CA WANTS GUN OWNERS TO BUY ‘VIOLENCE LIABILITY INSURANCE’
AND SO DOES CT, MD, MA, PA AND NY!!
DEMAND OUR STATES PROTECT THE SECOND AMENDMENT – STOP THE SELL-OUT NOW!
More anti-gun and more desperate by the minute, Democrat lawmakers and opinion elites across the country are pushing legislation to REQUIRE gun owners to buy liability insurance SPECIFICALLY “to cover damages or injuries caused by their firearms!” BUT THERE IS NO SECOND AMENDMENT LIABILITY INSURANCE MANDATE IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION!
Like everything else we’ve heard from the gun grabbers, this new effort to deter legal gun ownership through regulation and taxation will have NO EFFECT on public safety. It is yet one more leftist ploy that PUNISHES LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS while the criminals – who will no doubt benefit from such ridiculous regulation by exploiting it against their victims – WILL NOT THEMSELVES COMPLY! And like everything else, this infringement on our rights is being inflicted under the false banner of preventing another Sandy Hook massacre despite NO EVIDENCE that it would in fact affect in any way the likelihood of a similar tragedy occurring.
But is it really feasible that if the 17 year-old lunatic’s mother had to purchase ‘violence liability insurance’ it would have prevented her son from murdering her and then stealing her firearms? NO!
Do you think a ‘violence liability insurance’ mandate would have dissuaded the woman who made six figures a year in alimony from purchasing firearms in the first place? NO!
It would however prevent gun ownership for many of us rural residents and working class, average Joes who couldn’t afford to pay for the unconstitutional mandatory liability insurance costs – but then again THAT IS THE PLAN!
Owning a car, driving a car IS A PRIVILEGE!
Owning a gun and using it in self defense IS A RIGHT!
Our Founding Fathers enshrined this natural right in the Second Amendment and stated without equivocation, it “shall not be infringed.”
And again, only prosperous LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS could and would comply with such an unconstitutional infringement, the ILLEGALLY ARMED CRIMINALS scot free to do as they please with less armed resistance from their victims! But despite all the do-gooder momentum our elected officials are hiding behind to force through anti-gun regulations, this ‘insurance’ civilian disarmament strategy is nothing new…
You see, New York and Massachusetts at least since 2003 have been pushing for such ‘insurance’ with Illinois joining the fray in 2009 and Pennsylvania starting the fight just last year… before Sandy Hook ever happened! Sandy Hook and the deaths of these children and their teachers are being callously used to further a civilian control political agenda, not to prevent another tragedy by a madman.
“I was moved, like many others, being the father of two young children, by the Sandy Hook incident and looking for constructive ways to manage gun violence here in California as well as the rest of the country,” said Assemblyman Philip Ting of San Francisco, who introduced AB231 along with Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles reports Fox News. “There’s basically a cost that is borne by the taxpayers when accidents occur. … I don’t think that taxpayers should be footing those bills.”
Proposals range from requiring gun buyers to show proof of insurance BEFORE they could purchase a weapon – California wants ALL gun owners forced to buy the insurance to exercise their constitutional right even to pay for criminals’ hospital bills when you fire in self defense! They are also sneaking in state income-tax incentives to entice cash-strapped residents to surrender their safety and hand over their firearms through local gun buyback programs.
While Ting used the excuse that the National Rifle Association offers its members the chance to buy liability insurance, it is no less than a legal LEAP to go from offering private insurance to protect in the event of an accident should an individual wish to purchase, and a state FORCING A MANDATE REQUIRING insurance in order for its residents to exercise a constitutional right!
These laws protect our uninfringed Second Amendment right to self defense with lethal force, but states are now making them useless with provisions requiring RETREAT when under attack or re-classifying the simple act of drawing your firearm as LETHAL force!
Not only is Big Brother Barack Obama and his Capitol Hill Gang of gun-grabbers overtly working to federally ban and confiscate our often ONLY means of self defense, now some STATES are climbing aboard the Obama Express to Serfdom, working stealthily to GUT that right in state law, as well!
Under control of anti-gun legislators and the influence of the gun control crowd – and under the faux banner of ‘public safety’ of course – New Hampshire state Rep. Stephen Shurtleff has proposed House Bill 135 to CURB New Hampshire residents’ right of self defense IN THEIR OWN HOMES or to even be a good Samaritan in a public setting!
That’s right!
If these galloping gun control measures are not stopped NOW in their tracks, we will be physically and legally defenseless against criminals invading our home and private property – and sitting ducks for those would-be attackers in public places where right-to-carry and stand-your-ground would otherwise save lives!
The “Live Free or Die” state legislator wants to change that.
If passed, Shurtleff’s bill would remove the phrase “or anywhere he or she has a right to be.”
It also ALARMINGLY removes the legal protection that the “act of producing or displaying a weapon shall constitute non-deadly force,” making any law-abiding gun owner who draws a gun in self defense susceptible to rabid leftwing lawyers frothing at the mouth to turn the table on the true victim in a case of home invasion!
Former New Hampshire state Sen. Jim Luther says that if this bill passes, people will have to run away…
“It will repeal the ability of an individual to defend [himself] from deadly force in a public setting where they have a right to be. Their only alternative is to run from the attacker,” Luther said.
And this bill – and others like it – COULD PASS TODAY!
You see, the New Hampshire House is controlled by the Democrats, who we well know cannot be trusted to abide by the Constitution; equally alarming is that “conservatives” have only a one-vote majority! How far will the “Live Free or Die” state fall from principles of liberty?
- Michigan wants to repeal a special provision allowing the use of deadly force in self defense situations;
- North Carolina wants to remove “Stand Your Ground” language from state statutes, including good Samaritan protections when acting in defense of another person under attack;
- South Carolina is seeking to remove “Stand Your Ground” protections for public settings;
- Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” laws are under ‘special task force’ review since the Trayvon Martin shooting last year;
Instead of standing strong on the constitutionally guaranteed rights of law-abiding gun owners like you to protect yourself and your family, the tables are being turned YET AGAIN with MORE legal protections and safety being offered to the CRIMINALS!
But we are not out of time to fight back… yet.
As WND reports, in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts – yes, self defense even has a fighting chance in leftwing brainwashed states like New York and Massachusetts – conservatives are relentlessly pushing for “Stand Your Ground” laws to protect their citizens’ constitutional rights and their often only means of self defense.
- The New Jersey legislature itself has three bills pending which would allow the use of lethal force in one’s own home – all of these bills would afford New Jersey residents the right to assume safety.
- New York’s state bill would protect its residents’ right to self defense with lethal force if there is a “presumption of reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm.”
- Massachusetts’ bill, if passed, will allow residents to use lethal force and be free from immediate arrest if lethal force applied in situations where death is imminent.
And if Barack Obama’s anti-gun edicts are not halted either through impeachment or Congress’ outright refusal to do his bidding, we will need to demand from our states our uninfringed Second Amendment rights more than ever to protect ourselves and our families from armed and emboldened criminals seeking to take advantage of their federally-enhanced odds.
“STAND YOUR GROUND” STATES
Alabama | Arizona | Colorado | Florida | Georgia | Indiana | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland | Mississippi | Montana | Nevada | New Hampshire | Oklahoma | Pennsylvania | Tennessee | Texas | Utah
While there’s no specific “Stand Your Ground” law in Washington state, the Supreme Court of Washington ruled in State v. Studd and State v. Redmond that there is no duty to retreat when a person is assaulted in a place where they are lawfully present.
“CASTLE DOCTRINE” STATES
Alaska | California | Connecticut | Delaware | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Kansas | Maine | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oregon | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
STATES THAT ALREADY CAN REQUIRE YOU TO ‘RETREAT’
With the Feds, fanatic national gun control organizations and radical leftist state leaders all working hand-in-hand to enact sweeping gun control measures, our means of self defense are being undermined and diminished. Our unalienable right to keep and bear arms is being eroded. We must open up a new front in our fight to preserve and protect our Second Amendment rights by demanding our state representatives AND the Congress honor their oath of office to work in OUR best interest and to UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION!
WE MUST EMBOLDEN OUR STATES TO STAND AGAINST GUN CONTROL!
WE MUST NOT ‘RETREAT’ – WE MUST BOLSTER OUR CLAIM TO OUR RIGHTS WITH A CLARION CALL TO OUR STATES NOW!
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY!
For America,
Americans’ Right To Arms
