This bill will repeal the cased requirements for long guns except:
(1) within the seven-county metropolitan area;
(2) within an area where the discharge of a firearm has been prohibited(any city can do this);
(3) within the boundaries of a home rule charter or statutory city with a population of 2,500 or more;
(4) on school grounds; or
(5) otherwise restricted under section 97A.091, 97B.081, or 97B.086
Simple, right? Harmless, right? Not quite.
This is a bill designed solely to remove a minor inconvenience for outstate hunters, while at the same time, setting a precedent that metro-area gun owners are second-class citizens. There are a million of us, hardly a group to make "second class". There are even
numerous places to hunt in the metro area, and many hunters originate in the metro.
It creates a massively tangled mess of city ordinances that will force any hunter to know not only exactly where the invisible line defining counties is located, but also which individual cities and small towns have restrictions. There are many hunters who pass through small towns between hunting locations, and many others who stop in the same small towns for gas, or unforeseen emergencies. Do they intend to require that hunters plan their emergencies far enough out to check on city ordinances during business hours?
All that, just to remove a minor inconvenience.
Please, contact the authors of this bill (Rep.David.Dill@house.mn,Rep.Tony.Cornish@house.mn,Rep.Marty.Seifert@house.mn) and your individual representatives, and tell them to block the "the Hunter's Minor Inconvenience Repeal Act of 2009" in HF 1238, because metro-area Minnesotans should not be second-class citizens; rights don't have zip codes. People do.
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
—Benjamin Franklin.
GOCRA, our local gun rights organization, has a email list for those who are interested in preserving our rights. If you are interested, please sign up at http://www.gocra-mn.org/join.html to receive these emails. They only send emails when it matters, so please, do what you can to help out everyone.
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
—Barry Goldwater
Reluctant Participant, defined
"Reluctant participant" doesn't mean you have to be dragged into the fight kicking and screaming. Defense of another means that the other can be reluctant for you. Reluctant participant is probably more accurately described as "did not provoke or escalate". The law [in Minnesota] specifically allows lethal force to be used in defense of another.
From Professor Joe Olson, GOCRA President:
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
-Thomas Jefferson
During our March 21st class, the issue of Kentucky reciprocity was raised. According to KRS 237.110(20)(a)(http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/237-00/110.PDF), Kentucky recognizes permits issued by any state. It appears that a Kentucky permit is only required if you are a resident of Kentucky. I learn new things in every class.
No man can be free when he allows a price tag to be attached to his rights.
Legal Update:
As covered here before, on Independence Day in Rochester, Tim Rose stopped a reckless driver from continuing to drive through a park full of children by pointing his gun at the driver. He was charged with "Dangerous Weapons-Intentionally Point a Gun" and was scheduled for trial on February 25th. This has been postponed, again, until 10/29/2009.
Martin Treptow--the man who shot the road raging undercover, off-duty, drug officer doing traffic duty in a city not paying him while on his way home for lunch--had his trial postponed until 7/13/2009.
These men are spending years with charges hanging over their heads. Thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours spent on what are apparently "no-brainer" cases. Like we always say in class, this is not something to be taken lightly.
“There is no doubt that the very thought a potential victim might possess a firearm deters that element of our society that cares nothing about laws or human life but rather understands only one thing—brute force.”
- Judge Robert Ruehlman
Upcoming Class: April 18th at 9:30AM. If you're interested, please register here(http://www.metrodefense.com/index.php?page=classes). Price is $130 for an individual, which includes a copy of the book, Everything You Need to Know about (Legally) Carrying a Handgun in Minnesota and all range fees.
Couples, renewals, and pre-paid registrations all receive various discounts, detailed on our website, or by calling either (612) 385-9100 or (612)618-7430
Veterans can take the class for free.
There are no hidden fees in our class. Bring some ammunition and the $130 fee is the total cost.
Just a reminder, we're still offering a referral bonus! After you take our carry class, for every new paid student you send our way, we'll send you $20. Refer seven friends, and you've made a profit on taking our class!
As always, if you've taken our class, you are welcome to come back for a refresher.
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not defeated by fleeing from it - Col. Jeff Cooper
An archive of all of our newsletters is available here. (http://www.metrodefense.com/list/archive.php?listID=2&layoutID=1&pagerows=20&pagenum=1)
... sometimes, the bad part of town makes house calls.
-NineSeven
Security in Your Home, Part 4: Alarms
Until next time,
Jason and Mike
A drunk raccoon - now there’s a fighting machine.
It creates a massively tangled mess of city ordinances that will force any hunter to know not only exactly where the invisible line defining counties is located, but also which individual cities and small towns have restrictions. There are many hunters who pass through small towns between hunting locations, and many others who stop in the same small towns for gas, or unforeseen emergencies. Do they intend to require that hunters plan their emergencies far enough out to check on city ordinances during business hours?
All that, just to remove a minor inconvenience.
Please, contact the authors of this bill (Rep.David.Dill@house.mn,Rep.Tony.Cornish@house.mn,Rep.Marty.Seifert@house.mn) and your individual representatives, and tell them to block the "the Hunter's Minor Inconvenience Repeal Act of 2009" in HF 1238, because metro-area Minnesotans should not be second-class citizens; rights don't have zip codes. People do.
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
—Benjamin Franklin.
GOCRA, our local gun rights organization, has a email list for those who are interested in preserving our rights. If you are interested, please sign up at http://www.gocra-mn.org/join.html to receive these emails. They only send emails when it matters, so please, do what you can to help out everyone.
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
—Barry Goldwater
Reluctant Participant, defined
"Reluctant participant" doesn't mean you have to be dragged into the fight kicking and screaming. Defense of another means that the other can be reluctant for you. Reluctant participant is probably more accurately described as "did not provoke or escalate". The law [in Minnesota] specifically allows lethal force to be used in defense of another.
From Professor Joe Olson, GOCRA President:
Many on this board don't understand that "reluctant participant" is not the legal test, it's writer's shorthand (which even I've been known to use). So you tend to over emphasize that element.
What you can't be is an UNLAWFUL aggressor. Other states with more developed self-defense statutes make this clear [by using terms such as "did not provoke" the fight]. So does the case law.
Asserting your minor daughter's right to free from unwelcome physical contact is perfectly OK. Ordering them to stay away from your family is OK. Those are mere words. But, the father could have physically pushed her assailant away. Lawful use of force is not legal "provocation."
We tend to forget that "non-deadly reasonable force" can be used too. Minn. Stat. 606.06 says this:
Quote:
609.06 AUTHORIZED USE OF FORCE.
Subdivision 1. When authorized. Except [by a criminal against a cop], reasonable force may be used upon or toward the person of another without the other's consent when the following circumstances exist or the actor reasonably believes them to exist:
***
(3) when used by any person in resisting or aiding another to resist an offense against the person; or ... .
The young thugs [in the Valleyfair stomping] chose to respond with unlawful force. Then THEY escalated to deadly force (the multiple assailant attack on the man down).
After the multiple-assailant attack began, the father absolutely could have defended himself if he had anything with which to do so (such as a gun). A nearby permit holder, reasonably perceiving that the victim was facing an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm (as 7 or 8 young thugs kicked the shit out of him) would have been authorized to use protective force, including deadly force. According to the criminal charges, the victim suffered skull fractures and possible bleeding on the brain which ARE injuries capable of causing death or GBH.
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
-Thomas Jefferson
During our March 21st class, the issue of Kentucky reciprocity was raised. According to KRS 237.110(20)(a)(http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/237-00/110.PDF), Kentucky recognizes permits issued by any state. It appears that a Kentucky permit is only required if you are a resident of Kentucky. I learn new things in every class.
No man can be free when he allows a price tag to be attached to his rights.
Legal Update:
As covered here before, on Independence Day in Rochester, Tim Rose stopped a reckless driver from continuing to drive through a park full of children by pointing his gun at the driver. He was charged with "Dangerous Weapons-Intentionally Point a Gun" and was scheduled for trial on February 25th. This has been postponed, again, until 10/29/2009.
Martin Treptow--the man who shot the road raging undercover, off-duty, drug officer doing traffic duty in a city not paying him while on his way home for lunch--had his trial postponed until 7/13/2009.
These men are spending years with charges hanging over their heads. Thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours spent on what are apparently "no-brainer" cases. Like we always say in class, this is not something to be taken lightly.
“There is no doubt that the very thought a potential victim might possess a firearm deters that element of our society that cares nothing about laws or human life but rather understands only one thing—brute force.”
- Judge Robert Ruehlman
Upcoming Class: April 18th at 9:30AM. If you're interested, please register here(http://www.metrodefense.com/index.php?page=classes). Price is $130 for an individual, which includes a copy of the book, Everything You Need to Know about (Legally) Carrying a Handgun in Minnesota and all range fees.
Couples, renewals, and pre-paid registrations all receive various discounts, detailed on our website, or by calling either (612) 385-9100 or (612)618-7430
Veterans can take the class for free.
There are no hidden fees in our class. Bring some ammunition and the $130 fee is the total cost.
Just a reminder, we're still offering a referral bonus! After you take our carry class, for every new paid student you send our way, we'll send you $20. Refer seven friends, and you've made a profit on taking our class!
As always, if you've taken our class, you are welcome to come back for a refresher.
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not defeated by fleeing from it - Col. Jeff Cooper
An archive of all of our newsletters is available here. (http://www.metrodefense.com/list/archive.php?listID=2&layoutID=1&pagerows=20&pagenum=1)
... sometimes, the bad part of town makes house calls.
-NineSeven
Security in Your Home, Part 4: Alarms
When most people think of home security, they think of monitored alarm systems. Alarm systems don’t have to be monitored and they don’t have to be a “budget buster.” There are too many options both for installation and monitoring to fit within the scope of this primer.
Unmonitored, wireless security systems can be had for as little as $100. These can be programmed to turn on your lights and trigger an audible alarm. These alarms serve primarily as an "early warning system". They prevent an intruder from entering your home unannounced. Some of them can dial outside numbers, to ask a neighbor to check on your house.
Monitored security systems can make sure the police are summoned, even if you are unable to use the phone. If you avoid the big name alarm companies, it is possible to get a monitored alarm system installed for under $500 and pay less than $10 per month for the monitoring service. Some of these systems monitor for fire or water, too.
Consider getting a dog. Dogs won’t provide effective and reliable protection, unless specifically trained for it, but they make a great early warning system, if you are willing to investigate when they bark. Smaller dogs often provide a better “bark alarm” than big dogs. Big dogs, however, prove a better deterrent to a potential burglar. Any dog will provide some deterrent to burglars. Do not get a dog with the intention of assuming it is a guard dog, unless you are willing to get a dog professionally trained to guard. Dogs should be considered an early warning system and potential deterrent. Beyond that, dogs should be treated as family. If you can’t commit to properly caring for a dog, don't get one.
In short, lock your doors, lock your windows, and do whatever you can to keep someone from getting into your home unannounced.Until next time,
Jason and Mike
A drunk raccoon - now there’s a fighting machine.
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