Forced to Remove NRA Cap to Vote

Right, but a hat that reads "Vote Zoidberg" is different than a hat promoting a gun-safety organization.
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I agree with that principle, but the wording of the law says:
"any written or printed matter of any kind"

That one clause make anything vulnerable.
 
"I agree with that principle, but the wording of the law says:
"any written or printed matter of any kind"

That one clause make anything vulnerable."

Judges generally throw something like that out the window with the position that it is too broad and thus open to abuse of various sorts.
 
Judges generally throw something like that out the window with the position that it is too broad and thus open to abuse of various sorts.
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Agreed. Just think about it. They could arrest you for sticking on the "I Voted" tag they pass out after a person votes around here. And, IIRC, the poll workers have name tags. Into the clink they go. And where multiple precincts vote at the same place, somebody has to display a written sign that says "Precinct X Votes Here" and "Precinct Y Votes Across the Hall." Pretty ridiculous but that's why that portion of the law would likely be overbroad "as applied" to the examples above and to the NRA hat.
 
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Judges generally throw something like that out the window with the position that it is too broad and thus open to abuse of various sorts.
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Maybe they do, but it wouldn't make sense to go to court over something so trivial
 
Snyper said:
Maybe they do, but it wouldn't make sense to go to court over something so trivial
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Two words: Creeping incrementalism. That's how rights are lost -- one increment at a time. Death by a thousand cuts.

"The water in this pot feels nicely warm," said the frog.
 
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“We are writing to insist that you immediately reverse the unlawful and unconstitutional policy prohibiting citizens from wearing items bearing the NRA name while voting,” the NRA’s lobbying arm wrote in the letter addressed to Douglas County Elections Supervisor Laurie Fulton, which was obtained by The Washington Times.
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So basically, a political action group wants their group to be represented in a polling place where other groups are not allowed.
 
So basically, a political action group wants their group to be represented in a polling place where other groups are not allowed.
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Yeesh. That was a bad move. Had it come from someone in the NRA proper, it could be argued that it was written by a gun safety and training organization.

However, the author of the letter was David Lehman, general counsel for the ILA.
 
Two words: Creeping incrementalism. That's how rights are lost -- one increment at a time. Death by a thousand cuts.

"The water in this pot feels nicely warm," said the frog.
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Yeah, the rhetoric sounds cool, but he really didn't lose any rights.
They just asked him to remove his hat until after he voted

He could have made an ass of himself and demanded the right to keep it on, or he could had looked at it realistically and seen it's not a big deal.

He made the wise decision, and didn't make NRA supporters look like lunatics in public
 
douglas county in where I live. still a very red county, nt with demographics changing quickly. the presidential election went 1 dem for every 4 republican vote. we have a decent sized city "douglasville", but still very rural for the most part and we will still be a red county come next Tuesday. and dem or rep, pretty much everyone here has a gun. you see more gun stickers on cars than any Obama stickers
 
Snyper said:
" I agree with that principle, but the wording of the law says:
"... any written or printed matter of any kind"

That one clause make anything vulnerable.
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Yes, but only if taken out of context. The full quote of the law is OCGA 21-2-414 (a) No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute or display any campaign literature, newspaper, booklet, pamphlet, card, sign, paraphernalia, or any other written or printed matter of any kind, nor shall any person solicit signatures for any petition or conduct any exit poll or public opinion poll with voters on any day in which ballots are being cast:

Any written or printed material NOT used for the solicitation of votes is exempted, else simply bringing one's driving license, monogrammed shirt, or BVD's with the size still sewn in, into the polling station would be a crime.

This is a mens rea crime, and I doubt a 'guilty mind' could be shown.
 
Thankfully, they only endorse 2A supporters ....

The NRA is a political lobby group, so I can see their reasoning.
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Not really as they don't endorse a particular party, only those that support the 2A of our Sovereign Constitution. It's a matter of record that they have endorsed both, Democrats and Republicans. ..... ;)

Be Safe !!!
 
Not really as they don't endorse a particular party, only those that support the 2A of our Sovereign Constitution.
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Of course they are a political action group. You don't need to support a particular party to be one, but to be promoting a political agenda, which they most definitely are doing, Especially as a federally registered political action committee complete with a lobbying contingent and political-based fund raising, the NRA is most definitely a political lobbying group. There is just simply no way to deny this as factual.
 
Especially as a federally registered political action committee complete with a lobbying contingent and political-based fund raising, the NRA is most definitely a political lobbying group. There is just simply no way to deny this as factual.
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The NRA-ILA handles legislative lobbying. That is a satellite organization that is funded by direct donations. Same goes for the NRA-PVF.

The core organization that collects dues does not engage in political activity. That's the organization represented by the hat he was wearing.
 
Satellite? The NRA is the parent organization overseeing NRA-ILA and NRA-PVF. They are programs of the NRA according to the NRA.
http://programs.nra.org/

Considering the NRA isn't supposed to be political, it is interesting to note that according to the NRA-ILA website, the NRA (not NRA-ILA) launched a $2 million campaign against Bloomberg.
 
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