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Here's a partial list of laws which were implemented to restrict Second Amendment rights in order to prevent criminal acts with firearms and which were obeyed by the shooter in Orlando. 1 Mateen was over 18 years old. 2 Mateen was a permanent U.S. resident. 3. Mateen was a resident of the state in which he purchased firearms. 4. Mateen filled out a federal firearms purchase record, 4473. 5. Mateen passed a background check. 6. Mateen had never been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or any felony. 7. Mateen purchased a non automatic rifle. 8. Mateen purchased a rifle...

Seventy-eight listed volunteers are leading the state-wide effort to gather signatures in 31 of the most populous counties in California to put the right to keep and bear arms into the California Constitution. The current volunteers are listed on the volunteers web site, rkba.members.sonic.net. These 72 volunteers are collecting signatures state-wide to qualify the initiative. Petition form files are available at the main web site of The Alliance for Civil Rights or on the back up server at www.reformcagunlaws.com. Volunteers are requested to send their contact information to Dave at rkba@sonic.net. Volunteers have stepped forward in the five critical counties...

Volunteers are gathering signatures in 30 of the most populous counties in California to put the right to keep and bear arms into the California Constitution. The current volunteers are listed on the volunteers web site, rkba.members.sonic.net. These 72 volunteers are collecting signatures state-wide to qualify the initiative. Petition form files are available at the main web site of The Alliance for Civil Rights or on the back up server at www.reformcagunlaws.com. Volunteers are requested to send their contact information to Dave at rkba@sonic.net. Only Ventura County, among the most populated counties, remains with no voluneers listed. Volunteers from other...

The "Right to Possess Firearms" initiative submitted by The Alliance for Civil Rights has received Title and Summary from the Attorney General of California. Petition form files are available here. This Initiative Constitutional Amendment will prohibit government infringement of the right of Californians to keep and bear arms. The initiative is carefully crafted to instruct the courts to treat the right to keep and bear arms in the same protective fashion that currently applies to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The proposition reads as follows: The inalienable right to defend life and liberty as set forth in...

The The Alliance for Civil Rights expects the Attorney General of California to release title and summary for their Self-Defense Initiative around November 23rd. This will permit the preparation of petition forms and the beginning of signature gathering. The proposition will prohibit the infringement of the right of Californians to keep and bear arms. The initiative is carefully crafted to instruct the courts to treat the right to keep and bear arms in the same protective fashion that currently applies to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The proposition reads as follows: The inalienable right to defend life...

A California Initiative Constitutional Amendment has been proposed by the Alliance for Civil Rights. Title and Summary will soon be approved by the state and the statutory period of 150 days for gathering signatures will begin. Once the needed 850,000 signatures have been gathered, the measure will be put on the ballot in a general, state-wide election, permitting a majority of Californians to dictate to the legislature, the governor, and the courts that the right of the people to keep and bear arms in California shall not be infringed. The wording of the proposed amendment has been carefully crafted to...

Do you have a right to keep and bear arms in California? NOT ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA… QUOTE:    “…. If Plaintiffs ( gun owners ) are implying that a right to keep and bear arms is one of the rights recognized in the California Constitution’s declaration of rights THEY ARE SIMPLY WRONG. No mention is made in it of a right to keep and bear arms. “ ( Kasler v. Lockyer 2000 ) Amending the California Constitution is the best way to restore respect for the rights of law abiding gun owners. It...

Do you have a right to keep and bear arms in California? NOT ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA… QUOTE:    “…. If Plaintiffs ( gun owners ) are implying that a right to keep and bear arms is one of the rights recognized in the California Constitution’s declaration of rights THEY ARE SIMPLY WRONG. No mention is made in it of a right to keep and bear arms. “ ( Kasler v. Lockyer 2000 ) Amending the California Constitution is the best way to restore respect for the rights of law abiding gun owners. It...

Efforts are already underway in California to collect almost a million signatures in an attempt to establish the right to keep and bear arms in the California Constitution. Successful gathering of the necessary signatures by June 1, 2004 will allow the voters of California to decide at this November's election whether they will recognize the unalienable right to defend one's self, family, and home with firearms. The text of the proposed amendment is as follows: The inalienable right to defend life and liberty as set forth in Article I, Section 1 of the California Constitution includes the fundamental right of...