+ OUR NEWS FOR AUGUST 2010

...MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

This month's news and events about our equal rights including the right to keep and bear arms include:

--We recommend joining Second Amendment Foundation
--News and entertainment
--Events
--U.S. and Utah flag days
--Some SSSU accomplishments
--Go shooting
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WE RECOMMEND JOINING SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION

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 in 1974 with its lobbying group Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 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 daily KeepAndBearArms.com news aggregator, the semimonthly Gun Week 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

Backcountry Utah Radio
Black Rifle Radio
Discover Utah Wildlife Radio
Kyal 2K Show Radio
Local First Directory (July 1 at various distributers)
QPages Directory (June 1 at various distributers)
QSaltLake Magazine (July 22 and August 5 and 19at various distributers)
Tenth Amendment Center: Utah
Trail Master Outdoors Radio

--NATIONAL

Alphecca Blog
Armed American Radio
Here! Network Television
In the Life Television
Logo Network Television
NRANews.com Television
Outdoor Channel Television
Snowflakes In Hell Blog
Sportsman Channel Television
Tammy Bruce Show Radio
TenthAmendmentCenter.com
Tom Gresham's Gun Talk Radio
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EVENTS

Announced events* this month include:

--APRIL 11 THROUGH AUGUST 22: PRIDE COMMUNITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Pride Community Softball League continues to host on Sundays from April 11 through Aug. 22 its 2010 season at Salt Lake City Parks Division Jordan Park Southwest Field at 1060 South 900 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104-1515.

--AUGUST 14: TEMPLE SQUARES "TASTE OF" DANCING CLASS
Temple Squares square dance club will host on Aug. 14 at 7:00 p.m. its "Taste of" gender-neutral dancing class at The Columbus Center at 2531 South 400 East, South Salt Lake City, Utah 84115-3305.

--AUGUST 18: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LGBT RESOURCE CENTER "SAFE-ZONE TRAINING"
University of Utah Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center will host on Aug. 18 at 7:00 p.m. its "Safe-Zone Training" at the university A. Ray Olpin Union Building Union Den at 200 South Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9109.

--AUGUST 21 THROUGH 22: ROCKY MOUNTAIN GUN SHOW
Rocky Mountain Gun Shows will host on Aug. 21 through 22 its gun show at Golden Spike Events Center at 1000 North 1200 West, Ogden, Utah 84401-3441. An admission-discount coupon is available at the group web site (http://www.rockymountaingunshows.com/flyer4.pdf).

--AUGUST 22: UTAH PRIDE CENTER GOLF CLASSIC TOURNAMENT "DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY"
Utah Pride Center will host on Aug. 22 at 6:30 a.m. its 11th annual Golf Classic Tournament "Drive for Diversity" at Stonebridge Golf Course at 4415 West Links Drive (2400 South), West Valley City, Utah 84120-8221.

*WHILE NOT LEGAL ADVICE, PLEASE REMEMBER AT ALL EVENTS THAT UTAH LAWS:
(Updated on June 28, 2010)

--Must not prohibit or unconstitutionally restrict the individual "right to keep and bears arms" that is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America [1], [2]

--Protect generally the possession of 1) an unconcealed or concealed weapon (including a loaded or unloaded firearm) 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) by a citizen who is 18 years of age or older; and 3) an unconcealed weapon (including, in certain cases, an unloaded firearm) by a citizen who is under 18 years of age and has "the permission of his parent or guardian to have the weapon" [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]

--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 [10]

--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) [11], [12]

--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" [13]

--Prohibit a state- or local-government worker including a law-enforcement officer from enforcing "any 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" [14]
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U.S. AND UTAH FLAG DAYS

Official federal and state flag days this month include these holidays:

--JULY 24: UTAH PIONEER DAY
This state holiday celebrates the 163rd anniversary of the Mormon settlement of the state.
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SOME SSSU ACCOMPLISHMENTS

We are asked often what SSSU has accomplished. A summary of our work shows how we:

--Joined other firearm groups in 2008 to lobby members of the Utah Senate successfully 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 administrators of the University of Utah could prohibit the possession of firearms by citizens at the university.

--Lobbied the 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 Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City and South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah.

--Joined other firearm groups in 2007 to lobby members of the Utah Legislature successfully for legislation which protects the possession of firearms by citizens at public school and university properties.

--Graded state and federal candidates for elected public office since 2004 so voters could make informed choices.

--Lobbied gay members of the Utah Legislature since 2003 to enroll in special Utah Concealed Firearm Permit classes which are offered annually to them by other firearm groups.

--Lobbied members of the Utah Legislature since 2003 about every bill which would disproportionately affect gay Utahns and firearm owners.

--Welcomed more gay Utahns to the shooting sports since 2002 than any other gay firearm group worldwide.
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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. Here are our recommended instructor and ranges.
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