Ramsey County Political Alert - Please Forward

I know I just sent out a newsletter last week, and I said they would arrive approximately once per month, but sometimes, information has to be shared, regardless of the schedule.

This alert has come from CCRN.(http://www.mnccrn.org/)

Additional information is available here. (http://www.twincitiescarry.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9258)

Howard Orenstein and his wife are very strong gun-control advocates. Howard is the founder of Citizen's for a Safer Minnesota, the group that wants to take your guns away, and regularly lobbies against Carry Permits and Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground legislation. His organization is funded by the Joyce Foundation, which is the biggest anti-gun organization in the world.

A report from his wife to the U.N. concluded that self defense is immoral.

From Dave Kopel:

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THE U.N. HAS appointed University of Minnesota Professor Barbara Frey (Orenstein) as its “Special Rapporteur on the prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons.” A “Special Rapporteur” is a U.N.-designated expert and researcher on a subject.

Notably, the title the U.N. gave to Frey required her to look exclusively at how small arms are used to violate human rights—and to ignore how small arms are used to protect human rights, such as when used to resist genocide. But the one-sided nature of Frey’s research mission was consistent with her own views; Frey is a member of IANSA and participated in a 2005 strategy meeting in Brazil designed to support the gun prohibition referendum in that nation.

On July 27, 2006 Frey issued her final report, declaring that there is no human right to self-defense and that insufficient gun control is a violation of human rights. (The report, “Prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons,” is available on IANSA’s website, www.iansa.org/un/documents/salw_hr_report_2006.pdf.)

On Aug. 21, the U.N. Human Rights Council's Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights endorsed the Frey report in total and recommended that the full Human Rights Council (HRC) do so.

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Please, if you live in Ramsey County, take this opportunity to take a stand for your rights.

Thank you,
Jason and Mike
Metro Defense Training, LLC
http://www.MetroDefense.com

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When the U. S. Supreme Court decided that the Second Amendment has a real meaning, the role of judges became crucial to protecting your right to own and use a gun.

If you live in Ramsey County (or know other gun owners who do), it is essential to get the biggest turnout possible for the September 9th judicial primary election to fill one particular judgeship.

Make sure Minnesota's # 1 anti-gun Legislator, former state Representative Howard Orenstein (DFL-St. Paul) doesn't get elected to a judgeship this Fall. Howard authored several assault weapon ban bills, a gun registration bill, a gun forfeiture amendment, and numerous other amendments to increase the hassle of owning guns. Some passed; most didn't; but Rep. Orenstein never gave up trying to punish Minnesota's responsible gun owners for gang member's and drug dealer's crimes. He proudly worked to earn his 12-year straight "F" rating from all Minnesota gun groups and the NRA. Even after he left politics, he continued to lead the anti-gun crusade. Howard founded Minnesota's anti-gun lobbying group, Citizens for a Safer Minnesota and as their President got them a $1/2 million grant (from an out-of-state- foundation) to seek more restrictive laws.

For almost three decades Howard has dedicated his public service to the anti-gun cause. He is too much of an ideological advocate to be a fair judge.

Don't forget, get even in the low-turnout September 9th primary election.

If your last name starts with A through M, vote for Paul Godfrey. Paul is not an anti-gun politician but is a gun owner and a good lawyer and will be a sound judge.

If your last name starts with N through Z, vote for Gail Chang-Bohr. Gail is not an anti-gun politician but is a good lawyer and will be a sound judge.

Because the September 9th election is a primary, two other candidates have to get more votes than Howard. That's why we are asking you to vote for one of these two good candidates. Otherwise former Rep. Orenstein will get onto the general election ballot and likely win in a DFL-dominated county like Ramsey. Bring another gun owner to the primary and increase the impact of your visit!