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Saturday 10 October 2015

Dogsbite is operating outside their scope because they truly hate pit bulls

There's strict regulations and guidelines under which 
 non profits are expected to conduct their organizational initiative grassroots lobbying is allowable but under strict guidelines....

"Grassroots Lobbying" is defined as an attempt to influence specific legislation by encouraging the public to contact legislators about that legislation.

A communication constitutes grassroots lobbying if it refers to specific legislation, reflects a view on that specific legislation and encourages the recipient of the communication to take lobbying action.

This type of communication is known as a call to action.

 For Example:

• You send a letter to BSL supporters in your community asking them to contact their state representative to encourage him to support a bill that would provide new state funds for BSL programs;

• You send an email to BSL supporters in your community asking them to contact their Members of Congress and urge her to sign on to a letter to the President asking him to increase funding for BSL programs in his budget;

 • You send an email to the BSL community encouraging them to ask their legislators to vote for or against a bill.

Lobbying is NOT:

nonpartisan analysis, study or research, examinations and discussions of broad social, economic and similar problems, promoting and touting the success of your program, requests for technical advice or assistance, or “self-defense” communications.

For Example (these would NOT be considered lobbying):

• Sending an email to the BSL community with an update on or summary of legislation that does not include a call to action (such as a monthly legislative update);

• Making the results of an independent and objective nonpartisan analysis, study, or research on a legislative issue available to the public;

 • Responding to verbal or written requests from a legislative body, committee, or subcommittee for technical advice on pending legislation;

• Participating in a discussion of policy issues where the resolution might require legislation, as long as the discussion does not address the merits of specific legislative measures;

• Meeting with your Member of Congress to discuss your program, as well as the general need for and benefits of BSL programs in your community, without referring to a specific legislative proposal;

• Planning and hosting a briefing on the unique needs of  communities when it comes to BSL programs.

General Lobbying Rules for Non Profit Organizations
The post below seems to contradict or breach the rules and/or guidelines in relation to lobbying specifically in relation to breed specific 
legislation.
DogsBite.org
October 6 at 4:43amEdited
TAKE ACTION: Michigan residents, please send this email to your state senators and say, "I agree with DogsBite.org" -- Or it might become an anti-BSL state. (http://bit.ly/votenoSB239)
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INSTRUCTIONS: Please copy and paste this full letter into your email program. Simply write at the very top, "I agree with DogsBite.org" -- or add you own unique text. Please include the bill number and your position in the subject line: "Please Oppose SB 239." At the very bottom of the letter are the senators email addresses. Copy and paste the full block into the "To:" area of your email. Hit send! You've just helped preserve about 30 jurisdictions in Michigan with pit bull laws. If SB 239 passes, every single pit bull ordinance in this state will be nullified.
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Dear Honorable Michigan Senators,
DogsBite.org is a national dog bite victims' group dedicated to reducing serious dog attacks. We are the oldest and largest nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to putting the safety of humans before dogs and the principal source of information on this topic that is not owned, controlled, or funded by dog breeders, dog owners, veterinarian or animal welfare groups.
My organization strongly opposes SB 239.
We would like the opportunity to address several fallacy arguments being advanced by the supporters of SB 239, which will prevent local governments from enacting and enforcing ordinances that regulate dogs based upon breed, primarily pit bulls.
1. "Constitutional" and "property rights" arguments are invalid
Example fallacy: "Breed-specific laws violate our fundamental individual property rights"
Those were the opening words of April Almond, Senator Robertson's legislative director, who presented SB 239 to the Senate Agriculture Committee on September 17th. A common fallacy echoed by pit bull supporters.
To believe or to promote such an invalid argument would be to ignore American Jurisprudence. If the analysis of the sponsors of SB 239 were correct, there would have been no legal basis for any of the breed-specific law victories in appellate courts; not one breed-specific ordinance would have survived constitutional scrutiny. The fact is, the exact opposite is true. Why has every well-written breed-specific law been upheld after judicial scrutiny? Please see a full listing of these decisions (http://bit.ly/constitutionalityBSL)
Private property issues have been re-litigated in breed-specific cases and each time have failed because this legal issue has been settled for over a hundred years when the United States Supreme Court ruled in Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co. - 166 U.S. 698 (1897) that “property in dogs is of an imperfect or qualified nature” and that government officials could shoot and kill loose dogs that pose a danger to the community. Please see Google Scholar search results for: "Sentell" and "property" and "pit bull"
Learn more about the false constitutional arguments being advanced by supporters of SB 239: http://bit.ly/bslisconstitutional
2. "Breed-specific laws do not work" claim is invalid
Many jurisdictions have reported successful results after adopting a pit bull law. Our ongoing post, Cities with Successful Pit Bull Laws; Data Shows Breed-Specific Laws Work, tracks these cities and their results. Two cities are from Michigan: Saginaw and Ypsilanti Township. Both jurisdictions are proud of their ordinances, which are quite different too, emphasizing the need for local control. Two peer-reviewed studies from Canada and Spain also show a significant decrease in hospitalizations for dog bite injuries after enacting breed-specific regulations. (http://bit.ly/bslworks)
a.) Effectiveness of Breed-Specific Legislation in Decreasing the Incidence of Dog-Bite Injury Hospitalisations in People in the Canadian Province of Manitoba, by Malathi Raghavan, Patricia J Martens, Dan Chateau, and Charles Burchill, Injury Prevention, Published Online First, June 30, 2012 (http://bit.ly/1YITQTa)
b.) Decline in Hospitalisations Due to Dog Bite Injuries in Catalonia, 1997–2008. An Effect of Government Regulation?, by Joan R Villalbi, Montse Cleries, Susana Bouis, Víctor Peracho, Julia Duran and Conrad Casas, Injury Prevention, 2010;16:408-410 (http://1.usa.gov/1WrLuxl)
Legal references:
Sentell v. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co. - 166 U.S. 698 (1897)
"The very fact that they are without the protection of the criminal laws shows that property in dogs is of an imperfect or qualified nature … Even if it were assumed that dogs are property in the fullest sense of the word, they would still be subject to the police power of the state, and might be destroyed or otherwise dealt with, as in the judgment of the legislature is necessary for the protection of its citizens." (http://bit.ly/1jo6YwS)
Nicchia v. New York, 254 US 228 - U.S. Supreme Court 1920
"Property in dogs is of an imperfect or qualified nature and they may be subjected to peculiar and drastic police regulations by the State without depriving their owners of any federal right. New Orleans & Carrollton R. Co. - 166 U.S. 698 (1897)" (http://bit.ly/1LVMgek)
Sincerely,
Colleen Lynn
Founder & President
DogsBite.org
DogsBite.org is a national dog bite victims' group based in Austin, Texas. Our website contains a wide collection of data to help policymakers and citizens learn about dangerous dog breeds. Our research focuses on pit bull type dogs. Due to selective breeding practices that emphasize aggression and tenacity, this class of dogs negatively impacts communities the most. Learn more about us: http://www.dogsbite.org/dogsbite-about.php
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Find your Michigan Senator: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/fysbyaddress.html


Limitations on Lobbying Activities: Guidelines for 501(c)(3 ...


 "Nonprofit organizations that qualify for federal income tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") have the most favorable tax status, but they also have the most restrictions on government affairs activities. To maintain their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, these organizations must avoid all political campaign activities "

 The rules are quite clear and as you can see Jeff Borchardt shared the post to Daxton's Friends too..
Daxton's Friends for Canine Education & Awareness sharedDogsBite.org's photo.
October 6 at 5:35am
DogsBite.org
October 6 at 4:43amEdited
TAKE ACTION: Michigan residents, please send this email to your state senators and say, "I agree with DogsBite.org" -- Or it might become an anti-BSL state. (ht...
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 Dogsbite.org is a hate group masquerading as a community safety advocacy and there's mountains of evidence on the internet debunking them here's some examples....

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Neither Dogsbite.org or Daxton's Friend Canine Education & Awareness are considered legitimate animal organizations as they don't have one expert between them and exhibit extreme bias toward specific breeds and ignore victims of non banned breeds.

 The fact is neither of those 501 c's offer victims anything at all Colleen brags they are the oldest non profit org for victims and yet they offer no services for victims.

 Colleen Lynn has admitted that Bsl was designed to kill pit bulls and it was thought that by killing pit bull this would automatically lower the dog bite fatality rates but in spite of the deaths of hundred of thousands of pit bulls in 2014 the death toll was over 50% higher then the average for the two preceding decades which confirms Bsl is not working.

Colleen Lynn Quietly Admits Breed Bans Don't Serve Public Safety But Wants Them Anyway


True public safety advocates wouldn't be willing to let their own opinions of a specific breed to cause them to totally ignore victims of all other breeds these so called public safety advocates have the blood of many victims of non banned breeds on their hands as a result of their reckless twisting of the facts and bold faced lies, shame on you Colleen, Jeff, Merrit etc etc.

more to come.....
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