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Machine Guns and Grass Roots Action on Gun Talk Radio

Gun Talk Radio

Natchitoches, La - -(AmmoLand.com)- A grass roots action of gun rights supporters against the Marriott Hotel chain following the NRA Convention in Charlotte, NC, comes to Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk (R) Radio, the only nationally-syndicated radio talk show about guns and the shooting sports, airing 2-5PM Eastern.

Paul Valone, president of Grass Roots North Carolina, will discuss how the Marriott Charlotte City Center put up “no guns” signs during a gun rights event in the hotel, making those who were otherwise legally carrying guns criminals. Valone says that despite the hotel chain’s claim that it has removed the signs (after stating that it has a policy of not allowing firearms into any of its hotels), the signs have not come down

Author Gary Johnston has just completed an exciting encyclopedia of sorts to add to your library. The World’s Assault Rifles, written by Johnston and Thomas Nelson, covers assault rifles from the 1900s on up, with over 1200 pages and more than 2000 illustrations.

“This book weighs eight pounds, and it’s worth every ounce,” said show host Tom Gresham. “Anyone interested in the history of firearms, or who just enjoys the science of military weapons, will want a copy.”

Trijicon’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Tom Munson, will be talking about updates to favorite Trijicon products, like the RX34 Reflex sight with smaller 4.5MOA amber dot. Trijicon, a leading supplier of optics to U.S. military forces, also offers a complete line of rifle scopes for hunting.

Also on Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk this Sunday will be Bob Morrison, President and CEO of Taurus. Morrison brings information on the newest additions to the Taurus line-up this week, including the brand new Circuit Judge – a “revolver rifle” which fires .45 Colt cartridges as well as .410 shotshells.

About:
Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk Radio is in its 15th year of national syndication and runs on 94 stations, plus SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio. All Gun Talk shows are available as a podcast through Apple iTunes or at www.guntalk.libsyn.com. More information is available at www.guntalk.com

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California Legislature Should Reject Ban On Open Carry, An Old Right, Not New Threat
Assemblywoman Saldana misleads public – AB 1934 tramples property rights.

OpenCarry.org

Sacramento, California - -(Ammoland.com)-  California is one of 43 states which allow the open carry of handguns. Repeatedly over the past few years the California legislature has wisely rejected bills to ban open carry, and OpenCarry.org urges the legislature to reject Assemblywoman Lori Saldana’s effort, AB 1934, as well.

Last night at the Commonwealth Club debate in San Francisco, UC Berkley Law Professor Franklin Zimring, despite being a Second Amendment skeptic, said

“AB 1934 really has nothing to do with public safety. . . . the proponents of the bill are not introducing it because openly carrying has led to any violent incidents or crimes – it hasn’t. The bill’s sponsors also just want to show that they’re right on the issue of gun control.” See http://www.ktvu.com/news/23691070/detail.html

OpenCarry.org co-founder and spokesman John Pierce agrees, adding that “open carry is an old right, not a new threat.”

But even more disturbing than Saldana’s histrionic approach to marketing her 9,996 word bill creating or amending 8 sections of California’s complicated gun laws is that fact that she has misled legislators, the media, and the public at large into believing that AB 1934 would not impact private property rights. For example, Ms. Saldana flatly warranted on San Diego 6 News that “The bill would ban open carry in public places – on private property, you’re still allowed to carry a gun.” See http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?articleID=778999

But as Mr. Pierce explained in his recent Op-Ed, all private property in California is considered under the law to be a “public place” unless securely guarded or fenced – “remarkably, AB 1934 actually strips private property owners of their current right to allow open carry on their own land.” Privately owned land is presumptively a “public place” under California law. As Justice Richard Aldrich of the California Appeals Court recently ruled in People v. Strider,

“[p]laces of business and parking lots on private property, open to the general public, have consistently been held to be public places . . . [as is] the area outside a home in which a stranger is able to walk without challenge. . . . The term public place generally means a location readily accessible to all those who wish to go there . . . . The key consideration is whether a member of the public can access the place without challenge.”

So anyone who owns a business, a home with a yard, or any other land, even a farm or ranch, should be concerned about AB 1934 because absent physical barriers or guards, the business or land is considered a “public place” under Saldana’s bill.” See “Saldana to Citizens: Eat Cake,“ ; People v. Strider .

Finally, it’s time to debunk one of Saldana’s favorite red herring arguments for her bill – that open carry rights are a drain on public resources because “police **must** check to ensure that an openly carried firearm is unloaded.” See http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14922224?nclick_check=1 .

There is no “must” about it – California is the only one of the 43 open carry states to require openly carried guns in cities to be unloaded, and the only state to give police the OPTION to inspect firearm load conditions without even reasonable suspicion of crime being afoot. It should go without saying that an OPTION is not a MANDATE, just as keeping gun ownership in the closet is not part of the Second Amendment.

About:
OpenCarry.org was founded in 2004 by Virginia gun-rights activists John Pierce and Mike Stollenwerk and has served to ignite the “Open Carry Movement” that is sweeping the country. In addition to being an invaluable legal resource for gun owners, the site has quickly grown to be a social networking portal for thousands of American gun owners. Visit: www.OpenCarry.org

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