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[iverglas]

70. sorry, but again

I was speaking to someone else. That doesn't mean that you're not welcome to reply, by any means! It just means to be careful that you don't take remarks addressed to someone else as being meant for you. Look at the thread list at the top, or the "response to" link in the upper right of the post you're reading at any time, to follow the sequence.

I apologize for the broken links -- they are all part of material I have quoted that was posted on this board years ago. They worked at the time; I can only offer my word on that.

Since what you're referring to was excerpted from the Pink Pistols own candidate-rating documents -- the questionnaire, responses and commentary -- I'm afraid that you'd be the one to have to find them, not me. Lost in time I guess they are, though.

Pink Pistols doesn't really seem to have a functioning website at present? No, wait, I had to allow a bunch of javascript and wait for it to finish blipping.
http://www.pinkpistols.org/

Links

Gun Related Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Geeks With Guns
Tyrrany Response Team
Gun Owners Action League
Second Amendment Sisters
Keep and Bear Arms.com
Armed Females of America
Ethics from the Barrel of a Gun
Second Amendmendment Foundation
World Wide Web Gun Defense Clock
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners
Outright Libertarians
NRA Homepage

Additional Links and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Racist Origins of Gun Control
Arming Women Against Rape and Endagerment
Protecting the 2nd Amendment is a GLBT Rights issue
Protecting the 2nd Amendment is a GLBT Rights issue (flier, PDF File)
Article that inspired the name “Pink Pistols”
Ethics of Firepower
Hate-Crime Myth
Free State Project
Integrity In Service

Just the standard right-wing (and racist and misogynist) horseshit, from what I see.

Am I missing the links to LGBT organizations / causes?


Ah, I see the mention of hate crimes in "about us".

The Pink Pistols came into existence because of problem of “hate crimes”. While “hate crimes” may target certain groups, they undermine the “human rights” of all, because if we tolerate violence against any one group, we tolerate violence against all.

Allow me to boast a little more -- I forgot to mention this, an amendment (the bolded part below) also sponsored by Svend Robinson who was my choice for leader of my poliitical party (unfortunately, we had a delegate system then, and my riding association was hijacked by supporters of the establishment candidate who won all the delegate seats on a 50%+1 majority vote, including the final space when I made the plea to select me as the last delegate as one little tiny bit of evidence of good faith toward the long-time members there):

http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html

Criminal Code of Canada
Other sentencing principles

718.2 A court that imposes a sentence shall also take into consideration the following principles:

(a) a sentence should be increased or reduced to account for any relevant aggravating or mitigating circumstances relating to the offence or the offender, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(i) evidence that the offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or any other similar factor, ...

Does the Pink Pistols actually engage in any political activity to counter hate crimes, e.g. by lobbying for inclusion of sexual orientation in such legislation where it exists?

Many straight people also oppose “hate crimes” because they too see “hate crimes” for what they are, “human rights violations”. As such, the Pink Pistols has and will continue to have “Gay-Straight Alliances” because our lives depend on it. Many gun rights leaders have committed to help us grow and will open doors for us to help grow our chapters because they too recognize that self defense is a fundamental human right for all. Our “Pink Pistol” chapters offer us the opportunity to help each other.

Any gay-gay alliances you could mention then? Between Pink Pistols and any other LGBT organization you might name?