{"id":3624,"date":"2024-07-19T18:07:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2024-07-19T18:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:07:27","slug":"fpc-sets-maine-governor-straight-on-freedom-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3624","title":{"rendered":"FPC Sets Maine Governor Straight On Freedom Of Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Maine Gov. Janet Mills\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"363\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-696x363.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-696x363.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-700x365.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-768x401.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-150x78.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-805x420.jpeg 805w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588-560x292.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7454857821635710588.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"7454857821635710588\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maine Gov. Janet Mills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A squabble between the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Maine Gov. Janet Mills is growing increasingly strange.<\/p>\n<p>The battle stems from a video in which Gov. Mills told a liberal reporter that she was considering a ban on popular semi-automatic rifles as a response to last October\u2019s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, which killed 18 innocent people. FPC, a pro-freedom organization specializing in fighting unjust, unconstitutional laws in the courtroom, responded to the video.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody who has followed FPC closely over the past few years likely knows what the organization\u2019s response to the video was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey @GovJanetMills, Three words: F*ck you. No,\u201d FPC tweeted concerning the video.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, someone within the Mills administration didn\u2019t appreciate FPC\u2019s sentiment on the topic and decided to make waves. Mills\u2019 press secretary forwarded a link to the offending X post, noting that the post was \u201cmaking the rounds.\u201d Another staffer immediately forwarded the post to the Maine State Police employee responsible for protecting the governor, as if it were somehow threatening Mills.<\/p>\n<p>If Mills and her henchmen thought such an intimidation tactic would be enough to shut FPC up, they don\u2019t know the organization well, or its dedication to all freedoms\u2014not just the Second Amendment. On Thursday, FPC President Brandon Combs sent <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/firearmspolicycoalition\/pages\/191\/attachments\/original\/1721321220\/2024-7-18-FPC-Mills-Bellows-Letter.pdf?1721321220\">a letter<\/a> to Gov. Mills and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows clarifying the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFPC is a human rights advocacy organization working to create a free world,\u201d Combs wrote. \u201cWe understand from a recent news report that State personnel forwarded our online communications to your State Police. Our approach may leave little to wonder. But please know that we take First Amendment-protected rights just as seriously as we do others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Combs also explained to Mills and Bellows the not-so-hard-to-understand principle of free speech as protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must surely be aware that our X post responding to Governor Mills\u2019 discussion of an immoral ban on protected arms is clearly protected speech as there is absolutely no uncertainty about the law regarding this form of speech,\u201d Combs wrote. \u201cIf not, some education is in order. Naked authoritarianism, such as efforts to chill free speech, is not acceptable to FPC and our members. We strongly encourage you to learn more about protected speech and arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the dust-up between Mills\u2019 staffers and FPC made the governor look worse and FPC look better. I\u2019d call that a win-win for an organization that speaks pointedly with the full understanding that what it says is protected by the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/fpc-sets-maine-governor-straight-on-freedom-of-speech\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Gov. Janet Mills Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 A squabble between the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Maine Gov. Janet Mills is growing increasingly strange. The battle stems from a video in which Gov. Mills told a liberal reporter that she was considering a ban on popular semi-automatic rifles as a response to last October\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}