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o you remember that Saturday Night Live
sketch about the Gay Communist Gun
Club? Well, it turns out that satire wasn’t so far
off from reality.
Pink Pistols is a national nonprofit “dedi
cated to the legal, safe and responsible use of
firearms for self-defense of the sexual minori
ties community.” O f course, the Cold War is
over, so the organization has no stance on
communism, but who knew SN L could be so
prescient?
Now, a bunch of National Rifle A ssocia
tion certified instructors want to gauge inter
est in launching a Portland chapter.
More than 20 already have formed across the
United States.
“One of the things people can do about hate
crimes is defend themselves,” instructor Lee
Anderson says. “Anybody, especially people
who are traditionally picked on, should have
self-defense guns.”
Anderson considers himself a civil rights
advocate as well as a gun rights advocate. He
thinks the Bill of Rights must he defended in its
entirety.
“It can get to be a very politically delicate
issue,” he says. “We have had some very strange
reactions from people. There’s a lot of political
bullshit out there, to tell you the truth. I’m up to
my knees in it.”
Anderson thinks gun control legislation has
no effect on the crime rate. “The only people
who obey these strict gun laws are the law-abid
ing people,” he says.
Although Anderson is straight, he is work
ing hard to promote Pink Pistols. He says the
organization offers camaraderie while teach
ing recreational shooting, gun safety and
firearms training, which ranges from marks
manship to advanced tactical issues.
To get things started he is inviting gay, les
bian, hi and trans community members to a
free basic pistol class— a $35 to $50 value—
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 6 at Johnson
Creek Gun Club, 7200 S.E. Lamphier St. A
meeting will be held afterward, during which
organizers hope to found a Portland Pink Pis
tols chapter.
The gun club also will play host to a gay-
ffiendly home firearm safety course, a basic class
with no shooting involved. It will be held from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 20.
M abon A ccuses S mith
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For more information call 503*23 1-1279
or e-mail landersGhevanet.com.
on Mabon thinks U .S. Sen. Gordon Smith,
R-Ore., switched sides on gay rights for
purely political gain.
on Mabon has been fighting gay rights for
more than a decade, but now he’s taking on
an even larger battle: the entire statewide judicial
system. He has lost his lawsuit against photojour
nalist Catherine Stauffer, owes her more than
$31,000, is broke and lacks legal representation.
Desperate times call for desperate measures,
so Mabon is employing a tactic used by people
in the Constitutionalist and Patriot movements.
He says all Oregon judges are impostors because
the oath of office they sign is not identical to the
one in the state constitution.
“The key element of it was the fact that they
had removed— many of them, maybe over 75
percent of the judges we estimate in the state—
had signed this false oath where they’ve taken
out the word ‘and impartially,’ ” Mabon told
Oregon Public Broadcasting. The constitution
“says that they are to faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties of their office.”
Because of this incorrect oath, Mabon insists
the offices are essentially vacant. Therefore,
those who act as judges are impostors.
“And basically that’s a Class C felony,”
Mabon says. “All justices on the Supreme Court
right now have signed a false oath. We don’t
have a Supreme Court of Oregon.”
Mabon has rejected the Multnomah County
justice system and wants the federal courts to
take over the Stauffer case, which stems from a
1991 assault by his right-hand man, Scott Live
ly. Stauffer’s attorney Thane Tienson has read
the unusual court documents filed by the Ore
gon Citizens Alliance.
“It evokes images of...the extreme factions
that simply don’t recognize the lawful authority
of the governments that.. .we’ve entrusted (with]
the responsibility of governing ourselves in this
country,” he says. “They’ve basically chosen to
take themselves outside the law, and the lan
guage here to me suggests that perhaps they see
themselves as martyrs...that they view them
selves as victims of an oppressive court system.”
Chief Justice Wallace Carson says his office’s
senior staff attorney is looking into the matter.
He can’t comment on the claim because the case
might end up before the Oregon Supreme Court.
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