FPC Sets Maine Governor Straight On Freedom Of Speech

A squabble between the Firearms Coverage Coalition (FPC) and Maine Gov. Janet Mills is rising more and more unusual.

The battle stems from a video wherein Gov. Mills advised a liberal reporter that she was contemplating a ban on in style semi-automatic rifles as a response to final October’s mass capturing in Lewiston, Maine, which killed 18 harmless folks. FPC, a pro-freedom group specializing in preventing unjust, unconstitutional legal guidelines within the courtroom, responded to the video.

Anyone who has adopted FPC carefully over the previous few years possible is aware of what the group’s response to the video was.

“Hey @GovJanetMills, Three phrases: F*ck you. No,” FPC tweeted regarding the video.

Apparently, somebody inside the Mills administration didn’t admire FPC’s sentiment on the subject and determined to make waves. Mills’ press secretary forwarded a hyperlink to the offending X submit, noting that the submit was “making the rounds.” One other staffer instantly forwarded the submit to the Maine State Police worker liable for defending the governor, as if it have been by some means threatening Mills.

If Mills and her henchmen thought such an intimidation tactic could be sufficient to close FPC up, they don’t know the group nicely, or its dedication to all freedoms—not simply the Second Modification. On Thursday, FPC President Brandon Combs despatched a letter to Gov. Mills and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows clarifying the scenario.

“FPC is a human rights advocacy group working to create a free world,” Combs wrote. “We perceive from a latest information report that State personnel forwarded our on-line communications to your State Police. Our strategy could depart little to marvel. However please know that we take First Modification-protected rights simply as significantly as we do others.”

Combs additionally defined to Mills and Bellows the not-so-hard-to-understand precept of free speech as protected by the First Modification.

“You should certainly bear in mind that our X submit responding to Governor Mills’ dialogue of an immoral ban on protected arms is clearly protected speech as there’s completely no uncertainty concerning the regulation concerning this type of speech,” Combs wrote. “If not, some schooling is so as. Bare authoritarianism, comparable to efforts to sit back free speech, shouldn’t be acceptable to FPC and our members. We strongly encourage you to study extra about protected speech and arms.”

Ultimately, the dust-up between Mills’ staffers and FPC made the governor look worse and FPC look higher. I’d name {that a} win-win for a company that speaks pointedly with the total understanding that what it says is protected by the U.S. Structure.