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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I vote Aye on Email Ballot 2016-04 to “amend the resolution adopted in Email Ballot 2016-03”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>~David Pratt Demarest</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Region 6 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (NE, IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, WI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Caryn Ann Harlos<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 14, 2016 2:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-04: Amend Gun Rights Resolution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Aye<br><br>On Sunday, August 14, 2016, Alicia Mattson <<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com">agmattson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by August 23, 2016 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Starchild, Vohra, Harlos, Demarest<br> <br><u>Motion:</u> amend the resolution adopted in Email Ballot 2016-03 as follows: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;<u><span style='color:blue'> and</span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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;<u><span style='color:blue'> and</span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party affirms the right of due process and </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>deny</span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>denies</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#F50A1A'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>the legitimacy of </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>laws against </span></u><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>“</span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>victimless </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>"</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>crimes”;</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> and</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#F50A1A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>WHEREAS, </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>the </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>government</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>s in the United States have </span></u><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>has </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>steadily encroached upon these rights by illegitimately regulating and restricting access </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>for </span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>to </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>firearms and ammunition and may further seek to </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>deprive people who have been convicted of no crime of their inherent right to full </span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>abrogate civil rights, and indeed the basic human right, to </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>self-defense by </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>prohibiting access </span></u><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>denying their civil and inherent rights </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>to </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>obtain </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>firearms and ammunition</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> even in cases where a person has not been convicted of any crime</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>;</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'> and</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>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;</span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#F50A1A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>THEREFORE </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>law or </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>policy which would deny </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>or restrict any person's </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>access to </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>any </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>firearms or ammunition </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>to any person </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>simply </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>for being placed </span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>as a result of their name appearing </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>on </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>any </span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>a </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>government watch or no-fly list</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>, </span></u><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>and </span></s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>reaffirms </span><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>its call to repeal </span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>both our party's opposition to any further </span></u><s><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'>and oppose any existing or proposed </span></s><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>regulations on </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>firearm</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>s</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#F50A1A'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>and ammunition </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>as described above and our demand that all such existing </span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>regulations<u><span style='color:blue'> be repealed, and calls upon Libertarian candidates to uphold our party's pro-freedom stance</span></u>.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-Alicia<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>In Liberty,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Caryn Ann Harlos</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>