+ OUR NEWS FOR JUNE 2012
...MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
This month's news and events about our equal rights including the right to keep and bear arms include:
--Go shooting
--We recommend joining the Second Amendment Foundation
--News and entertainment
--Events
--U.S. and Utah flag days
--Some SSSU accomplishments
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GO SHOOTING
We no longer sponsor group meetings or other shooting events. Our simple reminder is to "go shooting." Most of our supporters shoot on their own schedules already, and we encourage that. We also encourage everyone to invite others or ask to be invited to shoot in pairs or small groups as they choose.
--RANGE VISITS AND OTHER SHOOTING EVENTS
One of our supporters is planning to host his own range visits and other shooting events for SSSU supporters and others. You may contact him at:
Brandon Myers
Utah Gays With Guns at Facebook
Utah Gays With Guns at Google+
(801)520-7286 Cell/Text Message
peacedreamer142@gmail.com
--CERTIFIED FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS
Two of our supporters are Utah registered instructors for the Utah Concealed Firearm Permit. They're always happy to include us in their ongoing CFP classes or offer personalized instruction. You may contact them at:
W. Clark Aposhian
Fair Warning Training
Post Office Box 71677
Salt Lake City, Utah 84171-0677
(801)943-5322 Office
(801)560-4836 Text Message
(801)733-7368 Facsimile
clark@fairwarning.biz
pooh01@msn.com
Scott Mogilefsky
Utah CCW Training LLC
Syracuse, Utah 84075-0000
(801)776-2206 Office
(801)745-5796 Cellular
scott@utahccwtraining.com
Tell them that you were referred by Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah for class discounts which they might be offering. The class is usually four to five hours. Good luck, and let us know how your training turns out. The state-CFP application fee is $60.00 for Utah residents and $65.00 for nonresidents (Starting April 1, 2012, the fee will be $46.00 for Utah residents and $51.00 for nonresidents).
We welcome you to share this message with others and enjoy the weapon sports!
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WE RECOMMEND JOINING THE SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION
The Second Amendment Foundation was one of the appellants of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. Chicago, 08-1521 (2009). The group is also the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal-action group focusing on the constitutional right and heritage to own and possess firearms. Founded with the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms lobbying group, the AmeriPAC American Political Action Committee, and the KeepAndBearArms.com daily news aggregator, the group has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters, and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. The group has defended the right of gay citizens to keep and bears arms in many of its lawsuits, and publishes Second Amendment-related books, the online and print monthly TheGunMag magazine, the monthly Gottlieb-Tartaro Report newsletter, the bi-monthly Women & Guns magazine, and the periodic Journal on Firearms and Public Policy law review.
Today's SAF offers many reasons to join now.
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NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Published news and entertainment this month include:
--LOCAL
Discover Utah Wildlife radio
Kyal 2K Show radio
Local First online directory
MyOutdoorTV.com: Utah video
Pinq Pages directory (June 1 at various distributers)
QSaltLake magazine (May 24 and June 7 and 21 at various distributers)
TenthAmendmentCenter.com: Utah blog
Trail Master Outdoors radio
--NATIONAL
Activist Post news
Alphecca blog
Armed American radio
FederalJack.com news
Here! Network television
In the Life television
Logo Network television
NRANews.com radio/television
Outdoor Channel television
Snowflakes In Hell blog
Sportsman Channel television
Tammy Bruce Show radio
TenthAmendmentCenter.com blog
Tom Gresham's Gun Talk radio
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EVENTS
SSSU publishes announced events which might interest our supporters and which protect the right of an individual to possess a concealed or unconcealed weapon including a firearm or knife.* Events which are produced at private properties may restrict such possession with written or verbal policies.
The events this month include:
--APRIL 15 THROUGH AUGUST 19: PRIDE SOFTBALL LEAGUE "2012 SEASON"
Pride Softball League will host from April 15 through Aug. 19 its "2012 Season" at the Salt Lake City Parks Division Sunnyside Park at 1735 East Sunnyside Avenue (840 South), Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-0000.
--JUNE 1: PINQ PAGES DIRECTORY
Watch for the new annual edition of the Pinq Pages directory on June 1. Our Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah display advertisement is featured prominently!
--JUNE 1 THROUGH 3: UTAH PRIDE FESTIVAL "CHANGING HEARTS AND LIVES"
The Utah Pride Festival will host on June 1 through 3 its annual festival events at Washington Square at 451 South State Street (100 East), Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-3102. UPDATE: Event producers republished its Festival Guidelines which prohibit guests with legal firearms inside the leased festival areas despite the state and federal laws that protect their attendance. SSSU advises its supporters therefore NOT to attend this event. Instead, complain to event producers about their rules, and attend the Pride Day 5K; the Dyke, Transgender and Interfaith Rallies and Marches; and the Utah Pride Parade events where state and federal laws protect the possession of weapons including firearms and knives by public spectators who are outside the leased festival areas.
--JUNE 2: UTAH PRIDE FESTIVAL AND WARP LLC "PRIDE DAY 5K" RUN, JOG AND WALK
The Utah Pride Festival and Wasatch Area Race Productions WARP LLC will host on June 2 its annual "Pride Day 5K" Run, Jog and Walk in the streets of Salt Lake City and will finish at Memory Grove Park at 300 North Canyon Road (200 East), Salt Lake City, Utah 84103-0000.
--JUNE 2: UTAH PRIDE FESTIVAL "DYKE, TRANSGENDER AND INTERFAITH RALLIES AND MARCHES"
The Utah Pride Festival will host on June 2 its annual "Dyke, Transgender and Interfaith Rallies and Marches" in the streets of Salt Lake City and will finish at Washington Square at 451 South State Street (100 East), Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-3102.
--JUNE 3: UTAH PRIDE FESTIVAL "PRIDE PARADE"
The Utah Pride Festival will host on June 3 its annual "Pride Parade" in the streets of Salt Lake City and will finish near West Temple Street at Broadway (300 South), Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1911.
--JUNE 7 THROUGH JULY 1: UTAH SUMMER GAMES
The Utah Summer Games will host on June 7 through July 1 its annual competitions throughout the state. Watch for the weapon-sports events (Archery, Fencing, Karate, Shooting, Tae Kwon Do and Trap Shooting).
--JUNE 26: UTAH PRIMARY ELECTIONS
County governments in Utah will host on June 26 the 2012 Utah Primary Elections at voting-precinct polling places throughout the state. SSSU endorsed candidates for election. Watch for the elections results.
--JUNE 28: STONEWALL DAY
This international holiday on June 28 memorializes the 1969 gay-liberation riots at the Stonewall Inn bar in New York.
--JULY 13 THROUGH 15: UTAH FILM CENTER "'DAMN! THESE HEELS' LGBT FILM FESTIVAL"
The Utah Film Center will host on July 13 through 15 its annual "'Damn! These Heels' LGBT Film Festival" at the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center at 138 West Broadway (300 South), Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1913.
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*WHILE NOT LEGAL ADVICE, PLEASE REMEMBER AT ALL EVENTS THAT UTAH LAWS AND RULES:
(Updated on May 10, 2010)
--Must not prohibit or restrict unconstitutionally the individual "right to keep and bears arms" that is guaranteed by Art. 1, Sec. 6 of the Utah Constitution and by the Second Amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America [1], [2], [3];
--Protect generally the possession of 1) an unconcealed or concealed weapon (including a loaded or unloaded firearm, or a knife) by a citizen who is 21 years of age or older, and is a Utah Concealed Firearm Permit holder; 2) an unconcealed weapon (including an unloaded firearm or a knife) by a citizen who is 18 years of age or older; and 3) an unconcealed weapon (including, in certain cases, an unloaded firearm or a knife) by a citizen who is under 18 years of age and has "the permission of his parent or guardian to have the weapon" [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10];
--Protect generally the possession of a weapon by a citizen at any location in the state except when the location is 1) a designated state- or federal-government secure area, or 2) a house of worship or private residence, building or property where the person who owns the house of worship or private residence, building or property restricts the possession and may enforce the restriction with a complaint of trespass [11];
--Protect generally the possession of a weapon by a citizen who is at a location where alcoholic beverages are served or who is consuming an alcoholic beverage, but the possession is unlawful when the citizen is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance with "the same level of influence or blood or breath alcohol concentration" that is unlawful when driving a motor vehicle (BAC of 0.08 grams or greater) [12], [13];
--Prohibit the confiscation of a weapon except by a law-enforcement officer when the officer detains or arrests an individual who possesses the weapon, and define the confiscation by a person other than the officer as "theft of property" which is punishable as a second-degree felony when the weapon is a firearm, or as a third-degree felony, class-A misdemeanor or class-B misdemeanor when the weapon isn't a firearm, and the theft as "civilly liable for three times the amount of actual damages [...] and for costs of suit and reasonable attorneys' fees" [14];
--Prohibit a local authority or state entity from enacting, establishing or enforcing an ordinance, regulation, rule or policy "pertaining to firearms that in any way inhibits or restricts the possession or use of firearms on either public or private property" "[u]nless specifically authorized by the Legislature," and prohibit a county, municipality or local district from adopting, enacting or enforcing an ordinance, regulation or rule "pertaining to a knife" "[u]nless specifically authorized by the Legislature" [15],
[16],
[17],
[18]; and
--Require that "[a]ll persons" at events and free-speech activities at non-exempt state facilities and grounds including the Capitol Hill Complex "must obey all applicable firearm laws, rules, and regulations" including those that protect the right of citizens to possess firearms at the events and activities; and provide that law-enforcement or security officers may warn or discipline "any person or group" who violates the applicable laws, rules and regulations [19], [20], [21], [22].
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UTAH AND U.S. FLAG DAYS
Official state and federal flag days this month include these holidays and commemorations:
--JUNE 14: FLAG DAY
This federal commemoration celebrates the history of the federal flag.
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SOME SSSU ACCOMPLISHMENTS
We are often asked what SSSU has accomplished. A summary of our work shows how we:
--Lobbied staffers of the Utah Department of Public Safety successfully in 2010 to repeal an unconstitutional administrative-rule restriction of the issuance of Utah Concealed Firearm Permits to citizens who were convicted of violating the state sodomy law.
--Helped lobby members of the Utah Senate successfully in 2008 against the confirmation of Utah 3rd District Court Judge Robert K. Hilder to serve as a member of the Utah Court of Appeals after he declared his opinion in 2003 that staffers of the University of Utah could prohibit the possession of firearms by citizens at the university.
--Lobbied staffers of the Salt Lake County Office of the District Attorney successfully in 2007 to repeal an illegal prohibition of the possession of firearms by citizens at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City and the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah.
--Helped lobby members of the Utah Legislature successfully in 2007 for legislation which protects the possession of firearms by citizens at public schools and universities.
--Helped host a National Rifle Association of America Inc. exhibit in 2005 at the Utah Democratic Convention.
--Endorsed state and federal candidates for elected public offices since 2004 so that voters could make informed choices.
--Lobbied gay and lesbian members of the Utah Legislature since 2003 to enroll in Utah Concealed Firearm Permit classes which are offered to them by other groups.
--Lobbied members of the Utah Legislature since 2003 about every bill which would disproportionately affect gay Utahns and weapon owners.
--Welcomed more gay and transgender Utahns to the shooting sports since 2002 than any other gay and transgender weapon group worldwide.
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