North Carolina Gun Rights Supporters:
Today you should celebrate a great victory. Thanks to your efforts, the omnibus gun bill, HB 650 -- http://grnc.org/what-hb-650-means-to-you, engineered by Grass Roots North Carolina becomes effective today, and with it you may now enjoy the benefits of Castle Doctrine, concealed carry in parks and game lands, legal protection for collectors of fully automatic firearms, improved concealed handgun permit issuance, and far more.
Now for the bad news: Republicans in the legislature continue to stonewall on giving you restaurant carry, municipalities are doing their best to willfully subvert concealed carry in parks, and worst of all ...
Your home state is being targeted by Obama leftists!
That's right: Obama has you in his sights. Not just by visiting the state repeatedly (on your dime, of course), not just by staging the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte ... no, you can expect to see the same ACORN-inspired leftists "occupying" the state you call home!
"Parties agree: N.C. is key to 2012," said a recent headline. "It's hard to put together a scenario in which a Republican [presidential candidate] gets 270 electoral votes without North Carolina," said one GOP strategist. Will you let the loony left turn a conservative state "blue" once again?
And it gets worse: Not only are Obama's people setting you up for a second term, in which they will unveil the full anti-gun agenda they have camouflaged until now, but if 2008 is any representation ...
Obama's "coat-tail" effect could undo
everything you have accomplished in the state!
Remember the last time? Avowed anti-gunner Joe Hackney (GRNC 0-star) as Speaker of the House; ACLU director Deborah Ross (0-star) as chair of the powerful Judiciary Committee, where all gun bills are heard; Hugh Holliman (0-star) as House Majority Leader.
Remember how Holliman & Co. killed your Castle Doctrine bill? (Before GRNC removed him from office, of course.) Remember the narrowly-defeated bills to register gun owners with the State Bureau of Investigation, or to prosecute gun owners for having the audacity to have guns stolen from them?
That's our future unless we act ASAP!
GRNC is getting bigger, better and stronger. We've revamped our alerts and our web site. We're working more gun shows - and activating more gun owners - across the state than ever before.
In 2010, GRNC's "Remember in November" project put essential information on which candidates support your rights into the hands of 110,000 gun voters, including 75,000 mailed directly to them. The GRNC Political Victory Fund mailed tens of thousands of postcard election alerts and did radio spots in 14 state races and one congressional race.
But we need more!
To repel the left, to preserve and extend our gains, and to rout Obama in a critical state ...
I want YOU to help GRNC, in the 2012 election, to get out 150,000 voter guides; to mail 100,000 to gun owning voters, and to do postcard election alerts and radio spots in at least 20 races where we can make a difference.
Yes, I know you're short of cash. The economy is lousy; maybe - like me - you're earning a fraction of what you used to; maybe you don't even have a job.
But understand this: What's at stake is the future - the future for you, for your kids, and for your country. So I'm asking you to:
Contribute to Grass Roots North Carolina! -- http://grnc.org/join-grnc/contribute
Even if you are already a member, and even if you have already done so, we need your help and we need it now.
If you know me, you know I don't make a habit of dunning you for money. And if you know GRNC, you know we promise to put your money to more efficient, effective use than any other gun rights organization; GRNC promises you "Max" bang for your legislative buck.
So please help GRNC defend the gains we've made and further our inroads toward restoring your constitutionally-protected freedoms.
Armatissimi e liberissimi,
F. Paul Valone
President, Grass Roots North Carolina
Today you should celebrate a great victory. Thanks to your efforts, the omnibus gun bill, HB 650 -- http://grnc.org/what-hb-650-means-to-you, engineered by Grass Roots North Carolina becomes effective today, and with it you may now enjoy the benefits of Castle Doctrine, concealed carry in parks and game lands, legal protection for collectors of fully automatic firearms, improved concealed handgun permit issuance, and far more.
Now for the bad news: Republicans in the legislature continue to stonewall on giving you restaurant carry, municipalities are doing their best to willfully subvert concealed carry in parks, and worst of all ...
Your home state is being targeted by Obama leftists!
That's right: Obama has you in his sights. Not just by visiting the state repeatedly (on your dime, of course), not just by staging the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte ... no, you can expect to see the same ACORN-inspired leftists "occupying" the state you call home!
"Parties agree: N.C. is key to 2012," said a recent headline. "It's hard to put together a scenario in which a Republican [presidential candidate] gets 270 electoral votes without North Carolina," said one GOP strategist. Will you let the loony left turn a conservative state "blue" once again?
And it gets worse: Not only are Obama's people setting you up for a second term, in which they will unveil the full anti-gun agenda they have camouflaged until now, but if 2008 is any representation ...
Obama's "coat-tail" effect could undo
everything you have accomplished in the state!
Remember the last time? Avowed anti-gunner Joe Hackney (GRNC 0-star) as Speaker of the House; ACLU director Deborah Ross (0-star) as chair of the powerful Judiciary Committee, where all gun bills are heard; Hugh Holliman (0-star) as House Majority Leader.
Remember how Holliman & Co. killed your Castle Doctrine bill? (Before GRNC removed him from office, of course.) Remember the narrowly-defeated bills to register gun owners with the State Bureau of Investigation, or to prosecute gun owners for having the audacity to have guns stolen from them?
That's our future unless we act ASAP!
GRNC is getting bigger, better and stronger. We've revamped our alerts and our web site. We're working more gun shows - and activating more gun owners - across the state than ever before.
In 2010, GRNC's "Remember in November" project put essential information on which candidates support your rights into the hands of 110,000 gun voters, including 75,000 mailed directly to them. The GRNC Political Victory Fund mailed tens of thousands of postcard election alerts and did radio spots in 14 state races and one congressional race.
But we need more!
To repel the left, to preserve and extend our gains, and to rout Obama in a critical state ...
I want YOU to help GRNC, in the 2012 election, to get out 150,000 voter guides; to mail 100,000 to gun owning voters, and to do postcard election alerts and radio spots in at least 20 races where we can make a difference.
Yes, I know you're short of cash. The economy is lousy; maybe - like me - you're earning a fraction of what you used to; maybe you don't even have a job.
But understand this: What's at stake is the future - the future for you, for your kids, and for your country. So I'm asking you to:
Contribute to Grass Roots North Carolina! -- http://grnc.org/join-grnc/contribute
Even if you are already a member, and even if you have already done so, we need your help and we need it now.
If you know me, you know I don't make a habit of dunning you for money. And if you know GRNC, you know we promise to put your money to more efficient, effective use than any other gun rights organization; GRNC promises you "Max" bang for your legislative buck.
So please help GRNC defend the gains we've made and further our inroads toward restoring your constitutionally-protected freedoms.
Armatissimi e liberissimi,
F. Paul Valone
President, Grass Roots North Carolina