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12.10.08 CHL HOLDERS’ NAMES REVEALED IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY.

LICENSE HOLDER’S PRIVACY IN PERIL

Oregon Firearms Federation supporters have received, or soon will receive, a Political Action Committee mailing from us urging them to take advantage of Oregon’s PAC tax credit law to support gun rights at no cost to them. Many will also be receiving a letter asking for donations to the political action committee of a group called “Oregon Gun Owners.”

“Oregon Gun Owners” is not affiliated in any way with OFF. “Oregon Gun Owners” is the organization that helped write HB2535 in 1999. This bill was intended to end private sales at gun shows and require that your firearms be kept locked up. When OFF killed that bill in the 1999 session, “Oregon Gun Owners” attempted to place a measure on the 2000 ballot to achieve similar ends, but failed to collect enough signatures. A similar measure authored by Ginny Burdick made the ballot and was passed into law as Ballot Measure 5.

We have received a copy of the mailing done by “Oregon Gun Owners.”  It was sent to a woman with a CHL whose name appears on no mailing lists for gun owners except the Clackamas County Sheriff’s CHL list. It was mailed to a PO box that she uses for no other purpose except her CHL.

The Clackamas County Sheriff has notified license holders that he will reveal their names if asked.

A recent news story indicated that Portland law firm O’Donnell,Clark & Crew was requesting the names of license holders on behalf of an “unnamed group.”

Apparently they were successful in getting the names of Clackamas County residents. We do not know what other counties may have made this information available. (An associate of O’Donnell and Clark was part of a team of lawyers that represented OFF in a lawsuit several years ago.We do not support their current efforts.)

As you know, some sheriffs are attempting to safeguard the names of license holders in their counties and began their efforts after O’Donnell and Clark made the request for the names.  We will leave it you to connect the dots.

Once again, gun rights supporters should know that  “Oregon Gun Owners” has no connection to OFF in any way. OFF fully supports the efforts of sheriffs to protect the private information of CHL holders in the current climate and warns Clackamas County residents that their information is public knowledge and available to anyone who asks, for any purpose.

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12.05.08 GUN MAKER ISSUES THE LAMEST RESPONSE IN MARKETING HISTORY.

HS PRECISION SHOVES ITS FOOT FURTHER DOWN ITS MOUTH

Demonstrating the marketing skills of a pipe wrench, the geniuses at HS Precision, who marketed their rifles with a testimonial from an FBI sniper who shot and killed an unarmed woman, (whom he claimed he was not even aiming at) have released the following “statement.”

To Our Valued Customers:
H-S Precision has received comments relating to individual testimonials in our 2008 catalog. All of the testimonials focused on the quality, accuracy and customer service provided by H-S Precision.
The management of H-S Precision did not intend to offend anyone or create any type of controversy. We are revising our 2009 catalog and removing all product testimonials.
Sincerely,
The Management of H-S Precision

In spite of  almost universal outrage and astonishment by gun owners, (meaning their CUSTOMERS) HS has decided that this anemic, laughable, and embarrassing response will be enough to put their despicable behavior behind them.

To see the original statement on their website, click on the “2008 Catalog Statement” under the “News” link on the upper right side of the page.

HS Precision thought it was a grand idea to promote their rifles using the services of a man famous for one thing, killing someone he claimed he never intended to shoot.

Now they expect the people who were horrified by this position, to accept an explanation that doesn’t even reach the level of “lame.”

If they build their rifles this way, we strongly suggest you shop elsewhere.

H-S PRECISION, INC.
1301 TURBINE DRIVE,
RAPID CITY, SD 57703
(605) 341-3006 TEL
(605) 342-8964 FAX
info@hsprecision.com

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12.05.08 NATIONAL PARK GUN BAN RELAXED.

GUN RESTRICTIONS IN NATIONAL PARKS EASEDGUN BAN IN NATIONAL PARKS NO LONGER COMPLETE.

Today the Department of the Interior announced a rule change that
would allow concealed firearms in National Parks.

The new rule comes with plenty of restrictions however.

Only persons with concealed handgun licenses would be permitted to carry, and then only if they met all the requirements of the state in which the National Park was located.

In Oregon, Crater Lake is our only National Park, so Oregonians with CHL’s will now be allow to protect themselves, however, since Oregon recognizes no other states’ licenses, visitors to our state will still be at the mercy of criminals there.

It’s a small victory, but we have a long way to go.
Press Relase:
http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/120508.html

Rule:
http://www.doi.gov/issues/Final%20Rule.pdf
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12.03.08 GUN MAKER WITH “KILLER” ENDORSMENT IGNORES GUN OWNERS.

MORE ON HS PRECISION

HS PRECISION DIGS IN ITS HEELS

In spite of an avalanche of e-mails,  HS Precision, (the rifle and stock maker that promoted its products with a glowing endorsement from hired killer Lon Horiuchi) has decided to ignore gun owners who expressed outrage at this bit of marketing insanity. (The company was even mocked by Tom Gresham of GunTalk last Sunday.)

But in spite of HS’s decision to ignore gun owners (in order to placate their big government customers) your efforts have not been unsuccessful. AR15.com reports a response they received from Remington Arms, a regular customer of HS.

While we have not been able to see the original e-mail at this time,or prove its authenticity,a review of Remington’s website did indicate that they no longer have any mention of HS Precision there, as was noted in the reported e-mail.
(Except for, apparently here and here. Guess they missed a few.)

(Questions about the authenticity of the e-mail seem to have been answered.)

But now is not the time to let HS off the hook. What does Remington mean when it says HS should “reverse course?” They won’t use a hired killer to endorse their products in the future? Big deal.

Anyone distributing their products needs to hear from gun owners.

Any business relationship with HS is an endorsement of their outrageous policies and callous disregard for innocent human life.

A list of their hunting distributors can be seen here.

A list of their international distributors can be seen here.

A list of their stock distributors can be seen here.
(Note this HS web page has a bad link for Cabela’s. They link to a cable website. The correct link is http://www.cabelas.com/ )

A list of their “tactical” distributors can be seen here.

A weird page with satin gloves and pearls,(which thanks to Lon Horiuchi, Vicky Weaver will never get the chance to wear) can be found here.

If you patronize any of these businesses, they need to know that you are disgusted that they would be promoting products that are hawked by a sniper who shot an unarmed woman through the head, while she held her infant daughter.

It has been reliably reported to us that HS Precision considers the people who have contacted them to be “kooks” and “fringe element.”  Apparently Remington does not share the same disdain for their customers.

We strongly believe that a company that is far more interested in the approval of government agencies than American gun owners is a danger to all of us.

Companies like HS put profits before principles. They are acting as agents for government agencies that seek to attack gun owners, even if it means gunning them down. As long as HS remains in business, the message is clear; gun owners are expendable, gun hating federal agencies will continue to be accommodated.

Since HS has no interest in addressing the outrage of gun owners (who rightfully consider a hired killer to be a poor spokesman for a firearms manufacturer) we think it’s time to turn our attention to their business partners. We hope you do too.

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12.01.08 OREGON AGENCY CHANGING GUN RULES

Oregon Gun Owners Closer To Another Victory

For a lot longer than we would have liked, Oregon Firearms Federation has been battling to force government agencies to obey Oregon law.

Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services has long had policies that violated Oregon’s preemption statute dealing with firearms possession.In a post from 2007, we clearly thought we had solved that problem. But nothing is as slippery or slow as a bureaucrat.

Now after several years of efforts by us, and some tireless pro-gun legislators (like Senator elect Brian Boquist) and their staffs, it looks like we may have made some real headway.

We have now received this proposed change of rules by DAS. As you can see, they have eliminated the illegal prohibitions on firearms they once had in buildings they controlled.

There will be a public hearing on the rule changes on December 22nd at 10 am in Salem, We encourage gun owners and especially CHL holders to attend.

The location for the hearing is 1225 Ferry St SE Salem OR, 97301 in the Mt. Ashland Conference Room.

If you cannot attend, please send comments in favor of this rule change to Scott Harra at
Scott.Harra@das.state.or.us

This could be a great, and long fought, victory for gun owners at a time when gun rights are clearly in peril.

We encourage you to attend the hearing or contact Scott Harra and voice your support for the rules change. A sample message follows:

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To Department of Administrative Services,

I strongly support the proposed rule change to bring DAS’s policies in line with Oregon law.

DAS, like every state agency, should respect the clear language in Oregon law dealing with persons who have obtained Oregon concealed handgun licenses.

Very truly yours,

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11.26.08 GUN MAKER HAWKS WARES USING HIRED KILLER.

As you may have heard, HS Precision Rifles, a South Dakota gun maker, has been marketing their wares using the endorsement of a hired killer.

As bizarre and demented as it sounds, the HS company has a “testimonial” about their products on the back of their catalog from none other than Lon Horiuchi.

Although they have a civilian market, they clearly are willing to throw civilian gun owners under the bus to get a little government business.

Most gun owners will remember Horiuchi, but for those who don’t, a little background.

Lon Horiuchi is the former FBI sniper who shot and killed Vicky Weaver at the notorious“Ruby Ridge” standoff. Vicky was holding her infant daughter at the moment that Horiuchi fired a rifle bullet through her head, killing her.

He was later prosecuted for the killing, but predictably,charges were dismissed.

Ruby Ridge was one of the darkest hours in our nation’s history. Before Vicky was gunned down by Horiuchi, her 12 year old son Sam was shot and killed by Federal Marshals.  A family friend was also shot, as was Sammy’s dad, Randy Weaver. (Larger Catalog Image)

All of these killings were over an accusation that Randy Weaver had shortened the barrel of a shotgun.

Horiuchi also worked as a sniper when the US Government, under orders from President Clinton’s Attorney General, Janet Reno, massacred the Branch Davidians in Waco Texas.

Janet Reno’s second in command, Eric Holder has just been named as Obama’s pick  for our new Attorney General.

Let’s face it, gun owners are under siege. We have never faced a President who is as openly hostile to gun rights as Obama. So, when “our” people are using government assassins to sell guns to the government, we really need to take stock. HS Precision  is advancing an agenda that says it’s ok for government agents to murder people because they are gun owners.

HS has so far refused to respond to questions about their outrageous use of a killer to endorse their products. Now they need to hear from you. HS can be reached here:

H-S PRECISION, INC.
1301 TURBINE DRIVE,
RAPID CITY, SD 57703
(605) 341-3006 TEL
(605) 342-8964 FAX
Email: info@hsprecision.com 

HS is a major supplier of stocks to Remington Arms. They also need to hear from you.

Remington Arms Company, Inc.
870 Remington Drive
P.O. Box 700
Madison, NC 27025-0700 TEL: 1-800-243-9700
Fax: 1-336-548-7801
http://www.remingtonmilitary.com/contact.htm

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11.17.08 WAR ON GUN OWNERS’ PRIVACY HEATS UP.

“It’s not something you are entitled to keep confidential,” Orchard said. “No one forced you to acquire a handgun.”

With those twisted words, the attorney for the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association explained why every media outlet in the state and country, as well as every anti-gun extremist organization, should have the names and addresses of every Oregonian who has a concealed handgun license.

The Oregonian, in their infinite stupidity said “We’ve always appreciated the fact that you could check whether your road-raging next-door neighbor also had the sheriff’s permission to pack heat in an ankle holster.”

As if that neighbor would be any less dangerous if he did not have the sheriff’s permission “pack heat in an ankle holster.”

As you know, the Medford Mail Tribune, in an effort to “out” CHL holders, demanded that the Sheriff of Jackson County turn over the personal information of every license holder there.

Their hope was to continue the attack on teachers in the area who had licenses and owned guns for the defense of themselves and others. The Mail Tribune has consistently attacked the Medford teacher who went to court (with our support) to force the Medford School District to stop harassing and threatening her because she was exercising her right to have a concealed handgun license.

The Jackson County Sheriff stood up to the newspaper and its editor Bob Hunter, and refused to turn over the names. Hunter, of course, sued.

The local courts agreed that Hunter and the Tribune had the right to have the names, addresses and phone numbers of every CHL holder in Jackson County. Hunter would then be free to publish all of this information.

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters fought back and appealed the decision. The Appeals Court has not yet rendered a verdict, but to protect CHL holders, several other sheriffs have taken steps to keep this info private.

In Washington, Marion, Benton*, Josephine, Linn and Columbia Counties, the sheriffs are working to give license holders the option to keep their personal information private, no matter what the Appeals Court decides. Other sheriffs are reported to be considering it, but many are still making this info available to any individual or group, no matter what their position on gun rights is. (Currently,the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office web page is saying they will NOT disclose this information.)

Clackamas County’s Sheriff Craig Roberts, on the other hand, has stated that he plans to continue to release this information and has made no effort whatsoever to protect the privacy of CHL holders.

*The law firm discussed in this story has revealed that they are in fact seeking CHL holders’ names in all 36 counties.

In the new political climate we face, it  is more important than ever that gun owners in general, and CHL holders in particular, protect their personal information and privacy.

We applaud the sheriffs who have stepped up to confront the media and any other anti-gun organizations that seek to use this information to harass and intimidate gun owners as the Medford Mail Tribune has attempted to do.

It is our hope that legislation to address this issue can pass in the upcoming legislative session, but we expect that to be an uphill fight. In the meantime, we need to strongly urge every sheriff to follow the lead of the Jackson and Washington County Sheriffs and take whatever steps they can to protect the personal information of CHL holders from people like the lawyers for the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.

Your can use this link to find and contact most Oregon sheriffs. If you discover broken or outdated links, please let us know and we will update them as quickly as possible.  A sample message to your sheriff follows. Please cut and paste it into an e-mail or modify to suit your personal style. And thank you for your activism.

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Dear Sheriff,

As you know, media outlets and other organizations are asking sheriffs to reveal personal information about concealed handgun license holders.
These requests expose CHL holders to harassment, abuse and criminal activity.
Persons who apply for, and receive, CHL’s are not looking to make a public statement and in many cases have reason to want to keep their status as license holders private.  I urge you to do everything you can to protect this information from people who have no legitimate reason for having it.

Very truly yours.

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10.27.08 NRA IGNORES PRO-GUN CANDIDATE.

NRA IGNORES PRO-GUN CANDIDATE IN HOUSE DISTRICT 32

Oregon House District 32 has a candidate running with what may be the most solid pro-gun credentials of anyone running for office in Oregon. But you would not know it by looking at  the NRA website.

House District 32 is a race between Democrat Deborah Boone and Republican Tim Bero.

Tim is the president of TNW Firearms in Vernonia. Tim’s a gun dealer, a firearms importer, a sponsor of full auto shoots and a member of OFF. But for some reason, NRA has chosen not to even list him as a candidate on their website.

We have had info on Tim on our website for months, but as has so often been the case, the NRA has chosen to ignore one of their own to protect an incumbent.

If you are an NRA member, you should ask them why they have chosen to ignore Tim while giving rabid anti-gun fanatic Ginny Burdick a “D” rating and lying about Gordon Smith’s record.

In the dangerous times we are facing, we cannot afford to have the NRA working against pro-gun candidates.

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10.23.08 MORE DECEPTION FROM THE NRA.

MORE DECEPTION FROM NRA

Gun owners across Oregon are receiving large orange postcards from the NRA urging them to vote for Gordon Smith.

The cards, which accurately portray Jeff Merkley as an enemy of gun rights, falsely claim that Smith voted in favor of “legislation enacted into law ending bogus lawsuits against gun manufacturers.”

The fact is, Smith DID NOT vote in favor of S 397, “the gun manufacturers and dealers immunity bill.” As you can see by the record, Smith did not vote on passage of the bill at all.

He did however, vote in favor of the anti-gun amendments that were tacked on before the bill passed. Smith went so far as to send out mail claiming to have voted against the “anti-gun amendments” when in fact, he did the exact opposite.

The NRA fails to mention that Smith supported a reintroduction of the Clinton ban on modern firearms, and while warning voters that “if Barack Obama is elected we will face the most anti-gun president in American history” they fail to mention that Smith has campaigned almost exclusively on his close ties to Obama and other gun grabbers like Ted Kennedy and Ron Wyden.

The mailing makes no mention of other candidates for Senate who are solidly pro-gun.

They also urge voters to support John McCain, who they themselves called  “…one of the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment.”

The posted ratings for candidates on the NRA  website endorse anti-gun Congressman Peter DeFazio while ignoring his pro-gun opponent.

This year gun owners may be facing the gravest threat to their gun rights ever. Obama and Merkley are clearly and openly anti-gun. But the NRA does voters a serious disservice by willfully distorting the records of candidates they back. Furthermore, by supporting candidates who have serious anti-gun records, they make it easy for the anti-gun forces to attack, as in this article by the head of an anti-gun front group.

Voters and gun owners deserve the truth They are not getting it from the gun grabbers, and they are not getting it from the NRA.

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10.06.08 NRA CANDIDATE RATINGS MAKE NO SENSE.

What Is The NRA Thinking?

The National Rifle Association has just issued its  “candidate’s ratings.”

Some simply make no sense.

In Oregon, there is one politician whose entire career has been built on only one concept; the complete destruction of gun rights for everyone.

State Senator Ginny Burdick has demonstrated a single minded zeal to end gun ownership unrivalled by virtually any other politician in the country, with the possible exception of Chuck Schumer of New York.

Burdick has  spent her entire time in office working night and day to destroy gun rights. She has introduced bills to jail gun owners for owning modern firearms, fine them thousands for having ammunition magazines, end their right to carry lawfully on public property and eliminate Oregon’s preemption statute. She has promoted bills to force you to lock up your self defense firearms and  take away gun rights for people who have not even been charged with crimes, let alone convicted of them.

Burdick was the chief sponsor of Measure 5 in 2000 that criminalized private sales at gun shows.

With the help of John McCain and three million dollars in out of state, anti-gun money, Burdick forced government intervention on every transfer of a firearm at gun shows, even between two old friends who had known each other for 40 years.  Now, if you share a table at a gun show with a friend and decide to trade guns, both of you must undergo background checks and pay the police to simply trade a revolver for a rifle.This attack on your rights has proven to have no effect on crime.

But amazingly, the NRA has rated Burdick a “D” while rating other politicians who have no comparable history of attacking gun rights “F.”

In 2001, the NRA called John McCain “one of the premier flag carriers for the enemies of the Second Amendment.” Now they are endorsing him.

What does it take to get the NRA to recognize when a politician has a single minded obsession with destroying gun rights?  What legislator could be more committed to attacking your freedom than Burdick?

If you are an NRA member, you should consider contacting them and asking how a freedom hating militant like Burdick does not get an “F” and Gordon Smith who promised to vote to renew Bill Clinton’s gun ban gets an “A-”  Meanwhile, anti-gun Attorney General candidate John Kroger is unrated, and vocally pro-gun candidate Jim Leuenberger is ignored. They even endorsed “D” rated Peter Defazio while ignoring his pro-gun opponent, Jaynee Germond.

For better or worse, many gun owners trust and turn to the NRA for guidance when making decisions at election time. This year, the NRA has given some bizarre and dangerous candidate’s ratings.

If you are an NRA member, we strongly urge you to look at the candidates and their histories, rather than NRA ratings when you make your decision in November.

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09.10.08 PORT OF PORTLAND FINALLY OBEYS THE LAW.

Sept 10, 2008

After a battle stretching back to 2004, the Port of Portland has finally rescinded its illegal ordinance against CHL holders at the Portland Airport.

As you may know, since 1996, the Port had a regulation forbidding persons with concealed handgun licenses from being in the Portland Airport. There was  one small problem. The ordinance was unlawful.

Needless to say, the Port and their lawyers did everything they could to justify this violation of the law. Their bizarre interpretations of the law would have made a contortionist jealous. But they were wrong.

In 2005 and again in 2007, OFF members, through their unending activism, blocked a bill that would have expanded the police powers of the Port of Portland Police.

After the second legislative session where their plans were halted because of their refusal to obey the law, they finally got the message, and while it took far longer than it should have, the Port rescinded their bogus rule. The new rule took effect last month. CHL holders are no longer subject to specious and arbitrary arrest for doing something that is perfectly legal.

Make no mistake, the reason this happened is because of you.

In 2007, the sponsor of the bill to expand the Port’s Police powers(House Rep Jeff Barker) actually withdrew his support for the bill after hearing from you about the Port’s blatant violation of the law. Even when the chair of the House Judiciary Committee,(militant anti-rights, Greg MacPherson) tried to revive it, Barker stood firm.

This is a testament to the power of grass-roots activism, and you should be proud.

In the next legislative session, it is almost a sure thing that we will have an anti-gun majority. Barring a miracle, we will also have an anti-gun president, but that does not mean we cannot win.

Thank you for your relentless activism, it really makes a difference.

We would also like to thank and welcome all the new supporters who have joined OFF recently, no doubt encouraged by the success we can only credit to you.

Stay tuned, there are more battles ahead. We still await a final decision in our case defending government employees’ rights to protect themselves and others (the Medford teacher issue.) but it’s clear that we can win as long as you are willing to keep stepping up.

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08.29.08 OFFPAC ENDORSES CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

A Message From OFFPAC

OFFPAC endorses Jim Leuenberger for Attorney General.

Dear supporter of gun rights,

There is little doubt that the 2009 Legislature will be under the control of anti-gun forces. While this does not mean we will lose ground, it does mean we must prepare for the worst while hoping for the best.

It is impossible to predict how any legislature will behave. We have moved ahead, thanks to your activism,even when anti-gun politicians were in charge. But, of course, we can never rest.

I want to tell you about a race for an office that is outside the legislature, but still critically important. That race is for Attorney General.

You may recall that the Republican Party did not field a candidate for the office. The race was between two Democrats, Greg MacPherson and John Kroger.

MacPherson was as vocal an enemy of freedom and gun rights as any politician in office. As Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, he tried every trick he could think of to ram through anti-gun legislation. Your activism defeated him  every time.  He also (thankfully) lost his bid to be AG.

The winner of the Democratic Primary was John Kroger. You can read more about him here.

There is little reason to believe  Kroger bodes well for gun owners. His list of supporters is a “who’s who” of militant anti-gun liberals, including Senator Vicki Walker and Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard.

That’s why I want to tell you that there is a candidate for this important office who is not in the pocket of gun hating organizations like The Sierra Club and the Oregon Education Association.

That candidate is Jim Leuenberger. Many of you know Jim as an attorney who has worked hard for gun rights representing gun owners all over the state. Jim is the lawyer who has taken on the power brokers to fight for the right of Shirley Katz, “the Medford teacher” to carry her handgun while at work. Jim represented David Bacon in his battle with the ATF.

Jim has made fighting for gun rights the cornerstone of, not only his practice, but his run for Attorney General.  He is a passionate defender of freedom and the constitution and makes no apologies for his commitment to the Second Amendment. Consider this quote from Jim’s webpage: “When more Oregonians defend themselves by keeping and bearing arms, there will be less crime. With less crime, we will need fewer police officers and fewer prisons. “

I hope I can count on you not only to vote for Jim in November, but to do all you can to help his candidacy with your financial support. Kroger has huge money from labor unions behind him. Jim is relying on the donations of gun owners like you.

Please visit Jim’s website and make a donation to help a true champion of gun rights get elected.

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08.10.08 TSA CONSIDERING GUN BAN

TSA CONSIDERING NATIONAL GUN BAN

UPDATE 08.11.08. GEORGIA BANS GUNS IN AIRPORTS, CITES POSSIBLE “MAYHEM”

“First, you’re going to have a stampede,” said Robert Kennedy, the airport’s assistant general manager.

08/10/08

In just the latest attack on American’s freedom,the TSA Is considering a ban on firearms in the non-secure areas of our nations airports.The irony of one of the most abusive and unprofessional government agencies declaring that trained, law-abiding Americans will have even more of their rights stripped from them should outrage all gun owners, and anyone who has had the misfortune to travel by air in the last few years.

(A Google search with the words “TSA Abuses” returns 755,000 hits.)

As you know, Oregon Firearms Federation has had a long battle with the Port of Portland over their totally unlawful policy of banning CHL holders from bringing firearms into the non-secure parts of the airport.

Because of this policy, OFF members have twice defeated the Port’s efforts to expand their police powers.  Most recently, in the 2007 session, your activism scuttled that attempt despite the efforts of the soon-to-be-gone Greg MacPherson to keep the bill alive with backroom parliamentary gambits.

Last October, House Rep Jeff Barker, who sponsored the bill, and then did all he could to make sure the bill would die when he learned of the Port’s unlawful policy, informed us that the Port had told him they were changing the rule to comply with state law. There are still signs posted in the entrances to the airport saying “no weapons” but they do not include the phrase “with or without permits” any longer.

But now, the Bush administration may reverse all your hard work with a sweeping national mandate that will not only violate states’ rights, but put you and your family in greater danger when you travel to the airport.

To try to sell this as a security concern is laughable considering what a monstrous waste of time the TSA’s abusive shakedowns are. Women and the elderly are regularly subjected to embarrassing and arbitrary searches for purely theatrical purposes. People in wheelchairs are stripped of their shoes and children’s toys are confiscated. Meanwhile the number of thefts attributed to the minimum wage quality rent-a-cops employed by TSA is huge and growing.

Now these bunglers and crooks want to prevent you from picking up or dropping off your family while in possession of your self defense firearm.

While he has been no friend to gun owners, it is imperative that Gordon Smith hear from you about this latest attack on your rights.  Smith, who is running for reelection, has moved his campaign well to the left to appeal to the anti-gun crowd, but he cannot win election without the votes of gun owners.

Please contact Smith and let him know that you expect him to use his office to oppose any more attempts by the Bush administration and the TSA to further erode your rights.

Contact information and sample text follow:
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Dear Senator Smith,

I am deeply disturbed by the Transportation Safety Administration’s plans to consider banning firearms on all airport property.

As you know, this agency has one of the worst reputations of any organization in the US Government.

Law abiding gun owners are not a threat to the safety of air travel in this country and I urge you to do everything in your power as a US Senator to make sure the Administration knows this is a bad, and probably illegal policy.

Very truly yours,

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Web Form for E-mail

D.C. and Local Offices:

Bend, OR Office
Jamison Building
131 NW Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 208
Bend, OR 97701
Phone: 541.318.1298
Fax: 541.318.1396

Medford, OR Office
Security Plaza
1175 East Main, Suite 2D
Medford, OR 97504
Phone: 541.608.9102
Fax: 541.608.9104

Washington, DC Office
404 Russell Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202.224.3753
Fax: 202.228.3997

Portland, OR Office
One World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 1250
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503.326.3386
Fax: 503.326.2900

Pendleton, OR Office
Jager Building
116 South Main Street, Suite 3
Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone: 541.278.1129
Fax: 541.278.4109

Eugene, OR Office
Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse
405 East 8th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: 541.465.6750
Fax: 541.465.6808

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Why The Republican’s Will Be Crushed In November, Russ Howard. July 2008

Another Reason The Republicans Will Be Crushed In November

By Russ Howard. OFF Member and California Freedom Activist.

July 2008

Subject: How about wearing a stun bracelet on your next flight?
Washington Times

Want some torture with your peanuts?

Bush pokes the Islamic hornet nest overseas while subverting our own borders and immigration laws, ensuring Jihadis and Jihadi sympathizers can come here in unlimited numbers, both illegally and legally, stay here, have millions of anchor baby Jihadis, scheme to kill us, and gradually take us down the Euro-French path.

By ensuring that the enemy is among us, Bush’s own gross dereliction of his oath to uphold our borders and immigration laws creates his excuse for police state measures that treat all AMERICANS as potential terrorists.

But maybe I’m too critical of the no-border police state approach to “defending” us from terrorism. I mean, just because we had borders and immigration laws during World War II doesn’t mean we need them now. Maybe it’s working out. After all, what about Bush’s “perfect record” since 9/11?

Nonsense. There have been Jihadi terror attacks since 9/11. Just not yet on the scale of 9/11, luckily. We don’t know how many because the authorities and the media hide Jihadi connections and deny they were terrorist attacks. What were the plots on JFK and the Army base? The attack on El Al in L.A., on the Jewish Day Care center in Seattle, on the Michigan deer hunters, on the Utah Mall? The snipers with names like John Mohammed? The San Francisco car bowler? These are a few of the attacks where a Jihadi connection couldn’t be totally hidden.

It’s less than 7 years since 9/11. Jihadis bombed the World Trade Center in 1993 and waited nearly 9 years to finish it off in 2001. So does Clinton deserve credit for a “perfect domestic terror record” for the last 7 years of his administration? Yes, under the imbecile double standard reasoning Republican meat puppets use to protect the Bush adman from accountability for anything.

While Republican radio hosts talk about how we’re in a war with fundamentalist Islam, millions of Muslims are here, more moving in and being born here daily. Jorge Bush and Juan McCain invited them in, and the rest of the Republicans go along with it. In recent polling 27% of “American” Muslims openly admitted to sympathizing with terrorists. Not only do we have extensive infiltration from the Islamic world during a war on terror, our “commander in chief” is not even making sure the Muslims that come and colonize us are truly pro-American, moderate, tolerant, and compatible with western civilization, freedom and liberty.

It’s pure culturally suicidal insanity, it guarantees that we will be murdered and balkanized, but hey, the all important consideration is “cheap” labor for the traitors at the “U.S.” Chamber of Commerce. No cost is too high for YOU to pay so they can pay $1 an hour less than they would have to pay the 60 million unemployed, underemployed, and welfared Americans to do “those jobs”. You know, the jobs our parents and grandparents proudly did when they were building this country. The jobs I did to get through college.

In 1980, the “U.S.” Chamber of Commerce was whining that they needed “cheap” labor, so Reagan gave amnesty to a few million illegals. Now we have about 100 million illegals, former illegals, their extended families, anchor baby “citizens”, and the babies of anchor babies, yet somehow the “shortage” of “cheap” labor is worse than ever. What will it take to fill it? 200 million more illiterates? A billion? It’s like a cross between a pyramid scheme and a heroin addiction. The more “cheap” labor we import, the more “cheap” labor we need.

“Liberalism” and “compassionate conservatism” are merging the maternal vs paternal totalitarian visions of Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty Four. Bush claims credit for thwarting attacks while simultaneously warning that another attack is inevitable, terrorizing Americans into letting him trample the Constitution, dignity, honor, privacy, and liberty.

Americans were asked to suspend disbelief that a perpetual underwhelming-force pre-surge occupation of Iraq would protect us from attacks on our soil despite gross dereliction of immigration laws and borders, provided we let the “Department of Homeland Security” chip, track, monitor and surveil ALL Americans and let the “Transportation Security Administration” strip search 85-year-old native-born grandmothers and WWII Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.

Now they scheme to put stuncuffs on all air passengers. Of course, this may not actually happen, but you know the bastards dream about programs like it and do the ones they think they can get away with. Orwellian laws like the “Patriot” Act and “Real ID”, airport groping of people who are clearly not reasonable suspects, random baggage searches on trains. All justified by letting the terrorists come here and breed in the first place. Idiot Republicans go along with all of it.
And corrupt pork-barrel phony Republicans went along with Bush’s unprecedented increases in corporate and personal welfare spending and the money printed to pay for it. All of the above combined is bankrupting the USA – a clear reflection of that bankruptcy is the collapse of the once proud dollar.

Of course, the Democrats will be even worse. But ignorant voters will now naturally want to change horses, even though the new horse is lamer than the old one. So all the Republican voters and talking heads out there agonizing about whether or not to vote for McCain, as if the Presidency is the only election, better start focusing on congress and senate. If we lose any more real Republicans there, we’re going to be hugely screwed no matter whether the race-fluffing eco-communist or the “compassionate conservative” becomes President. If we lose many more in congress, you can forget about ever getting another conservative justice on the court because they will not be confirmed even if you could trust McQuisling to nominate a real Republican to the court, which you can’t.

And how about prioritizing saving the USA over saving Iraq for a while? Bush’s underwhelming force occupation strategy wasted ~4,500 dead, ~10 times that many wounded, maimed etc, plus ~ a trillion dollars, delaying the surge until Republicans lost congress (convenient since his top goal was trying to pass “comprehensive immigration reform” which Republicans were barely blocking). Thanks in large part to that, we’re about to lose the USA. Who’s going to save Iraq then?

Any real war – especially a war on terror – starts with borders and immigration laws. Otherwise, it’s a fraud. Keep some permanent bases, keep enough of the oil revenue to pay the USA back what Iraq owes us for getting Saddam off them, and otherwise get the hell out of Iraq and let Iraqis save themselves. It’s not our job to give them a better form of government. It’s their job.
And where are the trillion dollar checks from the Saudis and Kuwaitis for saving their corrupt, despotic regimes in the Gulf War?

What a pathetic disgrace, Bush over there begging instead of telling. Telling them how much to increase production. Telling them how big of a check to write for saving them in the Gulf War, for 9/11 (done by Saudis), and for the War on Terror (Saudi sponsorship of terror and anti-western Medrassa indoctrination).

All we need to do is contain Islam and deny rule to any Islamic ruling class that truly threatens us. Occasional actions that exploit our overwhelming advantage of power to deny rule at relatively low cost to us give Islamic despots a compelling incentive to fight the war on terror for us, killing and suppressing extremists within their own borders, unconstrained the niceties of western conventions. See Libya.

On the other hand, mission creep from denial of rule to endless underwhelming-force occupations that bankrupt the USA and exhaust public support sends the opposite message to Islamic despots: Wait it out…Soon the American public won’t even tolerate denial of rule actions.
We don’t need to occupy and fix every problem country. Containment worked on communism and it can work on fundamentalist Islam. Conversely, if do not contain Islam, we will lose the west. Containment also starts with borders and immigration laws. See France.

Russ Howard

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07.15.08 DC CREATES “RULES” FOR GUN OWNERSHIP.

7.15.08 DC ISSUES RULES FOR GUN POSSESSION. (As we predicted.)

“We figured it out until the court tells us we haven’t.”

That was acting Washington DC Attorney General Peter Nickles explaining how DC plans to skirt the Supreme Court’s ruling on DC’s gun ban.

DC MAYOR FENTY AND POLICE CHIEF CATHY LANIER

In our June 26th alert (following the “Heller Decision” that supposedly allowed residents of Washington DC, our nation’s murder capitol, to own firearms) we said “If these restrictions are in fact Constitutional, you can rest assured that localities will continue to create absurd and onerous rules for licenses, permits and purchase.”

We were referring to all the restrictions that the Supreme Court allowed in their ruling. Sadly we were right.

The bureaucrats in DC have unveiled their rules for gun ownership in this crime infested, beleaguered city. You can read about them here. Washington DC Rules

“several council members said they agreed with tougher language that requires weapons to be unloaded, disassembled or trigger locked, except when there is a “threat of immediate harm to a person” in the home.”

As you can see, and as we expected, the anti-rights zealots who control Washington DC have created a system of rules and regulations that make owning a handgun in DC, just as impossible as it always was.

They have gone so far as to ignore the court’s ruling that guns cannot be required to be locked up. Their rules require just that. As you might imagine, the anti-gun nuts are right on board.

We were disappointed that the Court’s ruling was as narrow and anti-gun as it was, and now we see that the DC power brokers are doing everything they can to make sure no DC resident (who is not a criminal) ever gets the means to defend themselves.

This, unfortunately, is the future of gun rights in the “post-Heller” world; endless, costly litigation over every detail about gun ownership.

We can expect to face regular legal challenges and need to be prepared for them.

Our Foundation is  currently involved in numerous legal actions and we are embarking on new ones even now.  It is a sad commentary that the simple language of the Second Amendment is now the basis for untold legal fees, but that is the situation we face. If you can help support our legal efforts, you can do so here.  Please be sure to pick “Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation” from the drop down menu. Your utions to OFEF are tax deductible.