<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>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):</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="font-size: 12.8px; ">WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;</p><p style="font-size: 12.8px; "><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">opposes all laws at any level of government </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">restricting, registering, or monitoring the ownership, manufacture, or </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">transfer of firearms or ammunition;</span><br></p><p style="font-size: 12.8px; "><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">affirms the right of due process and <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">denies</font> the legitimacy of <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">laws against </font></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">victimless <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">"</font>crimes”; <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">and</font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">WHEREAS, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>the</strike></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> government<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">s in the United States have</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>has</strike></font> steadily encroached upon these rights by i</font><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">llegitimately regulating and restricting access <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>for</strike></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">to</font> firearms and </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">ammunition and may further seek to <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>deprive people who have been convicted </strike></font></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>of no crime of their inherent right to full</strike></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">abrogate civil rights, and indeed the basic human right, to</font> self-defense by <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">prohibiting access <strike>denying their </strike></font></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>civil and inherent rights</strike></font> to <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>obtain</strike></font> firearms and ammunition <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">even in cases where a person has not been convicted of any crime</font>; <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">and</font></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">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;</font></span></div><p style="font-size: 12.8px; "><span style="font-size: 12.8px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">THEREFORE</font> BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">law or</font> policy </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; ">which would deny <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">or restrict</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">any person's</font> access to <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>any</strike></font> firearms or ammunition <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>to any person</strike></font> simply </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>for being placed</strike></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">as a result of their name appearing</font> on <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>any</strike></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">a</font> government watch or no-fly list<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">,<strike> and</strike></font> reaffirms <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>its</strike></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">both</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">our party's</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">opposition to any further</font> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"><strike>and oppose existing or proposed</strike></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">regulations on</font> firearm<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17">s</font> and ammunition</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#f80a17"> 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.</font></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div>Love & Liberty,<div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> (415) 625-FREE<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Aug 9, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Joshua Katz wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I will also cosponsor this one.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">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:</span><br></div><div><p style="font-size:12.8px">WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;</p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">opposes all laws at any level of government </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">restricting, registering, or monitoring the ownership, manufacture, or </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">transfer of firearms or ammunition;</span><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">affirms the right of due process and deny the legitimacy of </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">“victimless crimes”;</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">WHEREAS, the government has steadily encroached upon these rights by i</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">llegitimately regulating and restricting access for firearms and </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">ammunition and may further seek to deprive people who have been convicted </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">of no crime of their inherent right to full self-defense by denying their </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">civil and inherent rights to obtain firearms and ammunition;</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any policy </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">which would deny access to any firearms or ammunition to any person simply </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">for being placed on any government watch or no-fly list and reaffirms its </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">call to repeal and oppose any existing or proposed firearm and ammunition </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">regulations.</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"></div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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