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    Dear colleagues:<br>
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        I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as
    Region 5 representative to vote "aye" on the motion.<br>
    <br>
        As always, thanks for your work for liberty.<br>
    <br>
        Take care,<br>
        Jim<br>
    <br>
        James W. Lark, III<br>
        Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
        University of Virginia<br>
    <br>
        Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/14/2016 2:12 AM, Alicia Mattson
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>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>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><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></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
              style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><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></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
              style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><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><span
                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></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
              style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><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
              style="font-size:10pt;color:black">self-defense by </span><u><span
                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></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span
                style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"><span
                  style="text-decoration:none"><br>
                </span></span></u></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span
                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></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
              style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span></p>
          <u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">THEREFORE </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">BE IT RESOLVED that the Libertarian
            National Committee opposes any </span><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">law or </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">policy which would deny </span><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">or restrict any person's </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">access to </span><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">any </span></s><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">firearms or ammunition </span><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">to any person </span></s><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">simply </span><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">for being placed </span></s><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">as a result of their name
              appearing </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">on </span><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">any </span></s><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">a </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">government watch or no-fly list</span><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">, </span></u><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">and </span></s><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">reaffirms </span><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">its call to repeal </span></s><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">both our party's opposition to any
              further </span></u><s><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:red">and oppose any existing or proposed
            </span></s><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">regulations on </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">firearm</span><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">s</span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:rgb(245,10,26)"> </span><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman";color:black">and ammunition </span><u><span
              style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
              Roman";color:blue">as described above and our demand
              that all such existing </span></u><span
            style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman"">regulations<u><span style="color:blue"> be
                repealed, and calls upon Libertarian candidates to
                uphold our party's pro-freedom stance</span></u>.</span><br>
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        -Alicia<br>
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