Learn To Carry, LLC's No Guns, No Money Cards Are Ready To Download

 

After several sleepless nights by our Webmaster Mona, the "No Guns, No

Money" cards are ready to go. This is a 4-color card that can be

downloaded using Word and printable on blank business cards that allow

printing on both sides. This type of blank card is widely available at

office supply stores like Office Depot and Staples. If you're computer or

graphically challenged and would like to get the cards done the easy way,

you can download the files to a floppy, buy some blank cards and go to

Kinko's and they can make the cards for you. I'm working on the details of

getting the cards on Kinko's computer network so you could go into *any*

Kinko's in the *country* and tell them you want X number of Learn To

Carry's "No Guns, No Money" cards and they will make them on site.

 

The download is *free*, but we would appreciate a donation to the License

To Carry Legal Defense Fund (LTC-LDF) or the Gun Rights Raffle that is

going on right now to help pay for the $100K+ legal bills it took to bring

concealed Carry to Missouri. You can read about the giant legal battle and

download the cards on the News & Information page on my web site:

 

http://www.LearnToCarry.Com

 

A picture of the front of the card is on our home page, the back side can

be seen on the News & Information page.

 

 

Fight Holster Discrimination or How to Use the Cards

 

While the cards are neat to show your friends, they are more effective when

given to businesses that post. You want to remember, always be polite as

LTC Permit holders. "An *armed* society is a *polite* society", (Robert A.

Heinlein). A couple of weeks ago I was dining with a number of friends in

a restaurant that had just gone up with a "No Weapons" sign. As I was

paying for dinner for 6, I asked to see the manager. I told "Christine"

(not her real name) how much I had enjoyed the food this evening. I then

told her I thought the food and service in her restaurant were the best in

town and I had greatly enjoyed it for years. I then paused, looked sad and

said, "I'm really going to miss this place." She said, "Why's that, are

you moving away?" I said, no, you no longer want my business, and pointed

at the newly installed sign and handed her a "No Guns, No Money" card. I

then said, "I'll come back when the sign is gone." We talked about LTC for

a bit, with her putting up flimsy reasons for the sign and me giving the

counter points for every one. She closed with, "The Owner is gone on

vacation, he'll be back on Wednesday and I'll have him call you." At 10 am

Wednesday, he called, and we talked for almost an hour. The signs are now

down. This tactic has worked everywhere it has been used.

 

 

The Hancock Legislative Fix

 

The session is over and no Hancock fix was passed this year. This is due

to Governor Holden saying loud and long that he would veto *any*

legislation that was not a Repeal or put LTC to a Referendum. Bad move

Bob. Passed by both Houses of the Legislature with a Veto Proof majority,

and still vetoed by the Governor. The Veto was overridden in September

2003 veto override session. No surprise to us, big surprise to him.

License To Carry was fought by anti-rights Plaintiffs and attorneys through

the Missouri Supreme Court, with the result, another win for Our Side. LTC

is now the law in 46 states. But how do we fix the funding issue? We fix

it in August, November, and the next legislative session. One of the first

questions to any Missouri candidate asking for your money, time or vote

should be, "Will you make the Hancock funding fix of the LTC Law one of

your priorities?" We work, donate time and money and elect those that

will, and retire those that won't. It's that simple. Matt Blunt has

already said he will support the fix.

 

 

The National Public Radio Interview

 

I told you in the last News Update I was being interviewed on NPR. The

interview was not strictly about guns and gun rights. It seems the

national networks have decided that Missouri is a bellwether state in the

national elections, and have further decided that Boone and Howard Counties

are the bellwether counties in Missouri. I thought the most telling

question the reporter asked concerned Democratic campaign strategy. She

said the Dem. strategist had concluded that all Missourians are the same

and will get the same message, "We care about health care, the economy,

jobs and other social programs," and that message would win Missouri for

them. She asked what I thought about that message. I said, "It's wrong!"

I grew up in St. Louis County, came to Boone County for collage in the

early 70's, and frequently go to Ozark (Taney Co.) to give classes. While

all are Missourians, all are somewhat different. The voters of St. Louis

County have different priorities, issues and lifestyles than the voters in

Ozark and Boone Co. All other things being equal, having the ability to

keep yourself and your family *Safe* trumps anything else. For if you are

not safe, and are defenseless when attacked, what good is your job or the

economy going to do you? The reporter was surprised by this. She said

guns are expensive and a luxury. I said they were priceless if you need

one and a good investment. She said, if you lost your job and had to put

food on the table, guns are not a priority. I said you can always take one

to a pawn shop and feed the family for a week. She said "You don't mean

that!" I said, yes, I do. I have had times that were so lean, some of my

guns went to the pawn shop to feed my family and pay the bills. That

concluded the interview. A short time later the reporter called the

office. She had thought of a few more questions. I met her later in the

day at Cedar Creek Rod & Gun Club, where she interviewed Mary Ann Gates,

one of the club's owners. She then interviewed me for another 30-40

minuets.

 

I'll let you know via an LTC News Update, when the interview will air in a

couple of weeks.

 

Stay Safe,

 

Tim Oliver

LearnToCarry.com