Announcements
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Press Release - NHPP Range Day
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Contact: Ryan Marvin
Phone: 603-625-1690 Email: newhampshire@pinkpistols.org (email preferred) NEW HAMPSHIRE PINK PISTOLS TO HOST FIREARMS WORKSHOP Will Provide Self-Defense and Safety Training to LGBT Community New Hampshire Pink Pistols will hold its first monthly range day Sunday, May 25 2008, 11:00am to 3:00pm in Deerfield, NH. The Pink Pistols will meet the last Sunday of every month to practice shooting, and to acquaint people new to firearms with them. We will help participants select a firearm, acquire a concealed carry license if they choose to get one, and receive proper training in its safe and legal use for self-defense. The more people know that members of our community may be adequately equipped for self-defense, the less likely they will be to single out members of the LGBT community for attack. Guests are encouraged to bring their own firearms and hearing protection, but these will be provided for those who do not own them. Contact NHPP Coordinator Ryan Marvin at newhampshire@pinkpistols.org or visit www.newhampshirepinkpistols.org for more information. NHPP is a shooting group that works to build bridges between the shooting community and other communities, such as those based on alternative sexualities. We include members from the GLBT, Polyamarous, and BDSM communities, but you don't need to be gay or have an alternative sexuality to join and participate. ### If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Ryan Marvin, please email newhampshire@pinkpistols.org |
Pink Pistols Files Amicus Brief in Heller Case
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The Supreme Court will finally review the 1975 Washington, D.C. gun law. In our nation’s capitol for three decades all handguns have been illegal unless they had been registered before the law took effect. Grandfathered legal firearms must be kept unloaded and disassembled or, if assembled, disabled by some means. Originally, movement of firearms was allowed only on the owner’s property, but that was amended to prohibit even movement from room to room on the owner’s property. This case is about only the right of an individual to keep a workable firearm in his domicile. It is not about carrying a firearm either concealed or openly in the streets of the city. It is simply asking to have the means to protect themselves and their families from intruders in their home. Armed gays don't get bashed. We have a right to life; we have a right to defend that life and the lives of those around us, and we have a right to the means to do so. Without the means to defend one’s life, one has no effective right to life. Pink Pistols has filed this amicus brief with the SCOTUS:http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/07-290_amicus_pink_pistols.pdf |