While I mourn the passing of a gun-friendly Congress, I'm heartened that we barred the front door locally in Alaska, the most free state in the union. By a wide margin, we elected NRA Life Member Sarah Palin as our next, youngest (42), first female, and most conservative Governor ever. Mrs. Palin makes it a point to state that she is a proud NRA Life Member, a lifelong hunter, fisherwoman and shooter. She chided her liberal metrosexual opponents recently in a televised debate where she said she was carrying current state hunting and fishing licenses, and bet they weren't. She also has a commercial fishing license. Most important of all, Governor-elect Palin makes enforcement of the Alaska State constitution her bedrock stand. Our state constitution grants the INDIVIDUAL right to keep and bear arms. We all must be very careful to elect local and state politicians who share our views on gun ownership. I'll trust our new Governor to take a stand and say NO to any loss of gun owner rights in the future proposed by Hillary Clinton and a democrat Congress.
