It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along
with the rest of the Bill of Rights.
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Can’t Ban Evil: Kira Davis
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn7bkncf1
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“If guns kill people then pencils
misspell words, cars make people
drive drunk and spoons
made Rosie O’Donnell fat.”Anonymous
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Do not shrink away.
Stay on message.
Refute with facts.
Know history.
Know why we have a 2nd Amendment.
Know why our 2nd Amendment
is relevant today.
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Why did our Founders enshrine our
‘right to bear arms’ in our Bill of
Rights?
Who is the ‘militia’?
Publius Huldah Shows Federal Gun
Control is Unlawful (25 minutes)
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The Second Amendment refers to “a
well-regulated militia.”The right of the
people to form citizen militias was
unquestioned by the Founders.
A. The Federalist Papers, No. 28:
Alexander Hamilton expressed that when
a government betrays the people by
amassing too much power and becoming
tyrannical, the people have no choice but
to exercise their original right of selfdefense — to fight the
government.[Halbrook, p. 67]
B. The Federalist Papers, No. 29:
Alexander Hamilton explained that an
armed citizenry was the best and only real
defense against a standing army becoming
large and oppressive. [Halbrook, p. 67]
To our Founders, the ‘militia’ meant the
whole body of the people, as noted
by Richard Lee in 1787.
“A militia when properly
formed are in fact the people
themselves … and include …all men
capable of bearing arms.”
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C. The Federalist Papers, No. 46: James
Madison contended that ultimate
authority resides in the people, and that if
the federal government got too powerful
and overstepped its authority, then the
people would develop plans of resistance
and resort to arms. [Halbrook, p. 67]
D. There was no National Guard, and the
Founders opposed anything but a very
small national military. The phrase “wellregulated” means well-trained and
disciplined — not “regulated” as we
understand that term in the modern
sense of bureaucratic regulation. [This
meaning still can be found in the
unabridged Oxford English Dictionary, 2d
ed. 1989, Vol 13, p. 524, and Vol 20. p.
138.]
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E. The Federalists promised that state
governments and citizen militias would
exist to make sure the federal military
never became large or oppressive. To say
that the National Guard replaces the
notion of the militia runs contrary to
what the Founders said and wrote.
F. The Third Amendment: Expressly
restrains the federal government from
building a standing army and infiltrating
it among the people ...and at the
people’s expense ... in times of peace.
The Third Amendment runs against the
idea of a permanent standing army or
federalized National Guard in principle, if
not by its words
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Gun bans don’t ban crime.
They contribute to it.
DC banned guns in 1976. Homicide rate
has tripled.
California banned a list of guns in 1989.
Homicide rate jumped 44% above the rest
of the nation.
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Since the handgun ban took effect, the
number of murders in Chicago committed
using handguns has been 40% higher than
before the ban, and has spiked even higher in
recent years. The gun ban actually served to
cause an increase in violent crime.
• According to the demographic and geographic profile of
the most violent crimes, the vast majority of perpetrators
who murder with guns are associated with gangs and
drug cartels which thrive in urban welfare zones.
• There were more than 500 murders in Obama’s
hometown of Chicago in 2011 – a city with the most
restrictive gun laws in the nation. Most were tied to gangs
and drugs.
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• Since 1991 when violent crime peaked in the
U.S. 24 states adopted ‘shall issue’ laws; other
federal state and local gun control laws have
been eliminated or made less restrictive
• The number of gun owners and firearms in
RTC state has risen to an all time high
100 million law abiding citizens who privately
own more than 300 million firearms killed no
one yesterday.
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• Through 2010, the nation’s murder rate has
decreased 52% to a 47 year low
• The total violent crime rate has decreased 48
percent to a 37 year low.
• The FBI preliminarily reported that violent
crimes decreased another 6.4% in the first half
of 2011, translating into a 7% decrease in the
total violent crime per capita rate.
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Studying crime trends in every county in the
U.S., economists John Lott and David Mustard
concluded that
• “allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons
deters violent crimes … When state concealed
handgun laws went into effect in a county,
murders fell by 8.5%, rapes and aggravated
assaults fell by 5% and 7%.”
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• FBI’s most recent Uniform Crime Report, a
summary of all serious crimes committed each
year, in 1992 violent crime incidence was 752 per
100.000 people and 9.3 murders per 100,000.
• In 2011, violent crime rate dropped to 386 per
100,000 and the murder rate to 4.7 per 100,00 –
nearly a 50% decline in both.
• This precipitous drop occurred at a time when
the # of firearms has increased dramatically,
including the sale of more than six million
“assault weapons.”
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• Since the Gun Free School Zone Act was enacted
in 1990 and updated in 1995, there has been a
370% increase in the rate of school shooting
deaths.
• Since the GFSZA, the U.S. homicide rate has
decreased by 14%.
Why is the murder rate decreasing where conceal
carry laws are in place, but those murdered on
educational property has quadrupled where guns
are banned?
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After the enactment of the GFSZA, Active Killer Events Quadrupled from 1 event to
4 events every decade.
Nov 1990, George H.W. Bush Signs the GFSZA. It was included in the Crime Control
Act of 1990. Sponsored by then Senator Joe Biden
Before GFSZA, average frequency was 0.04 every decade.
After GFSZA, average frequency = 2.0 every 5 years!
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The National Safety Council notes that
guns are used some 2.5 million times a
year in self defense against criminals,
meaning that firearms are utilized to
protect innocent lives in 80 times more
cases than they are used to end lives.
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In the UK: virtually impossible for an average
citizen to obtain a gun through legal channels,
yet the rate of violent crime in the UK is
higher per capita than the US and the highest
in the world among “rich” countries aside
from Australia, which also instituted a
draconian gun ban in the 1990′s.
Despite a widespread ban on gun
ownership in the United Kingdom, it is
the most dangerous place to live in
terms of violent crime in the entire
western world.
Scotland 1996: all handguns were outlawed
following the Dunblane school massacre.
Law-abiding people rushed to turn in their
firearms. over the next decade gun crime in
the UK more than doubled. While law-abiding
citizens willingly disarmed themselves,
criminals were unfazed by the new laws and
continued to use guns illegally. Therefore gun
control only disarms innocent people since
criminals do not follow the law.
The U.S. has a violence rate of 466 crimes per
100,000 residents
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Aurora Colorado Theater
2012
Columbine
1999
Virginia Tech
2007
Ft. Hood
2012
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Video: Mass Murderers Agree: Gun Control Works
http://cspoa.org/mass-murderers-agree-guncontrol-works/
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• The Nazi’s inherited gun
control from Germany’s
freely elected center and
left center in the 1920’s: A
Firearms and Ammo Act on
April 12, 1928.
• As a result, almost all
firearm owners were
registered. They wanted to
control gang activity
between Nazi’s and the
Communists.
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• The Nazi’s did not renew
permits for
Firearms purchases
Ammo permits
Hunting Permits
• Nazi Weapons Law, March
18, 1938: Passed Handgun
Gun Control Law
Result: Confiscation of
firearms and ammo from
people who were ‘not
reliable’
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• The chief framer of the
1968 U.S. Gun Control Act
was U.S Senator Thomas J.
Dodd (D-CT) who served
as a senior member of the
U.S. team that prosecuted
German war criminals at
Nurnberg 1945-46.
• U.S. Gun Control Act was
enacted October 22, 1968,
in the United States and
signed by President Lyndon
Johnson.
• Kitty Werthmann , A Witness to Nazi
Tyranny, Sends A Message to The
World, You Have Been Warned.
http://kittywithermann.blogspot.co
m/
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. During the late 70’s,
President Jimmy Carter tried
this. Carter wanted to push
through comprehensive
legislation on gun control. To
make the case to Congress,
the Carter folks handed out a
gun-control research grant to
the University of
Massachusetts sociology
professor James D, Write and
colleagues Peter Rossi ad
Kathleen Daly. The four year
study that wasted much tax
payer dollars, produced a
three volume work titled,
“Under the Gun.” Their
findings were that Gun
control laws do not reduce
crime. They found no
scholarly evidence that the
20,000 gun control laws,
then on the books, had
reduced criminal violence.
Furthermore, the study also found:
* The landmark federal Gun Control Act of
1968 that banned interstate gun sales, had no
discernible impact on the criminal acquisition
of guns from other states
* Detroit’s law providing mandatory sentences
for felonies committee with a gun had no
effect on gun crime patterns
* Washington D.C.’s 1977 ban on ownership of
handguns (except those already registered in
the District) was not linked to any reduction in
gun crime
* Polls claiming to show that a large majority
of the population favored more gun control
were debunked. They were the product of
biased questions and that most people had no
idea how strict gun control laws were
(David Kopel, “Firearms Law and the Second Amendment,”
Aspen, 2012).
U. S. Military Veterans Can Legally Carry A Concealed Pistol
In 27 States:
http://www.legallyarmed.com/resources/veteran.htm
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3/12/2013 Divided Senate panel approves bill
for near-universal gun background checks
The Judiciary Committee was expected to
approve all three bills at some point this week,
with full Senate consideration next month.
"The American people need to speak up and
be heard," Leahy said Monday of what it will
take for gun measures to clear Congress.
http://thehill.com/video/senate/288141panel-approves-assault-weapons-ban-amidcruz-feinstein-fireworks
The committee also approved a measure
providing $40 million a year for school
safety programs.
The committee postponed until Thursday a
vote on a proposal by Sen. Dianne
Feinstein, D-Calif., to ban assault weapons.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/12
/senate-dems-ready-to-push-expanded-gunbackground-checks-throughcommittee/?test=latestnews
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• Legislation up for a vote in the NC General
Assembly as of March 16th, 2013
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NC Senate
NC House
• HB 17: Gun
Permits/Restaurants &
Confidentiality(Burr, Hagar,
Hollo, Bell)
• HB 49: Firearm in Locked
Motor Vehicle/Parking Lot
(Shepherd)
• SB 17: Concealed Carry
Handgun Permits/Validity
(Bingham)
• SB 27: Public School
Protection Firearm
Amendments (Bingham)
• SB 28: Gun Permit/No
Publication (Bingham)
• SB 59: Armed Security Guards
in K-12 (Rabin)
• SB 124: Shoot Gun From
Inside/”Any Person” (Intent to
Harm or Incite Fear)
(Brunstetter)
• SB 146: Private
Citizens Bill of Rights Enforcement: a last
Schools/Firearms
resort to combat tyranny and when failure
Amendments (Brock, Bingham,
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is not an option!
Hise)
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Action Needed ASAP
Senator Brunstetter, a Republican, is trying to make it a felony offense in
NC to willfully discharge a weapon in any building or vehicle. Including
your home, to harm to another or to incite fear. Big government
Republicans are just as bad and dangerous as Liberals. With this short
bill, Senator Brunstetter is seeking to overturn the Castle Doctrine in NC.
The language in the bill “any person” makes a felon of anyone defending
themselves in any building, structure, motor vehicle, or other
conveyance, erection, or enclosure with the intent to do harm or incite
fear. (“Any person” shall be punished as a Class E Felon. )
Call Brunstetter and tell him to rescind SB 124. No elected official,
government, bureaucrat or elected representative has the right to
trample upon our second amendment rights and make felons of us for
protecting ourselves and our loved ones. We have an inalienable right to
keep and bear arms. We will actively seek another to run again him in
the next election unless this bill is rescinded.
Phone: 919 733 7850
Email: Peter.Brunstetter@ncleg.net
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Grassroots North Carolina: GRNC has petitions that ATP has available at
Meetings and gun shows/linked on the website and in the newsletter. Check
With GRNC for other state alerts and petitions. www.grnc.org
http://grnc.org/stop-the-obama-gun-ban-petition-gpo1203
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• Draft state legislation/Call & email reps
http://ashevilleteaparty.org/?page_id=5551
Legislation
• Attend Commish Meetings/Town Halls/Speak
Out(“Why aren’t you pro-choice when it comes to
self defense of women? “ Cecelia Bigelow 3/12 to Jim
Moran (D-VA)
• Support Resolutions: Ex: Henderson Cherokee
• /Call Reps to say ‘Thank You!’
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Attend Gun Shows
Support Sheriffs
• Defend the gun shows
• Join with GRNC/GOA/Display ed.
Materials/Petitions
• Encourage Sheriff to take oath to
stand between us and the feds.
http://cspoa.org/sheriffs-gun-rights/
Support TV and Radio
• Be available for TV
interviews/Stick to message
• Call radio to comment and offer
info
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/city-looks-makegun-ownership-mandatory/nWhgr/
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Machin
e Gun
Socials
• Press Releases to Media/Website Presence
• Accept Interviews/China Business
Network/HuffingtonPost/Social media
Take
Advantage of
National
Events
Gun Raffles
Businesses
Headlines
• Gun Appreciation Day/AC-T/Japanese
National TV/Huffington Post/Social
media
• Day of Resistance/Open/Conceal Carry
• Partner with gun smiths/owners/bring in new
business
• Put businesses on “Notice” Prohibition against
open/conceal carry increases your risk of cirminal
activitiy and makes you responsible for my well
being.”
• Seize national headlines/Create event
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http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.
edu/?p=4132
By posting of your public business premises against the lawful
carrying of concealed handguns by permitted individuals,
(GS-14-415.11) your business has assumed responsibility for the
safety of those forced by circumstances to visit your facilities.
You have, by your actions, increased the risk of criminal activity
by advertising to the criminal element that the law-abiding citizen
will be disarmed by your actions, leaving the criminals free to prey
on those entering into, inside of, or leaving your premises.
If your posting includes a prohibition against the open carry of
handguns, you may also increase your liability. The state law
regarding open carry has not been changed.
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• The most important thing we have done is vet our candidates before
the primary using iCaucus tools.
t
• Endorse those who commit to our values and principles:
Individual rights, fiscal Responsibility, limited government, free markets
.
• Campaign hard for them and once elected, hold them accountable!
iCaucus is proven and tested nationally. In NC, iC Affiliates managed to get more than 51% of
our endorsed candidates elected. www.icaucus.org
We will no longer vote, go home, go back to work and assume our representatives
are protecting our rights. Our Founders knew that a Republic endures if the people are
educated and engaged in the political process.
At the close of the Constitutional Convention,
1787, a lady asked Dr. Franklin, “Well Doctor
what have we got - a Republic or a Monarchy?’
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
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iCaucus North Carolina Affiliate Groups:
Asheville Tea PAC, Buncombe County
The Blue Ridge Tea Party Patriots, Henderson, Polk and Transylvania
Counties
Cabarrus County Conservatives, Cabarrus County
Caldwell County Tea Party, Caldwell County
Catawba Tea Party, Catawba
CAUTION (Common Americans United To Inspire Our Nation), Charlotte
Cherokee 9.12 Project, Cherokee County
FTTF (Feet To The Fire), Wake County
Haywood 9.12 Project, Haywood County
Jackson County Tea Party Patriots, Jackson County
Polk 9.12 Project, Polk County
Randolph Tea Party, Randolph
Rowan Tea Party, Rowan County
Shelby 9.12, Shelby County
Sons of Liberty, National Organization
Stand Up North Carolina, Iredell County
Surry 9.12 Tea Party, Surry County
Tea Party of Greater Gaston County, Gaston County
“Uniting the effort to elect principled candidates to office.”
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iCaucus Endorsed Candidates through the
second primary. More than half elected in
November 2012
Mark Meadows, Congress NC 11
Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor
Ed Goodwin, Secretary of State
Mike Causey, Insurance Commissioner
John Tedesco, Superintendent of Instruction
Jim Davis, NC Senate 50
Kent Wilsey, NC House 62
Chris Whitmire, NC House 113
Mike Clampitt, NC House 119
Justice Paul Martin Newby, NC Supreme Court
Chris Dillon, NC Court of Appeals
Josh Houston, Henderson School Board
Robert Youngblood, Randolph School Board
Barry Shoemaker, Cabarrus School Board
Susan Cox Rowan-Salisbury School Board
Sue Smolka, Catawba School Board
J.B. Howard, Buncombe Chair Commissioner
Christina Kelley-Merrill Buncombe Commissioner
Curtis Brown Cherokee County Commissioner
C B McKinnon Cherokee County Commissioner
Marty Jones, Commissioner Jackson County
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Stepping Up to iCaucus 2012 thus
far
• Dr. Greg Brannon NC Senate 2014 vs Hagan
• Associate Justice Mark D. Martin NC Supreme
Court
• NC House seats challenged: Chuck
McGrady/Commissioner Edney/
• NCGO Chair and Vice Chair
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iCAUCUS Press Release
Contact Wendy Gumpert, NC Vetting
Phone: (336) 345 0898
OCTOBER 15, 2012
ncvetting@icaucus.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11:00 A.M.,
Hendersonville, NC, 11:00 A.M: Justice Paul Martin Newby, North Carolina
Supreme Court Justice, has received the iCaucus endorsement for 2012 reelection with 100% of the vote. iCaucus is a national, nonpartisan
organization dedicated to bringing the people back into the election process
by their participation to support good men and women who commit to and
can demonstrate adherence to Constitutional authority.
Through the iCaucus vetting process, Justice Paul Martin Newby, a man of
impeccable integrity, has demonstrated that he embraces our principles and
can defend them: individual rights, limited government, fiscal responsibility
and free markets.
iCaucus gives their Affiliate Groups the tools to find, vet, endorse, campaign
and then elect principled candidates. iCaucus then has the tools to hold
them accountable. iCaucus Affiliate Groups across North Carolina proudly
endorse Justice Paul Martin Newby for North Carolina Supreme Court.
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It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along
with the rest of the Bill of Rights.
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