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Does Your Mayor Belong To An Anti-Gun Group?

Idaho Sport Shooters Alliance

Troy, ID --(AmmoLand.com)- Most of you are probably aware that a very important firearms case, McDonald v. Chicago is currently pending before the United States Supreme Court.

In this landmark case, the Supreme Court is expected to strike down Chicago’s draconian gun ban and finally hold that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies to states.

This is going to give pro gun advocates a powerful tool to challenge state and local gun restrictions across the country. An array of groups ranging from 38 state attorneys general (Idaho’s included) to Safari club have submitted briefs supporting the plaintiffs’ position in this case. Our own Idaho State Rifle and Pistol Association has joined with other state associations in filing an amicus brief in this case.

Good job!

A much smaller number of briefs have been filed which oppose incorporating the Second Amendment against the states.

To demonstrate how out of the mainstream this position is please note that the Brady Center submitted a brief that does not oppose incorporation of the Second Amendment but argues for a lower standard of scrutiny for firearms regulation.

While most of the anti-2nd Amendment amicus briefs were filed by the “usual suspects” (anti-gun politicians, professors, and activist groups) there is one brief that should be particularly troubling to those of us that respect the US Constitution:

• The U.S. Conference of Mayors has submitted a brief that argues (among other things) that “gun control laws play a central role in fighting violent crime” and “The Second Amendment protects a largely obsolete eighteenth-century right”.

The mayors of several cities here in Idaho and across the US are members of the US Conference. If you live in one of these cities with Mayors in this organization please consider contacting your mayor and asking them why they would belong to a group that is blatant in it’s disregard for the constitutional right to possess and use firearms.

About:
The Idaho Sport Shooters Alliance is the only statewide group dedicated solely to advocating for the interests of gun owners and recreational shooters in Idaho. Visit: www.idahossa.org

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Mayors Against Illegal Guns Loses Yet Another Member
Why any self respecting US Mayor would be associated with this bunch of crooks is beyond me – AmmoLand.com

National Rifle Association

Baltimore, MD --(AmmoLand.com)- Mayor Sheila Dixon (D) has accepted a plea deal for perjury charges stemming from accusations that she did not report gifts she received from a local developer. In a teary announcement yesterday, she resigned her post as the Mayor of Baltimore as part of the plea.

As you will recall, Dixon, a vocal member of “Mayors Against Illegal Guns,” was convicted last month of pocketing gift cards intended for Baltimore’s needy families.

Dixon now joins the ranks of disgraced anti-gun politicians like former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) of Detroit. Perhaps these folks should focus on abiding by the law themselves instead of persecuting law-abiding citizens.

“Mayors Against Illegal Guns” (MAIG) was founded and is funded by activist anti-gun billionaire and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a front group to lobby Congress to oppose important pro-gun reforms and support new federal gun control restrictions.

Despite its very misleading name, this national group of anti-gun mayors has lobbied Congress against national reciprocity of state Right-to-Carry permits, against much-needed reform of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), for regulating gun shows out of existence, and for repealing the Tiahrt Amendment that protects the privacy rights of law-abiding gun owners and limits disclosure of sensitive firearm trace data to protect law enforcement personnel and protect lawful gun manufacturers from bogus lawsuits.

About:
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military. Visit: www.nra.org

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