BROGDON AT RECENT TEABAGGER EVENT
EXCLUSIVE: OKLAHOMA HARDCORE GOVERNOR CANDIDATE LEADS SECESSIONIST GROUP
NEO-NAZI FIGURE INVOLVED IN BROGDON’S NEW ORG
November 17, 2009
On November 7, 2009, at closed gatherings in Tulsa and in Oklahoma City, Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Brogdon officially launched a secessionist and sovereignty group, based in gun rights, calling itself the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association (OK2A).
The group first meant on Nov. 7th at the Tulsa Tech Career Services Center and later in the day at the Character First Training Center in OKC. The Character First Training Center is the site of John Birch Society activities and has hosted an event by Reclaim Oklahoma for Christ where Rep. Sally Kern “exposed” the gay agenda back in January.
OK2A is organized in order to assert Oklahoma’s sovereignty over the United States. Their first mission is to pass the Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act to be authored by Brogdon and introduced in 2010, based on a recently passed law in Montana. They are also being very vocal about ending the tyranny of the federal government and removing them from the state in a secessionist fashion. Beyond gun rights they intend to challenge taxation, Roe v. Wade, and gay hate crimes protections.
According to a newly launched website that has scant information yet available:
“The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association is unwavering in its support of our right to keep and bear arms and its defense of the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of our land. They are on the cutting edge of grassroots activism and understand it is not enough to just hold the line but that it is imperative that we win back lost rights. We at Gun Owners of America look forward to working together with OK2A to protect our gun rights.”
Larry Pratt,
Executive Director Gun Owners of America
There’s no other information on their site except for that sole paragraph. Still, we have been able to gather several other details through our embedded sources and research, including that its founder is indeed Brogdon. Co-organizer is Art Curtis. Curtis is a relative unknown in our intelligence files. We have, however, learned he is 32-yr-old Arthur Doyle Curtis Jr. of Tulsa, who was with Oklahoma FreedomWorks until January 2009. The OFW is a grassroots organization spun from a national group, their main thrust in Oklahoma this year has been advocating its sovereignty.
From 1992 to 1997 Curtis was involved in the production of Passion Plays and from 1995 to 2005 he was a Tactical PSYOP Team Leader for the United States Army Reserves.
PSYOP is a military term for psychological operations – basically psychological warfare. It is another term for propaganda and brainwashing used on various targets, be they nations, groups, individuals, or GITMO detainees. The U.S. military is prohibited by law from using PSYOP tactics on American citizens.
OK2A described itself in an email promoting the Tulsa meeting as “Oklahoma gun owners to kickoff a new hardcore organization, the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association (OK2A). Initially, our main focus will be to advance Sen. Randy Brogdon's Firearms Freedom Act in Oklahoma. A firearms freedom act will assert state sovereignty on behalf of Oklahoma gun owners similar to the Montana and Tennessee legislation, but with some tweaks to ensure success. OK2A intends to be a no-compromise gun rights organization similar to Gun Owners of America. Speaking of which, GOA founder, Larry Pratt will be coming to Tulsa to help kickoff OK2A! Guest Speakers: Larry Pratt -GOA Founder Randy Brogdon -'Oklahoma Firearms Freedom Act' Author Art Curtis -OK2A Co-Organizer “The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association is unwavering in its support of our right to keep and bear arms and its defense of the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of our land.”
That passage does describe Brogdon as being the founder in its speaker’s list.
OK2A is using Post Office Box 257 in Drumright, OK, as a mailing address. Their phone number is (918) 844-4243. We’ve discovered connections to that address and phone number to not only Brogdon but to Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Ritze, who is forcing the building of a Ten Commandments monument at the State Capitol. Sources have confirmed that, although not on the speaker list, Ritze spoke at both Nov. 7th meetings. Rep. Charles Key, author of Oklahoma’s 10th Amendment resolution to assert state sovereignty also attended.
The phone number OK2A is using belongs to a group called Life Network, who are an anti-abortion ministry that seeks out women experiencing unwanted pregnancies.
The main speaker at the Nov. 7th OK2A meetings was a well-known figure in the white supremacist movement – Larry Pratt.
Pratt, founder of Gun Owners of America – a group that makes the NRA appear to be Girl Scouts, has been a subject of great controversy for speaking before known white supremacist groups in the past. In one such speech Pratt spoke to a gathering of Neo-Nazis and Aryans at a 1992 rally in Colorado. In 1996 the discovery of Pratt’s speaking at such gatherings caused his resignation as co-chair of Pat Buchanan’s presidential campaign. The Southern Poverty Law Center exposed his serving as editor for an anti-Semetic group called United Sovereigns of America.
He is a board member of the Paul Weyrich founded American Legislative Exchange Council, which sees Rep. Sally Kern’s attendance at their annual conventions. Kern charges her campaign for the travel to ALEC conferences, then charges the state for the expense. There is no record of her reimbursing her campaign after being given a check from the state.
Besides Gun Owners of America, Pratt has founded the groups English First, U.S. Border Control, and the Committee to Protect the Family, which he used to raise funds for the radical anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and to promote the quarantine of gay men with AIDS.
The purpose of the gun rights battle being waged by OK2A is to pass a law declaring any guns made in Oklahoma and kept in-state are held to be beyond the jurisdiction of the federal government. It is based on a national model being passed around by various militia and patriot groups. Brogdon intends to introduce the Oklahoma clone during the 2010 legislative session in January.
The model version reads:
Model version (07/31/09), Firearms Freedom Act
There has been some helpful critique of the FFA since it was passed in Montana. The version below incorporates two effective language changes in the bill recommended by Gary Marbut, original drafter of the bill and President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association (the lead proponent for HB 246 before the Montana Legislature).
Note: Language to be deleted is shown as interlined (Section 2(3)). Added language is underlined (Section 5(4)). Other than this interlined and underlined language, and a couple of options at the end, this is the entire bill enacted in Montana. Other interested states are encouraged to otherwise tailor the language to make it appropriate for their state (e.g., changing "Montana" to "OurStateName" and other suggestions noted).
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HOUSE BILL NO. 246
INTRODUCED BY J. BONIEK, BENNETT, BUTCHER, CURTISS, RANDALL, WARBURTON
AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM FEDERAL REGULATION UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES A FIREARM, A FIREARM ACCESSORY, OR AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED AND RETAINED IN MONTANA; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Short title. [Sections 1 through 6] may be cited as the "Montana Firearms Freedom Act".
Section 2. Legislative declarations of authority. The legislature declares that the authority for [sections 1 through 6] is the following:
(1) The 10th amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the states and their people all powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in the constitution and reserves to the state and people of Montana certain powers as they were understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889. The guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
(2) The ninth amendment to the United States constitution guarantees to the people rights not granted in the constitution and reserves to the people of Montana certain rights as they were understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889. The guaranty of those rights is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
(3) The regulation of intrastate commerce is vested in the states under the 9th and 10th amendments to the United States constitution, particularly if not expressly preempted by federal law. Congress has not expressly preempted state regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition.
(4) The second amendment to the United States constitution reserves to the people the right to keep and bear arms as that right was understood at the time that Montana was admitted to statehood in 1889, and the guaranty of the right is a matter of contract between the state and people of Montana and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
(5) Article II, section 12, of the Montana constitution clearly secures to Montana citizens, and prohibits government interference with, the right of individual Montana citizens to keep and bear arms. This constitutional protection is unchanged from the 1889 Montana constitution, which was approved by congress and the people of Montana, and the right exists as it was understood at the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889.
Section 3. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 6], the following definitions apply:
(1) "Borders of Montana" means the boundaries of Montana described in Article I, section 1, of the 1889 Montana constitution.
(2) "Firearms accessories" means items that are used in conjunction with or mounted upon a firearm but are not essential to the basic function of a firearm, including but not limited to telescopic or laser sights, magazines, flash or sound suppressors, folding or aftermarket stocks and grips, speedloaders, ammunition carriers, and lights for target illumination.
(3) "Generic and insignificant parts" includes but is not limited to springs, screws, nuts, and pins.
(4) "Manufactured" means that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition has been created from basic materials for functional usefulness, including but not limited to forging, casting, machining, or other processes for working materials.
Section 4. Prohibitions. A personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Montana and that remains within the borders of Montana is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce. It is declared by the legislature that those items have not traveled in interstate commerce. This section applies to a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Montana from basic materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state. Generic and insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product applications are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition, and their importation into Montana and incorporation into a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Montana does not subject the firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition to federal regulation. It is declared by the legislature that basic materials, such as unmachined steel and unshaped wood, are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition and are not subject to congressional authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition under interstate commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. The authority of congress to regulate interstate commerce in basic materials does not include authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in Montana from those materials. Firearms accessories that are imported into Montana from another state and that are subject to federal regulation as being in interstate commerce do not subject a firearm to federal regulation under interstate commerce because they are attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in Montana.
Section 5. Exceptions. [Section 4] does not apply to:
(1) a firearm that cannot be carried and used by one person;
(2) a firearm that has a bore diameter greater than 1 1/2 inches and that uses smokeless powder, not black powder, as a propellant;
(3) ammunition with a projectile that explodes using an explosion of chemical energy after the projectile leaves the firearm; or
(4) other than shotguns, a firearm that discharges two or more projectiles with one activation of the trigger or other firing device. (Note: Thanks to Minnesota for this improvement - GM.)
Section 6. Marketing of firearms. A firearm manufactured or sold in Montana under [sections 1 through 6] must have the words "Made in Montana" clearly stamped on a central metallic part, such as the receiver or frame.
Section 7. Codification instruction. (Any state-specific codification instructions - GM.)
Section 8. Applicability. [This act] applies to firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured, as defined in [section 3], and retained in Montana after October 1, 2009 (or immediate effective date - GM).
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