Len Munsil » Gun Rights

BREAKFAST IN GLOBE, GUN RIGHTS IN TUCSON

Len Munsil — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:39:17 +0000

I enjoyed visiting the Cobre Valley Republican Club in Globe Saturday morning, where I found many Munsil for Governor supporters already in place. I recall visiting family there as a boy; one of my uncles was minister at a Methodist church in Globe.
From there we traveled to Tucson for Saturday night’s National Rifle Association gathering, which was packed. We had a chance to let people know I have the support of gun store owners in Scottsdale, Prescott and Chino Valley because of my long track record of support for the Second Amendment and for Arizona’s constitutional protections for gun owners.

PLAYING BOTH SIDES

Len Munsil — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:36:40 +0000

Janet Napolitano continues her peculiar form of cautious, calculating non-leadership by trying to play both sides of yet another issue. Today, she signed into law an NRA-backed bill to protect citizens who claim self-defense and use force against intruders. Unfortunately, last week Napolitano vetoed another bill backed by the NRA. As the Tribune reported:

The governor rebuffed legislative efforts to trim her power to impose any restrictions on the sale, carrying or use of firearms during an emergency. She acknowledged that police in New Orleans illegally took firearms from homeowners in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but she said the legislation “addresses a problem that does not and never has existed in Arizona.’’

So according to Napolitano, you homeowners can use a gun to defend yourself in your home … unless she declares a state of emergency and takes your gun away first.

MODERATE NO MORE

Len Munsil — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:55:22 +0000

Gov. Napolitano shattered her carefully crafted image as a moderate to conservative Democrat with a string of vetoes Monday that revealed her as a liberal activist.
Clearly hoping to avoid the effect of one liberal veto after another, she released them all at once, hoping they would get lost in the media shuffle. In one day, she showed her liberal views on immigration, gun control and abortion.
IMMIGRATION: She vetoed an effort to allow local police to enforce the rule of law against those who are here illegally. While border security should be our first priority, and while we need to equip police agencies with training to make this effort worthwhile, Napolitano’s veto of this simple bill reveals that all of her tough talk about immigration is exactly that — talk. She simply cannot be trusted, after 11 years in authority on this issue, to do anything to stem the tide of illegal immigration in our state.
GUN RIGHTS: She vetoed an effort to prevent the Governor from being able to take people’s guns away during an emergency. The right to keep and bear arms, under both our federal and state constitutions, is fundamental to liberty. An emergency is exactly when that right needs to be protected. Incredibly, despite admitting that the government took people’s guns away without authority during the Katrina disaster, Napolitano vetoed this measure. Apparently she wants the ability to take your gun away in an emergency. No member of the NRA should even think about voting for Janet Napolitano for re-election.
ABORTION: Whether you are pro-choice or pro-life, the vast majority of citizens believe that our tax dollars should not pay for elective abortions, and that parents should know when their minor daughters are having an abortion. Janet Napolitano promised the abortion industry that she would protect their interests, and this may be the only campaign promise she has kept. She vetoed reasonable, moderate regulations that prevented taxpayer funds from paying for abortions and required a notarized statement from parents before their child could be operated on.
Moderates, pay attention — Janet Napolitano is no moderate. She is a liberal ideologue on immigration, on gun control and on abortion.