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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court held Monday that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live, advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices cast doubt on handgun bans in the Chicago area, but signaled that some limitations on the Constitution’s “right to keep and bear arms” could survive legal challenges.

Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court, said that the Second Amendment right “applies equally to the federal government and the states.”

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The Commonwealth Club posted the debates from late May.

On the board:

Chief Ken James, Police Chief, Emeryville, CA
Sam Paredes, Executive Director, Gun Owners of California
Professor Franklin Zimring, William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar, UC Berkeley
John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor, SF Chronicle – Moderator

There was a second debate last night (the 17th of June) where Lori Saldana (the bureaucrat that authored AB1934) attended with a full tax payer funded armed security detail. Apparently protection against harm should only be provided to the elite! I’ll post that debate when it’s available.

Interesting bits:

At 26:10 Chief Ken James basically lays out his policy on CCW issuance in his jurisdiction… Not gonna happen! The govt. can’t sit there and say “We’re not infringing on your right, look you can just file some paper work with the police chief to get a license”,  while the police chief has a near-zero issuance policy.

Around 40:00 Ken James is ask about the constitutionality of the issue and he WRONGLY thinks the constitution guarantees a ‘right’ to safety. Mr. James, you may want to actually READ the constitution.

50:37 I wonder if Chief James will ask his officers to leave there guns at the station, he clearly states that the guns have more ofter caused problems through “misuse” for his officers than saved lives.

If you’ve found value in this site or the Open Carry Movement, I compel you to show your support and donate to this cause. This site and podcast is run advertisement free and I plan to keep it that way. So when you think of all the time you’ve saved NOT listening to ads on the podcast, and where your time is money, donate some of that to this effort to stop AB1934.

If you don’t have the time to get out there and change hearts & minds, stop bad laws, and educate the public on responsible gun ownership, please provide resources to those that have made time by donating today.

Let Our Voices Ring Out Like Thunder!

Time is short to save open carry rights in California – a setback in California will be viewed by the Brady Bunch and other anti-gun rights extremists as a strategic victory against our second Amendment rights with nation-wide repercussions.

Though the California Assembly has passed Assemblywoman Lori Saldana’s AB 1934 to criminalize honorable open carry, the vote in the Senate is not assured for her – and our job is to make it assured victory for us!

Please donate what you can IMMEDIATELY so we can run pro-open carry radio ads in critical Senatorial “swing-districts” from San Diego to Los Angeles to San Jose to Redding – with your help, pro-gun voters in those districts will be alerted by our radio campaign to ensure their Senator votes correctly – that is, pro-gun.

Anyone donating $100 or more will have their OCDO member status updated to “Anti-Saldana Freedom Fighter.”

Whether you live in California or not, now would be the time to step up to the plate and take a swing for FREEDOM!

Let’s quickly raise enough money to pound the California metro radio markets and cause coffee spills by anti-gun commuters from the 405 to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Carry on!

I know lots of open carriers carry while on their motorcycles. This cop (Joseph David Uhler) over reacted and went to his gun for no reason. Without knowing that this guy was a cop, you can bet dimes to donuts I would have shot this guy in the mouth!

For this guys youtube page.

GoPro 1080p HD camera. 720p mode 60fps. 2008 CBR1000RR

3/5/2010: Pulled over for speeding
4/7/2010: 6 Cops show up at my house with a search and seizure warrant for all of my computers, cameras and electronics.. They also bring an arrest warrant for “wiretapping” and 2 additional traffic violations. I could not go to jail due to health issues (surgery).
4/14/2010: I turned myself in and spent the night in jail. I was charged with “wiretapping.” Felony- 5years $10k max fine. Bail set at $15k?
4/15/2010: Bail review – Released on my own recognizance.

You can buy the bike in the video if you want to help with his mounting legal costs. All of which stemmed from him posting the video, not the vehicle infractions. Cops don’t like you exposing their misdeeds

Update: I looked at the full length video and that cruiser you see at the very end didn’t come up until after the gun was out.

Quick episode to get back on the horse.

Things covered in this episode:

UK Massacare (even with all their anti-gun laws)

Phoenix Number Two Kidnapping Capital as Drug Cartel Wars Intensify

Police Chiefs work with Sacramento (aka Irwin) to seize your weapon to force ID. Internal Documents available Here. (I’ll continue to protect my source until he/she tells me different)

John Lovell (Lobbyist seen in the video link below) had this to say:

Photo: Law Offices of John Lovell

Susan, Ken and Marty: Please see the attached memorandum from Irwin Nowick, who is generally known as the most knowledgeable person at the Capitol on firearms issues. He is suggesting that current law permits us to seize the weapons that are being openly carried (even if unloaded) and that we are not required to immediately return them, but, instead may take them back to the station and return them in a timely fashion after reasonable inquiries are made as to registration and ownership. If he is correct, we may at least have a short term solution until we can get a legislative fix. John

Lari Saldana hates facts (Check out the 17:30 minute mark). Earlier in the video she says “This is an unregulated behavior”. Haven forbid you let something happen in the State that’s “unregulated”.

Episode #017 of Open Carry Radio available here. Runtime: 27:14

In a 41-25 decision (passing by one vote), the California State Assembly passed AB 1934 moving it along to the senate.  This is the horrible bill authored by Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña (D-San Diego) that we’ve been following for some time now. Most expected it to die much earlier, but California politicians have decided to perpetuate the notion that they’ll pass any anti gun bill that comes across their desk.

This during a time where the rest of what I call “Free America” (the other 42 states that have a clue) is moving toward more individual rights as it pertains to guns and selfdefense.

Because I refuse to grease the palms of my local Sheriff (Going rate is $25,000 to a re-election campaign or being famous) my application for “permission” to exercise an inalienable right was denied. Meaning I will be without a legal option to protect myself. This leads me to a conclusion.

I carry everyday now in California and will continue to do so even if I am made to be a criminal with the stroke of a pen. I would rather be in jail and alive than dead and law abiding.

I believe with my background and standing in the community I’ll be a great case to take to the Supreme Court.

A message to California Law Enforcement (who we know read this site daily). I am a peaceful man, I am a devoted Husband, I’m a quiet professional, I have served as you have served, I am not your slave, I am one of God’s children, I respect your rights (which end where mine begin), I make no furtive movements, I will not be involved in a stand off with you, I comply with all LEGAL requests, I am not in a rush, I am filmed and audio recorded everywhere I go, and I am a FREE man. When I choose to not comply with your illegal demands, you’ll use violence against me, please keep this to a minimum, I enjoy sucking wind.

Criminals take note.

Adnan Shahab asked Fremont Police Dept. to provide a map of all the Victim Disarmament Zones (sometimes referred to as Gun-Free-School-Zones) in town. The Cheif of police declined citing “sparse staff resources”. That was back in January of 2010, three months later the department published this map. It’s a very well done map and even accounts for the abnormal shapes of the school properties, something others fail to do.

This map beautifully illustrates my point that this unconstitutional law (which California adopted and never got rid of) needs to be taken off the books. The city looks like a mine field, some places are wide open and others have overlapping self-defenseless-zones. If I told you that these were the areas you couldn’t walk your dog in town you’d say “forget it! I’m moving!”  But for people that choose to legally carry a gun for self-defense there is no place in California to move. To add insult to injury there is currently a measure to increase this 1000 foot boundary to 1500 feet (AB 668), which will result in ZERO crime reduction and can never ADD safety to anyone within those boundaries.

So if you’re a well trained law abiding gun owner (who carries for self protection) the “state of California” has lumped you in with the pedophiles and drug dealers. Enjoy your new company.

Papiere, Bitte! … Translation: Papers, please!

Last year I wrote about Why I Don’t Provide ID To COPS. I think this goes along those lines. Watch till the end.

Photo by: jjmccabeza

When I saw the dramatic display by Lori at the Public Safety Committee where she was trying to convince legislators to further strip us of our rights through the threat of imprisonment and violence, she wore a Bullet Proof Vest. She did so to convey her unfounded fear that the California will be so dangerous a place to live that bullet proof vest would be needed just to go outdoors, if we don’t ban open carry this year. Even though open carry has never been illegal in California, and there is no evidence of open carry causing harm to another person, Lori thinks it should be banned to make her and a few other hoplophobes feel safer.

I said all of that to say this. I do believe that this is a part of a larger agenda to make people victims and more reliant on the “State” and its “Services”. To prove this I’m going to take inspiration from Lori herself and wear a Bullet Proof Vest everyday if AB 1934 passes and becomes law. Donning a vest intended to prevent punctures to my body is the ultimate in passive self-protection, it posses no threat to others around me, it can’t be loaded, it can’t be made into a weapon, it’s safe. And apparently Lori doesn’t see a problem with wearing one… but she will.

I declare here on this 22nd day of April 2010 that in an open carry/concealed carry banned California, legislators (maybe even Lori herself) will attempt to ban the Bullet Proof Vest Movement in California. Thousands of Californians will wear bullet proof vest to work, while shopping, at the grocery store, while picking up the kids from school, at the bank, at Starbucks, etc. After a year of activity by this movement and its members, lawmakers will cite public unrest and police safety as the key reasons for banning the open display of bullet proof vests.

They’ll be quoted in newspaper and on TV. “I just don’t feel safe when I see someone walking around with a bullet proof vest on, this isn’t the wild west” one women says. Police Chief Snuffy says, ”Look, when my officers come onto a scene and they see a guy wearing a SWAT Team quality vest. They don’t know what he’s up to and Officer Safety is paramount” adding, “Furtive movements by a vest wearer could end in tragedy”.

Please join me in getting this non-aggressive, peaceful activity outlawed!

This will be my straw, let’s hope they never place it on the Camel’s back.

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Wearing a bullet proof vest, Assemblywoman Lori Saldana, D-San Diego, testified in support of her measure that would make it illegal to openly carry a gun in public, even if it’s unloaded, during a hearing of the Assembly Public Safety Committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Tuesday, April 20, 2010. The bill was approved by the committee by a 4-2 vote. Saldana wore the vest to emphasize her point that unloaded guns pose a threat, in part because gun owners are allowed to carry ammunition and could load their weapons in seconds.