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

Tue Aug 9 21:41:29 EDT 2016

I support the language I offered to co-sponsor.

Live Free,

Sam Goldstein
Libertarian National Committee
Member at Large
8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101
Indianapolis IN 46260
317-850-0726 Phone
317-582-1773 Fax

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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