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NRA MEMBERS' COUNCILS OF CALIFORNIA
10/23/2003
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2003: A Banner Year for California Gun-Rights
by Mike Haas
2003 was certainly a year for change in California, and many Golden State gun-owners may not realize how their gun-rights were affected by new laws - mostly for the better!
Persistence pays off
To be sure, anti-gun forces advanced their agenda during the Davis regime. But one can only imagine what damage to our Second Amendment rights they dreamed about when Gray became Governor in 1998. With the advantage of five years of hindsight one can deduce (if not be outright entertained) that, despite their initial gains, the anti-gun lobby has been frustrated beyond understanding with their repeated failures to pass handgun licensing, taxes on ammunition, various types of handgun and rifle bans, and other assorted restrictions on the law-abiding. The California gun-owner, and **especially the California NRA MEMBER**, has not been "easy pickin's".
And this year, without a doubt, efforts in support of firearms rights in 2003 yielded much more fruit than that of the opposition. Five major anti-gun bills defeated and FIVE PRO-GUN BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW. While one bad bill did squeeze through, it had to be seriously compromised by it's author to achieve passage.
Turning corners
NRA members advanced the cause of freedom in California in 2003! The following pro-gun bills were signed into law...
Read the rest at http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/caspecial/sum2003.shtml
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Get the latest CA Legislative Info at:
http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/legs.shtml
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AND DON'T MISS
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* WAYNE V. CNN - Wayne LaPierre takes CNN out in the FIRST ROUND
--- http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/wayne/cnn/
* The CA NRA Members' Councils' Life-Death Clock (As time goes by...)
--- http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/lifeclock/
* ONLINE Calendar of California Firearms-related Events
--- http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi
!!! Submit your group's events via it's online interface !!!
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Provided as a service of the NRA Members' Councils of California
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NRA MEMBERS' COUNCILS OF CALIFORNIA
10/23/2003
-----------------------------------
2003: A Banner Year for California Gun-Rights
by Mike Haas
2003 was certainly a year for change in California, and many Golden State gun-owners may not realize how their gun-rights were affected by new laws - mostly for the better!
Persistence pays off
To be sure, anti-gun forces advanced their agenda during the Davis regime. But one can only imagine what damage to our Second Amendment rights they dreamed about when Gray became Governor in 1998. With the advantage of five years of hindsight one can deduce (if not be outright entertained) that, despite their initial gains, the anti-gun lobby has been frustrated beyond understanding with their repeated failures to pass handgun licensing, taxes on ammunition, various types of handgun and rifle bans, and other assorted restrictions on the law-abiding. The California gun-owner, and **especially the California NRA MEMBER**, has not been "easy pickin's".
And this year, without a doubt, efforts in support of firearms rights in 2003 yielded much more fruit than that of the opposition. Five major anti-gun bills defeated and FIVE PRO-GUN BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW. While one bad bill did squeeze through, it had to be seriously compromised by it's author to achieve passage.
Turning corners
NRA members advanced the cause of freedom in California in 2003! The following pro-gun bills were signed into law...
Read the rest at http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/caspecial/sum2003.shtml
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Get the latest CA Legislative Info at:
http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/legs.shtml
----------------------
AND DON'T MISS
----------------------
* WAYNE V. CNN - Wayne LaPierre takes CNN out in the FIRST ROUND
--- http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/wayne/cnn/
* The CA NRA Members' Councils' Life-Death Clock (As time goes by...)
--- http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/lifeclock/
* ONLINE Calendar of California Firearms-related Events
--- http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi
!!! Submit your group's events via it's online interface !!!
======================
Provided as a service of the NRA Members' Councils of California