Gun Owners of Vermont: Gun Sense VT Goals
GoVT: Defending Vermonters' Constitutional Firearms Rights Since 1997!

7/29/2022: Gun Sense Vermont Doesn’t Waste Time Coming after Your FirearmsGun Sense Vermont Coming after Your Firearms
12/17/2021: Letter: "GunSense Vermont takes the side of criminal entities" by Randy Gray, board member, GoVT.GunSense Vermont takes the side of criminal entities
11/30/2021: "Rittenhouse verdict" by GunSense Vermont Board of Directors

Here the board of GSVT show that they are coming to take your right to self defense away!

These people are EVIL.
GunSense Vermont Board of Directors want self defense outlawed!
6/11/2021: Anti-gun violence group stresses proper firearm storage
WCAX, the puppet of Bloomberg, spews the continual lies about GunSense, AGAIN.
"They want to see states implement policies that require prospective gun buyers to get a license before purchase. That process involves a background check at the federal, state, and local levels."
REGISTRATION! INVESTIGATION. CONFISCATION.
The latest attempt at REGISTRATION by GunSense!
05/23/2015: WeaponsMan.com
The Shape of Antigun Astroturf Organizations.
IMPORTANT CHART UPDATE including GUN SENSE VERMONT showing DIRECT TIES to Michael Bloomberg AND GUN SENSE and the Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc.!
NO WAY IN HELL THEY ARE GRASSROOTS!
Linked PDF (downloadable) that shows interconnection between anti-gun groups and their funding and organizational sources now color coded!
NEW CHART: "The Shape of Antigun Astroturf Organizations."
02/23/2015: WeaponsMan.com

IMPORTANT CHART: The Shape of Antigun Astroturf Organizations.
Linked PDF (downloadable) that shows interconnection between anti-gun groups and their funding and organizational sources!
CHART: "The Shape of Antigun Astroturf Organizations."
8/24/18: Clai Lasher-Sommers: Governor’s win shows support for gun laws
Here, Bloomberg's right-hand employee (who lives in NEW HAMPSHIRE) lays it on thick…
Clai Lasher-Sommers: Governor’s win shows support for gun laws
"GunSense Vermont statement regarding passage of gun violence prevention legislation""GunSense Vermont statement regarding passage of gun violence prevention legislation"
"At Statehouse Rally, Vermont Students Join Call for Gun Control"
"Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger attended the Tuesday morning rally in Montpelier… voters in 2014 approved a measure banning guns in bars, requiring residents to lock them up when not in use and allowing cops to confiscate them from those accused of domestic violence."
Because they are ILLEGAL you Statists.
"At Statehouse Rally, Vermont Students Join Call for Gun Control"
2/2/18: AUDIO VT Digger "The Deeper Dig: Grappling with gun rights"
Anti-gun and Pro-gun commentary. Eddie Cutler gets the last word in!
"The Deeper Dig: Grappling with gun rights"
1/31/18: ABC News 10 "Vermont lawmakers hear testimony on proposed gun laws""Vermont lawmakers hear testimony on proposed gun laws"
1/1/18: Bershire Eagle "GunSense Vermont founder seeks new direction in novel and Senate campaign""GunSense Vermont founder seeks new direction in novel and Senate campaign"
"GunSense Vermont founder seeks new direction: into elective office""GunSense Vermont founder seeks new direction: into elective office"
12/31/17: Brattleboro Reformer "GunSense Vermont founder seeks new direction""GunSense Vermont founder seeks new direction"
12/20/17: BH Register "Aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre: what comes next?"
An antigun piece that uses quotes from Gun Owners of Vermont without even talking to us!! Just using quotes from our web page. What crappy reporting from a High School!
"Aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre: what comes next?"
10000 Couples "Five Years After Sandy Hook, Another Christmas Without Vicki Awaits"
Another piece with GunSense member Sharon Panitch. The SAME one who defamed gun owners in 2015 by LYING in the VT Digger that somebody in Hunter Orange bullied two 10 year old girls!
"Five Years After Sandy Hook, Another Christmas Without Vicki Awaits"
12/6/17: Seven Days "A Gunshot Survivor Aims to Secure Background Checks in Vermont"
See how a Vermont anti-gun newspaper makes the case for a New Hampshire takeover of a Vermont anti-constitutional rights group is a good thing… Clai Lasher-Sommers works for BLOOMBERG'S EVERYTOWN!
"A Gunshot Survivor Aims to Secure Background Checks in Vermont"
11/30/17: VTDigger "Vigils for victims and survivors of gun violence to be held across Vermont""Vigils for victims and survivors of gun violence to be held across Vermont"
11/30/17: Williston Observer "Vigil to end gun violence set for Dec. 14 in village"
Notice the dates are scattered around the state so the SAME people can show up at more than one?
Groups involved in organizing the vigil are Gun Sense Vermont, Newtown Foundation, Newtown Action Alliance, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Everytown Survivor Network, Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
"Vigil to end gun violence set for Dec. 14 in village"
11/29/17: The Commons "GunSense Vt. founder's departure triggers political aspirations
Braden contemplates a run for State Senate"
"GunSense Vt. founder's departure triggers political aspirations"
11/16/17: VT Digger: "GunSense Vermont founder Braden stepping down, plans to run for office"
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It's official! ANN BRADEN is no longer the president of Gun Sense Vermont.
She has been replaced with a PROFESSIONAL Anti-Gun activist from NEW HAMPSHIRE!
"GunSense Vermont founder Braden stepping down, plans to run for office"
9/14/17: True North Reports "Gun control moms group advertises public meeting, then shuts out Vermonters" by Michael Bielawski.
The beginning of the next assault on Vermont begins.
Michael Bloomberg's "Moms Demand Action" anti-gun organization has moved into the hole vacated by the DEFEATED "Gun Sense Vermont."
This organization, fully OWNED, CONTROLLED and FUNDED directly by Bloomberg's "Everytown" organization, is going to take over where Gun Sense failed... Get Ready!
"Gun control moms group advertises public meeting, then shuts out Vermonters"
"Commentary: Bridging the cultural divide for civil discourse"
LISTEN TO THE BULLSHIT OUT OF Ann Braden's two-faced mouth!
"The first and most important step is to create a space where intimidation isn't tolerated. Both sides in the conversation need to feel safe and supported. Without that, any already out-of-whack power dynamics are pushed further out of balance."
The only "unbalanced" people are on her team.
"Commentary: Bridging the cultural divide for civil discourse"
5/31/17: Stowe Reporter "Rumor of guns cancels event" By Caleigh Cross
The TRUTH behind the cancellation of the anti-gun GunSense movie.
Anti-gunners LIE! Can you believe it?
Awesome article by Caleigh Cross!
"Rumor of guns cancels event" By Caleigh Cross
5/31/17: True North Reports "Gun control event canceled over supposed ‘planned protest and exposed weapons’ by Michael Bielawski
Another excellent article about how GUN NONSENSE LIES!! Now, they started using the Democratic Party as scapegoats!
"Gun control event canceled over supposed ‘planned protest and exposed weapons’
5/25/17: Stowe Reporter "Guns: What makes sense today?
Documentary, discussion will explore issues"
PROPAGANDA ALERT!
" Guns: What makes sense today? Documentary, discussion will explore issues"
3/2/17: VT Watchdog "Gun bill would allow confiscation without due process"
H.422
"Gun bill would allow confiscation without due process"
1/120/17: OPINION Rutland Herald "Hungry for gun law change" by GunSense VT board member Paul Regan"Hungry for gun law change"
1/11/17: Times Argus "Path not clear for new gun control effort" by Neal P. Goswami"Path not clear for new gun control effort"
1/11/17: WCAX "Vermont gun background check proposal faces old obstacles"
WOW!
WCAX barely gives Gun Sense web space with only a STOCK PHOTO of guns in a case!!
Gun Sense is becoming a footnote on WCAX! Woohoo!
"Vermont gun background check proposal faces old obstacles"
1/10/17: Burlington Free Press "Gun background check debate returns to Montpelier"
Listen to Phil Baruth gloat…
"Gun background check debate returns to Montpelier"
1/10/17: my Champlain Valley "Debate Over Gun Background Checks Heats Up""Debate Over Gun Background Checks Heats Up"
1/10/17: VT Digger "Universal background check debate returns to Statehouse" by Eilzabeth Hewitt"Universal background check debate returns to Statehouse"
1/4/17: Watchdog "Another gun control bill emerges even before Legislature convenes"
"On Tuesday, before the Legislature officially reconvened for the 2017 session, yet another gun control bill has emerged despite Vermont ranking among the safest in the nation for violent crimes."
On Tuesday, before the Legislature officially reconvened for the 2017 session, yet another gun control bill has emerged despite Vermont ranking among the safest in the nation for violent crimes."
12/2/16: Times Argus OPINION - Rob Roper: "Phill Scott’s challenge"
"The anti-gun organization Gun Sense Vermont seems to be fading as a force and one has to wonder if legislators will have any appetite to make their issues a priority again in the near future."
"Rob Roper: Phill Scott’s challenge"
10/12/16: The Commons OPINION (LIE) "Deen, Mrowicki protect safety of constituents" by Ann Braden, Pres of Gun Nonsense Vermont."Deen, Mrowicki protect safety of constituents"
10/17/16: The Commons OPINION "Vermont is the safest state in the country" by Eddie Cutler"Vermont is the safest state in the country"
10/26/16: The Commons OPINION "Anti-gun supporters like Braden in the same class as pedophiles" by Jerome Cook"Anti-gun supporters like Braden in the same class as pedophiles"
10/8/2016: VT Digger: 'Talking civilly about ‘Guns in Our Community’.Talking civilly about ‘Guns in Our Community’.
8/5/2016: VT Watchdog "Democrat coalition for background checks rallies at Statehouse""Democrat coalition for background checks rallies at Statehouse"
7/23/16: OPINION "Bob DePino: In the name of restricting Constitutional rights"
Some details on why GunSense obscures the truth of who they are.
"Bob DePino: In the name of restricting Constitutional rights"
7/21/2016: Seven Days "With Focus on Guns, Minter Seeks to Separate Herself From the Pack""With Focus on Guns, Minter Seeks to Separate Herself From the Pack"
7/20/2016 WCAX "Minter takes aim at gun regulation"
The three democratic candidates for governor have gone off the chain on pushing for gun control!
Sue has increased her war chest from $14k in 2014, to $777,000 in 2016!
WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM!?!?!
Almost FORTY PERCENT of just the large donations come from OUT-OF-STATE!!!
"Minter takes aim at gun regulation"
7/7/2016: Bloomberg View "State Experiments Can Point to Better Gun Laws""State Experiments Can Point to Better Gun Laws"
6/23/2016: Washington Post "NPR issues large correction about stay-at-home mom/gun-control activist"
NPR Caught LYING about the founder of "One Million Moms For Gun Control" now "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America"
Who is funded by Michael Bloomberg.
"NPR issues large correction about stay-at-home mom/gun-control activist"
6/20/2016: MRC News Busters "Dishonest NPR Tells of 'Regular' Mom Who Put the Con in Gun Control "
NPR Caught LYING about the founder of "One Million Moms For Gun Control" now "Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America"
Who is funded by Michael Bloomberg.
"Dishonest NPR Tells of 'Regular' Mom Who Put the Con in Gun Control "
6/10/2016 CNN "David Petraeus, Mark Kelly launch gun control group"
Proof that there is NO SUCH THING AS A GRASSROOTS ANTI-GUN ORGANIZATION!
Veterans Coalition for Common Sense
"David Petraeus, Mark Kelly launch gun control group"
6/7/2016 Maine Sun Journal "Bloomberg nonprofit gives $3 million to Maine [anti] gun groups"
"Since last fall, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund has contributed more than $3 million to its affiliated group Maine Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense and the newly formed Mainers for Responsible Gun Ownership."
"The fund also has provided roughly $500,000 in in-kind contributions, including providing consultant services."
"Maine Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense recently dissolved and contributed $433,601 to Mainers for Responsible Gun Ownership, which has reported a $1.4 million expenditure to Windham-based Gum Spirits Productions for a "TV media ad buy."
Gun Sense Maine
"Bloomberg nonprofit gives $3 million to Maine gun groups"
5/13/16: Watchdog "Gun control bills fail in Vermont"
"In the ongoing battle over gun rights in Vermont, the 2016 legislative session will be remembered as another loss for gun grabbers."
" Gun control bills fail in Vermont"
4/20/2016: Examiner "Everytown hires Republican-owned NH lobbying firm to push gun control"
Just like Bloomberg spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in Vermont (via Gun Sense & Everytown) to pass Universal Background Checks, Everytown spent thousands of dollars to stop pro-gun legislation in New Hampshire in 2016!
There is NO SUCH THING as a "Grassroots" Anti-Gun Organization.
"Everytown hires Republican-owned NH lobbying firm to push gun control"
4/15/16: GunSenseVT is LOSING relevency in Vermont, so one of BLOOMBERG's OTHER anti-gun group Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC is taking aim on Vermont!GunSenseVT is LOSING relevency in Vermont, so one of BLOOMBERG's OTHER anti-gun group Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC is taking aim on Vermont!
BLOOMBERG's OTHER anti-gun group Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC is taking aim on Vermont!
See the DIRECT LINK to Bloomberg!
See the DIRECT LINK to Bloomberg for the NEXT anti-gun group taking aim at Vermont Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC
3/22/2016: The Maine Wire "Who Are These People, Anyways?"
The Maine Wire investigates Bloomberg funded Moms Demand and Everytown groups. Just like Gun Sense VT ($350,000 in funding with only a handful of VT donors), these Maine groups got $800,000 with only THREE Maine residents!
"Who Are These People, Anyways?"
3/22/2016: Infographic: The Successes of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program
Compare the truth about "gun safety" efforts by the NRA and by the efforts by anti-gun groups.
Like we have always said, gun control is NOT about safety, it is about CONTROL!
The Successes of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program
OPINION 1/31/2016: "Gun Sense? Let's talk about Common Sense" by Tabitha Armstrong"Gun Sense? Let's talk about Common Sense"
1/31/16: Sentinel Source (NH) "I'm with Hillary, by Clai Lasher-Sommers "
"Clai Lasher-Sommers writes from Westmoreland. She is a gun violence survivor and a Fellow at the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety."
BUT, Ann Braden and GunNonsenseVT parade her around as a "domestic violence prevention advocate."
She has been on Bloomberg's payroll for years!
"I'm with Hillary, by Clai Lasher-Sommers "
1/22/2016: Brattleboro Reformer Letter: "Rights come with responsibilities"
In the latest attack on gun rights in Vermont, the deception of the Bloomberg funded anti-gun group, Greg Moschetti from Dummerston, writes about responsibilities, while omitting the fact that he is GUN SENSE VERMONT'S PAID TREASURER!
"Rights come with responsibilities"
Greg Moschetti is GUN SENSE VERMONT'S PAID TREASURER!
1/3/2016: New York Times "State Focus and Infusion of Funding Buoy Gun Control Advocates"
HERE is the public admission that Michael Bloomberg is single-handely funding the "grassroots" Everytown for Gun Safety, to the tune of $36 MILLION!
Half a million went to fund Gun Sense Vermont in 2014!!!
And Bloomberg STILL LOST in Vermont!
"State Focus and Infusion of Funding Buoy Gun Control Advocates"
Vermont Secretary of State: Corporation Search for "guns" - Yields all submitted Campaign Finance Discloses for "Gunsense VT Victory Fund" (PAC) and "Gunsense Vermont Victory Fund" (PAC) and "GunSenseVT"
ALL THREE GROUPS are run by that phony "grassroots" organization with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars and ZERO supporters.
The only "supporters" are well-to-do elites, politicians, the media, and "experts" that ALL have ties to national anti-gun organizations.
Search all submitted monetary statements for "Gunsense VT Victory Fund" (PAC) and "Gunsense Vermont Victory Fund" (PAC) and "GunSenseVT"
ALL THREE GROUPS are run by that "grassroots" organization with hundreds of thousands of dollars and ZERO supporters.
2015 VT Digger Coverage of S31 Universal Background Check bill listing2015 VT Digger Coverage of S31 Universal Background Check bill listing
12/4/2015: Seven Days VT: "Gun Groups Expect Vigorous Debate in Vermont Elections"
Gun Sense getting front page coverage AGAIN!
Burlington charter changes rear their ugly heads again…
"Gun Groups Expect Vigorous Debate in Vermont Elections"
10/25/2015: VT Digger "Ed Cutler: Gun Owners of Vermont seeks meeting with Gun Sense Vermont""Ed Cutler: Gun Owners of Vermont seeks meeting with Gun Sense Vermont"
10/25/2015: VT Digger "Ed Cutler: Gun Owners of Vermont seeks meeting with Gun Sense Vermont"
THIS is thebeginning of how the anti-gunners from gunSense Vermont LIE about us being threatening! It has never stopped.
"Ed Cutler: Gun Owners of Vermont seeks meeting with Gun Sense Vermont"! It has never stopped.
10/23/2015: TrueNorth Reports - "A Gun Battle Is Brewing: Gun Sense Vermont Plotting New Assault" by Alice Dubenetsky
HERE IT IS FOLKS! Gun Sense and Michael Bloomberg's Everytown are here and conspiring against YOUR rights!
It isn't speculation, but cold hard facts, I mean, DOLLARS!
"A Gun Battle Is Brewing: Gun Sense Vermont Plotting New Assault"
10/23/2015: True North Reports - "GOV President still seeks dialogue with GSV"
Ed Cutler responds to Gun Sense Vermont's continual refusal for discourse.
"GOV President still seeks dialogue with GSV"
10/21/2015: Bennington Banner - "Letter to the editor: Gun Sense Vermont refusing dialog" by Ed Cutler, President Gun Owners of Vermont
"It is clear to everyone that Gun Sense is NOT an independent, grassroots organization, because if they were, they would not be having secret meetings and changing locations when the public wants to attend. Please attend our upcoming public forum on Nov. 14 at the Rutland Free Library from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. We are cordially inviting any GSV board member to speak at this forum. We have nothing to hide."
"Letter to the editor: Gun Sense Vermont refusing dialog"
10/21/2015: Green Mountain Independent OPINION "Letter from Ed Cutler" (two dozen members of The Gun Owners of Vermont, went to an advertised “fall regional meeting” of Gun Sense Vermont which was supposed to be a public forum)"Letter from Ed Cutler" (two dozen members of The Gun Owners of Vermont, went to an advertised “fall regional meeting” of Gun Sense Vermont which was supposed to be a public forum)
10/20/2015: *** VT Watchdog - "Vermont gun control group in secretive meetings to devise ‘gun violence’ campaign" ***

Great article by Bruce Parker on the subterfuge Gun Sense is doing to HIDE their anti-gun activities!
Read the full description in the link below...
"Vermont gun control group in secretive meetings to devise ‘gun violence’ campaign"
FULL STORY: On TUESDAY, October 20, GUN SENSE VERMONT was putting on an anti-gun public meeting at the Manchester Community Library, in Manchester Center, VT.
When Gun Owners of Vermont posted that we were going to attend, Ann Braden IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE LOCATION!
Read the full story here.
FULL STORY: GUN SENSE VERMONT changed location of anti-gun public meeting at the LAST MINUTE to not discuss gun control publicly!
10/20/2015: VPR - "Vermont's Congressional Delegation Supports Proposed Gun Control Bill" By Bob Kinzel
MORE PROOF that Vermont Voices are NOT being heard in Washington.
ALL THREE of Vermont's representatives are pushing the Obama Administration's gun control policy, regardless of what actual Vermonters actually say!
As a matter of fact, I once wrote to Senator Leahy in OPPOSITION to any new gun control legislation in Washington and I got a reply that said "Thank you for adding your voice to those wanting Common Sense gun reforms."

Vermont's representation is a sham.
My response on VPR: "Vermont's Washington representation does not ACTUALLY represent the wishes of Vermonters.
Vermonters do NOT want further gun control.
That should have been plainly clear at the public hearing for the Universal Background Check bill S.31...
But, alas, our "representatives" in Washington simply ignore the facts, emails, phone calls, and actual public appearances by thousands of Vermonters AGAINST Universal Background Checks.
These 3 in Washington have no interest, nor respect, for the will of Vermonters.
They are not elected "representatives" of the people, they are uncontested "rulers" of our wonderful state.

The anti-gun politicians, anti-gun media, and anti-gun group Gun Sense (read: http://watchdog.org/243150/gun... ) are doubling down with still more anti-gun rhetoric and articles.

The good and honest people of Vermont have had enough of the propaganda, mistruths, sensationalism and outright LIES!

Ann Braden, founder of Gun Sense, ABSOLUTELY REFUSES to have ANY DIALOG with gun owners.
They BAN posters off their Facebook page for posting statistics, they even HIDE their "public" meetings, and cannot rally any more than a handful of people for any event.

Well, I guess the "conversation" about guns is OVER. YOU LOST.

Now, take your Bloomberg's Millions and go away and leave the law-abiding citizens of Vermont alone.

Sincerely,
Bob DePino
Vice President, Gun Owners of Vermont
"Vermont's Congressional Delegation Supports Proposed Gun Control Bill"
10/20/15: Watchdog " Vermont gun control group in secretive meetings to devise ‘gun violence’ media campaign
An anti-gun group in Vermont is holding secretive meetings to advance gun violence themes, despite data showing the Green Mountain State is the safest in the nation."
"Vermont gun control group in secretive meetings to devise ‘gun violence’ media campaign"
09/27/15: VT Digger - "Suicide prevention group hopes to curb surge in Vermont deaths"
"Ann Braden, of Gun Sense Vermont, who attended the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center event Thursday..."
“Restricting the numbers of firearms-related suicides is really important,” Braden said."
Notice her choice of words, "restricting", not "reducing," shows what her goal still is...

In 2016, the Gun Owners of Vermont and the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs piloted the Vermont Gun Shop Project to educate the public about suicide prevention!
In 2016, Gun Sense was nowhere to be found, because they don't care about actually helping people, they just want LEGISLATION!
Vermont Suicide Prevention Center working to reduce suicides
7/2/2015: Paul Manganiello: An uninformed anti-gunner lies about GunsenseVT's "vision" to create a safe “gun culture” in Vermont.
Vermont ALREADY HAS the SAFEST "Gun Culture" in the world!
Quote: "Even if Vermont were the safest state in the nation (and we are not)" - LIE! FBI data proves Vermont is the SAFEST STATE in the nation according to 2013 statistics.
Notice the REDEFINITION of "Universal Background Checks" to "Comprehensive Background Checks"?
Redefining the narrative!
Column: I Learned The Limits of Dialogue During Vermont’s Gun Debate
Apr 30, 2015: Stowe Reporter
"Gun Sense Vermont and Bloomberg’s Everytown spend big but still lose gun fight"
Gun Sense VT spends more money than they made!
04/28/2015: VT Watchdog - "Gun Sense Vermont and Bloomberg’s Everytown spend big but still lose gun fight" by Bruce Parker
(S.141 Commentary)
Gun Sense Vermont and Bloomberg’s Everytown spend big but still lose gun fight
4/23/2015: Seven Days "Senate Sends Gun Bill to Shumlin"
S.141
"Gun Sense Vermont, which advocated for the bill, spent $41,431 on lobbying, $9,401 on advertising and $947 on expenses. "
But the provisions in S.141 had NOTHING to do with Universal Background Checks, the ONLY thing that Gun Sense says they want!
"Senate Sends Gun Bill to Shumlin"
04/22/2015: Seven Days VT "Long Shot: A Mother of Two Keeps the Gun Debate Alive"
A defining article on how the anti-gun media portrays people who's only desire is to restrict the rights of others for her own public agenda.
Notice the article uses the passage "Her online petition grew into Gun Sense Vermont, a well-organized, well-financed advocacy group that describes itself as an "independent, grassroots organization started by Vermonters, run by Vermonters, and focused on closing the gaps in Vermont's gun laws."
ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED NUMEROUS TIMES.
"The group claims that about 5,000 members have delivered 1,400 letters to their senators this legislative session."
And that is why ONLY FIFTY "Green Shirts" showed up at the State House in 2015 for their own Universal Background Check legislation hearing!!!
THOSE people were bussed in from CT and MA as those "Green Shirts" WERE COLLECTED AT THE DOOR AS THEY LEFT!
"I think they've been bought and paid for," Cutler said of Gun Sense.
"Cutler bases his suspicions on how quickly the group came together — hiring a lobbying firm, contributing $29,000 to legislative candidates last fall and spending $78,000 last year on lobbying. Under questioning in the House Judiciary Committee, Braden acknowledged Gun Sense pays her a salary. She later said the group has one part-time and two full-time staffers, including her"
"Braden conceded that she looks to national organizations for information but said she is unwilling to disclose Gun Sense Vermont's donors, in order to protect them."
"Long Shot: A Mother of Two Keeps the Gun Debate Alive"
4/20/2015: 1MMAGC - "It's All Smoke And Mirrors From Team #Gunsense"
Article on the deceptive practices (AKA "deception, misdirection and outright lies") of the anti-gun radicals.
It's All Smoke And Mirrors From Team #Gunsense
4/1/2015: True North "A Gun Battle in Vermont" By Alice Dubenetsky"A Gun Battle in Vermont"
3/31/2015: Green Mountain independent "EDITORIAL: Legislating from the Psychiatrist’s Office; Just as Dangerous as Legislating from the Pulpit" by J.D. Thomason"EDITORIAL: Legislating from the Psychiatrist’s Office; Just as Dangerous as Legislating from the Pulpit"
3/24/2015: Bearing Arms - '“Grass Roots” Activists Confirms Bloomberg Control Of VT Anti-Gun Group'
"Opponents of S.141 have seized on the comments, insisting they prove that Gun Sense Vermont is not a Vermont-based grass-roots group. Ed Cutler, president of Gun Owners of Vermont, in a statement distributed by the Vermont Second Amendment Coalition, tied the Gun Sense group to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Everytown For Gun Safety."
“The Gun Owners of Vermont have been saying that Gun Sense Vermont was funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg for two years. We applaud Sen. Dick Sears for uncovering the truth. Now that it is known, we hope the rest of their lies about the good and honest people of Vermont are realized,” Cutler said in his statement.
"“Grass Roots” Activists Confirms Bloomberg Control Of VT Anti-Gun Group"
3/24/15: Breitbart "Brave New Films Declares War on NRA’s Push to Arm Women for Self-Defense"
Radical Leftist anti-gun filmaker is creating a series of anti-gun propaganda films.
Gun Sense VT and Michael Bloomberg are bringing a new one to Vermont on April 11th at The Savoy Theater 26 Main St Montpelier, VT 05602
No sooner than we posted that we were going the website post and event were DELETED within minutes!!
"Brave New Films Declares War on NRA’s Push to Arm Women for Self-Defense"
02/21/2015: Gun Owners of Vermont
EVIDENCE: Montpelier VT, Senate Judiciary Committee meeting 3/19/15.
Listen to this exchange between a Gun Sense lobbyist and Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Dick Sears.
The Necrason employee admits that they need "national expertise" before they can "approve" the changes to S.141.
The audio gets better when the lobbyist insults the Senate Committee and legal council...
Folks, Gun Sense and their lobbyists, are taking marching orders from Michael Bloomberg's national organizations!
Gun Sense Vermont is ASTROTURF!
MUST WATCH!
Evidence that Gun Sense VT is Not Grassroots!
Gun Sense and Necrason taking orders from NATIONAL GROUP!
3/19/2015: Manchester Journal: Gun sense? Not yet
Another anti-rights newspaper fawning concern over the unarmed citizenry.

The comments are more interesting than the article.
Gun sense? Not yet
3/17/15: VT Digger "Benning says his ‘yes’ vote on gun bill came with concessions from Democrats""Benning says his ‘yes’ vote on gun bill came with concessions from Democrats"
2/18/2015: True North Reports "Vermont Chiefs, Gun Owners Rebuff Gun Sense Initiative" by Alice Dubenetsky"Vermont Chiefs, Gun Owners Rebuff Gun Sense Initiative"
02/13/2015: Bloomberg View - "Liberal Vermont Goes Gun Crazy"
In this article, Bloomberg's own organization ADMITS to helping GUN SENSE VT against the citizens of Vermont!

"Everytown for Gun Safety, which is supported by Michael Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, has aided Gun Sense Vermont."
Bloomberg has paid for Gun Sense Vermont's lobbyist, paid for NATIONAL advertising for a smear campaign against Vermonters & legal FFLs, paid for an illegal undercover "sting" operation to entrap "potential" buyers as "felons buying guns without background checks", and so much more...
WANNA GET MAD? Read the quote: "Yet why would one of the nation's most liberal states -- fail to extend background checks to cover gun shows and Internet sales? For the same reason that the nation as a whole failed: ?a well-organized and fanatical minority has sensitized political leaders to the most exquisite forms of unreason."
I guess Gun Owners of Vermont pissed Bloomberg off!
Liberal Vermont Goes Gun Crazy
Feb 11, 2015 by W.A. McLaughlin
Opinion: Gun non-sense Vermont
Opinion: Gun non-sense Vermont
02/07/2015: * VIDEO * Summary Judgement
CT Attorney Rachel Baird's "Summary Judgement" Video Program: "Everytown for gun safety's flawed firearm report in Vermont"
This is THE video that exposes the Bloomberg attack on Vermont and damaged the reputation of Crossfire Arms LLC.
This video introduces Gun Owners of Vermont's video rebuttal of the Gun Sense VT's Universal Background Check anti-gun video!
GoVT video starts at the 7:30 into the video!
WHICH legislators in Montpelier were involved in the final report? See segment at approximately 36:00 mins!
CT Attorney Rachel Baird's "Summary Judgement" Video Program "Everytown for gun safety's flawed firearm report in Vermont" Part 2/2.
2/2/2015: VT Digger "Vermont firearms dealer threatens to sue Everytown for Gun Safety"
Crossfire Arms was slandered in Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun "sting" operation that ran in concert with Gun Sense Vermont's Universal Background Check bill S.31.
"Vermont firearms dealer threatens to sue Everytown for Gun Safety"
1/13/2015: Gun Owners of Vermont VIDEO ANALYSIS of Gun Sense Vermont's Universal Background Check videoGun Owners of Vermont VIDEO analysis of Gun Sense Vermont's Universal Background Check video
1/30/2015: Opinion, New Evidence in the “War on Vermont” by Bob DePinoNew Evidence in the “War on Vermont”
1/24/15: Guns N Freedom "Democrat Says No To Background Checks For Gun Purchases?"
S31 Universal Background Check bill article
"Democrat Says No To Background Checks For Gun Purchases?"
1/20/2015: The VT Cynic "Gun Sense Vermont comes to UVM"
And promptly got BOOTED OUT!
Just to show the level of incompetence, here's a quote from the article: "However, it is required that a background check be done for a person to obtain a firearms license in Vermont, according to the Vermont General Assembly’s website, legislature.vermont.gov."
Ummm... No.
There have NEVER been firearms licenses in Vermont.
Never will.
"Gun Sense Vermont comes to UVM"
1/14/15: VT Digger "Gun control group launches drive for universal background checks""Gun control group launches drive for universal background checks"
01/12/2015: Bloomberg's Everytown BOGUS Press Release (just in time for Gun Sense's press conference two days later)NEW ANALYSIS OF FBI DATA SHOWS FEDERAL CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM HAS BLOCKED THOUSANDS OF GUN SALES TO DANGEROUS PEOPLE IN VERMONT
12/9/2014: VT Watchdog - "Vermonters using social media to ‘expose’ gun control agenda" by Bruce Parker
Watchdog lists Gun Owners of Vermont's link to the "incident-by-incident fact check" of the monthly Gun Sense Vermont "gun incident" hype page.
"Vermonters using social media to ‘expose’ gun control agenda"
10/15/2014: Seven Days VT - "Guns Without Borders" by Bob Williamson (says volunteer for Gun Sense Vermont) when in fact, he is a DIRECTOR.
Bob peddles the "guns for drugs" lie…

READ THE COMMENTS!!
"Guns Without Borders"
10/7/20141: VT Watchdog - "NRA A-rated state senator backs gun control, accepts Gun Sense money""NRA A-rated state senator backs gun control, accepts Gun Sense money"
10/3/2014: VT Watchdog - "Gun Sense Vermont sending contributions to NRA-endorsed lawmakers""Gun Sense Vermont sending contributions to NRA-endorsed lawmakers"
8/13/2014: VT Watchdog - GUN SENSE LOBBYIST - "Vermont gun-control group outspends top corporations on lobbyists"
In 2015, we found out HOW the fledgling "grassroots" anti-gun group could afford the most expensive lobbyist in the state… Daddy Bloomberg!
"Vermont gun-control group outspends top corporations on lobbyists"
6/24/2014: DC Inno "Democratic Pollster Stefan Hankin Explains the Math Behind a Winning Campaign"
HERE is how the democratic pollsters behind the "Lincoln Park Strategies" polling firm tailors each poll to return the EXACT results his client desires!!!
Gun Sense used them in 2013...
Castleton does the same to return the results THEY want.
"Democratic Pollster Stefan Hankin Explains the Math Behind a Winning Campaign"
5/18/2014: Bearing Arms "GUN SENSE: Gun Control Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"
"There has been an onslaught of bogus anti-gun “studies” published and publicized in recent years, many paid for with your tax dollar or by Michael Bloomberg’s Billions."

As explained here, the methods of doctoring the data are revealed. Gun Sense in ALL it's forms are NOT grassroots.
"GUN SENSE: Gun Control Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"
3/24/2014: Bearing Arms - "Moms Demand Gives Up Pretense of Being Anything Other Than A MAIG Front Group"
"Please note that contributions to Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund, are NOT tax-deductible.
If you prefer, checks made out to Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund may be mailed to: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, 909 Third Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022."

THIS is the organization that has set it's sights on for 2018...
"Moms Demand Gives Up Pretense of Being Anything Other Than A MAIG Front Group"
1/14/2014: Guns Across America Vermont - Via Eddie Garcia at VTCDL, explains more details of Bob Williamson's anti-gun activities in Chicago, New England and now, Vermont!Details on professional anti-gunner Bob Williamson
12/16/2013: VT Digger - "Gun Sense Vermont: Over 400 Vermonters attend vigils to remember Newtown"
GUN SENSE Ignores the Wishes of the Sandy Hook families by having public vigils, then LIES about the attendance to make themselves look good.
GoVT members around the state posted photos of some of their "vigils" and only a handful, or in some cases, NO ONE showed up!
Read the COMMENTS to see Ann Braden brag publicly.
As a side-note, NONE of these were held sumultaneously, so "attendees" could travel from one to another around the state. SAD. SICK.
"Gun Sense Vermont: Over 400 Vermonters attend vigils to remember Newtown"
11/12/13: Seven Days "Vermont Gun-Safety Advocates Focus on State's Suicide Rate"
GunSense's Burlington Attack NOTICE ZERO interviews from the pro-gun supporters.

"Present in the roughly 150-member audience were several men and women in the blaze-orange hats or vests worn by hunters — the standard uniform of gun-control opponents. A larger number of attendees wore green T-shirts emblazoned with the logo of Gun Sense Vermont, the group that sponsored the two-hour Veterans' Day forum."
BULLSHIT!!!! Notice the TIGHT CLOSE-UP of only TEN green shirts?
"Vermont Gun-Safety Advocates Focus on State's Suicide Rate"
1/31/2013: The Manchester Journal "The pushback begins"
A short article about the beginning of the firearms rights debate began.
A national anti-gun organization laid the groundwork that led Gun Sense Vermont to form a few months later.
Three of those "pro-gun" folks were Gun Owners of Vermont members... :)
"The pushback begins"
12/21/2012: USA Today - "Column: Daughters' school shooting changed my life... I became an advocate to prevent gun violence."
The more recent account of Vermont transplant, BOB WILLIAMSON, now, Director of Gun Sense VT, who began his anti-gun crusade in 1988.
He has been relentless in his persuit of eliminating firearms from the hands of law-abiding citizens for the last TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS!
He moved here in 2009 when Vermont had the absolute lowest number of firearms homicides, ZERO!
Member: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
"It's time now for all of us -- responsible gun owners and responsible citizens in general -- to ask our lawmakers to do something smart:"
•Ban high-capacity ammo clips and assault weapons.
•Fully fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives so the National Instant Check System works.
•Require all states to share mental health information with federal authorities, so high-risk individuals can't buy guns. And beef up support for mental health clinicians.
•Check the backgrounds of all gun buyers. Forty percent of all firearm sales occur without any check at all.
Reasonable people can agree on reasonable solutions. Assault rifles and 33-round bullet clips don't pass that test, nor will bans on them infringe on anyone's Second Amendment rights."
Bob Williamson now lives in South Woodstock, VT.
"Column: Daughters' school shooting changed my life... I became an advocate to prevent gun violence."
FOLLOW THE GUNSENSE-BLOOMBERG MONEY TRAIL!!
See the anti-gun bills?
See the anti-gun votes?
See the GunSense money?
FOLLOW THE GUNSENSE-BLOOMBERG MONEY TRAIL!
2/8/2008: WCAX "Gun Laws Too Lax?"
Spotlight on Dr. Eliot Nelson who has been trying to effect changes to Vermont gun laws for over a decade.
GunSense will have you believe he is one of their "grassroots voices," read on and see if he is grassroots.
Residency: Children's Hospital-Los Angeles - Pediatrics
Participant, New England Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
Executive Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention.
Academic Pediatric Association, Special Interest Group on Injury Control
Project Executive, Injury Prevention Project(s), Vermont Child Health Improvement Project (VCHIP)
Member, State Child Fatality Review Committee
Citizens for Safer Vermont Children (focus on Gun violence and suicide prevention)
"Gun Laws Too Lax?"
10/10/1999: CHICAGO Tribune - "Kids Use Words As Weapons Against Guns" by Mary Schmich
The history of Vermont transplant, BOB WILLIAMSON, now, Director of Gun Sense VT, began his anti-gun crusade in 1988.
He has been relentless in his persuit of eliminating firearms from the hands of law-abiding citizens for the last TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS!
He moved here in 2009 when Vermont had the absolute lowest number of firearms homicides, ZERO!
"He was trapped on a commuter train headed for Winnetka the day he heard the news that made guns his new career."It was May 20, 1988," Bob Williamson recalls. "A sick woman came into my children's school and shot up a classroom. "
Laurie Dann shot up Hubbard Woods School.
"It felt as if there were chunks of sky being knocked down over my head," he said, and all these years later he still chokes at the memory.
(1999) Now, at age 50, Williamson devotes his life to changing laws and attitudes about guns. If American gun culture was to change, he decided, more ordinary people like him would have to make an effort. With the help of what he calls some "fortuitous investments," he quit his 6th-grade teaching job and went to work as a volunteer for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence"
"We have kids growing up in this city who can tell the caliber of a bullet being fired like kids in rural areas know bird calls," Williamson said.
"Kids Use Words As Weapons Against Guns"

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