The Wandering Minstrel

I have been proud to hold a Distinguished Life Membership (senior, veteran) for several years. The Better Half and I took advantage of a discount on the cost of a regular life membership. Just before the holidays, we received an offer to upgrade to Endowment Life Membership. We took advantage of this discount as well.

We believe that if all gun owners/enthusiasts were to support the NRA and head to the polls next fall, we would be able to defeat the Obamination. Even though the slate of Republican candidates is only marginally acceptable to Second Amendment supporters, any one of them would be better than the Obamination. We can’t risk having the Obamination for a second term when the Supreme Court of the United States is likely to have a vacancy. If the Obamination were to appoint another Kagan or Sotomayor ultra-liberal justice to replace a Constitutional justice it would surely be a disaster for the Second Amendment and other Constitutional rights.

Do what you can to get the Constitution back on track.

From NRA Member Services:

What’s happening RIGHT NOW in Washington, D.C. could spell disaster for YOUR guns and YOUR Second Amendment rights!

Hundreds of gun-ban politicians, political appointees and bureaucrats are now writing regulations, casting votes and passing laws that could all but eliminate your right to own a gun. Their agenda starts with licensing, registering, fingerprinting, inspecting and cataloging every firearm, firearm owner and firearm transfer in the United States …

… And it ends with an outright ban on your guns!!!!

Only you can stop the anti-gunners and prevent the obliteration of our Second Amendment rights by joining NRA today.

Islamic Terrorism is below the Obamination’s radar, according to Ramirez . . .

Clickable image.

H.R. 822, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011”, is on the move in the U.S. House of Representatives. On September 13, House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 822. The House could consider H.R. 822 in the next few weeks, so you should contact your congressperson soon about this vital legislation. I already contacted Congressman Franks (R-AZ) even though he is very likely to support the bill.

There have been rumblings in the pro-gun community that this legislation would be bad for gun owners. The NRA points out that the rumors are unfounded:

This bill DOES NOT:

• Create a federal licensing or registration system;
• Establish a minimum federal standard for the carry permit;
• Involve the federal bureaucracy in setting standards for carry permit;
• Destroy permitless carry systems such as those in Arizona, Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.

H.R. 822 is a good bill for gun owners. Don’t listen to false claims. Read the bill yourself and read our fact sheet to get the facts. Then, please contact your member of Congress and urge him or her to support the earliest possible consideration of H.R. 822 this year.

This morning, I contacted our congressman using the NRA-ILA Elected Officials contact webpage. I urged the congressman to support a bill coming before the House of Representatives. The bill is the Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) bill H. R. 822, The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act Of 2011.

Using the contact really simple - you just input your zip code and select State or Local politicians. When the next page comes up, you can choose your legislator and get on to the contact page where you can compose your message. You can choose “email” or “send a letter” options.

Now, why not just get your representative tuned in to the fact that National CCW is a good idea, starting with support for H. R. 822?

When this hot rod passed us in traffic today, The Better Half took this (clickable) image.

I don’t have any late firearms-related things to pass along other than to send this reminder to California District 36 voters (via ACE):

If you’re a resident of California District 36, not only should you vote, you should call friends to get them to vote for Craig Huey.

He doesn’t give taxpayer money to convicted killers and rapists.

His opponent, Janice Hahn, voted consistently against the second amendment as a Los Angeles City councilwoman. We’re registered in Arizona now, but lived in that highly gerrymandered district for years.

The Supreme Court of the United States upheld Arizona’s law punishing businesses that hire illegal aliens. They voted 5-3 to reject arguments that states have no authority in immigration matters. Breyer, Ginsburg and Sotomayor (the usual left-wing communist justices) dissented on the decision. Justice Elena Kagan, another communist, would have also dissented, but she had to recuse herself because she worked on the case as the Obamination’s solicitor general.

Fox News posted the Associated Press article that detailed the court’s decision. In the article, they published a rather uncomplimentary photograph of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, which is a non-sequitur since it was then Governor Nappy Incompetano and not Brewer who signed the law into effect in 2007. Brewer is not once mentioned in the AP article. This s typical of the media smearing a politician with whom they disagree.

All that aside, the SCOTUS decision to allow Arizona to regulate immigration matters shows promise that Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law may be upheld at the SCOTUS level unless the Obamination has an opportunity to further stack the court with communist justices (God forbid).

I thought I would dig out the source for the countdown timer and make it count the days, etc. until the new Congress is seated on January 3rd. Don’t forget, however, that the current Congress can do a lot of damage before then.

The Better Half took this (clickable) image when we were in Surprise, AZ last week. It says to vote NO on all Arizona propositions in order to “protect the constitution.” Well, the sign is total bullshit since the “Arizona Taxpayers Association” is actually a front for some Democratic goons that want to defeat propositions that if passed would actually make the citizens of Arizona better off.

From the Daily News Sun:

The Arizona Corporation Commission lists the Arizona Taxpayers Association as starting in 2006. The president is Bob Grossfeld and the director is Jim McLaughlin.

The address listed for the organization at the ACC is a little different, 2800 N. Central, Phoenix, AZ, Suite 1200, not 2600 N. Central, as printed on the signs.

The conservative blogs say both Grossfeld and McLaughlin are Democratic heavyweights.

Grossfeld is one of the founders of “The Arizona Guardian” and is a former Democratic political consultant, while McLaughlin is the president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99.

They want to defeat several initiatives including Proposition 106 which rejects Obamacare and releases businesses and individuals from mandatory participation. Proposition 107 prohibits state government from discrimination based on race or sex. Proposition 113 retains secret balloting for Union and other employee representations. Props 301 and 302 would release idle monies held in special funds to the general fund, something that is much needed in the current economic situation. All these are opposed by the left and ought to be approved by Arizona voters.

Don’t fall for that “Save our Constitution” crap.