Second Amendment
Free State Match #5
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Be sure to read the main Free State Match page for important information
A Dirty Deal |
Free Staters Talk Political Parties, Activism, Guns and Taxes
For Immediate Release
January 5, 2008
PORCUPINES TALK POLITICAL PARTIES, ACTIVISM, GUNS AND TAXES
Nashua, NH - The second day of the 2008 Liberty Forum started early and covered working with political parties, citizen activism, the law, taxes and being a better advocate for liberty. "All these topics are important for moving liberty forward, which is the overall theme of the forum. You have to know how the system works in order to change it." said Forum organizer Chris Lawless.
The day saw attendance surpassing last year's, with more than 350 attendees registering for the various speakers, lunch sessions and keynote dinner.
The morning sessions included working with the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire and a presentation by Dr. Jim Lark, former chairman of the national LP. Lark's presentation was "avoiding knee-jerk libertarianism" and highlighted that Libertarianism is "being a good neighbor" and that the burden of proof must be on the statists to show that their programs will actually work. Dr. Lark said that "getting people to think is the way to bring them to libertarianism."
Tyler Sterns, the 18-year old NH Liberty Alliance activist of the year, talked about his own experience getting involved in politics and his run for the statehouse. There were two sessions on the law, the IRS and income taxes, by Peymon Mottahedeh of the Freedom Law School, and by Jeff Dickstein, attorney and author of "Judicial Tyranny" who outlined Bill Benson's effort to show the 16th Amendment was never properly ratified.
The afternoon panel on the 2nd amendment and gun owners' rights was by far the most popular panel of the day. Rep. Dan Itse discussed the early history of New Hampshire and the importance of it's government structure. He said "New Hampshire is the crucible of liberty," and explained why. There was also a special session with Wayne Green, founder of "Byte" and "NH To-Do" magazine covering simple solutions to many problems, focusing on natural health and current legal restrictions preventing health and food choice.
A popular session was Jim Babka of Downsize DC, making his second appearance at the Liberty Forum. Attendees were very interested in the organization's "Read the Bills Act" and "One Subject at a Time Act," both of which aim to make congressmen know more about the laws they are passing, the former actually requiring them to swear they read the bill before voting on it. He pointed out how the media willfully ignores important stories about liberty and their new "Operation Everywhere" to put the pro-liberty message in the public eye and keep it there.
Prometheus award-winning author F. Paul Wilson talked about his "Repairman Jack" series and new novel as well as discussing "freedom-based" literature in general and his own experience being a Libertarian back in the 1960s. Ed Hudgins of the Atlas Society talked about the moral imperative of liberty and the need for moral arguments to advance freedom.
A full exhibitors' hall featured many local citizens groups, a job placement agency, political parties and silver merchants.
The keynote dinner speaker, Senator John Sununu, was very popular with the attendees, particularly for his help on stopping New Hampshire's participation in Real ID. Sununu talked about his own legislative work on privacy, reducing regulation and cutting taxes. As well as working in a post-9/11 Washington and standing up against his own party on civil liberties issues. His announcement of being the lead sponsor on a bill to repeal Real ID drew a long round of applause. He said "Freedom is threatened by the constant effort to tax, tax, tax." and that "New Hampshire is the best state to live in because it has the lowest tax burden."
The Liberty Forum continues until Sunday at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua. Full details are at http://www.freestateproject.org/libertyforum
###Free State Match #4
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Be sure to read the main Free State Match page for important information
The Big Bull
The course is plain and easy.
One big bull's-eye, 20 shots, 30 seconds.
We'll have 6 categories; .22 pistol, centerfire pistol, .22 rifle (scoped and iron sights), and centerfire rifle (scoped and iron sights).
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Perferate your paper and send (scan or mail ) to:
Free State Match
9613-C Harford Rd
Unit 223
Baltimore, MD 21234
pdenisch@freestateproject.org)
When submitting targets, include the following information on each target:
Name, email address, match number (this is #4), and category name. If you would like to include what kind of PPD you used, how wide your smile was while firing, or a dirty limerick, please feel free.
| Free State Challenge #4 Match shooting dates: 10/01/2007 - 12/31/2007 Targets to be received by January 10, 2008 Enter one or more categories Enter only once per category We'll be using a downloaded PDF target for this match. Big Bull Scoring will be one point for each hit breaking the black. |
- Main Run
- PPD*: .22 Pistol
- Target: Big Bull
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 25 feet
- Shots: 20
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: Center-fire Pistol
- Target: Big Bull
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 25 feet
- Shots: 20
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: .22 Rifle (iron sights)
- Target: Big Bull
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 100 feet
- Shots: 20
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: Centerfire Rifle (iron sights)
- Target: Big Bull
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 100 feet
- Shots: 20
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: .22 Rifle (optical sights)
- Target: Big Bull
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 100 feet
- Shots: 20
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: Centerfire Rifle (optical sights)
- Target: Big Bull
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 100 feet
- Shots: 20
- Time: 30 seconds
*PPD: Paper Perforation Device
IS: Iron Sights
O.M.:Honarable Mention
STB: Score to beat (my score, beating it will qualify you for a small, cheapy award :)
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Free People Own Guns, Slaves Don't
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Liberty in Our Lifetime
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Evan Nappen Profile in BLADE Magazine
This profile of the FSP's very own Evan Nappen appears in the August 2007 issue of BLADE Magazine! The article is not available on line, but the publisher has provided us with the magazine pages in PDF format.
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For information on how to subscribe to BLADE, contact the magazine c/o
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Read Evan's first BLADE article about the FSP Porcupine Buck Knife.
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| evan_nappen_blade2.pdf | 450.92 KB |
Free State Match #3
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Be sure to read the main Free State Match page for important information
The Great Donkaphant Hunt of 2007
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To register, go to the bottom of the merchandise page and choose the categories use wish to participate in, or send a check made out to Free State Project for the appropriate amount ($1 per category) to:
Free State Match
9613-C Harford Rd
Unit 223
Baltimore, MD 21234
(This is also the target submission address or scan and email them to pdenisch@freestateproject.org)
When submitting targets, include the following information on each target:
Name, email address, match number (this is #3), and category name. If you would like to include what kind of PPD you used, how wide your smile was while firing, or a dirty limerick, please feel free.
| Free State Challenge #3 Match shooting dates: 07/01/2007 - 09/30/2007 Targets to be received by October 10, 2007 Enter one or more categories Enter only once per category We'll be using a downloaded PDF target for this match. Donkaphant Scoring will be one point for each hit breaking the outer boundary. |
- Main Run
- PPD*: .22 Pistol (iron sights)
- Target: Donkaphant
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 25 feet
- Shots: As many as you can make
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: Center-fire Pistol
- Targets: Donkaphant
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 25 feet
- Shots: As many as you can make
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: .22 Rifle
- Target: Donkaphant
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 100 feet
- Shots: As many as you can make
- Time: 30 seconds
- Main Run
- PPD*: Centerfire Rifle
- Target: Donkaphant
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 100 feet
- Shots: As many as you can make
- Time: 30 seconds
*PPD: Paper Perforation Device
IS: Iron Sights
O.M.:Honarable Mention
STB: Score to beat (my score, beating it will qualify you for a small, cheapy award :)
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| donkaphant.pdf | 11.21 KB |
Free State Match #2
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Be sure to read the main Free State Match page for important information Simple & Sweet A simpler course of fire this time. No otherworldly scourges to take care of, just straight forward shooting. We'll use letter-sized targets downloaded from this page. Two categories (.22 rifle and pistol), and two runs (fast and slow) Have fun, be safe, and let's make the world unsafe for a certain few selected pieces of paper. |
To register, go to the bottom of the merchandise page and choose the categories use wish to participate in, or send a check made out to Free State Project for the appropriate amount ($1 per category) to:
Free State Match
9613-C Harford Rd
Unit 223
Baltimore, MD 21234
(This is also the target submission address or scan and email them to pdenisch@freestateproject.org)
When submitting targets, include the following information on each target:
Name, email address, match number (this is #2), category number, and run name. If you would like to include what kind of PPD you used, how wide your smile was while firing, or a dirty limerick, please feel free.
| Free State Challenge #2 Match shooting dates: 03/15/2007 - 05/20/2007 Targets to be received by May 30, 2007 Enter one or more categories Enter only once per category We'll be using downloaded PDF targets for this match. BigBull Wolf Silhouette Basically, 5 rounds for each of the 3 targets, once slow, once fast. 30 rounds and 6 targets total for each category. Scoring will be one point for each hit inside the outer boundary. |
- Slow Run
- PPD*: .22 Rifle (iron sights)
- Targets: BigBull, Wolf, and Silhoutte
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 75 feet
- Shots: 5 for each target
- Time: 5 minutes
- Fast Run
- PPD*: .22 Rifle (iron sights)
- Target: BigBull, Wolf, and Silhoutte
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 75 feet
- Shots: 5 each target
- Time: 5 seconds
- Art Curtis (27)
- Antone Blansett (25)
- Alex Denisch (16)
- Slow Run
- PPD*: Center-fire Pistol
- Targets: BigBull, Wolf, and Silhoutte
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 25 feet
- Shots: 5 for each target
- Time: 5 minutes
- Fast Run
- PPD*: Center-fire Pistol
- Target: BigBull, Wolf, and Silhoutte
- Position: Any non-supported
- Distance: 25 feet
- Shots: 5 each target
- Time: 5 seconds
- Alex Denisch (21)
- Art Curtis (21)
*PPD: Paper Perforation Device
IS: Iron Sights
O.M.:Honarable Mention
STB: Score to beat (my score, beating it will qualify you for a small, cheapy award :)
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| FSM2-BigBull.pdf | 17.22 KB |
| FSM2-Silhoutte.pdf | 18.29 KB |
| FSM2-Wolf.pdf | 19.92 KB |
Evan Nappen's Article in BLADE Magazine
Don't Step On the Porcupine Knife!
Evan Nappen's article about the FSP Buck Knife appears in the April 2007 issue of BLADE Magazine! The article is not available on line, but the publisher has provided us with the magazine pages in PDF format.
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For information on how to subscribe to BLADE, contact the magazine c/o Evan Nappen's BLADE Magazine Article (PDF format, 800KB).Blade Magazine Article in PDF
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