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  The Anti-Rights Bills Are Pouring In! Members of the legislature that want to infringe your right to keep and bear arms have already introduced a pile of bills to do just that. Led by Representative Jennifer Longdon (LD 5), some of the bills introduced so far would: Violate your right to due process of law by instituting STOP orders    HB 2184 Mandate all transfers (not just sales!) of a firearm be conducted through a licensed FFL holder    HB 2182     HB 2181 Require pediatric doctors to lecture parents on gun safety    HB 2178 Weaken state preemption of local anti-rights ordinances    HB 2191 Create a public database of CCW permit holders    HB 2183 Require adults under the age of 21 to be supervised while carrying a firearm  even on private property !   HB 2193 Other legislators that have co-sponsored various Longdon bills include Senator Lela Alston (LD 5) and Representatives Nancy Gutierrez (LD 18), Judy Schwiebert (LD 2), Alma Hernandez (LD 20), Keith Seaman (LD 16), Stephanie

  Chicago ‘Scholar’ Claims Militias Would Be ‘Toast’ if Resisting Military Coup  January 29, 2017 David Codrea   All ,  Oath Keepers ,  Second Amendment   Donald Trump ,  militia 0 SHARES Tweet What were you saying about “toast”? [British regulars surrender to militia forces led by George Rogers Clark at Fort Sackville — PD-Art] “What would happen in the minutes and hours after a coup in America?”  Mike Pearl of Vice Media asks  in a bit of “progressive” wishful thinking sprinkled with multiple hollow disclaimers. He takes pains to explain how unlikely it is, and how horrible it would be, but you don’t need to read too closely between the lines to grok he and those he cites don’t want Donald Trump to be president. Their war gaming for his ouster reads more like a yearning than warning. The assumption, of course, is that a president with “America First” policies is a coup-worthy threat, unlike the acceleration toward totalitarianism a Hillary presidency would have produced. It also emph

    The  Society of Professional Journalists  launched the  Black Hole Award  to highlight the most heinous violations of the public's right to know. By exposing such abuses, SPJ’s Freedom of Information Committee seeks to educate the public about their rights and call attention to those who would interfere with openness and transparency. SPJ is accepting nominations through Feb. 19.  Please email nominations to  SPJ Region 10 Coordinator Donald W. Meyers . The "winner" will be announced during Sunshine Week, March 12-18.  Previous "winners" include Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin (2022), Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (2021), Connecticut State Police (2020), President Donald Trump and his administration (2018) and New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (2017).  Black Hole Award nominations should meet the following criteria: 1. Violation, in spirit or letter, of any federal or state open-government law.  This means either a clear violation of the statu