Today is Election Day — Exercise Your Right to Vote!
Today’s the day — November 8, 2016, Election Day. We urge all our readers to get out and vote. Every vote DOES count. This is a very critical election for gun rights issues. It’s not just about the Presidential race. Control of Congress is at stake, as are important upcoming nominations for the Supreme Court. If you care about the future of the country (not to mention the future of the shooting sports), get out and vote today.
Likewise, remember that state elections are very important too. Just look at what has happened in California. Every year Californians have seen new challenges to citizens’ Constitutional rights to own firearms. Handguns are restricted, self-loading rifles are restricted, hunting areas are closed. And now California’s majority-party politicians want to require citizens to have a state permit in order to purchase ammunition. Make no mistake about it — the ultimate goal of many proponents of these measures is to end private ownership of firearms altogether. The only way to halt these kind of infringements is to elect State and Federal representatives who respect gun rights, who are friends of the shooting sports, and who believe in the Second Amendment.
Never been so relieved to see my candidate win. Gun rights has won a huge victory. This is going to strengthen the 2nd amendment.
Most regrettable, this is also another wake up to VERY strongly consider getting OUT of California.
Editor: Yes, it appears with the passage of Prop 63 (over the opposition of LEO Groups!), Californians will now have to go through a background check process to purchase a box of ammo. And mail-order sales will be banned. It is unclear how this will affect hand-loading components.
This was very much an urban vs. rural election. Clinton won the cities, while Trump won the suburbs and dominated small towns across America: “Another record chasm (in available data since 1996) was between urban and rural residents. Clinton won in large cities by 59-35 percent; Trump, in small towns and rural areas, 62-34. The suburbs split closely, +5 for Trump.” Source ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-margin-working-class-whites-lifts-trump-stunning/story?id=43411948