I am both an ardent gun rights supporter and liberal and am SICK of the continuing attempts by neocons to portray all liberal as anti gun.

YES, there are ill informed libs against guns. And there are states rights neocons that think they should be able to have local restrictions against our constitutional rights.

So lets go to the mat and make ALL our rights important.

Mike

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557840,00.html?test=latestnews

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld ordinances barring the ownership of handguns in most cases in Chicago and suburban Oak Park, Ill.

Judge Frank Easterbrook, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, said that "the Constitution establishes a federal republic where local differences are to be cherished as elements of liberty rather than extirpated in order to produce a single, nationally applicable rule."

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Chris replies:

Mike, you raise some good points. Gun rights are not a liberal/conservative split. They are a freedom/control split. Power to the people.

A group I formed in Escondido, CA,( http://www.escondido-open-carry.org/index.html) is going to Challenge a Point of Law here, Unloaded Open Carry. We plan on September 1, 2009, in the afternoon, to have a Unloaded Open Carry Event here in Escondido, CA and some club members have concerns about the Escondido Police reaction to our Challenge. There will be 5 or 6 of us, all wearing white T-Shirts that say "www.escondido-open-carry.org", plus 3 people video taping the whole thing and I am going to call the EPD about 5 minutes prior to the event and inform them when and where it will occur and notify the Escondido Police "Watch Captain" that we all will be complying with the Law and that we expect to "have them check our Guns" but anything further will result in Legal action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A lawsuit against the City of Escondido for Illegal Arrest, physical damages, abuse of "authority" and not allowing us our Rights under CA and U.S. Law will further result in personal lawsuits against ALL officers involved, including the Chief, Watch Captain, the Mayor and ALL the City Council Members because they have been notified by Registered Mail of my Intention. One of the members said "I had a face to face contact with Jim Maher, Chief of Escondido Police. He referred me to his Lieutenant Lorie. The following day I called Lt. Lorie but was told he was on vacation. I was transferred to Sgt. Murphy who told me Chief Maher doesn't know anything about these things but that he does with his three (3) years experience! " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is why I sent the Chief of Police a "Registered Letter of Intent" informing him of my intention to UOC with a list of Ca Penal Codes which allow UOC. This hopefully will keep me from being shot or thrown to the ground and handcuffed, meanwhile 3 people will be taping this first contact just in case we have to sue them for unlawful arrest. 20 years in the U.S.Navy has taught me to CYA (Cover Your A**) and I think I have done everything possible to ensure a smooth UOC event for us and the Escondido, CA, Police . Gerald T. Reaster Visit my web site at: http://www.escondido-open-carry.org/index.html 1-858-206-4097

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Chris replies:

I've been following you guys and my hat's off to you. Great job. I am periodically forced to venture into the People's Republic of California (PRC) due to the presence of in-laws. I'll look you up when I'm over that way.

Chris Knox