[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-03: Gun Rights Resolution

[Brett Bittner]

TL;DR - I vote Nay.

Perhaps I misunderstand the point of a resolution that simply reaffirms our
platform position with regard to an individual's right of self-defense by
way of a firearm. I believe that nothing in our platform indicates or
implies that we would support denying access to any firearms or ammunition
to any person simply for being placed on any government watch or no-fly
list, and we include a provision with regard to our platform's silence on
an issue, so this resolution seems to be redundant to the platform. Thus, I
vote nay.

Brett C. Bittner

Region 3 Representative
Libertarian National Committee <http://lp.org/>

brett.bittner at lp.org
317.699.2611

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Whitney Bilyeu <whitneycb76 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Aye.
>
> Whitney Bilyeu
> Region 7 Rep
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes
>> On Aug 12, 2016 11:41 PM, "Alicia Mattson" <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by August 22, 2016 at 11:59:59pm
>>> Pacific time.*
>>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Harlos, Katz, Hayes, Goldstein, Vohra
>>>
>>> *Motion:*
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Alicia
>>>
>>>
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