{"id":26049,"date":"2012-02-08T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=26049"},"modified":"2012-02-07T04:54:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T10:54:28","slug":"tomorrow-time-to-stand-up-for-stand-your-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=26049","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow:  Time To Stand Up For Stand Your Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Cornish&#8217;s &#8220;Stand Your Ground&#8221; bill &#8211; which would make legal self-defense a more tenable option for law-abiding Minnesotans &#8211; is coming up for another hearing in the Senate tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>For the second straight day, I&#8217;m going to urge all Second-Amendment supporting Minnesotans to get on the phone. \u00a0These Senators are all pretty much in line to\u00a0<strong>support HF1467\/SF1357<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1012&amp;ls=\">Michelle L. Fischbach<\/a>,\u00a0(651) 296-2084<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1016&amp;ls=\">David W. Hann<\/a>,\u00a0651) 296-1749<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1120&amp;ls=\">Ingebrigtsen, Bill<\/a>,\u00a0651) 297-8063<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1175&amp;ls=\">Magnus, Doug<\/a>,\u00a0(651) 296-5650<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1173&amp;ls=\">Scott J. Newman<\/a>,\u00a0651) 296-4131<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1043&amp;ls=\">Gen Olson<\/a>, (651) 296-1282<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1165&amp;ls=\">Mike Parry<\/a>,\u00a0(651) 296-9457<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They could use a call to encourage them, but mainly thank them for their continued support for Civil Liberties in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Three more Senators on the committee &#8211;\u00a0Terri E. Bonoff, Barb Goodwin and Linda Higgins &#8211; are worthless Metrocrats. \u00a0Rust-encrusted enemies of civil liberty, none of them is worth the time it&#8217;d take to contact them.<\/p>\n<p>The last two&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1029&amp;ls=\">Keith Langseth<\/a>\u00a0(651) 296-3205<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.leg.state.mn.us\/members\/member_bio.php?mem_id=1063&amp;ls=\">LeRoy A. Stumpf<\/a>.\u00a0(651) 296-8660<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&#8230;are outstate DFLers, representing the kind of people who, though they&#8217;re DFLers, haven&#8217;t drunk <em>all <\/em>the statist Koolaid. \u00a0Langseth has indicated he&#8217;s not running for re-election, and he&#8217;s likely sold his vote for the DFL&#8217;s customary 13 pieces of silver. \u00a0But Stumpf, with some polite, reasoned pressure from Real Americans and Real Minnesotans [1], might be turnable.<\/div>\n<p>So please &#8211; take a moment to email or (especially) call today; the hearing is tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Remember &#8211; have them\u00a0<strong>support\u00a0<\/strong><strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_1_1328583200211297\">HF1467\/SF1357.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] Yeah, I went there. \u00a0Whatchagonnadoabout it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Cornish&#8217;s &#8220;Stand Your Ground&#8221; bill &#8211; which would make legal self-defense a more tenable option for law-abiding Minnesotans &#8211; is coming up for another hearing in the Senate tomorrow. 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