{"id":57140,"date":"2016-01-14T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=57140"},"modified":"2016-01-13T21:43:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T03:43:07","slug":"small-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=57140","title":{"rendered":"Small Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making government follow the rules? \u00a0Should be a gimme.<\/p>\n

It’s never a gimme.<\/p>\n

But the folks at the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance (GOCRA) notched a couple of wins earlier this week. \u00a0You can, in fact, fight city hall.<\/p>\n

First? \u00a0A DMV office in Anoka tried to post itself “No Guns Allowed” – which is in fact against the law.<\/p>\n

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Click to see full-sized image. All photos courtesy GOCRA.<\/p><\/div>\n

But the sign is gone now<\/a>. \u00a0 Which is a reminder, BTW – state and local government offices, except for courthouses and buildings that include courtrooms,\u00a0can not\u00a0<\/em>be posted (Federal buildings can – don’t carry there).<\/p>\n

And the city of Brooklyn Center added its own special, extra-intrusive, and extralegal questionnaire to its “permit to purchase” process:<\/p>\n

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Nosey much? Click to see full-size.<\/p><\/div>\n

But it‘s gone now, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That, by the way, is a way you can help. \u00a0While most of the “No Guns Allowed” signs disappeared from private businesses within months of the passage of “Shall Issue” (gun owners are better customers and better tippers than the general public), every few months we see the occasional government office trying to sneak one in.<\/p>\n

No dice, people. \u00a0Our civil rights are not negotiable.<\/p>\n

Just a quick reminder – GOCRA<\/a> has been in the civil rights business for 26 years, now. \u00a0It’s one of a number of great civil rights groups in the Twin Cities – and, on 2nd Amendment issues, it’s the big one.<\/p>\n

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