<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_114957"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115054">That's why it's sometimes best to present a draft proposal for comments before seeking co-sponsors.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115089"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115054"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115088"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115054">Tim Hagan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_114956" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115059" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115058" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115057" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_115056" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116260" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 9, 2016 6:14 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lnc-business] Amended Gun Rights/Watch List Resolution - seeking co-sponsors<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116261" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv1483458648"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116288"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116287" dir="ltr">I have to confess that the whole email ballot thing is cumbersome. <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116289"><br clear="none"></div><div>How do the current co-sponsors feel about these changes?</div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116290" class="yiv1483458648gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116294" class="yiv1483458648gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Starchild <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116293" class="yiv1483458648gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv1483458648yqt6603418930" id="yiv1483458648yqt29432"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116292" style="word-wrap:break-word;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116291"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </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 id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116302"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116301" type="cite"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116300" class="yiv1483458648gmail_extra"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116299" class="yiv1483458648gmail_quote"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116298" class="yiv1483458648gmail_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;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116297" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116296"><span class="yiv1483458648"></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116295" style="font-size:12.8px;">WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;</div><div 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 clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116304" style="font-size:12.8px;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116303" 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 color="#f80a17">denies</font> the legitimacy of <font color="#f80a17">laws against </font></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;">victimless <font color="#f80a17">"</font>crimes”; <font color="#f80a17">and</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116305"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">WHEREAS, </span><span style="font-size:13px;"><font color="#f80a17"><strike>the</strike></font></span><font size="3"> government<font color="#f80a17">s in the United States have</font> <font 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 color="#f80a17"><strike>for</strike></font> <font color="#f80a17">to</font> firearms and </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116308" style="font-size:12.8px;">ammunition and may further seek to <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116307" color="#f80a17"><strike id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116306">deprive people who have been convicted </strike></font></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;"><font color="#f80a17"><strike>of no crime of their inherent right to full</strike></font> <font color="#f80a17">abrogate civil rights, and indeed the basic human right, to</font> self-defense by <font color="#f80a17">prohibiting access <strike>denying their </strike></font></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;"><font color="#f80a17"><strike>civil and inherent rights</strike></font> to <font color="#f80a17"><strike>obtain</strike></font> firearms and ammunition <font color="#f80a17">even in cases where a person has not been convicted of any crime</font>; <font color="#f80a17">and</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116309"><span style="font-size:13px;"><font 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><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116312" style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;"><font color="#f80a17">THEREFORE</font> BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any <font color="#f80a17">law or</font> policy </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;">which would deny <font color="#f80a17">or restrict</font> <font color="#f80a17">any person's</font> access to <font color="#f80a17"><strike>any</strike></font> firearms or ammunition <font color="#f80a17"><strike>to any person</strike></font> simply </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116311" style="font-size:12.8px;"><font color="#f80a17"><strike>for being placed</strike></font> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116310" color="#f80a17">as a result of their name appearing</font> on <font color="#f80a17"><strike>any</strike></font> <font color="#f80a17">a</font> government watch or no-fly list<font color="#f80a17">,<strike> and</strike></font> reaffirms <font color="#f80a17"><strike>its</strike></font> <font color="#f80a17">both</font> <font color="#f80a17">our party's</font> <font color="#f80a17">opposition to any further</font> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;"><font color="#f80a17"><strike>and oppose existing or proposed</strike></font> <font color="#f80a17">regulations on</font> firearm<font color="#f80a17">s</font> and ammunition</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116314" style="font-size:12.8px;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116313" 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></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div>Love & Liberty,<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470792238655_116315"> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> (415) 625-FREE<div><div class="yiv1483458648h5"><br clear="none"><div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>On Aug 9, 2016, at 3:36 PM, Joshua Katz wrote:</div><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I will also cosponsor this one.</div><div class="yiv1483458648gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv1483458648gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1483458648gmail_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;"><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 clear="none"></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px;">WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;</div><div 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 clear="none"></div><div 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></div><div 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></div><div 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></div><span><font color="#888888"></font></span><div style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px;"></div></div><span><font color="#888888"></font></span><div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="all"><div><br clear="none"></div>-- <br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><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 rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small;">Communications Director, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small;">Colorado State Coordinator, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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