From the April 2013 rally at the capital.
11/24/2015
For Immediate Release:
For Immediate Release:
The
Connecticut Citizens Defense League (The state's largest grass roots
gun rights group) is speaking out in opposition to recent statements
made by Governor Malloy, and Senators Murphy and Blumenthal regarding
the deceptively named “Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015”.
Comment from CCDL President Scott Wilson:
"I make no apologies for emphatically stating that all three of them
are plainly and simply advocating for tyranny in the truest sense of
the word. Everything that they are calling for is completely
antithetical our rights as Americans. These proposals not only violate
our 2nd Amendment rights, but our 14th Amendment rights as well. Their
rhetoric about blanket gun control should concern every American
regardless of their views on guns. They are actually advocating for the
elimination of due process for citizens".
1)
For the purposes of this proposed legislation, a “terrorist” is anyone
whose name appears on the FBI’s terror watch list. This is not a list of
known terrorists. As the name implies, it is just a list of people the
FBI is watching for information about terrorism. A person might be
watched because a relative, acquaintance or coworker is suspected of
terroristic actions. They themselves may be law-abiding citizens.
2)
Anyone can mistakenly and unknowingly end up on the terror watch list.
You do not have to commit any crime to be added to the list Infants, US
senators, Nelson Mandela, and the entire Ford Motor Company have all
been mistakenly added to the watch list.
3) There is no deliberate means to remove yourself from the list should you mistakenly end up on it.
4) The criteria to end up on the terror list are unclear and vague.
5)
We do not have a clue who is adding names to this list. Adding someone
to the list is purely a bureaucratic decision with no accountability,
and no opportunity for an individual to refute being added to the list.
If Malloy, Murphy and Blumenthal have their way, citizens who have been
charged with no crime will lose their Constitutional rights with NO due process.
6)
Gun sales to individuals who are on the watch list are already reported
to and approved by the federal government. They decline the sales for
actual criminals.
Wilson concluded:
"Either
we have rights as individuals, or we do not. Lawmakers continue to push
down the road of gun control under the guise of concerns for safety,
while many citizens in European countries are hiding behind locked doors
wishing they had some means of protection with little help from
police".
"If
there are actual terrorists with plots or crimes being committed, the
Federal Government and police already have the authority to act
accordingly, instead of utilizing some list and Gestapo-style tactics
against large swaths of the population".
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About
the CCDL: The Connecticut Citizens Defense League was formed in 2009 by
a small group of concerned citizens as a non-partisan organization to
advocate second amendment rights in the state of Connecticut. Since
their founding, the group has grown to over 20,000 members from across
the state.
Thanks
to this large supportive base, the CCDL has become a fixture at the
state capitol, and well recognized by committees that see firearms
related bills.
As
the go-to organization in the state they are consulted regularly by
lawmakers who have questions and concerns about pending legislation or
existing laws. For more information on the CCDL please visit http://www.ccdl.us
Press Contact:Scott Wilson
president@ccdl.us
Editors note: The position well stated. Not to take away from that in any way; but for what it is worth, I would not characterize CCDL as a “gun rights” group, but as a civil rights group. The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness requires that individuals have the means to secure their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. That is the responsibility of the people, not the government. Herein lies the most fundamental of all civil rights.
The greatest terrorist in CT is Governor Malloy. He's forced thousands of CT natives to exit the state. His fanatical connection with the traitor president endangers the people by allowing sanctuary cities unfettered subterfuge of our basic laws.
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