Carrying a Gun

I received an email from the Gun Owners of America organization on this hot subject. Although I do not own a gun, I believe this is one of our basic rights so as to defend ourselves, family, friends, and strangers whenever necessary.

Carrying a GunConstitutional Carry is Law in Almost Twenty Percent of the Country

Any state enacting Constitutional Carry legislation this year will join the eight states which have already paved the way.

Two new states joined the Constitutional Carry “club” in 2015.  These GOA-backed bills were signed into law by the Governors of Kansas and Maine.

These and other important gun rights victories can be seen here in “GOA’s Top Ten in 2015.”

Another Armed Citizen Prevents a Massacre, Gets Ignored by Media

Speaking of concealed carry, there was another mass shooting this month that the media didn’t report on.  

Why not?  Because an armed citizen stopped the shooting in its tracks.

Here’s how the Truth About Guns reported on the shooting which took place at a Louisiana gas station:

[Richard Macklin] pulled out a firearm and opened fire, sending more than a dozen rounds into the crowd. Three were wounded. One of the wounded was armed. He drew his legally carried weapon and fired at Macklin, hitting him in the head and stopping the attack. 

Kudos to the brave defender who took incoming fire, held his ground and fired back -- saving the lives of his friends.

Regardless, you can be sure that President Obama will still continue to claim these types of self-defense incidents never happen.

Delegates and the Presidential Race

The table below lists the number of pledged Republican delegates that will have been allocated as of each primary or caucus date. The candiate that receives the majority of their party's delegates wins the nomination. 1,237.

[hide]Republican delegate counts by primary or caucus date, 2016
Election date	States	Number of pledged delegates at stake	Running total	Percentage of pledged delegates allocated as of this date
2/1/2016	Iowa	30	30	1.28%
2/9/2016	New Hampshire	20	50	2.13%
2/20/2016	South Carolina	50	100	4.26%
2/23/2016	Nevada	30	130	5.54%
3/1/2016	Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming	628	758	32.31%
3/5/2016	Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine	146	904	38.53%
3/6/2016	Puerto Rico	20	924	39.39%
3/8/2016	Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan. Mississippi	138	1,062	45.27%
3/12/2016	Guam, Washington, D.C.	22	1,084	46.21%
3/15/2016	Florida, Illinois, Missouri. North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio	355	1,439	61.34%
3/19/2016	Virgin Islands	6	1,445	61.59%
3/22/2016	American Samoa, Arizona, Utah	104	1,549	66.03%
4/3/2016	North Dakota	25	1,574	67.09%
4/5/2016	Wisconsin	42	1,616	68.88%
4/19/2016	New York	92	1,708	72.80%
4/26/2016	Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island	163	1,871	79.75%
5/3/2016	Indiana	54	1,925	82.05%
5/10/2016	Nebraska, West Virginia	64	1,989	84.78%
5/17/2016	Oregon	25	2,014	85.85%
5/24/2016	Washington	41	2,055	87.60%
6/7/2016	California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota	291	2,346	100.00%

Justice Antonin Scalia

Today, 2/20/2016, was Justice Scalia's mass and funeral. His son, a priest, presided over the mass and funeral. How difficult it must have been.

Many were in attendance, but one. President Obama refused to honor this great man who sacrificed his life and family so as to serve this nation. Maybe it is true, Obama is not a citizen of the United States of America? Could this be why Obama and his cronies are trying to bring this nation down?

This is the year to elect a new President. We must vote in the primary so as to pick the right person who will honor the Constitution and protect this country; not allow another like Obama, arrogant and who wishes to destroy this country and our Constitution.

It is time to choose the right American to lead this nation for others to follow and copy, again!

Ida Temple

Mansfield