Firearms issues expert to address Defenders of Liberty Monday night

Friday, April 8, 2016

Attorney and author Bryan L. Ciyou will be the featured speaker at the Greencastle Defenders of Liberty meeting on Monday, April 11 at the Dixie Chopper Business Center at the Putnam County Airport, 102 Ballard Lane, Greencastle.

The program begins at 6:30 p.m. and the public is invited to attend.

Ciyou is a trial and appellate attorney at the Indianapolis law firm of Ciyou & Dixon P. C. He earned his BA with distinction and graduated through the honors program, along with his JD, cum laude, at Indiana University.

One of his key practice areas is firearms law where he represents a wide array of clients, including licensed manufacturers and dealers with criminal or regulatory/compliance matters, gun show promoters and businesses with firearms legal issues, and individuals involved in deadly force encounters.

Ciyou has authored three books on Indiana firearms law -- "The Indiana Firearms Law Reference" manual and two editions of a new annual reference manual, "Gun Laws by State." He also completed a chapter in the book, "Inside the Minds: Strategies for Defending Firearms Offense Charges," published by Thomas Reuters, one of America's largest legal publishers.

The local, state and national media have featured Ciyou 's apolitical works and opinions numerous times. In addition, everyone from attorneys, judges, police officers, news reporters, legislators and everyday people wanting to know more information regularly reference his books.

A frequent lecturer on gun laws, he has been active on the legislative front in different ways, such as advising lawmakers in drafting proposed legislation, considering current laws and testifying about the impact of firearms legislation and regulation.

Actively involved in shooting sports, Ciyou is a life member of the National Rifle Association, the Second Amendment Foundation and Safari Club International.

The Greencastle Defenders of Liberty has had a meeting on the second Monday of every month for more than six years, bringing to Putnam County speakers with expertise on issues important to all citizens.

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  • Why Does The NRA Still Support NICS?

    The NRA recently re-stated its longstanding support for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), a program that was originally mandated by the Brady Bill in 1993.

    In a statement directed at the North Carolina Sherriff Association last week, the NRA said:

    "[North Carolina's] antiquated and inefficient system has been in place for nearly a century and was enacted long before the age of computers and computerized records. Unfortunately, the [North Carolina Sherriff's Association] has determined it would like to continue to use discretion to deny permits to purchase handguns, rather than simply use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by the majority of other states."

    The NRA has publicly supported NICS for years, arguing it should be "improved" and "limited" rather than completely eradicated.

    The reasons for this are almost certainly political. As The Truth About Guns pointed out recently, the NRA would take a serious hit with lawmakers and the public if it came out against any and all criminal background checks.

    But this "compromise" approach gives the enemy a permanent foundation to expand gun control.

    Just yesterday, New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced a bill that would require anyone buying or selling firearms to undergo a NICS background check, and further require that every gun transfer be reported to the United States Attorney General.

    Maloney's bill has no chance of passing, but it won't be the last. For as long as NICS is around, the anti-gun crowd will keep using it as a foundation for laws that limit our rights.

    By continuing to publicly support an unconstitutional system, the NRA is playing with fire.

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    -- Posted by ramrodd on Sat, Apr 9, 2016, at 2:52 PM
  • Dear NRA.....

    STOP "negotiating" excuses to INFRINGE on OUR RIGHTS.

    If there must be background checks, let's try this idea...

    Are there any 'legislators' that are interested in a CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND CHECK?

    Since SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED means exactly that..

    Let's try a "Background Check" that DOES NOT INFRINGE on anybodies RIGHTS...

    A FULL, IN DEPTH background check for ALL Politicians,

    Bureaucrats, and ALL government employees, and set MINIMAL INTELLIGENCE,

    JOB SKILLS AND CHARACTER QUALITIES that must be met before they can run for office, be appointed of hired.

    That way, WE, THE PEOPLE, get a much better class of politicians and

    bureaucrats, as well as EMPLOYEES that can be trained to do the jobs

    they are being hired for.

    Any bets on how hard the political class will fight to prevent it?

    THAT would be a Background Check that nearly ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS will support.

    and I don't much care if the illegals and their sycophants don't like the idea.

    -- Posted by ramrodd on Sat, Apr 9, 2016, at 2:54 PM
  • Obama Sets Sights on Taking Guns from Elderly and Disabled..and Dont trust the NRA..

    Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday have not even been laid to rest and the Marxist

    usurper-in-chief is already at work to get your guns. After all of the federal government's criminal writing of laws and then illegally enforcing them on the nation, they still can't keep guns out of the hands of criminals, just like Constitutionalists have pointed out over and over again. Now, the administration is going to use information that is tied to Social Security beneficiaries.

    This is what happens when people buy into socialism, and yes, the Social Security Ponzi scheme is socialism. Most people never consider that there was a generation that didn't pay one thin dime into the system, and others paid for them. No one pays for themselves in the Social Security system. Each one pays anticipating the government will hold the gun (no pun intended) to the younger generation's head in order to pay for their retirement. It's utterly immoral.

    However, be that as it may, the immoral Obama administration wants to use any means possible to infringe on the rights of Americans, which are protected under the Second Amendment. Even sadder is that they are attempting to use a strategy the VA is using. Apparently the VA has time for background checks, but not the time to deal with 238,000 veterans who died waiting for health care.

    Last week, Gun Owners of America's Erich Pratt pointed out how the Obama administration is using the Obamacare system to go after our veterans' guns. As for the Social Security Administration, and agency that is unconstitutional, they are drafting their policy behind closed doors from the eyes of public scrutiny, much like everything that comes from this administration

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    -- Posted by ramrodd on Sat, Apr 9, 2016, at 2:56 PM
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    -- Posted by ramrodd on Sat, Apr 9, 2016, at 2:57 PM
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