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

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

To answer Brett, oftentimes issues are part of the public consciousness
that require affirmative statements even if that repeat things said
elsewhere.  The LNC has passed such resolutions before, including inviting
people to join our Party.  *Should* we have to invite people to join our
party, isn't that repeating the obvious?  Yes it is, and yes it is
appropriate.  Our provision about silence on an issue says "neither approve
or disapprove" so that is not relevant here.  We most certainly disapprove.

Members have been pretty upset lately.  Some calling for some pretty
extreme things.  I believe works towards our duty of presenting a clear
Libertarian message in the face of possible confusion and the governmental
trajectory to deny it which is a clear and imminent danger.

After all, we resolved at Convention taxation is theft too.  Resolutions
are precisely for things such as this.  To make timely and appropriate
statements, even if it is just to reassert where we already stand.  I tell
my husband that I love him daily.  I don't just refer back to when I first
said it.

-- 
*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
Communications Director, Libertarian Party of Colorado
<http://www.lpcolorado.org/>
Colorado State Coordinator, Libertarian Party Radical Caucus
<http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/>


On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Brett Bittner <brett.bittner at lp.org> wrote:

> 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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-- 
*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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