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NRA stands up to opponents of the Wicker Amendment

The National Rifle Association responds that the usual liberals are attacking Senator Roger Wicker's efforts to protect the Second Amendment rights of Amtrack users.

Last week, we reported on the Wicker amendment—a NRA-backed amendment to H.R. 3288 (the FY 2010 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations bill) that would reform policies regarding the transportation of firearms on Amtrak trains. The measure was adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, September 16, by a vote of 68-30, and would allow law-abiding Amtrak passengers the ability to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage while traveling by Amtrak train. Currently, passengers who choose to travel by passenger rail in the United States cannot transport a firearm in checked baggage as they can on airlines.

Not wanting to miss any opportunity to grandstand and show off his vehemently anti-gun views, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine (D) sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to oppose the Wicker amendment.

The Governor said in his letter, “I am outraged by a provision included in the Senate FY10 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development ("THUD") appropriations bill that requires Amtrak to accept passengers who carry firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage. This provision creates an unacceptable threat to the safety of New Jerseyans.” Corzine, of course, ignored the fact that American citizens safely transport firearms in checked baggage on airlines every day.

Corzine went on to say that he “will not allow the NRA to force guns to be transported or carried into places like Newark and New Brunswick Stations, the gateways to our major universities.”

“Force guns to be transported or carried” into New Jersey? That’s sensationalism at its finest. So much for the option of exercising our Second Amendment freedoms.

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Why conservatives don't rule Hollywood

There are some notable conservative actors, but to a large degree, Hollywood is very liberal. There is something in the creative culture that lends itself to liberal conflict rather than conservative resolution. For example, a liberal would have made quite a horror movie out of this piece, but instead, a conservative got it and, well, its is much shorter.

NRA License Plates

From my latest NRA-ILA Alert:

Support your NRA by purchasing a specialized tag today! NRA license plates are now available through your county tax collector's office. The cost is $31, with $24 of that going to the NRA Foundation State Account to promote firearms training, youth hunter education, shooting range development and other programs specifically in Mississippi.

For a list of county tax collectors and office locations, please visit
http://www.mstc.state.ms.us/info/offices/mvlinfo.htm

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Is the Mississippi Democratic Party hypocritical on the Second Amendment?

The Mississippi Democratic Party suggests that Senator Thad Cochran is a hypocrite for opposing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

It brings to mind Senator Roger Wicker's reason for opposing Sotomayor:

"In refusing to confirm that the Second Amendment is a fundamental right that applies to all 50 states, and thus, all Americans, Judge Sotomayor shows an alarming hostility toward law-abiding gun owners across the country. This is a view that is certainly out of the mainstream in Mississippi and, I believe, across the rest of the nation."

Wicker is correct, not only is Sotomayor outside the mainstream in Mississippi, she is even outside the mainstream of the Mississippi Democratic Party, as we quote from its official party platform:

We believe in the affirmation of the Second Amendment as an individual right.

So the Mississippi Democratic Party is supporting a nominee who rejects its own platform on the Second Amendment. Who is the hypocrite now?