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Written by kim grady
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Saturday, 13 February 2010 10:59 |
A new law that repeals a National Park Service policy that prohibited Americans from lawfully possessing firearms in national parks for self-defense is about to take effect on February 22.
Yet the NPS is still debating whether or not law-abiding citizens still “deserve” the right to protect themselves while traveling to and through our National Parks and they are still looking for loopholes to prevent us. Why? They say we will be killing animals illegally if we are allowed to have a gun in the park.
Does anybody remember Yosemite besides me?
Last summer I listened in horror as a woman was abducted, shoved into her a trunk and the kidnappers drove off with her, from right in front of her quarters in the Grand Canyon (June, 2009). The thought in my head was, “not good.” You see, I was working in the national parks 19 years ago, about the same time that the Cary Stayner raped and murdered Carole Sund, her young daughter and friend, then stuffed them in a trunk and burned their bodies. I still have those visions in the night and even today as I travel for my job, which I often do in my RV staying at our nation’s parks, I remember Carole Sund. So when these things happen, these “stories” take place, I feel them, they mean something to me.
The Grand Canyon incident turned out to be a hoax. Apparently the “kids,” I’ll call them, at the Mohave Apartment complex in the Grand Canyon haven’t heard about Carole and the Yosemite murders. Forget that these “kids” cost our state a lot of money, or acted immaturely and irresponsibly. But don’t forget, these “kids” have added their names to a long list of Cary Stayners who believe violence against women is ok, they believe it’s just a big joke. I'd laugh at it and at the fact that Phoenix is the nation’s leading kidnapping and abduction capitol, but I can't.
As the Arizona State Coordinator for the Second Amendment Sisters, I fight for my right to self-defense, no matter where I work or choose to go. The soon to be law to allow firearms in National Parks is one of my “pet projects.” I will see to it that every woman is able to protect herself, feel safe and free to travel, alone if desired, and I will do that by fighting against unconstitutional laws that prohibit our right to keep and bear arms. I will be reminding anyone who dares tell me that I don’t have that right or that I am not “qualified” to own and operate a firearm, that the “kids” at the Canyon got away with abducting a woman (or so it appeared) and all for what, a joke? When and if that threat comes my way, real or a joke, I will be ready. Learn what the Second Amendment means and live it. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:45 )
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Written by Diana Rodriguez
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Sunday, 31 January 2010 13:40 |
Just a quick update on what is going on in Nebraska...
There are two bills in legislature right now. LB 819 is in committee; this will allow CCW holders to purchase guns without a permit-to-purchase license. The other is LB 889, which is being heard in committee next week. This is a Castle Doctrine, allowing people to defend themselves with deadly force in places where they are legally allowed to be, and taking away the right of the criminal and/or the criminals family to sue the person defending themselves in civil court.
I have contacted Senator Gloor (District 35) and asked him to support these bills. Please do your part! Find your representative and his/her contact information at the Nebraska State Legislature's web page. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 01:38 )
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Written by Deb Altrath
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 11:44 |
Almost a year ago, Nikki Goeser witnessed her husband's murder because Tennessee's laws prohibited open and concealed carry of guns for self-defense in restaurants. Tennessee changed its laws thanks largely to her willingness to share her heartbreak. Her goal now is to help others learn from it. Nikki recently told her story to the Ohio State Legislature in hopes of keeping self-defense available to anyone, anywhere. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 30 January 2010 16:58 )
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Written by Rep. Jenn Coffey
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Friday, 23 October 2009 10:33 |
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Knife rights and gun rights both come under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Second Amendment refers to “arms,” not guns. In the Heller decision (which agreed that there is an individual right to keep and bear arms), the U.S. Supreme Court actually referenced the book "Swords & Blades of the American Revolution" in arriving at their decision. Just recently the federal government attempted to classify virtually all one-hand-opening knives as switchblades under federal law; fortunately, this effort was legislatively thwarted by the NRA, Knife Rights, American Knife and Tool Institute, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Unfortunately, New Hampshire has a prohibition against knives that can be misinterpreted in the same way. I have put forward a bill supported by both parties which removes this threat to your right to keep and bear arms, yet at the same time increases the penalty for those who would use knives to commit crimes against people. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 30 January 2010 16:55 )
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