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The legislature only just gaveled in this week and anti-gun legislators and gun control groups couldnt wait to reintroduce their extreme gun ban legislation- an "assault weapons" ban, Senate Bill 5217.Having failed to gain any traction in the 2021 Regular Session, the measure has now been re-filed and scheduled for a public hearing and executive session next week in the Senate Committee on Law and Justice. At the same time, the committee will also consider anti-preemption legislation, Senate Bill 5568. Please contact committee members and strongly urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 5217 and Senate Bill 5568.

Senate Bill 5217arbitrarily classifies many popularly-owned semi-automatic firearms as so-called assault weapons and bans their possession, manufacture, transfer, etc. These firearms are widely used for self-defense, recreational shooting,and hunting,and have now been vilified due to cosmetic features. It is extremely important that NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters contact their lawmakers in opposition to SB 5217.

Senate Bill 5568deals with the states preemption laws. SB 5568 will expand gun free zones and permit municipalities to ban the open carryof firearms. These types of measures result in a complex patchwork of gun laws across the state that ensnare otherwise law-abiding gun owners, turning them into criminals.

Again, please contact members of the Senate Committee on Law and Justice, and ask them to strongly OPPOSE Senate Bill 5217 and Senate Bill 5568.

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Washington: Another Year Another Extreme Gun Ban! - NRA ILA

City councils: Lemon Grove, 3146 School Lane: 6 p.m. Tuesday

School boards: Grossmont Union High School District, 6 p.m. Thursday; Santee School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday

Health center hosts vaccine clinic Saturday

Family Health Centers of San Diego is hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the FHCSD PACE Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly campus, 3420 College Ave., in the College Grove Shopping Center next door to Sam Ash Music Store. To make an appointment, call (619) 906-5351. Walk-ins are available as well as scheduled appointments. For more information, or additional vaccination sites, visit fhcsd.org/covid-19-vaccines.

Gun owners group to meet Tuesday

San Diego County Gun Owners, a political action committee promoting Second Amendment rights, will host its monthly East County meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at American Shooters, 1464 Graves Ave., El Cajon. The free meeting is open to the public. Topics will include updates on the groups advocacy, educational and training efforts, as well as information on shooting socials, gun safety classes and new gun laws. Visit http://www.sandiegocountygunowners.com.

Community invited to goal-setting workshop

El Cajons City Council invites the community to its annual goal-setting workshop, which has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Ronald Reagan Community Center. At the workshop, the council will review last years priorities and establish city goals for 2022. At last years workshop, the council set five priorities and 16 specific goals related to the priorities. The 2021 priorities are communications and civic engagement; economic development; enhancing the citys image by focusing on its entry points; homelessness; and public safety. The Ronald Reagan Community Center is at 195 E. Douglas Ave. For information, call the City Managers Office at (619) 441-1716.

El Cajon to hold fourth redistricting hearing

The El Cajon City Council is hosting its fourth redistricting hearing at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the El Cajon Valley High School, 1035 E. Madison Ave. Redistricting is the process of adjusting City Council voting districts after the U.S. Census, to ensure that each district has roughly the same number of residents. At the hearing, city staff will present an overview of redistricting, discuss draft maps, and potentially select the citys next council district election map. To view submitted draft maps, visit http://www.elcajon.gov/redistricting. Translated information including presentations, tutorials and flyers are also on that website. Materials are available in Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Pashto, and Dari. Residents may request an interpreter for the hearing by email at redistricting@elcajon.gov. Visit http://www.elcajon.gov/redistricting.

Santee holds Discovery Day for recreation

The city of Santee holds Discovery Day on Saturday for the community to sample several of its recreation amenities. Five locations are offering free samples of activities. The schedule:

Santee Discovery Day has options for all ages and abilities, so stop by one or more of these locations and start your year off with a new activity. Visit https://bit.ly/3f8V6xw.

Local students graduate

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio: Monica Cheng of El Cajon, Bachelor of Science in nursing; Kasey Woollard of Lakeside, Master of Science in geological sciences

Blood drives

The San Diego Blood Bank hosts these blood donor opportunities:

Those 17 and older, weighing at least 114 pounds and in good health may be eligible to donate blood. A good meal and plenty of fluids are recommended before donating. Appointments strongly encouraged. Photo ID required. Call (800) 469-7322 or visit SanDiegoBloodBank.org.

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Please speak up

A new (Jan. 3rd) NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 64 percent of Americans believe U.S. democracy is "in crisis and at risk of failing." That sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans: Two-thirds of GOP respondents agree with the verifiably false claim that "voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election" a key pillar of the "big lie" that the election was stolen from former President Trump.

A ReTrumplican is former Republican minus a moral compass who seeks to hold onto power through deceit, deception and insurrection. The GOP is lousy with ReTrumplicans. They corrupt society by attacking science, purging and replacing local election workers and public health officials. Their media outlets repeat the big lie and spew propaganda to pollute the civic universe. Their Constitution starts and stops with the Second Amendment. Their lust for power corrupts their ethical foundation.

My own Representative, Jack Bergman, has aligned with the ReTrumplicans by perpetuating the big lie. The shorter list is of true Michigan Republicans, who denounce the big lie, speaking truth to power: Peter Meijer, Fred Upton, Ed McBroom. They are the true patriots. Have I left any true Republicans off the list? Please speak up.

Steven Holl

Traverse City

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Former President Donald Trump said the real insurrection took place on Election Day 2020 at a "Save America" rally Saturday night in Florence, Arizona. Trump promised "massive evidence" will be released "rapidly."

"Why aren't they investigating November 3rd, a rigged and stolen election, without getting to the bottom of which we will never have a fair and free democracy?" Trump asked. "Why aren't they looking at that? And there is massive evidence that shows exactly what I'm talking about, and it's coming out rapidly and it's come out. And is coming out very big in the great state of Arizona."

Trump told attendees that Democrats can't win "without doing a lot of bad things" and said their scheme is to "erase American votes with illegal votes." The former president also promised to "stage a comeback the likes of which nobody has ever seen."

"The American people deserve answers," Trump demanded. "The January 6th rally was a protest against a crooked election carried out by unhinged Democrats, Big Tech, and working with the fake news media, all working together to defeat Republicans and your favorite president. Me. And it was done in many cases without the necessary constitutional approval of state legislatures. You had these things changed by local politicians. In other words, how do we screw the Republicans? They didn't go back. The constitution says you have to go back to the state legislatures, and many of them did and they couldn't get the approval and they did it anywhere, which means it's unconstitutional and many other problems. They did everything you could do."

"The real insurrection took place on Election Day, November 3rd," Trump declared. "Never forget the reason the Democrats and their media allies conduct all of these hoaxes and which hunts is not because they think the American people are with them. It's because they know that the American people are actually against them."

"They have to cheat because with open borders, no Second Amendment, a bad economy highest ever inflation, sanctuary cities, a woke bunch of military leaders that don't know what the hell they're doing, an education system that's failed so badly and they don't want to go to the right system," Trump said.

"They can't win without doing a lot of bad things," Trump said of Democrats. "That's why the radical Democrats are also currently waging an unprecedented attack on voting rights. You see that happening right now. Their scheme is always been to erase American votes with illegal votes, and now they are doing so openly. They want to get rid of that filibuster, and they want to change it. Their legislation is not a voting rights bill. It's a voting fraud bill. That's what it is. Sounds so nice, voting rights."

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Trump: The Real Insurrection Took Place On Election Day, Why Aren't They Investigating The Rigged Election? - RealClearPolitics

A business owner from the Hudson Valley already awaiting trial for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC is among those charged with seditious conspiracy charges after being named in a federal indictment along with the leader of the Oath Keepers militia.

Roberto Minuta, age 37, who owns an Orange County tattoo shop in Newburgh, was among the members of the right-wing group who were indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. this week along with Oath Keepers founder and leader Stewart Rhodes.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Minuta was caught on camera with former President Donald Trump's longtime advisor Roger Stone while wearing a baseball hat and military-style vest with the Oath Keeper logo prior to the violent insurrection, prosecutors said following his arrest.

Following his greeting with Stone, Minuta can later be seen among the crowd that approached the Capitol and interacting with Capitol Police officers while wearing goggles.

He was originally charged with obstruction of Congress and unlawful entry following his March 2020 arrest.

New charges include:

Other charges could be pending, prosecutors noted.

"Minuta and others affiliated with the Oath Keepers breached the U.S. Capitol grounds, where Minuta aggressively berated and taunted US Capitol police officers responsible for protecting the Capitol and the representatives inside of the Capitol, prosecutors said.

Video footage of the riot shows Minuta harassing officers along with other rioters before exiting a damaged Capitol door.

Specifically, Minuta yells at an officer, among other things, All thats left is the Second Amendment! while holding up two fingers, apparently referencing the right to keep and bear firearms, the complaint states.

Prosecutors said that Minuta was a flight risk, and asked that he be held until his trial. Minuta was also cited for opening his tattoo parlor in defiance of the states COVID-19 guidance during the peak of pandemic, which prosecutors said is evidence this man does not respect the law.

US attorneys prosecuting him also made note that Minuta had provided freelance security for various high profile individuals, though Stone wasnt specifically mentioned.

However, a judge released Minuta on bail, saying that he was not engaged in any acts of violence on Jan. 6.

"I think it is an overstatement of the situation to say that because Mr. Minuta was wearing particular gear he is predisposed to particular acts of violence.

Stone, a Fairfield County native (Norwalk) who attended high school in Northern Westchester County (John Jay in Lewisboro), made a statement toABC Newsalleging that he does not know Minuta, nor was he familiar with his name prior to his being identified in earlier media stories where it was alleged that he was involved in illegal events up at the Capitol.

If he was indeed among those who volunteered to provide security while I visited Washington DC I was unaware of it.

If convicted on the seditious conspiracy charge, Minuta will face a maximum term of 20 years in federal prison.

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