{"id":2071,"date":"2013-08-23T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/08\/23\/assaulted-civil-rights-under-fire-to-be\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:44","slug":"assaulted-civil-rights-under-fire-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire To Be Shown In California State Capitol Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12898,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.calffl.org\\\/2013\\\/08\\\/cal-ffl-california-assemblyman-tim-donnelly-to-co-host-showing-of-gun-rights-documentary-inside-california-capitol&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12899,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.calffl.org\\\/assaultedtickets&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12900,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.tugg.com\\\/events\\\/5116&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/tugg.com\\\/events\\\/5116&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe movie <i>Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire<\/i> will be shown, in of all places, the California Capitol Building. Given the assaults on gun and civil rights that have taken place in both the California Senate and Assembly, I can&#8217;t think of a better place to show that movie. While I doubt that it will change any of the narrow minds of the gun prohibitionist politicians, the symbolism is enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calffl.org\/2013\/08\/cal-ffl-california-assemblyman-tim-donnelly-to-co-host-showing-of-gun-rights-documentary-inside-california-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the release<\/a> about the event by Cal-FFL along with details of this showing and another public one in Sacramento:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i><b>CAL-FFL, California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly to Co-Host Showing of Gun Rights Documentary Inside California Capitol Building<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Aug. 28th public screening at the Crest Theatre follows private Capitol screening at noon; CAL-FFL giving away 100 free movie tickets and posters for the public screening.<\/p>\n<p><b>SACRAMENTO, CA <\/b>(August 22, 2013) &#8212; Second Amendment civil rights are under fire by the California Legislature, according to leading industry and consumer group California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL). To help underscore the point, civil rights advocates have taken their argument to the big screen &#8212; and are now bringing the big screen to the Capitol Building through the efforts of top-rated Assembly member Tim Donnelly (District 33 \u2013 Hesperia) and CAL-FFL.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with CAL-FFL, Donnelly, who\u2019s already declared his candidacy for the 2014 gubernatorial election, will host a private screening of the Second Amendment-focused documentary \u2018Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire\u2019 inside the State Capitol to educate members of the Legislature and staff about this historic civil rights struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored that Assemblyman Donnelly chose to present our film on civil rights to his colleagues &#8211; the very elected members who are working hard to pass bills that would effectively end the Second Amendment in California for many years to come,\u201d said Emmy Award-winning producer and writer Kris Koenig, the film\u2019s writer and director. \u201cMost of these bills aren\u2019t even rationally related to actual crime data. Our research and film clearly shows that these bills won\u2019t improve public safety. If they watch the film they will come to understand why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent the last eighteen months of my life creating this film because I saw our rights being wholesaled off for political gain with no real benefit to public safety,\u201d continued Koenig. \u201cIt\u2019s like the NSA invading our privacy with no real connection to global terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times called \u2018Assaulted\u2019, narrated by critically-acclaimed rapper and actor Ice-T, \u201ca reasoned counter to Michael Moore&#8217;s \u2018Bowling for Columbine\u2019.\u201d The film takes a step back from the public discourse on issues like banning assault rifles and restricting magazine capacity. Instead of heavy rhetoric, \u2018Assaulted\u2019 offers a unique historical and legal perspective on the Second Amendment\u2019s significance over the years since America\u2019s founding, taking a critical and objective look at current gun laws and their effect on civil rights and liberty. The film includes commentary by preeminent UCLA constitutional law professors Adam Winkler and Eugene Volokh as well as attorney Alan Gura, the lawyer who secured 2 major victories for gun owners in landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Interviews include Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign, Margot Bennett, executive director of Women Against Gun Violence, and the advocate\/entertainer Ted Nugent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s gun control movement has always been about keeping \u2018those people\u2019 from exercising their rights,\u201d said Craig DeLuz, CAL-FFL\u2019s Legislative Advocate. \u201cIn the 1800s, \u2018those people\u2019 were the Chinese and Native Americans. In the 1960s, it was the Black Panthers. Today, you and I are \u2018those people\u2019 &#8211; &#8216;Assaulted&#8217; shows how we got here and why we have to avoid repeating the same gun control mistakes we\u2019ve made in decades past that continue to cost innocent people their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opportunity to educate the members of the California Legislature and their staff about the civil rights aspect of the gun control bills they\u2019re working to pass as we speak is just tremendous. We simply cannot thank Assemblyman Donnelly enough for his generosity and tireless efforts to defend our fundamental Second Amendment rights,\u201d said Brandon Combs, President of CAL-FFL and Managing Director of the national Firearms Policy Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Continued Combs, \u201cWe hope that all public officials and senior staff of agencies like DOJ will watch the film and give real thought to the arguments made regardless of their personal views. When lawmakers make mistakes writing gun laws innocent people go to jail, period. Getting caught in the dangerous, confusing, and expanding gun control spider web is not a very pleasant future for millions of law-abiding California gun owners, visitors, and local businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CAL-FFL will be hosting a public screening of &#8216;Assaulted&#8217; at the Crest Theatre, located at 1013 K St., at 6 p.m. that same evening. CAL-FFL is giving away free tickets to the first 100 people who RSVP and request tickets at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calffl.org\/assaultedtickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.calffl.org\/assaultedtickets<\/a>. All Crest attendees will receive an &#8216;Assaulted&#8217; movie poster that can be signed by Koenig.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials, staff, and members of the press can request a complementary ticket to the 6 p.m. screening at the Crest Theatre by emailing Craig DeLuz at <a href=\"mailto:cdeluz@calffl.org\">cdeluz@calffl.org<\/a> or by calling him at (916) 595-0264. Tickets may also be purchased for $12 from Tugg at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tugg.com\/events\/5116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.tugg.com\/events\/5116<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are invited to join Kris Koenig, Craig DeLuz, and Brandon Combs for discussion and Q&amp;A about the film, gun control in California, and the status of Second Amendment litigation immediately following the 6 p.m. showing at the restaurant Pizza Rock, located at 1020 K St., just steps away from the Crest Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS<\/p>\n<p>WHAT: Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire (Private Screening)<br \/>\nWHEN: August 28, 2013 &#8211; 12 Noon<\/p>\n<p>WHERE: California State Capitol Building<\/p>\n<p>WHAT: Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire (Public Screening)<br \/>\nWHEN: August 28, 2013 &#8211; 6 p.m.<br \/>\nWHERE: Crest Theatre (1013 K St., Sacramento, CA 95814)<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire will be shown, in of all places, the California Capitol Building. 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