<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><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>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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Brett Bittner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brett.bittner@lp.org" target="_blank">brett.bittner@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>TL;DR - I vote Nay.</div><div><br></div>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 <span style="font-size:12.8px">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.</span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Brett C. Bittner</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Region 3 Representative </div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://lp.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Libertarian National Committee</a></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="mailto:brett.bittner@lp.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">brett.bittner@lp.org</a></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="tel:317.699.2611" value="+13176992611" target="_blank">317.699.2611</a></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Whitney Bilyeu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:whitneycb76@gmail.com" target="_blank">whitneycb76@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Aye.<span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Whitney Bilyeu</div><div>Region 7 Rep</div></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Joshua Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Yes</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Aug 12, 2016 11:41 PM, "Alicia Mattson" <<a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank">agmattson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>We have an electronic mail ballot.<br> <br><b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by August 22, 2016 at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br></u></b> <br><u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Harlos, Katz, Hayes, Goldstein, Vohra<br>
<br><u>Motion:</u> <br><br>WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an inherent human right;<br><br>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;<br><br>WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian Party affirms the right of due process and deny the legitimacy of “victimless crimes”;<br><br>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;<br><br>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.<br><br></div><br>-Alicia<br><br></div>
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