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MN Gun Owners Caucus Illuminates about DFL Gun Control Bills to St Paul GOP Candidates

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Meet & Greet the St Paul Republican House Candidates
6 of 7 Candidates invited attended the Meet & Greet. from Left to Right, Fadil Jama (HD 66A), Dan Walsh (HD 64A), Mike Hilborn (HD 65B), Scott Hesselgrave (HD 67A), Greg Copeland (HD 66B), present but not pictured, Peter Donahue (HD 64B)

The MN Gun Owners Caucus was invited to help St Paul Republican Candidates to understand what they may be up against in debate/forums and in town halls against DFL career politicians, concerning gun laws and regulations, which are unconstitutional due to the Supremacy of the US Constitution over State Constitutions.

The nonpartisan nature of the MN Gun Owners Caucus was such that if they called this meeting, instead of the HD 66B Republicans, they would be required to invite DFL Candidates to the event. Lawful Gun Ownership is a nonpartisan issue, yet too often DFL legislators and their party are hellbent on adding cumbersome regulations that pose to be “gotcha” laws that will make any law abiding gunowner into a criminal or go insane trying to follow all of them.

Many examples of “gotcha” laws are posed as “Reasonable” Gun laws.  One such law that was proposed in a bill by Rep Kaohly Her HD 64A DFL was the Safe Gun Storage Bill where guns would need to be locked, unloaded, and separate from ammunition. Thankfully this “Gotcha” bill which was Insane & Unreasonable failed thanks to the MN Gun Owners Caucus. Rep Kaohly Her at the HD 64 A&B Forum  on Sept 17th said she was a gun owner and stores her gun separate from her ammunition, unloaded and locked at her home. Hopefully her home isn’t located and invaded by armed criminals as she just stated her home doesn’t have an accessible firearm ready to thwart a crew of career criminals wanting to steal and possibly kill anyone who gets in their way. We pray that day never happens to her, or anyone else.

MN Gun Owners  Caucus Explained What they Do
MN Gun Owners Caucus, Comms Director, Nick Majerus explained about how gun laws and what the organization does

Nick Majerus explained about many gun laws that were put into an omnibus anti-2A bill and how the bill failed. It failed because gun ownership is nonpartisan and Rob Doar a full time lobbyist for the organization lobbied legislators to see the insanity of certain laws, and also worked to water down bills that looked like they were headed toward passage due to party line votes and Big Money organizations pushing for gun control.

Bryan Strawser is a co-founder and Chairman of the MN Gun Owners Caucus.

There are 2 main In-Session Events the MN Gun Owners Caucus invites Law Abiding Gun Owners to the Minnesota State Capitol Building. It is for Rally Day, as well as the Lobby Day. We posted both of those days this year.

May Lor Xiong Addresses the Audience

May Lor Xiong, the Endorsed Republican Candidate in CD 4, running against Betty McCollum

May Lor Xiong talked about the importance of being safe and defending oneself and your family. She cited how despots and Communists will tell people who they want to protect you while they take some of your money, but after they take your guns away they might take you away and no one will ever see you again.  All Communist regimes do this.

Questions and Answers with Nick Majerus

Nick Majerus answered questions from Candidates and from the audience at the event room at the American Legion Post 577.

One of the questions was about the most recent obscene MN Supreme Court Ruling in MN v Blevins. Mr Blevins had been threatened with a knife on the Light Rail Station near the US Bank Stadium. Blevins pulled a machete in self defense. He then gets charged with second degree assault-fear using a weapon.  They said from the camera footage on the platform Blevins did not retreat. Yet there is no such law or requirement by anyone wishing to defend themselves. The Majority opinion was that Blevins didn’t retreat and he caused fear with his machete and thus guilty. The dissenting opinion by Justice Thissen and the case can be read here.

St Paul Republican Candidates Address the Audience

Each of the Endorsed Candidates that attended the event got up and addressed the audience. There were 7 candidates who were running, only Sharon Anderson who beat the endorsed Republican Candidate AJ Plehal, did not attend the event.

Those in attendance were HD 64A Dan Walsh, HD 64B Peter Donahue, HD 65B Mike Hilborn (there was no candidate filing for HD 65A), HD 66A Fadil Jama, HD 66B Greg Copeland, and HD 67A Scott Hesselgrave.

American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, St Paul MN 55106

Thanks to the American Legion Post 577

HD 66B Republicans would like to thank the American Legion Post 577, at 1129 Arcade St, Saint Paul MN 55106, for having a real nice establishment for us to hold our event at. They are having a Booya on Saturday October 19th.  They have a beautiful building, and a great atmosphere inside.

This post was a write up about an event planned by HD 66B Republicans for the sole purpose of educating the public, candidates, and anyone interested in lawful gun ownership.  We thank all the invited Republican Candidates of St Paul for the MN House. We are glad to bring attention to some really great candidates other than our own endorsed candidate Greg Copeland, and May Lor Xiong.

Thanks to the MN Gun Owners Caucus to help educate those who attended our event.  We are not associated with them, though some of our BPOU delegates are members of their organization.  — Admin

 

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Post Legislative Town Hall Forum June 11th 6:30 to 8:00 pm at American Legion Post 577

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American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, St Paul MN 55106

What: Legislative Update from Elected Republican Legislators

  • Hear from our Republican State Legislators regarding what happened at this last legislative session, and have the opportunity to ask them questions.

When: June 11, 2024. 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Where: American Legion Post 577, 1129 Arcade St, St Paul MN 55106 Map
Cost: At Will Donation (Suggested Donation $10)
Misc: A light dinner will be served. Bottled water will be provided, but other drinks are available for purchase at the American Legion bar.
Featured Speakers Senator Mark Koran, Endorsed CD4 Republican Candidate May Lor Xiong, and others

Hosted by House District 66B Republicans

The last week of the Minnesota Legislative Session brought out all sorts of last minute “gotcha” bills that pass on party line votes usually. There was one “garbage” bill that was 2800 pages long dropped on the legislature about 90 minutes to the End of Session on May 19th. It could have been the last week of the DFL Trifecta, where they control both Bodies of the Legislature, plus the Governor’s Office. Frankly they also control the State Supreme Court as well. The last Republican leaning Justice is Barry Anderson who just retired.

Please honor our event host site by keeping politics out of the bar area outside of the event room. Thank you

This event and this post were not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee, the CD4 Republicans, nor the MN GOP. If you would like to check out who our current endorsed candidates are check out the top menu for our Candidates Page or go directly to it by typing in mnhd66brepublicans.org/candidates. — admin

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Crossing Cultures & Being Influential

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Waihon LIew

The Cross Cultural Workshop on August 14th was a success. We had several members of our bpou as well as other bpous across the Metro and even Linwood, MN. Thanks to Mikki Murray and Tawn Johnson and others in promoting the event to other local party units.

Presentations by May Lor Xiong & Waihon Liew

The first presentation was by Asian American Republicans Chair May Lor Xiong, who was the endorsed MN CD4 Republican candidate in 2022 talked about some of the lessons learned when she ran for office. One might think the Karen of Myanmar (formerly Burma) would have the same cultural ties to Hmong but they are completely different cultures.

May Lor Xiong stressed that people in general want to be part of the solution to problems that present themselves. The best practice is to listen to people and find common values you share and start from there.

May Lor Xiong, the endorsed 2022 CD4 Republican Candidate

Next Waihon Liew, Chair Donna Liew’s husband has many accolades in connecting those from other cultures

Waihon Liew’s Background

Originally from Malaysia, Waihon has his M Sc in Education Leadership and Masters in Cross Cultural Studies.  Waihon taught comparative religions and cross cultural studies at St Mary’s University, Winona, as well as similar courses at North Central University, Minneapolis . He has taught under the American Degree Transfer Program at two major universities in Malaysia and has been teaching / mentoring Karen immigrant students at Sejong Academy (K-12), St Paul since 2016.

Through his alma mater, Winona State University, Waihon started a Continuing Education program for schools in Malaysia in March 2023. Because of his work with immigrants and efforts to improve education in Malaysia, he was named Distinguished Alumni of the Decade by Winona State in 2023.

3 Core Values We Share

  • Freedom
  • Faith
  • Family

Waihon talked about the 3 Core Values Karen Immigrants from Myanmar have in common with us.  They are Freedom, Faith, and their Families.

In Myanmar they had no concept of politics but they would get dictates from their government what they were supposed to do. So when someone in a uniform shows up at their house there is an element of fear.  Jason a BPOU leader from SD 33 Stillwater is a mailman and he expressed how when he shows up at houses were Karens live at, the children run and hide and they close the shades. 

Waihon Liew said how they were taught by experience to fear anyone in a government uniform. They were targeted for their Christian Faith and they were forced to flee their homeland for the safety of their families.  The Hmong were no different when they fled the country of Laos pursued by the Communists.

Malaysian Flag. See how close to the US Flag this is.
The Karen of Myanmar Flag

Books and Movies

Waihon talked of different books and movies to learn valuable lessons from. Here are two of them.

  • The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn (there’s an audiobook at the Ramsey County Library using the Libby App). Also probably available at Half Price Books. It’s about a mailman named Fred who gives the best possible customer service to those on his route in Denver.
  • McFarland USA (Movie). It’s about Coach Jim White

Mark Sanborn has several videos online that cover the exceptional service by Fred Shay his mailman for over a decade in Denver.

Ways to Cross Cultures and Be an Influential Leader

Waihon said the best way to be an influential leader is to be a servant to others first. The best example of this is Jesus Christ. In his ministry he was first to serve others before he taught lessons.

In his ministry to the Karen of Myanmar Refugees he was welcomed into their community and given a robe of the Karen colors.

He suggests to listen to others as everyone has a story to tell. Once hearing them, you can relate a story of your own the people you are talking with can understand.  Praise others and nurture their values.

If you would like to know more here are some assignments you can do until the next workshop:

  • Read Books
  • Support Groups
  • Servant Leadership
  • Go to Cultural Events with your kids
  • Find ways to volunteer
  • Be intentionally attentive
  • Learn to be patient (it sometimes takes time for people to catch on to understand the ideas you are putting forth)

Thank You to those who attended

We thank all those who attended our workshop. Initially there was a phone number in the first notice of the event to Chair Donna Liew that was in error. We had such a great showing that future events of this kind will be planned.

Thank you to Chair Donna Liew for the meal she made for the event. Thank you to Waihon Liew and also to May Lor Xiong for their great presentations.