The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), founded in 1875, is a nonprofit membership and donor supported organization with tens of thousands of members throughout California. CRPA’s membership is comprised of a diverse cross-section of the general public including competitive and recreational shooters, hunters, youth, women, police, firearm experts and trainers, and loving parents who choose to own a gun to defend their families. CRPA works tirelessly to defend the civil and constitutional rights of individuals to choose to responsibly own and use firearms. Through its Sacramento and local legal and political advocates, CRPA works in the state capital and in city halls throughout California to promote laws that protect these rights, and to oppose laws that infringe on these rights. Through its legal team, CRPA fights in the courts to challenge unconstitutional or illegal gun bans and ill-conceived gun control laws, and provides guidance to California gun owners regarding their legal rights and responsibilities. CRPA works to preserve the traditional role of the citizen to hunt and to conserve and preserve California’s natural resources. CRPA promotes the recreational shooting sports, and provides safety, education, and skills training. CRPA organizes and sanctions competitive shooting matches for both adult and junior shooters, including Olympic training programs and state championships. CRPA is proud to say that many CRPA competitors are among the best in the world. http://crpa.org/about-crpa/ Gov. Jerry Brown signs bulk of sweeping gun-control package into law, vetoes five bills Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed six gun-control bills into law, including a requirement that ammunition purchasers undergo background checks. The governor vetoed five other measures, including an expansion of the use of restraining orders to take guns from people deemed to be dangerous. “My goal in signing these bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible and focused manner, while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners,” Brown wrote in a message. Brown approved bills that would ban the sale of semiautomatic rifles equipped with bullet buttons allowing the ammunition magazines to be easily detached and replaced. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-gov-brown-signs-six-gun-control-bills-1467394282-htmlstory.html Obama for 3rd term? Four More Years? President Obama is on his way out, but if the 22nd Amendment were repealed he could serve another term. After delivering an engaging address on Brexit and trade, terrorism and the unique relationship between the U.S., Canada and the world, the Canadian Parliament gave President Barack Obama a tribute for the ages: A minut ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db88ME_CnG0

Politically, Astaire was a conservative and a lifelong Republican Party supporter,[45] though he never made his political views publicly known.[46] Along with Bing Crosby, George Murphy, Ginger Rogers, and others, he was a charter (founding) member of the Hollywood Republican Committee.[47] He was churchgoing, supportive of American military action, and was dismissive of the more open sexiness of movies in the 1970s.[46] Always immaculately turned out, he and Cary Grant were called "the best-dressed actor[s] in American movies".[48] Astaire remained a male fashion icon even into his later years, eschewing his trademark top hat, white tie and tails (for which he never really cared)[49] in favor of a breezy casual style of tailored sports jackets, colored shirts, cravats and slacks—the latter usually held up by the idiosyncratic use of an old tie in place of a belt. If you are convicted of a crime, odds are that you are going to have to spend some time behind bars. However, if you are fortunate enough and live in California, and, as long as you've got the cash (no personal checks allowed), you can get "bumped up" to an almost bearable "cell". For offenders whose crimes are usually relatively minor and who have pretty big bank accounts, there are a dozen or so city jails across the state that offer pay-to-stay upgrades. These jails are clean, quiet, and you won't have to share a room with a hardened criminal gang banger. http://bit.ly/19ys5oB ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgzDF7hmhE0

Dr. Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender person confirmed by Senate to federal post Levine, who previously served as Pennsylvania’s secretary of health, was confirmed as the assistant secretary to Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dr-rachel-levine-becomes-first-openly-transgender-person-confirmed-senate-n1262000 New Biden Dept. of Energy hire is a nonbinary drag queen — 'an asset,' say queer activists It seems President Joe Biden made history last month: That's when Sam Brinton announced the administration had hired them as deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition in the office of nuclear energy for the Department of Energy. Brinton, like many of the people quoted in this article, uses the pronouns they and them, and may be the first openly gender-fluid person in federal government leadership — as they noted on LinkedIn upon accepting the role. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/new-biden-dept-energy-appointee-part-time-drag-queen-queer-activists-145352610.html Young Generations, Hopeless Marxists A famous acquaintance told me that our country is run and controlled by technocracy, control by those who own technology. Technological corporatism is enabling government control around the world, led by the U.N. and NGOs endowed by woke corporatists and member countries. The west is controlled by globalist Marxism, more powerful than the former Soviet style Marxism. It is a 21st century technocratic Marxism on steroids with the addition of a powerful technocracy that did not exist in the former Iron Curtain countries. https://liberalsarenuts.com/2022/05/30/young-generations-hopeless-marxists/ Woke Liberals in Academia, and the Marxist Communists They Love Academia has given our country the racist identity politics of Critical Theory, the anti-white hatred of Critical Race Theory, and they have taught a generation of young Americans to hate their country. Many in academia promoted Marxist Communism in the 1960s because they thought it would bring utopia (and they also realized that elites promoting Communism and socialism often get rich while the rest of us get the shaft). https://www.charlestonathenaeumpress.com/woke-liberals-in-academia-and-the-marxist-communists-they-love/ Texas Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday allowing more teachers to carry firearms and expands mental health services for students in the wake of the mass shooting last year at a high school near Houston. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-governor-signs-bill-allowing-more-armed-teachers/ Gun Sales Hit Record 16 Million. Here’s Every State Ranked. U.S. gun sales in the first four months of 2021 surged 31% to 15,966,389. This makes it among the largest figures since sales started to be recorded in 1998. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gun-sales-hit-record-16-million-here-s-every-state-ranked/ar-BB1glNKm ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if_6JbAsclk

Trump still a GOP titan: 'A restoration is coming' Former President Donald Trump is behaving like he never left office. Out of power for more than a week, Mr. Trump has created an “Office of the Former President,” staffed with former White House aides to “advance the interests of the United States and to carry on the agenda” of his administration. He is handing out political endorsements. He has backed Kelli Ward for a second term as chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party (she won) and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for governor of Arkansas in 2022. Still cut off from social media, Mr. Trump released the statement endorsing Mrs. Sanders through his new political action committee, Save America. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/31/trump-still-gop-titan-restoration-coming/ California to Release Tens of Thousands More Violent Offenders Early California will grant early release to tens of thousands more violent, repeat felons over the next few years. California's governor issued an emergency declaration on Saturday to shorten their sentences. "With little notice, California on Saturday is increasing early release credits for 76,000 inmates, including violent and repeat felons, as it further trims the population of what once was the nation’s largest state correctional system," Fox News reports. https://www.cnsnews.com/index.php/commentary/hans-bader/california-release-tens-thousands-more-violent-offenders-early 76,000 California inmates to be eligible for earlier release Among those eligible for credits that shorten sentences are 63,000 convicted of violent crimes, according to projections. With little notice, California on Saturday is increasing early release credits for 76,000 inmates, including violent and repeat felons, as it further trims the population of what once was the nation’s largest state correctional system. More than 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes will be eligible for good behavior credits that shorten their sentences by one-third instead of the one-fifth that had been in place since 2017. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/76-000-california-inmates-be-eligible-earlier-release-n1266044 O'Toole says he's in 'listening mode' on idea of mandatory voting in Canada Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he’s simply in “listening mode” on the idea of making voting mandatory in Canada after recently raising it before a virtual crowd. The remarks came when O’Toole was asked about proportional representation during an event hosted by the Delta Chamber of Commerce in British Columbia earlier this month. https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/otoole-muses-to-virtual-crowd-about-mandatory-voting-looking-to-australia O'Toole talk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2p52RAVhPA