December 6, 2002
The Thermopylae Group & The Self Defense Initiative in California
At the Big Reno Gun Show last weekend, I picked up a paper brochure entitled "A Proposal for Amending the California Constitution", from The Thermopylae Group in San Jose, California. The text of the Self-defense Initiative is composed of these 3 short paragraphs:
The PropositionThe inalienable right to defend life and liberty as set forth in Article I, Section 1 of the California Constitution includes the fundamental right of each person to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family and home. This right shall not be infringed.
1. All State government action regulating the right of law-abiding persons to acquire and possess arms for the defense of self, family and home, shall be subject to strict scrutiny, in the same respect as the freedoms of speech and of the press. All county, city and local government action on this subject is preempted by state law and this Amendment.
2. This Amendment does not limit the State from regulating the acquisition and possession of arms by: felons, minors, the mentally incompetent, and any person subject to restraining orders based upon their own violent conduct.
The group plans to place the initiative on the ballot in 2004.
Molon Labe!
Posted by Russell Whitaker at December 6, 2002 5:25 PM | TrackBack