{"id":366,"date":"2018-06-04T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T22:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2018\/06\/04\/grnc-press-conference-in-raleigh-on\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:29:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:29:04","slug":"grnc-press-conference-in-raleigh-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"GRNC Press Conference In Raleigh On Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7316,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\\\/ct\\\/47938246:WYAjxsG6N:m:1:345464502:1F616007A2E33123B8C570D84846FFF2:r&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;:5980,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.blogger.com\\\/null&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;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe Demanding Moms can gets lots of turnout to their events because of stay-at-home moms, retirees, and kept women. Well, I don&#8217;t know about the kept women part but I think the first two are pretty accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Grass Roots North Carolina is holding a press conference in conjunction with Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus) on school safety. They need &#8211; WE NEED &#8211; as many people who can to attend that press conference and especially teachers who want the ability to be armed to protect the school children under their care.<\/p>\n<p>The full release is below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK5\" style=\"height: 756px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 614px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#0000cc\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"background-color: #0000cc; color: white; font-family: &quot;Arial Black&quot;, &quot;Avant Garde&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\" width=\"99%\">\n<h3>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\">PRESS CONFERENCE:<br \/>                                                         SCHOOL<br \/>\nSELF-DEFENSE ACT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\"><br \/> <br \/>\n                                           <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>\n<span face=\"Arial\nBlack, Avant Garde\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><strong>Children will only be safe when adults are permitted to protect<br \/>\nthem \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>         <strong>Tomorrow (Tuesday, 6\/5)<\/strong>, the sponsors of the \u201cSchool Self-Defense Act\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\/ct\/47938246:WYAjxsG6N:m:1:345464502:1F616007A2E33123B8C570D84846FFF2:r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 1039<\/a>)<br \/>\n will be publicly introducing the bill, and<br \/>\nyou\u2019re invited. GRNC was involved in creating this bill as well as<br \/>\ndirecting input to the offices of the Speaker and the House Rules Chair,<br \/>\n and<br \/>\nwe\u2019re excited about its introduction. <u><strong>This is GRNC&#8217;s answer to all of the counterproductive, and worse, <em>gun-grabbing<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;solutions&#8221;&nbsp;proposed by the left<\/strong><\/u><strong>. <\/strong><strong>More press conference details <\/strong><a href=\"mailbox:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jpr99\/AppData\/Roaming\/Thunderbird\/Profiles\/n20zcmr0.default\/Mail\/Local%20Folders\/Inbox?number=764911916#PressRelease\"><strong>below<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><br \/>                                                         <\/span><\/div>\n<p>                          <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Parents and especially<br \/>\nteachers, <br \/>                                                         please attend this press conference<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><br \/> <br \/>\n                  <\/strong><br \/>                                                         <span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Please RSVP using the<br \/>\nfollowing <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">email address:<br \/>                                                         <strong>directorofdevelopment@grnc.org<\/strong><\/span> <br \/> <br \/>\n                          <\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><br \/> <br \/>\n                                                     <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><em>Note:&nbsp;Signs are<br \/>\n<u>not<\/u> allowed in the Legislative Building.<\/em> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">                                                         <br \/> <br \/>\n      <span style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Calling All Teachers and Parents<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"PressRelease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><strong>It is very important that<br \/>\nyou attend this press conference. <u>Seeing you there will help the General Assembly members recognize that the people are serious about this, and<br \/>\nyour presence may even help the politicians develop spines<\/u>. Please see below for details.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK7\" style=\"background-color: white; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100%px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#0000cc\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"background-color: #0000cc; color: white; font-family: 'Arial Black','Avant Garde'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"99%\">\n<h3>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\"><br \/>\n                                   PRESS RELEASE:<br \/>                                                         LEGISLATION &amp; PRESS<br \/>\nCONFERENCE DETAILS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\">                                                         <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><br \/>                                                         <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Bill Provides<br \/> <br \/>\n     Active Shooter Protection for Students<\/strong><\/span><br \/>                                                         <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                         <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><strong>Legislators herald introduction of<br \/>\nHouse Bill 1039: \u201cSchool Self-Defense Act\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/> <br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Press conference:<\/strong><\/span><br \/> <br \/>\n                                            <strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp; Tuesday, June 5 at 11:00 A.M. EDT<br \/> <br \/>\n                  <strong>Where: <\/strong>NC General Assembly, Legislative Building Rm. 1328, 16. W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC<br \/> <br \/>\n                                   <strong>Who:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; Representatives Larry Pittman, Michael Speciale, John Blust and Mark<br \/>\nBrody<br \/>                                                         <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                     <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">To deter active<br \/>\nshooter scenarios and better protect North Carolina students, North Carolina House <strong>Representatives Larry Pittman, Michael Speciale, John Blust<br \/>\nand Mark Brody<\/strong> have introduced <strong>HB 1039<\/strong>: \u201cSchool Self-Defense Act,\u201d which is patterned after the Department of<br \/>\nHomeland Security\u2019s highly successful \u201cFederal Flight Deck Officer\u201d program and would:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Create a \u201cVolunteer School Faculty Guardian\u201d program for full or part-time<br \/>\nschool faculty members who have concealed handgun permits and wish to<u><strong> carry firearms to protect students<\/strong><\/u>;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Create an <u><strong>active shooter training program<\/strong><\/u> for School Faculty Guardians; and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><u><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Allow school systems to \u201copt out&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/u><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">should they choose to do so.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">\n<p>                                           <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">Teachers to speak<br \/>\nout in favor of HB 1039:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                         The June 5 press conference will<br \/>\nallow an opportunity for teachers in favor of arming faculty members, whose voices have long been stifled, to be heard. <\/p>\n<p>                                                         <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Said<br \/>\nGRNC president Paul Valone:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>                                                         <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\u201c<em>Too<br \/>\n often, politicians have wrongly equated<br \/>\nprotecting school children with the loss of individual freedom. GRNC<br \/>\nthanks these courageous legislators for promoting a solution, already<br \/>\noperating<br \/>\nsuccessfully in Ohio and elsewhere, which will deter mass killings,<br \/>\nallow volunteer faculty members to provide a last layer of defense for<br \/>\nschool<br \/>\nchildren, and preserve our Constitutional liberties.<\/em>\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><br \/>                                                         <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3>\n<span style=\"color: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"ImmediateAction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#0000cc\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"background-color: #0000cc; color: white; font-family: 'Arial Black','Avant Garde'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"99%\">\n<h3>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\">IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><br \/>                                                         <\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><u><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">EMAIL THE SPEAKER AND THE RULES COMMITTEE<br \/>\nCHAIRMAN<\/span><\/strong><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">. Use the<br \/>\ncopy\/paste details provided under &#8216;<a href=\"mailbox:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jpr99\/AppData\/Roaming\/Thunderbird\/Profiles\/n20zcmr0.default\/Mail\/Local%20Folders\/Inbox?number=764911916#Deliver\">Deliver This Message<\/a>&#8216; to insist on a hearing for this bill. <\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><u><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">ATTEND TUESDAY&#8217;S PRESS<br \/>\nCONFERENCE<\/span><\/strong><\/u><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: red;\"><u><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">As soon as you can, please contact GRNC at this email address, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><strong><strong>directorofdevelopment@grnc.org<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, and let us know you&#8217;re<br \/>\ncoming<\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"> More details below.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p>                                                             <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">This<br \/>\n<u>Tuesday, June 5, at 10:30 AM<\/u>, meet GRNC representatives here:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Legislative Building<br \/>                                                             Room 1328<br \/> <br \/>\n                                                 16 W. Jones Street<br \/>                                                             Raleigh, NC<br \/>\n27601<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                                                             <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><strong><strong>A couple<br \/>\nof notes:<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">It\u2019s probably best to arrive in Raleigh by 10:00 AM to make sure you  find parking. Please \u201cdress for<br \/>\nthe press.\u201d Professional attire  preferred. Firearms are <em><u>not<\/u><\/em> allowed on the grounds of the General  Assembly.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"Deliver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> <u><strong>Signs are <em>not <\/em>allowed in the Legislative Building<\/strong><\/u>. <br \/>\n                                                            <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#0000cc\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"background-color: #0000cc; color: white; font-family: 'Arial Black','Avant Garde'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"99%\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial Black;\">DELIVER THIS MESSAGE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/p>\n<p>                           <strong><span face=\"Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Send to:&nbsp; <\/span><\/strong><span face=\"Calibri, Helvetica, Arial,\nsans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Tim.Moore@ncleg.net; David.Lewis@ncleg.net<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                                         <span face=\"Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Suggested Subject: &#8220;<span style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\">The School Self-Defense Act Must Receive a Hearing<\/span>&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                                         <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>                                                         <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Dear Speaker Moore and Chairman Lewis:<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>        <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">I am writing to insist on a hearing for the &#8220;School Self-Defense<br \/>\nAct&#8221;&nbsp;(HB 1039). <\/span><br \/>\n                                                         <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">I<br \/>\n was quite elated when I&nbsp;heard that several courageous legislators have<br \/>\nstepped forward<br \/>\nto develop a practical and effective solution to the school safety<br \/>\nissues we are currently facing. It&#8217;s about time we stepped out of the<br \/>\nendless cycle<br \/>\nof rhetoric, and took actual steps to defend our children. This bill, HB<br \/>\n 1039, does just that.&nbsp; <br \/> <br \/>\n             <\/span><br \/>\n                                                         <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Due to the potentially imminent<br \/>\nnature of this problem, time is short. Please do not position yourself<br \/>\nas the one<br \/>\nstanding between school children and their safety. Rather, make sure the<br \/>\n School Self-Defense Act receives a hearing immediately. NC&nbsp;Parents and<br \/>\nTeachers need this, school children need it even more, and that&#8217;s why<br \/>\nI&#8217;m insisting on it. <br \/> <br \/>\n   <\/span><br \/>\n                                                         <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">I will be monitoring your actions on this issue through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                                         <span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Respectfully,<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Demanding Moms can gets lots of turnout to their events because of stay-at-home moms, retirees, and kept women.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[102,103,938,105,106],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-armed-teachers","tag-grass-roots-north-carolina","tag-hb-1039","tag-rep-larry-pittman","tag-school-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11469,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/11469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}