{"id":54116,"date":"2015-07-02T13:31:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T18:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=54116"},"modified":"2015-07-02T13:31:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T18:31:38","slug":"in-effect-yall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=54116","title":{"rendered":"In Effect, Y&#8217;all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All the effort from this past session paid off starting yesterday. The five new gun bills passed this past session <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20150701\/minnesota-pro-gun-provisions-take-effect-in-the-north-star-state\">are now in effect<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Governor Flint-Smith may not order firearm confiscations during states of emergency. \u00a0To me, this is the big daddy of &#8217;em all.<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota is now one of forty states that is compliant with Federal law regarding suppressors (aka &#8220;Mufflers for your Gun&#8221;, an accessory that is\u00a0<em>mandatory\u00a0<\/em>for hunting in some countries) and purchasing of long guns in non-contiguous states &#8211; both areas where Minnesota lagged federal law by three solid decades.\n<ul>\n<li>Also &#8211; on August 1, it&#8217;ll be legal to use suppressors while hunting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, your carry permit is valid without any additional muss and fuss at the Capitol complex &#8211; the Capitol (not that you can get in there), the SOB, the SLOB (when it opens), the Supreme Court, the Minnesota Historical Society, and probably a few more buildings I&#8217;m forgetting.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, our carry permits are now reciprocal with more other states. \u00a0No more stopping at gas stations in Moorhead or East Grand Forks to transfer something that&#8217;s legal in Minnesota but a gross misdemeanor in North Dakota from your pocket to your trunk. \u00a0So says a friend of mine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is all to the good. \u00a0But the question is &#8211; what next?<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, we, the Real Americans of the Minnesota Second Amendment movement, need to focus on the big two; Stand Your Ground, and Constitutional Carry. \u00a0Both of those will be long-term jobs, though, depending on an even more human-rights-friendly legislature than we have, and a pro-gun, likely GOP governor. \u00a0That&#8217;s going to take some time and effort. \u00a0We can do it &#8211; and this blog is going to focus on both.<\/p>\n<p>But in the short term? \u00a0I think banning physicians from asking about guns as part of routine patient screening would be a great place to start. \u00a0It&#8217;s an entirely political exercise, suggested by the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians and adopted by doctors both maliciously anti-gun and, mostly, those who don&#8217;t care. \u00a0And it&#8217;s nothing but an attempt to use the prestige of the medical profession to bully people out of owning firearms. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2015\/06\/what-to-do-when-your-doctor-asks-about-your-guns\/#axzz3eZA9Ni4v\">Several states have already acted<\/a>; Minnesota should get doctors out of doing Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s work for him.<\/p>\n<p>There are many things that need doing &#8211; but I think that&#8217;d be a good project on the way to the big win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the effort from this past session paid off starting yesterday. The five new gun bills passed this past session are now in effect: Governor Flint-Smith may not order firearm confiscations during states of emergency. \u00a0To me, this is the big daddy of &#8217;em all. 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