{"id":20056,"date":"2011-05-17T11:27:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T17:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=20056"},"modified":"2020-09-20T21:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T02:38:33","slug":"lets-give-credit-where-its-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=20056","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Give Credit Where It&#8217;s Due"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the list of Minnesota House members who voted <em>for <\/em>HF1467 &#8211; which expands the human right of self-defense, and creates a legal <em>possibility <\/em>that demonstrably-legitimate self-defense shootings don&#8217;t have to plead &#8220;guilty with an explanation&#8221; for exercising the human right to defend their lives and their families from lethal threats.<\/p>\n<p>If you see your representative on this list, please send them a nice &#8220;thank you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abeler, Jim (R-48B) rep.jim.abeler@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Anderson, Bruce (R-19A) rep.bruce.anderson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Anderson, Paul (R-13A) rep.paul.anderson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Anderson, Sarah (R-43A) rep.sarah.anderson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anzelc, Tom<\/strong> (DFL-03A) rep.tom.anzelc@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Banaian, King (R-15B) rep.king.banaian@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Barrett, Bob (R-17B) rep.bob.barrett@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Beard, Michael (R-35A) rep.mike.beard@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Benson, Mike (R-30B) rep.mike.benson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Bills, Kurt (R-37B) rep.kurt.bills@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Buesgens, Mark (R-35B) rep.mark.buesgens@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Cornish, Tony (R-24B) rep.tony.cornish@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Crawford, Roger (R-08B) rep.roger.crawford@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Daudt, Kurt (R-17A) rep.kurt.daudt@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Davids, Greg (R-31B) rep.greg.davids@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Dean, Matt (R-52B) rep.matt.dean@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Dettmer, Bob (R-52A) rep.bob.dettmer@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dill, David<\/strong> (DFL-06A) rep.david.dill@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Downey, Keith (R-41A) rep.keith.downey@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Drazkowski, Steve (R-28B) rep.steve.drazkowski@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eken, Kent<\/strong> (DFL-02A) rep.kent.eken@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Erickson, Sondra (R-16A) rep.sondra.erickson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Fabian, Dan (R-01A) rep.dan.fabian@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Franson, Mary (R-11B) rep.mary.franson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Garofalo, Pat (R-36B) rep.pat.garofalo@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Gottwalt, Steve (R-15A) rep.steve.gottwalt@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Gruenhagen, Glenn (R-25A) rep.glenn.gruenhagen@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Gunther, Bob (R-24A) rep.bob.gunther@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hackbarth, Tom (R-48A) rep.tom.hackbarth@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hamilton, Rod (R-22B) rep.rod.hamilton@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hancock, David (R-02B) rep.david.hancock@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Holberg, Mary Liz (R-36A) rep.maryliz.holberg@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hoppe, Joe (R-34B) rep.joe.hoppe@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hosch, Larry<\/strong> (DFL-14B) rep.larry.hosch@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Howes, Larry (R-04B) rep.larry.howes@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kath, Kory<\/strong> (DFL-26A) rep.kory.kath@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Kelly, Tim (R-28A) rep.tim.kelly@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Kieffer, Andrea (R-56B) rep.andrea.kieffer@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Kiel, Debra (R-01B) rep.deb.kiel@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Kiffmeyer, Mary (R-16B) rep.mary.kiffmeyer@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Koenen, Lyle<\/strong> (DFL-20B) rep.lyle.koenen@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Kriesel, John (R-57A) rep.john.kriesel@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Lanning, Morrie (R-09A) rep.morrie.lanning@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Leidiger, Ernie (R-34A) rep.ernie.leidiger@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>LeMieur, Mike (R-12B) rep.mike.lemieur@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Lohmer, Kathy (R-56A) rep.kathy.lohmer@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Loon, Jenifer (R-42B) rep.jenifer.loon@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Mack, Tara (R-37A) rep.tara.mack@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marquart, Paul<\/strong> (DFL-09B) rep.paul.marquart@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Mazorol, Pat (R-41B) rep.pat.mazorol@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>McDonald, Joe (R-19B) rep.joe.mcdonald@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>McNamara, Denny (R-57B) rep.denny.mcnamara@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melin, Carly<\/strong> (DFL-05B) rep.carly.melin@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Murdock, Mark (R-10B) rep.mark.murdock@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Murray, Rich (R-27A) rep.rich.murray@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Myhra, Pam (R-40A) rep.pam.myhra@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Nornes, Bud (R-10A) rep.bud.nornes@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>O\u2019Driscoll, Tim (R-14A) rep.tim.odriscoll@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Peppin, Joyce (R-32A) rep.joyce.peppin@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Persell, John<\/strong> (DFL-04A) rep.john.persell@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Petersen, Branden (R-49B) rep.branden.petersen@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poppe, Jeanne<\/strong> (DFL-27B) rep.jeanne.poppe@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Quam, Duane (R-29A) rep.duane.quam@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Runbeck, Linda (R-53A) rep.linda.runbeck@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Sanders, Tim (R-51A) rep.tim.sanders@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Schomacker, Joe (R-22A) rep.joe.schomacker@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Scott, Peggy (R-49A) rep.peggy.scott@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Shimanski, Ron (R-18A) rep.ron.shimanski@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Smith, Steve (R-33A) rep.steve.smith@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Stensrud, Kirk (R-42A) rep.kirk.stensrud@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Swedzinski, Chris (R-21A) rep.chris.swedzinski@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Torkelson, Paul (R-21B) rep.paul.torkelson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Urdahl, Dean (R-18B) rep.dean.urdahl@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Vogel, Bruce (R-13B) rep.bruce.vogel@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ward, John<\/strong> (DFL-12A) rep.john.ward@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Wardlow, Doug (R-38B) rep.doug.wardlow@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Westrom, Torrey (R-11A) rep.torrey.westrom@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Woodard, Kelby (R-25B) rep.kelby.woodard@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Zellers, Kurt (R-32B) rep.kurt.zellers@house.mn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I bolded the names of the DFLers who bucked their party&#8217;s elitist, anti-civil-liberty stance (knowing that their outstate districts would not be amused); if you are represented by any them, send them an <em>especially <\/em>nice note. \u00a0Gun rights in Minnesota depends, at the moment, on DFLers with principle standing up to the vile, statist rot that is the Metrocrat wing of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news? \u00a0Here are the ones that walked in the footsteps of Stalin and Pot and Mao, and voted against the bill:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Benson, John (DFL-43B) rep.john.benson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Brynaert, Kathy (DFL-23B) rep.kathy.brynaert@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Carlson Sr., Lyndon (DFL-45B) rep.lyndon.carlson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Champion, Bobby Joe (DFL-58B) rep.bobby.champion@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Clark, Karen (DFL-61A) rep.karen.clark@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Davnie, Jim (DFL-62A) rep.jim.davnie@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Dittrich, Denise (DFL-47A) rep.denise.dittrich@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Doepke, Connie<\/strong> (R-33B) rep.connie.doepke@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Falk, Andrew (DFL-20A) rep.andrew.falk@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Fritz, Patti (DFL-26B) rep.patti.fritz@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Gauthier, Kerry (DFL-07B) rep.kerry.gauthier@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Greene, Marion (DFL-60A) rep.marion.greene@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Greiling, Mindy (DFL-54A) rep.mindy.greiling@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hansen, Rick (DFL-39A) rep.rick.hansen@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hausman, Alice (DFL-66B) rep.alice.hausman@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hayden, Jeff (DFL-61B) rep.jeff.hayden@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hilstrom, Debra (DFL-46B) rep.debra.hilstrom@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hilty, Bill (DFL-08A) rep.bill.hilty@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hornstein, Frank (DFL-60B) rep.frank.hornstein@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Hortman, Melissa (DFL-47B) rep.melissa.hortman@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Huntley, Thomas (DFL-07A) rep.thomas.huntley@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Johnson, Sheldon (DFL-67B) rep.sheldon.johnson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Kahn, Phyllis (DFL-59B) rep.phyllis.kahn@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Knuth, Kate (DFL-50B) rep.kate.knuth@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Laine, Carolyn (DFL-50A) rep.carolyn.laine@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Lenczewski, Ann (DFL-40B) rep.ann.lenczewski@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Lesch, John (DFL-66A) rep.john.lesch@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Lillie, Leon (DFL-55A) rep.leon.lillie@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Loeffler, Diane (DFL-59A) rep.diane.loeffler@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Mahoney, Tim (DFL-67A) rep.tim.mahoney@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Mariani, Carlos (DFL-65B) rep.carlos.mariani@house.mn<\/li>\n<li><strong>McFarlane, Carol<\/strong> (R-53B) rep.carol.mcfarlane@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Moran, Rena (DFL-65A) rep.rena.moran@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Morrow, Terry (DFL-23A) rep.terry.morrow@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Mullery, Joe (DFL-58A) rep.joe.mullery@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Murphy, Erin (DFL-64A) rep.erin.murphy@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Murphy, Mary (DFL-06B) rep.mary.murphy@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Nelson, Michael V. (DFL-46A) rep.michael.nelson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Norton, Kim (DFL-29B) rep.kim.norton@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Paymar, Michael (DFL-64B) rep.michael.paymar@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Pelowski Jr., Gene (DFL-31A) rep.gene.pelowski@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Peterson, Sandra (DFL-45A) rep.sandra.peterson@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Scalze, Bev (DFL-54B) rep.bev.scalze@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Simon, Steve (DFL-44A) rep.steve.simon@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Slawik, Nora (DFL-55B) rep.nora.slawik@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Slocum, Linda (DFL-63B) rep.linda.slocum@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Thissen, Paul (DFL-63A) rep.paul.thissen@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Tillberry, Tom (DFL-51B) rep.tom.tillberry@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Wagenius, Jean (DFL-62B) rep.jean.wagenius@house.mn<\/li>\n<li>Winkler, Ryan (DFL-44B) rep.ryan.winkler@house.mn<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I bolded the two Republicans who should have known better. \u00a0If you are represented by either of them &#8211; or have an interest &#8211; please send them a polite note asking for their reasons. \u00a0Feel free to forward them to me, if you get a moment.<\/p>\n<p>As to the other 48? \u00a0Most of them are metrocrats. \u00a0Most of them would get turned over their chairman&#8217;s knee and spanked if they broke with the DFL&#8217;s racist, paternalistic party line on this issue. \u00a0None of them is authorized to actually consider the facts, and none of them will.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocra-mn.org\/news\/\">Lists\u00a0courtesy\u00a0of GOCRA<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the list of Minnesota House members who voted for HF1467 &#8211; which expands the human right of self-defense, and creates a legal possibility that demonstrably-legitimate self-defense shootings don&#8217;t have to plead &#8220;guilty with an explanation&#8221; for exercising the human right to defend their lives and their families from lethal threats. 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