<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_1471402249069_5397"><span>I vote no.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Tim Hagan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5474" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5482" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5481" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5480" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5479" dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alicia Mattson <agmattson@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> Saturday, August 13, 2016 11:12 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2016-04: Amend Gun Rights Resolution<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5483" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv2120389970"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5485" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5484">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: <br><br>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5487" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;">WHEREAS, Libertarians affirm that self-defense is an
inherent human right;<u><span style="color:blue;"> and</span></u></span></div>
<div class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;">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></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5489" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5492" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">WHEREAS, the Platform of the Libertarian
Party affirms the right of due process and </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">deny</span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">denies</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26);"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">the legitimacy of </span><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5491"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5490" style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">laws against </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">“</span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">victimless </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">"</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">crimes”;</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">
and</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26);"></span></div>
<div class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26);"> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5493" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">WHEREAS, </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">the </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">government</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">s in the United States have </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">has </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">steadily encroached upon these rights by illegitimately regulating
and restricting access </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">for </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">to </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">firearms and ammunition and may further seek to </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">deprive people who have been convicted of no
crime of their inherent right to full </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">abrogate civil rights, and indeed the basic human right, to </span></u><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5494" style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">self-defense by </span><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5496"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5495" style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">prohibiting access </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">denying their civil and inherent rights </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">to </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">obtain </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">firearms
and ammunition</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;"> even in
cases where a person has not been convicted of any crime</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">;</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;"> and</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26);"></span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5497" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;"><span style="text-decoration:none;"><br></span></span></u></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5498" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5500"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5499" style="font-size:10pt;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></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5501" class="yiv2120389970MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26);"> </span></div>
<u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">THEREFORE </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian National Committee opposes any </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">law or </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">policy which would deny </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">or restrict any person's </span></u><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5507" style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">access to </span><s id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5504"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5503" style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">any </span></s><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5502" style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">firearms or ammunition </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">to any person </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">simply </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">for being placed </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">as a result of their name appearing </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">on </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">any </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">a </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">government watch or no-fly list</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">, </span></u><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">and </span></s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">reaffirms </span><s><span style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">its call to repeal </span></s><u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5540"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5539" style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">both our party's opposition to any further </span></u><s id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5510"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5509" style="font-size:10pt;color:red;">and oppose any existing or proposed </span></s><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">regulations on </span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">firearm</span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">s</span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26);"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;">and ammunition </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue;">as described above and our
demand that all such existing </span></u><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5538" style="font-size:10pt;">regulations<u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5537"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471402249069_5536" style="color:blue;"> be repealed, and calls upon Libertarian candidates to
uphold our party's pro-freedom stance</span></u>.</span><br><br></div>-Alicia<br><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lnc-business mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>