G.C.L.A. NEWS The Newsletter of the Gateway Civil Liberties Alliance July - September 2020
President’s Corner P.O. Box 440280 St. Louis, MO The November election is around the corner. The gun rights of everyone are hinging on the 63144 voter turnout on the state level are well as the national level. 314-385-4867 In our area on the national scene Ann Wagner is facing Jill Schupp, a former Missouri State www.gclastl.org Senator. Jill is the most anti-gun rights candidate that I have ever met. I went to the [email protected] Missouri House hearing on expanding concealed carry for public transit. Jill Schupp sat on the committee when I talked in favor to pass the bill. Jill talked down to me since she perceived herself as my better and was very argumentative. This should give you a good idea that she does not like our God given gun rights. Steve Marx President There will be a state wide vote for a “do over” on the Clean Missouri Amendment to our state constitution. This needs to pass to let the government appointed commission redraw voting districts. With a pro-gun state house and senate this would help pro-gun people in Kevin Ketterer office. Vice President To show how much effect this has on our quality of life in Missouri, I know a person that shoots I.D.P.A. weekly, that moved to Missouri for his gun rights as well as lower taxes. John Zeman To keep good pro-gun people in office here in Missouri, please vote and get everyone of like Secretary mind to vote. Our future depends on it! Have fun! Get active! Gene Dultz Steve Marx Treasurer President, GCLA Gene Dultz Newsletter Chairman Election Time is Here The 2020 election is upon us. It is more important than ever to keep pro-gun legislators in Jefferson City and Washington DC. We need to support our friends who are in office and Members’ meetings are make friends of those who we want in office. on the first Tuesday of We can do this by donating to the candidates that we agree with. Donate money, donate each month at 7:00 p.m. time, volunteer at the campaign offices. They remember those who support them. at the American Legion Post (Goff Moll) #101 2721 Collier Ave. GCLA’s Purpose Brentwood, MO GCLA’s purpose is to preserve and protect the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the just west of the Schnucks United States of America by: Store at the intersection Monitoring and acting on pending legislation at the local, state, and federal level. of Brentwood Blvd and Encouraging voter registration and participation in the political process. Manchester Rd. Promoting public and personal safety, education and training, and the defense of the (see map on page 7) nation. GCLA holds a monthly members’ meeting which often features a guest speaker, the fielding of open questions, sharing of news and information, and intelligent discussion.
July - September 2020 G.C.L.A NEWS Page Joe Biden’s VP Pick Cements Shift to the Militant, Radically Anti-Gun Left Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) Board Harris said she would ban states from enacting “stand your Member Sam Paredes released the following after Democratic ground” laws. Presidential candidate Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as Tweeted she would “revoke the licenses of gun his running mate: manufacturers & dealers that break the law, require anyone “Joe Biden couldn’t have done more to shift his campaign to who sells more than 5 guns/yr to run a background check on the militant, anti-gun Left than by selecting California Senator all gun sales, and ban the importation of AR-15-style assault Kamala Harris to join his run for the White House. weapons.” While Attorney General in California, Harris supported the “Ironically, while Senator Harris tries to champion the ‘little ban on sales of almost all semi-automatic centerfire rifles and guy,’ she has supported gun laws that have been used to deny required that all existing semi-auto rifles be registered as honest individuals their right to keep and bear arms. California “Assault Weapons.” “Senator Harris’ record on the Second Amendment should be Also during her tenure as Attorney General, she fought to viewed as a direct threat to every gun owner in the country. preserve the “good cause” requirement which allows the state Both her words and actions as an elected politician reveal the to prevent a qualified individual from carrying concealed. extreme objective of her politics.” “The media quickly began their fawning over Harris as a Consider Harris’ record on the right to keep and bear arms: ‘pragmatic moderate’ and ‘having a centrist’ record, but the Harris supports using the power of the presidency to impose pro-gun community stands in sharp opposition to the gun- gun control measures. She unapologetically stated that she control agenda of Vice President Joe Biden and Kamala would take executive action on gun control if Congress didn’t Harris,” Paredes concluded. “Their absence of knowledge toughen federal gun control policy. about the Constitution and the honest community of gun Harris supports a forced buyback of semi-automatic firearms. owners in the USA is unconscionable and ignorant.”
There’s Just One NRA A-Rated Democrat Left In Congress Posted at 1:30 pm on September 10, 2020 by Cam Edwards Later today on Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co, you can watch my The most endangered species in Washington, D.C. isn’t the interview with Jerry Wayne, the Detroit-area union member panda bear. It’s a pro-Second Amendment Democratic who confronted Joe Biden about his hostility towards the right congresscritter. The NRA’s Political Victory Fund has to keep and bear arms. Wayne says that many rank-and-file released its grades of candidates in the 2020 elections, and just union members have been left cold by the anti-gun stance of one single, solitary Democratic member of Congress received the Democratic Party, and he believes that, despite the an “A+” from the Second Amendment group. Minnesota endorsements for Biden by many unions, the actual members Democrat Collin Petersen, who has represented the state’s 7th won’t be voting blue this November. Congressional District since 1991, not only received the I believe it, and Democrats have only themselves to blame. As highest grade that the NRA offers, he also has the official a Second Amendment supporter, I’ve always believed that our endorsement of the organization. rights are more secure when members of both parties back our That’s not surprising, given the NRA’s pro-incumbent policy, right to self-defense, and though I’m a conservative, it would though the group did give Petersen’s Republican opponent, be nice to feel like I had a truly difficult decision to make former Lt. Governor Michelle Fischbach, a slightly lower “A” when choosing between the Democrat or Republican in the grade as well. voting booth. As the Michael Bloomberg-backed website The Trace notes, Those days are gone, at least for now, though I still suspect however, the real story is that pro-Second Amendment that Democrats are going to eventually have to reckon with Democrats have become an endangered species in Congress the fact that the party wants to re-invent policing and the over the past decade. As recently as 2010, fully 25% of criminal justice system, while putting an ever-increasing congressional Democrats received the highest rating from the number of gun control laws on the books that turn the exercise NRA. Now, it’s less than 1%, with more than 90% of of a constitutional right into a criminal offense. If the Left Democrats getting an “F” from the gun rights organization. honestly believes that the criminal justice system is inherently biased, then every new gun law that criminalizes the Second The Trace says this is “a snapshot of America’s widening Amendment is disproportionately used to put minorities in political polarization,” but really it’s just clear evidence that prison, many of whom have no serious criminal record. Democrats have abandoned support for the right to keep and Ultimately Democrats are going to have to decide what they bear arms as the Democratic Party itself has embraced a despise more; our nation’s law enforcement or our sweeping anti-gun agenda that’s alienated many traditional constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. Democrats. July - September 2020 G.C.L.A NEWS Page 2 Democrat Candidates Reject Our Gun Rights All of the Democrat candidates in Missouri that have a voting ratings was in 2012. At that time there were many Democrat record, with one exception, have a D or F rating. The one candidates with an A or B rating, and almost all returned the exception has a C rating. questionnaire to the NRA. All of the Democrat candidates in Missouri without a voting This is a shameful and scary turn of events. record, with one exception, did not return the NRA If you are truly a supporter of the Second Amendment, please questionnaire. I guess that candidate did not get the marching consider your vote carefully. Remember, elections have orders in time. consequences. The last time GCLA published the NRA-PVF candidate
Election 2020 Candidate Ratings from NRA-PVF There are several candidates indicated with a which the GCLA-PAC has supported financially. President District 5 District 6 District 27 ►(R) *Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) Michael Hebron C ►(R) Ed Lewis AQ (D) *Richard Brown F (D) Steven Roberts F (D) Terrence Fiala ? District 28 U.S. House Of Representatives District 7 District 7 (D) *Jerome Barnes D (D) Greg Razer F ►(R) *Rusty Black A District 29 District 1 District 9 District 8 (D) *Rory Rowland D (R) Anthony Rogers ? (R) David Martin AQ ►(R) Randy Railsback AQ District 30 (D) Cori Bush F (D) Barbara Washington F District 9 ►(R) *Jon Patterson A District 2 District 11 ►(R) *Dean van Schoiack AQ (D) Art Schaaf ? ►(R) *Ann Wagner A- (D) *John Rizzo F (D) Karen Planalp ? District 31 (D) Jill Schupp F District 13 District 10 ►(R) *Dan Stacy A District 3 (D) Angela Walton Mosley F ►(R) *Bill Falkner A (D) Rhonda R. Dolan F ►(R) *Blaine Luetkemeyer A District 15 (D) Colby Murphy F District 32 (D) Megan Rezabek ? ►(R) *Andrew Koenig A District 11 ►(R) *Jeff Coleman A District 4 (D) Deb Lavender F ►(R) *Brenda Shields A District 33 ►(R) *Vicky Hartzler A District 17 (D) Brady L. O'Dell ? ►(R) Chris Sander AQ (D) Lindsey Simmons F ►(R) Mickey Younghanzy AQ District 12 District 34 District 5 (D) *Lauren Arthur F ►(R) Josh Hurlbert AQ ►(R) *Rick Roeber AQ (R) Ryan Derks AQ District 19 (D) Wade H. Kiefer F (D) Chris Hager ? (D) *Emanuel Cleaver F ►(R) *Caleb F. Rowden A District 13 District 35 District 6 (D) Judy Baker F ►(R) *Sean Pouche AQ ►(R) Sean Smith AQ ►(R) *Sam Graves A District 21 (D) Victor Abundis F (D) *Keri Ingle F (D) Teresa Montseny F ►(R) *Denny L. Hoskins A District 14 District 36 District 7 District 23 ►(R) Eric Holmes AQ (R) Nola Wood ? ►(R) *Billy Long A ►(R) *Bill Eigel A (D) Ashley Aune F (D) *Mark Sharp F (D) Teresa Montseny F (D) Richard Orr ? District 15 District 37 District 8 District 25 (R) Steve West AQ (R) John D. Boyd AQ ►(R) *Jason Smith A ►(R) Jason Bean AQ (D) Maggie Nurrenbern F (D) Annette Turnbaugh F (D)KathyEllis F District 27 District 16 District 38 ►(R) Holly Rehder A+ ►(R) Chris Brown AQ ►(R) *Doug Richey A Statewide (D) Donnie Owens ? (D) James Shackelford F District 39 District 29 District 17 ►(R) *Peggy McGaugh A Governor ►(R) Mike Moon A (R) Brandt Vircks C District 40 ►(R) *Mike Parson A+ District 31 (D) *Mark Ellebracht F ►(R) Chad Perkins AQ (D) Nicole Galloway F ►(R) Rick Brattin A+ District 18 District 41 Lieutenant Governor (D) Raymond F. Kinney ? (D) *Wes Rogers F ►(R) *Randy Pietzman A ►(R) *Mike Kehoe A+ District 33 District 19 District 42 (D) Alissia Canady ? ►(R) Karla Eslinger A (D) *Ingrid Burnett F ►(R) *Jeff Porter A Secretary Of State (D) Tammy Harty F District 20 District 43 (R) *John R. (Jay) Ashcroft ►(R) *Bill E. Kidd A ►(R) *Kent Haden A (D) Yinka Faleti State House Of Representatives (D) Mike Englert ? District 44 Treasurer District 21 ►(R) Cheri Toalson Reisch A (R) *Scott Fitzpatrick District 1 (R) Vicki Riley ? (D) Jacque Sample F (D) Vicki Lorenz Englund ►(R) *Allen Andrews A (D) *Robert Sauls D District 45 Attorney General District 2 District 22 (D) *Kip Kendrick F ►(R) *Eric Schmitt A+ ►(R) *J. Eggleston A (D) *Yolanda Young F District 46 (D) Richard E. Finneran ? (D) Mindi Smith F District 23 (D) *Martha Stevens F District 3 (D) Michael L. Johnson ? District 47 State Senate ►(R) *Danny Busick A District 24 ►(R) *Chuck Basye A+ District 4 (D) Emily Weber F (D) Adrian Plank F District 1 (R) *Greg Sharpe A District 25 District 48 (R) David Lenihan AQ District 5 (D) Patty Lewis F ►(R) Timothy Taylor AQ (D) Doug Beck F ►(R) *Louis Riggs A District 26 (D) William Betteridge ? District 3 (D) Ashley B. Manlove F ►(R) *Elaine Gannon A (Continued on page 4)
July - September 2020 G.C.L.A NEWS Page 3 (Continued from page 3) District 80 District 108 District 136 District 49 (D) *Peter Merideth F ►(R) *Justin S. Hill A+ ►(R) *J. Craig Fishel A ►(R) *Travis Fitzwater A District 81 (D) Susan Shumway F (D) Jeff Munzinger F District 50 (D) *Steve Butz F District 109 District 137 ►(R) *Sara Walsh A District 82 ►(R) *John Simmons A ►(R) *John Black A (D) Kari L. Chesney F (R) Robert J. Crump AQ District 110 (D) Raymond Lampert F District 51 (D) *Donna Baringer F ►(R) *Dottie Bailey A District 138 ►(R) Kurtis Gregory AQ District 83 (D) John Kiehne F ►(R) *Brad Hudson A District 52 (D) Jo Doll F District 111 District 139 ►(R) *Brad Pollitt A District 84 ►(R) *Shane Roden A ►(R) *Jered Taylor A+ District 53 (D) *Wiley Price D (D) Daniel Cherry ? (D) Darlene Graham ? ►(R) Terry Thompson AQ District 85 District 112 District 140 (D) Connie Simmons ? (D) *Kevin L. Windham F ►(R) *Rob Vescovo A+ ►(R) Tricia Derges AQ District 54 District 86 District 113 District 141 ►(R) *Dan Houx A (D) *Joe Adams ? ►(R) *Dan Shaul A ►(R) *Hannah Kelly A (D) James Williams ? District 87 (D) Terry Burgess AQ District 142 District 55 (D) *Ian Mackey F District 114 ►(R) Bennie Cook AQ ►(R) *Mike Haffner A District 88 ►(R) *Becky Ruth A District 143 District 56 (R) Karan Pujji ? District 115 ►(R) Ron Copeland AQ ►(R) Michael Davis AQ (D) *Tracy McCreery F ►(R) Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway AQ District 144 (D) Neal Barnes F District 89 (D) Cynthia D. Nugent ? ►(R) *Chris Dinkins A District 57 ►(R) *Dean Plocher A District 116 District 145 ►(R) *Rodger L. Reedy A (D) Luke Barber F ►(R) *Dale L. Wright A ►(R) *Rick Francis A District 58 District 90 District 117 (D) MikeLindley ? ►(R) Willard Haley AQ (R) Rick Perry ? ►(R) *Mike Henderson A District 146 District 59 (D) Barbara Phifer F (D) Tony Dorsett C ►(R) *Barry D. Hovis A ►(R) *Rudy L. Veit A District 91 District 118 District 147 District 60 (D) *Sarah Unsicker F ►(R) *Michael P. McGirl A ►(R) Wayne Wallingford A ►(R) *Dave Griffith A District 92 District 119 (D) Andy Leighton F (D) Joshua Dunne F (R) Bill Heisse AQ ►(R) *Nate Tate A District 148 District 61 (D) Michael Burton F District 120 ►(R) Jamie Burger AQ ►(R) *Aaron D. Griesheimer A District 93 ►(R) *Jason Chipman A District 149 District 62 (R) Gabriel Jones B (D) Theresa Schmitt ? ►(R) *Don Rone A ►(R) Bruce Sassmann AQ (D) Bridget Walsh Moore F District 121 District 150 (D) Nancy J. Ragan ? District 94 ►(R) *Don Mayhew A ►(R) *Andrew McDaniel A District 63 ►(R) *Jim Murphy A District 122 District 151 ►(R) Richard W. West AQ (D) Jean Pretto F ►(R) William Hardwick AQ ►(R) *Herman Morse A District 64 District 95 (D) Yvonne Reeves-Chong ? District 152 ►(R) *Anthony F. Lovasco A ►(R) *Michael A. O'Donnell A District 123 ►(R) *Hardy Billington A (D) Aaliyah Bailey F (D) Ann L. Zimpfer F ►(R) *Suzie Pollock A District 153 District 65 District 96 District 124 ►(R) Darrell Atchison AQ ►(R) *Tom Hannegan A ►(R) *David J. Gregory A ►(R) Lisa Thomas AQ District 154 (D) Bill Otto F (D) Erica Hoffman F District 125 ►(R) *David Evans A District 66 District 97 ►(R) James Kalberloh AQ District 155 (D) Marlene Terry ? ►(R) *Mary Elizabeth Coleman A District 126 ►(R) *Travis Smith AQ District 67 District 98 ►(R) *Patricia Pike A (D) Mike Lind ? (D) Neil Smith ? ►(R) *Shamed Dogan A (D) Jim Hogan F District 156 District 68 (D) Angie Schaefer F District 127 ►(R) Brian H. Seitz A (D) *Jay Mosley D District 99 ►(R) *Ann Kelley A (D) Dale Speelman C District 69 ►(R) Lee Ann Pitman AQ District 128 District 157 (R) Scott E. Cazadd B (D) *Trish Gunby F ►(R) *Mike Stephens A ►(R) Mitch Boggs AQ (D) *Gretchen Bangert F District 100 (D) Marvin Manning F District 158 District 70 ►(R) *Derek Grier A District 129 (R) *Scott Cupps ? ►(R) Jerry Adzima AQ (D) Helena Webb F ►(R) *Jeff Knight A (D) Brenda McKinney C (D) *Paula Brown F District 101 (D) Dewanna Marquez ? District 159 District 71 ►(R) *Bruce DeGroot A District 130 ►(R) *Dirk E. Deaton A (D) *LaDonna Appelbaum F District 102 ►(R) Bishop Davidson AQ District 160 District 72 ►(R) *Ron L. Hicks A+ (D) Dave Gragg F ►(R) *Ben Baker A (R) Darren L. Grant C (D) Tracy Grundy F District 131 (D) Angela R. Thomas ? (D) *Doug Clemens D District 103 ►(R) Bill Owen AQ District 161 District 73 ►(R) *John D. Wiemann A (D) Allison Schoolcraft ? ►(R) *Lane Roberts A (D) *Raychel Proudie F (D) Lisa Rees F District 132 (D) Elizabeth Lundstrum ? District 74 District 104 (R) Sarah Semple ? District 162 (D) *Mike Person F ►(R) *Adam Schnelting A+ (D) *Crystal Quade F ►(R) *Robert Bromley A District 75 (D) Jessica DeVoto ? District 133 District 163 (D) *Alan Gray F District 105 ►(R) *Curtis Trent A ►(R) *Cody Smith A District 76 ►(R) *Phil Christofanelli A (D) Cindy Slimp F (D) Aaron Hailey ? (D) Marlon Anderson ? (D) Christine Hyman F District 134 ------District 77 District 106 ►(R) Alex Riley AQ = GCLA-PAC supported candidate. (D) Kimberly-Ann Collins ? ►(R) Adam Schwadron AQ (D) Derrick Nowlin F ► = NRA-PVF endorsed candidate. District 78 (D) Cindy Berne F District 135 (R) Timothy Gartin ? District 107 ►(R) *Steve Helms A * = Incumbent. (D) *Rasheen Aldridge ? ►(R) *Nick Schroer A+ (D) Betsy Fogle F AQ = A rating based on questionnaire. District 79 (D) Victoria Witt Datt ? ? = did not reply to questionnaire. (D) *LaKeySha Bosley F ------July - September 2020 G.C.L.A NEWS Page 4 Annual Membership Renewal
All current members of GCLA should have received their renewal letter in the mail. If you haven’t done so already, please return the renewal form for 2020 & your annual dues in the return envelope. Your membership is vital to the success of GCLA in the pursuit of our primary goal, fighting for your Second Amendment Rights.
GCLA Gun Show Schedule Show times are generally 9 a.m. To 5 p.m. for Sat. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sun. When a show has a Friday date it will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. September 19,20 St. Charles Convention Center October 2-4 Olympic Athletic Event Ctr., St. Charles October 16-18 Arnold Eagle’s Hall, Arnold
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GCLA will send a free annual Associate Membership including “GCLA NEWS” to any active duty service member from Missouri. Here is how this free annual membership works: • Be full-time active military duty. • Be a current or former Missouri resident and register Missouri as your state of residence. • Be recommended by a current GCLA Regular Member, or request your free annual Associate Membership in writing. If you qualify or know of someone that qualifies please fill out an application from the back of the “GCLA NEWS”. Instead of a membership dues check please send a signed note or pledge that you/they are active duty military and a current or former Missouri resident & register Missouri as your/their state of residence. Have you joined MSSA? GCLA is an NRA Recruiter
MSSA is the Missouri Sport Shooting Association. MSSA seeks to Don't forget that GCLA is also an NRA recruiter. Help your support and promote the shooting sports in Missouri, and to encourage organization and renew your annual, two year or three year membership participation. Are you participating? through GCLA. We can do the annual membership for a discounted See http://www.missourisportshooting.org rate and give you a new hat to boot. MSSA Mission Statement If you are not an NRA member and you want to become one, we can The mission of the MSSA is to protect and preserve the shooting sports also do that. at the state level. MSSA will promote and improve the shooting sports GCLA earns money through commissions for every new member and by sponsoring marksmanship training and competitions throughout the renewal application that we send in to the NRA. This is a good deal for state of Missouri. both you and GCLA GCLA-PAC
Gateway Civil Liberties Alliance has a Political Action Committee. This PAC allows GCLA to support the Missouri candidates that believe in our gun rights. The PAC needs funding to be effective and we need to start preparing now for the 2020 elections. Send donations to GCLA-PAC, P.O. Box 440280, St. Louis, MO 63144 NOTICE: All proceeds from our current Gun Drawing are going to the GCLA PAC. The prizes are: First prize is a Henry US Survival Rifle .22 LR, (2) 8 Round Magazines. Second prize is a Benchmade 3” Self-Folding Knife with Friends of NRA Logo on the blade. The drawing is scheduled to be held at a members’ meeting on or after Tuesday November 3rd, 2020.
July - September 2020 G.C.L.A NEWS Page 6 Member meetings location - American Legion Post (Goff Moll) #101 at 2721 Collier Ave. Brentwood, MO just west of the Schnucks Store at the intersection of Brentwood Blvd and Manchester Rd. Member’s meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
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