voted to ban the most commonly owned hunting shotguns, has voted to ban commonly owned hunting ammunition, and has supported a 500% tax increase on guns and ammunition. We will remind voters every single time he pretends that his anti-gun record doesn’t exist.”
 
John McCain voted for the landmark Firearms Owners Protection Act and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, opposed the failed Clinton Gun Ban, and voted against mandatory waiting periods, national gun registration, and bans on hunting ammunition. He also signed the historic congressional amicus brief in the case of Heller v. District of Columbia, holding that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms — a brief that Senator Obama refused to sign.
 
Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is a hunter, gun owner and NRA Life Member. Gov. Palin has been a consistent and outspoken supporter of the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen.
Members of the media are invited to attend these significant events. Locations and times of events are as follows:
Pittsburgh, Pa. – 8 A.M. EDT
Radisson Hotel
Pittsburgh Green Tree
101 Radisson Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
 
Springfield, Mo. – 11:15 A.M. CDT
University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center
333 John Q. Hammons Parkway
Springfield, MO 65806
Colorado Springs, Colo. – 2:15 P.M. MDT
Radisson Hotel Colorado Springs
1645 North Newport Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
 
Reno, Nev. – 5:30 P.M. PST
Grand Sierra Resort
2500 East 2nd Street
Reno, NV 89595

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Hanover Rejects Shooting Restrictions

Posted in gun rights, tagged , , on October 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Gun owners packed the Hanover County Board Room last night and spoke out against the proposed changes to the county’s shooting regulations.  Speakers opposing the changes stated the proposed changes would reduce the opportunity to shoot and hunt.  Besides the gun related proposals, there was also a proposal related to shooting a bow.
 
The changes would have:
  • doubled the distance that a weapon could be discharged, from 100 yards of someone’s dwelling or any place where the public gathers, unless given written permission by the building’s owner;
  • changed the penalty for violating the ordinance from a Class 1 misdemeanor, which includes a $2,500 fine and up to a year in jail, to a misdemeanor that carries a $1,000 fine and no jail time;
  • prohibited the discharge of firearms within the urban service area, except for anyone hunting with a shotgun on at least 20 acres; and,
  • prohibited the discharge of a bow within the urban service area, unless target shooting or hunting on at least 20 acres.
Included in those speaking out against the proposed ordinance were the Sheriff and the Commonwealth Attorney.  Both said the proposed noise ordinance was unenforceable.  In the end, the Board voted unanimously to defeat all of the proposed shooting ordinance changes as well as the proposal dealing with hunting and the noise ordinance.
 
Thanks to all VSSA members who either contacted the supervisors or who attended the meeting last night.

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