{"id":43719,"date":"2014-05-12T05:51:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=43719"},"modified":"2014-05-13T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T20:11:18","slug":"the-harsh-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=43719","title":{"rendered":"The Harsh Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE:\u00a0 As noted in a subsequent post<\/a>, Mr. Doakes is in rare error about the effect of the bills he refers to.\u00a0 Please see the linked post for the response from GOCRA – which includes comments from Joe Doakes indicating that he misread the law.<\/p>\n

Unlike some bloggers, I never remove posts – but I will make sure the context is clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

———-<\/p>\n

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n

Amending the statute relating to loss of firearms rights.<\/p>\n

Allegation of child abuse \u2013 must have actual notice of the hearing so you can attend to contest issuance of the order.<\/p>\n

Conviction for domestic abuse, stalking \u2013 you lost your case at trial, so you had notice and could contest the verdict.<\/p>\n

Standard ex parte 518B.01 domestic abuse restraining order \u2013 no such requirement. Your domestic partner complains and you instantly lose your right to possess any firearms, for self-defense or hunting or anything. You don\u2019t even have to turn in the firearms \u2013 the court must order the cops to go to your house and seize them, without a warrant.<\/p>\n

It already passed the House so it should become law this session. Ripe for abuse and unlikely to save lives. But who will stand up against it?<\/p>\n

Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Standing against” it is the easy part. \u00a0Derailing a DFL political train, not so much.<\/p>\n

The state is full of gun groups (some of them actually based in Iowa<\/a>) that “stand against” this bill, loudly and with impeccable principle.<\/p>\n

The problem, of course, is getting the votes to force changes to the bill. \u00a0Some<\/em>\u00a0of the most noxious provisions\u00a0did\u00a0<\/em>get stripped out early (back in March), but the DFL is waiting with the “What you support wife-beaters?” line at a moment’s notice. \u00a0Count on it.<\/p>\n

And remember – they have the votes, and leadership that owes Michael Bloomberg a victory, even a small one, after all the money they poured into this state in the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

So some version of this bill is going to pass.<\/p>\n

And if you’re a gun owner, the\u00a0only\u00a0<\/em>solution is taking back the legislature with actual pro-Second-Amendment legislators.<\/p>\n

Not posturing. \u00a0Not bellowing about principle, or demanding a “constitutional carry” bill<\/a> in a DFL-controlled legislature where we barely avoided a seven round magazine restriction last year.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: More on this story tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOTE:\u00a0 As noted in a subsequent post, Mr. Doakes is in rare error about the effect of the bills he refers to.\u00a0 Please see the linked post for the response from GOCRA – which includes comments from Joe Doakes indicating that he misread the law. Unlike some bloggers, I never remove posts – but I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,132,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grass-roots","category-mn-legislature","category-victim-disarmament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43719"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43721,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43719\/revisions\/43721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}