[Lnc-business] Amended Gun Rights/Watch List Resolution - seeking co-sponsors

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

I have to confess that the whole email ballot thing is cumbersome.

How do the current co-sponsors feel about these changes?

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I'd like to co-sponsor, but putting on my wordsmith hat, request the
> motion be reworded with the following typographical and substantive
> changes, if this is amenable to the sponsor, to read as follows (changes in
> red):
>
> WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party opposes all laws at any
>> level of government restricting, registering, or monitoring the
>> ownership, manufacture, or transfer of firearms or ammunition;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party affirms the right of due
>> process and denies the legitimacy of laws against victimless "crimes”;
>> and
>>
>> WHEREAS, the governments in the United States have has steadily
>> encroached upon these rights by illegitimately regulating and
>> restricting access for to firearms and ammunition and may further seek
>> to deprive people who have been convicted of no crime of their inherent
>> right to full abrogate civil rights, and indeed the basic human right, to
>> self-defense by prohibiting access denying their civil and inherent
>> rights to obtain firearms and ammunition even in cases where a person
>> has not been convicted of any crime; and
>> WHEREAS some recent statements by Libertarian candidates appearing in the
>> media have the potential to cause confusion among members of the public
>> regarding how Libertarians view these issues;
>>
>> THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes
>> any law or policy which would deny or restrict any person's access to any
>> firearms or ammunition to any person simply for being placed as a result
>> of their name appearing on any a government watch or no-fly list, and
>> reaffirms its both our party's opposition to any further and
>> oppose existing or proposed regulations on firearms and ammunition as
>> described above and our demand that all such existing regulations be
>> repealed, and calls upon Libertarian candidates to uphold our party's
>> pro-freedom stance.
>>
> Love & Liberty,
>                                  ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                                (415) 625-FREE
>
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Joshua Katz wrote:
>
> I will also cosponsor this one.
>
> Joshua A. Katz
> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> In furtherance of the request from CO and now AZ (and likely WA) for the
>> LNC to consider a resolution similar to the CO Gun Rights and Watch Lists
>> Resolution, and Sam Goldstein's commentary on my prior request, I offer a
>> motion to adopt the following resolution:
>>
>> WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party opposes all laws at any
>> level of government restricting, registering, or monitoring the
>> ownership, manufacture, or transfer of firearms or ammunition;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party affirms the right of due
>> process and deny the legitimacy of “victimless crimes”;
>>
>> WHEREAS, the government has steadily encroached upon these rights by illegitimately
>> regulating and restricting access for firearms and ammunition and may
>> further seek to deprive people who have been convicted of no crime of
>> their inherent right to full self-defense by denying their civil and
>> inherent rights to obtain firearms and ammunition;
>>
>> BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any policy which
>> would deny access to any firearms or ammunition to any person simply for
>> being placed on any government watch or no-fly list and reaffirms its call
>> to repeal and oppose any existing or proposed firearm and ammunition
>> regulations.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *In Liberty,*
>> *Caryn Ann Harlos*
>> Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska,
>> Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
>> Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
>> Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
>> <http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
>> Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
>> <http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
*In Liberty,*
*Caryn Ann Harlos*
Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (Alaska, Arizona,
Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - Caryn.Ann.
Harlos at LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos at LP.org>
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org>
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