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Dedicated to the sovereignty
of Missourians.

Second Amendment Preservation Act

Veto Override Session is less than 5 weeks away!


There's work to do!

Missouri First Home

On September 11, 2013, the Missouri General Assembly will meet in their annual Veto Override Session to consider which of the governor's vetoes they will attempt to override. High on the priority list will be HB 436, the Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA).

Just as a huge outcry from citizens propelled that bill to passage by the Missouri House and Senate, our involvement over the next five weeks will make a difference in whether Missouri has the best Second Amendment protections in the country or remains susceptible to federal infringements on the right to keep and bear arms.

Your help is essential, starting right now and lasting right up to the huge rally planned for Sept. 11 at the Capitol in Jefferson City.

Here are the things we are asking you to do:
  • Write letters to editors of your local newspaper. We need LOTS of letters, each week between now and the 11th.
    • The letters can be as short as 50 words or as long as the paper will allow - usually between 250 and 400 words. Anything is better than nothing. You can also ask for an oped slot if you want to write a longer piece.
    • (Look for an email from me with a special online tool that will make this easier.)
    • The SAPA Resource Page has examples of LTEs (letter to editors) and talking points.
    • VERY IMPORTANT: Editors publish letters about issues they think their readers are interested in, so even if your letter isn't the one to get published, it will help persuade the editor to publish someone else's letter on the same subject.

  • Write, call, and meet with your state Rep and Senator. Tell him or her just how important this veto override is to you. Ask for their commitment to vote for the override.
    • (Look for an email from me with your legislator's contact info and also a record of his vote on HB 436.)
    • There are lots of events, like fund-raisers, going on right now. There's nothing as good as a face to face meeting to make an impression on how important this is to you.
    • Please let me know if you find any legislators who are not willing to commit.

  • Call in to radio talk shows to promote the SAPA.

  • Attend the huge rally and lobbying day on Sept. 11 at the Capitol.
Of course, we each need to recruit as many people as possible to do all the above.

Please watch for more emails from me and check the SAPA Resource Page for tools to help you in this fight for BOTH the 2nd and 10th Amendments!

(Let me know if you don't want these emails.)

For liberty,

- Ron

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Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA)

SAPA Resource Page
Check in regularly to see what you can do to help override Gov. Nixon's veto of HB 436

Print the PDF version of this poster. Ask your local gun stores to display it. Tape a copy inside your car or truck window!

SAPA Poster
2nd Amendment Preservation Act
signs in jpg & pdf


The Main Responsibility of Government Officials
“That all constitutional government is intended to promote the general welfare of the people; that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the enjoyment of the gains of their own industry; that all persons are created equal and are entitled to equal rights and opportunity under the law; that to give security to these things is the principal office of government, and that when government does not confer this security, it fails in its chief design.” (emphasis added) (MO Const. Art. I, Sec. 2)


The Ratification Clause of the U.S. Constitution
"The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same."

 

The Supremacy Clause
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land” (emphasis added) (U.S. Constitution, Article VI)


Hamilton on the Supremacy Clause
“I maintain that the word supreme imports no more than this — that the Constitution, and laws made in pursuance thereof, cannot be controlled or defeated by any other law. The acts of the United States, therefore, will be absolutely obligatory as to all the proper objects and powers of the general government...but the laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding(emphasis added) (Alexander Hamilton, at New York’s ratifying convention).

 

 

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