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ATTENTION - IMPORTANT ACTION NEEDED:

Message from Dudley Brown:

On Friday,  the State Senate heard the anti-gun bills.  

Thanks to your efforts and the efforts of a handful of pro-gun allies in the Senate (most of them RMGO PAC endorsed), we managed to raise enough opposition to defeat two of these bills.  

One of the  remaining draconian bills which we believe stands the best chance of defeat is HB 1224. This bill will ban ALL standard magazines with capacities of
15  rounds or more.  

Worse, because of the way the bill is written, it may even ban smaller magazines, and the rifles and pistols that can accept them, too.  

Colorado Democrats are taking a page out of Nancy Pelosi’s playbook, insisting we’ll just  have to pass it before we know what’s in it, and earlier today HB-1224
passed  the State Senate by ONE vote on third reading by a count of 18-17.  

Fortunately, HB 1224 was amended while in the Senate, and now has to go BACK to the House for another vote.  

This has  given us an opportunity to keep fighting to stop this bill.  

What you need to do now is apply massive pressure to House members to defeat this bill.  

Call and  write these representatives today and tell them you want them to vote NO on HB  1224: 

Rep. Pete Lee –HD18- (303)  866-2932
Email – Facebook- Twitter
 

• Rep. Mike McLachlan –HD59- (303) 866-2914
  Email – Facebook- Twitter
  
• Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush –HD26- (303)  866-2923
  Email – Facebook
  
• Rep. Dominick Moreno –HD32- (303)  866-2964
  Email – Facebook- Twitter
  
• Rep. Brittany Pettersen –HD28- (303)  866-2939
  Email – Facebook- Twitter
  
• Rep. Max Tyler –HD23- (303)  866-2918
  Email  – Facebook- Twitter
  
• Rep. Joe Salazar –HD31- (303)  866-2951
  Email – Facebook- Twitter  
  
  If we can apply more pressure to these members, we can still defeat this bill.  
  
  Now for some good news - the Senate has effectively defeated HB 1226 and
• SB 196! 
  
  HB-1226 would have banned armed self-defense on college campuses. Knowing they could not pass the bill, the anti-gun Democrat leadership withdrew it from the floor entirely.  
  
  SB-196 the de facto Assault Weapons ban, was  absolutely heinous. If this bill had passed, and your rifle was stolen from your  home, you and the manufacturer would have been held legally liable for anything  the criminal did with it.  Again, the majority leadership withdrew this draconian  bill from the floor entirely.  
  
  The Democrat leadership didn’t want their members to have to go on record one way or  the other because they were afraid to further anger the voters.  
  
  Unfortunately, with these victories, also came some defeats.  
  
  SB 195 eliminates online training  for concealed carry permits. This passed and is headed to the House as well.  RMGO opposes this bill because it further limits your ability to exercise your rights.  
  
  HB 1229 will ban private gun sales and transfers. This unfortunately passed the Senate as well. Because it was amended, it will also go back to the House for final approval.  
  
  HB 1229 is  a transparent attempt to catalog who owns what firearms, preparing them for inevitable confiscation.  
  
  Contact  the representatives above and tell  them to also vote NO on HB  1229.
  Tell them the government  has no right to interfere with the ability of
  law-abiding citizens to  buy/sell/trade firearms. HB 1228 also passed the
  Senate and will be going  to the governor. This bill will create and impose a
  new tax on gun purchases.  This tax forces you, the law-abiding citizen, to pay
  for permission to exercise  your rights. (Note from COS CV:  In Violation of the CO Taxpayers' Bill of Rights). 
  
  Contact  Governor Hickenlooper immediately and tell him to veto ALL gun-grabbing bills  that make it to his desk.  
• Phone:  303-866-2471           Email:  john.hickenlooper@state.co.us
  
  When the East Coast liberals flew in their anti-gun agenda, we knew this was going to be a difficult fight.  
  
  They have imported gun-grabbers from across the country to try to give the appearance that there is support for these bills.  
  
  Now they have moved their agenda nearly into law.  
  
  But we are not done fighting  yet. 
  
  Please commit to keep up the pressure. Call and write these representatives
• and Governor Hickenlooper TODAY and tell them to OPPOSE ALL of these anti-gun bills!  
  
  And standby  for our gameplan to repeal anything that makes it into law.  
  
  For  Freedom,  
  Dudley Brown, Executive Director, RMGO 
  
  P.S. We have suffered some defeats, but we are not done fighting yet.

EVENTS

9.12 EVENTS 9.12 Pikes Peak Patriots March 13,  6:30 pm Colorado Springs Christian School 4855 Mallow Dr Colorado Springs, CO TEA PARTY EVENTS Royal Gorge Tea Party March 12 Valley Chapel 451 Valley Road Cañon City, CO  81212  6:00 PM Meet and Greet 6:30 PM Regular  Meeting PATRIOTIC  & COMMUNITY EVENTS Waldo Canyon Fire If you are interested in volunteering to help out in some fashion, please call Donna Nelson who runs the Spirit of the Springs Office.  You can reach her at 719-385-5477. Please visit these pages to get information on the activities surrounding the recovery after the Waldo Canyon Fire. Recovery Information Waldo Canyon Fire Other Information  Flood Risk Information VA Helps Vets Avoid Foreclosure The Department of Veterans Affairs VA has always provided assistance to Veterans and Servicemembers who experience trouble paying their mortgage, whether they have a VA loan or not.  To get help, veterans and servicemembers -- even those without a VA guaranteed loan -- may call a national toll-free number, 1-877-827-3702 to speak with VA loan specialists who will provide information about the process of obtaining a VA-guaranteed home loan, or assistance in retaining their home loan or avoiding foreclosure. Information about the VA Home Loan Guaranty program is also available online at VA's Guaranty Service, Home Loan Program webpage.  To see videos of veterans who reached out to VA and were able to keep their homes or avoid foreclosure, visit the VA website. For VA loan guides and tips, you can also visit the Military.com VA Loan section. http://www.military.com/veterans-report/va-helps-vets-avoid-foreclosure?ESRC=vr.nl COLORADO SPRINGS NEWS  PAGE Click here: Colorado Springs News Page -  or click on Colorado Springs News Page in the menu, above, to get information on city events, initiatives, political issues, news and action items.  POLITICAL EVENTS Citizen's Forum:  Sheriff Terry Maketa March 14, 6:00 pm Centennial Hall 200 S. Cascade Ave Colorado Springs Pueblo County Republican Party Meeting March 12, 5:00 pm Montgomery and Steward 1317 N Main St (use back entrance) Pueblo, CO Guest Speaker Scott Gessler, CO Secretary of State Colorado Springs City Council Candidate Forum  March 12,  5:15 pm Stargazer's Theater 10 S. Parkside Dr (Off Platte) Colorado Springs   Visit http://www.citizensproject.org for  more information. LEGISLATIVE EVENTS/INFORMATION CALL+CALL+WRITE+WRITE.... Representatives in the State House and demand they vote NO on all the gun legislation! Gun Control Ads on KVOR Major Bloomberg's (NYC) Mayors' Gun Group has been running a gun ban ad on KVOR, 7.40 am radio, that is loaded with "by any means necessary" fabrications.  To counter this ad, Laura Carno, via her blog  "I Am Created Equal" is running an ad.  Please go to her website to donate a few dollars to help her keep her ads on the air. http://iamcreatedequal.com/ Updates from State Senate Republicans Click here: Update from the Senate Republicans 2/22/13 Click here: Update from the Senate Republicans  1/10/13

LIBERTY GROUP EVENTS Liberty First March 12, 6:30 pm (different time than usual) The Dublin House 1850 Dominion Way Colorado Springs   Structure, Consistency and Action! Presented by:  Chad Ginsburg   then   CO Secretary of State Scott Gessler Liberty Action Group March 14, 5:30 pm Pueblo West Library (Room A) 298 S. Pueblo West Blvd Pueblo, CO   Guest Speaker Retired Pueblo Chief of Police Ruben Archuleta. Colorado Council for Economic Education Deficits,  Debt, and the Future of the American Economy:   an Economic Forum Presented for Students and   Parents by the Cheyenne Mountain High  School Social Studies Department in association with the non profit Colorado  Council for Economic  Education One must look no further  then the recent national discussion about the "fiscal cliff" to realize that  economic education is  critical to our future and that of our children-the ones  who will carry forth our democracy. It is our hope that students and parents  will attend this  program together and that the perspectives provided by our  outstanding  panelists and moderator will spark greater family dialogue regarding  these  important issues. Some questions from students that the panel will address  include the following: What do we need to know about the fast-rising national  debt and its impact on economic growth? Is now the right time to cut the deficit, or do we need  to "spend our way" out of the current downturn? What impact will chronic unemployment have on economic  growth? Is the gap between the rich and poor detrimental to our  economy? Cheyenne Mountain High  School, Auditorium - Thursday, March 14,  Dessert  & Coffee: 6:00pm  Program begins:   7:00pm The event is free and open to students and parents from other schools as well. Panelists  Include: Dale DeBoer, PhD- MA   and PhD in Economics. Is an Associate Professor of Ecomonics and Chairperson of   the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado, Colorado   Springs. Col. Neal Rappaport,   Ret.-PhD in Economics and his MBA in Economics. Served as an Associate Professor  of Economics and Geosciences at the United States Air Force Academy. Pedro de Araujo, PhD-  BA and PhD in Economics, is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Colorado  College. Moderator: Jerome Bruni- Received  a BS in Economics from the USAFA, and an MA in economics from UCLA. President of  J.V.Brunie and Company. He was twice named Outstanding Educator in Economics as  an AFA faculty member. No  RSVP Necessary Conservative Call to Action 2013 Conservative Call to Action Issues and Action Forum March 23, 1:00-5:00 pm Crown Plaza Hotel Colorado Springs It's going to be a great time of listening to inspiring speakers AND taking action (details on action item will be revealed during the event). Don't just sit there, send in your registration today! Those who... register before 3/1/2013 will receive discount pricing. Discount pricing: $40/person After Mar 1, 2013: $50/person At door: $60/person Special VIP Meet & Greet prior to the event with speakers: $100/person (Tickets to Meet & Greet are very limited, email info@conservativesacttoday.org for availability.) Active Duty military personnel and their immediate family members will receive a $10 discount on their tickets with valid Military I.D. Group pricing is available, email us at the address above for details. To register: send check/money order and email address (so we can email you a receipt) to: Conservative Call to Action P.O. Box 62244 Colorado Springs, CO 80962 With your registration, please answer the following two questions: 1. What is your most important Conservative issue? - Abortion - 2nd Amendment - 1st Amendment - The Fiscal Cliff - Religious Freedom - Other (Please state your other issue) 2. What is the one issue in your community that requires the most immediate attention? Please share this with all your friends and we hope to see you there! www.facebook.com/ConservativeCalltoAction www.conservativesacttoday.org  Focus on the Family  SAVE THE DATE March 8-9, 2013 Focus on the Family's 2nd Annual "Life and Justice" Conference Featured Speakers: FFL President Serrin M. Foster will explain why "Women Deserve Better than Abortion," FFL Vice President Sally A. Winn will help prepare collegians for their revolution on campus. Colorado Springs, CO Peak Freedom Forum SAVE THE DATE   2013 Peak Freedom Festival April 20, 2013, 6:30 PM Cheyenne Mountain Resort Colorado Springs, CO   Gala Dinner Speaker   Jonah Goldberg Bestselling Author and Columnist Jonah Goldberg's nationally syndicated column appears regularly in scores of newspapers across the United States. He is also a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a member of the board of contributors to USA Today, a contributor to Fox News, a contributing editor to National Review, and the founding editor of National Review Online. He was named by the Atlantic magazine as one of the top 50 political commentators in America. In 2011 he was named the Robert J. Novak Journalist of the Year at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). He has written on politics, media, and culture for a wide variety of publications and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. Prior to joining National Review, he was a founding producer for Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg on PBS and wrote and produced several other PBS documentaries. He is the recipient of the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award. His first book, Liberal Fascism (Doubleday, 2008), quickly became a New York Times bestseller. At AEI, Mr. Goldberg writes about political and cultural issues for American.com and the Enterprise Blog. Weekly Standard Broadmoor Symposium May 2-5, 12:00 The Broadmoor 1 Lake Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80906   Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes will lead panel discussions on such topics as the state of the economy and the future of the Republican Party.   Saturday night gala dinner followed by a speech by Charles Krauthammer.   For golfers a Friday afternoon Shot-Gun Golf Tournament is planned on the Broadmoor's West Course.   To register go to this link:  Click here:  http://weeklystandardevents.com/  SAVE THE DATE Western Conservative Summit 2013  July 26, 2013 to July 28, 2013  Denver Hyatt Regency  Denver, CO  http://www.westernconservativ… Organized By: Centennial Institute   Preliminary plans are in the works for the fourth annual Western Conservative Summit 2013.  The theme will be "Founding Principles Forever."  Registration is starting at the 2012 rates.  The event is in Denver at the Hyatt Regency. The first three summits have been huge successes and the event is growing and is similar to the big CPAC event in Washington, D.C.  American Conservatives of Color THE RMBC/ACofC WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALLS! The drive toward establishing the American Conservatives of Color as a  nation-wide movement is on!   Conference calls each week to lay out the   vision. The days of saying, "SOMEBODY needs to do something" are over. We are the  "somebody" Sundays/Thursdays 7:00pm MST Call in =   605-475-4000 Access code = 316342 #