GOA Supports Ron Ramsey for Governor

[Tim Nunan]

Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Pl, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22151
http://www.goapvf.org


June 30, 2010

Dear Friend of the Second Amendment,

The Tennessee legislature recently overrode a veto by Governor Phil Bredesen on a bill to allow law-abiding Tennessee citizens with concealed carry permits to enter an establishment that sells alcohol.

Bredesen vetoed this measure twice, which does not come as a surprise to most Second Amendment supporters in the state as the governor often speaks out of both sides of his mouth concerning firearms and self protection.

Thankfully for Tennessee gun owners, Bredesen is on his way out and there is an opportunity to elect a real pro-gun leader to take his place.

Gun Owners of America is proud to support Ron Ramsey for Governor in the Republican primary.

Ramsey, the current Lieutenant Governor, displays a constitutional and historically accurate understanding of the Second Amendment and the threats that face it today.

As a strong Tenth Amendment advocate, Ramsey believes that "We must have a Governor who can stand up to federal officials who want to erode our basic rights."

In 1997, while serving in the state legislature, Ramsey carried a concealed carry bill that improved the state's right-to-carry. Ramsey's bill, which was signed into law, streamlined the application process so honest, law-abiding citizens would not have to wait up to a year to receive their permit.

Ramsey's strong support of the Constitution and the Second Amendment stands in stark contrast to other candidates in the race.

Bill Haslam, mayor of Knoxville since 2003, was a member of New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's gun-grabbing group Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

As a member of the group, Bill Haslam's name was part of a 2007 letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting a bill to prohibit the hundreds of thousands of people on the federal government's so-called terror "watch list" from purchasing firearms.

Under the bill, the Attorney General is permitted to strip away the civil liberties of Americans without due process of law and without the accused even knowing the details of the suspicion.

This provision was part of a larger bill that would have federalized even more gang and gun crimes, which properly belong at the state and local levels.

In 2008, Haslam's name again appeared on a letter to Reid and Pelosi seeking to close the non-existent and misleadingly named "gun show loophole." This legislation would have led to the closing down of gun shows and opened the door to complete federal control of private firearms transactions.

As soon as Haslam announced his bid for governor, he left Bloomberg's anti gun group with much haste. If that isn't the clearest sign of pandering and lip service, then we don't know what is.

Another opponent in the race, Representative Zach Wamp, also has a problem with your freedoms.

Rep. Wamp helped Sen. John McCain and liberals in Congress to put a stranglehold on free speech with the so-called Campaign Finance Reform Act (better known as the Incumbent Protection Act).

When Republican opposition stymied the bill in 2001, the anti-freedom crowd circulated a "discharge petition" to force it on to the House floor. Zach Wamp joined a handful of other Republican turncoats to help pass a law that made it illegal to publish information -- such as what is contained in this letter -- within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election.

Rep. Wamp also voted against an amendment to the bill that would have at least protected the right of groups like GOA to widely disseminate voter guides during the "prohibited" periods.

Of all the types of speech protected by the First Amendment, political speech was foremost on the minds of the Founding Fathers. Just this year, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that fact and in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (a case in which Gun Owners Foundation participated) undid much of the damage caused by Wamp and his congressional allies.

In this race for Governor, the choice for gun owners and sportsmen is clear. Ron Ramsey is a proven, effective and constitutionally minded leader who will stand up to all attacks on our right to keep and bear arms.

Please join Gun Owners of America in supporting Ron Ramsey for Governor in the Republican primary on August 5.

To learn more about the Ramsey campaign, please visit www.teamronramsey.com.

On behalf of GOA, I would like to thank you for your support of our efforts, and for your support of Ron Ramsey for Governor.

Sincerely,

Tim Macy
Vice-Chairman



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[Volzfan]

[falcon1]

Lieutenant Governor Ramsey certainly has my vote (and my wife's) in the primary, but I fear I will be "holding my nose" and voting in the general election. I hope I am wrong!