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What are your thoughts on this? Which party do you trust to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of nations that sponsor terrorism – Republicans or Democrats?

Training Course Set for Enhanced Concealed Carry Gun Permit

PIERRE – Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that rules for the enhanced concealed carry gun permit were approved last week by the Interim Rules Committee. September 23, 2015 has been set aside for the initial training class to be held at the George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center in Pierre. Instruction for this class will be provided by National Rifle Association certified instructors and the Division of Criminal Investigation.

The application for the Enhanced Use of Force Training Course can be found at this link:

http://dci.sd.gov/LawEnforcementTraining/EnhancedConcealedPistolUseofForceTraining.aspx

During the 2015 legislative session the South Dakota Legislature enacted an enhanced concealed carry option in order to allow qualified South Dakotans to meet the requirements of the other States carry law for when they travel. South Dakota’s current permit law remains in place for which South Dakota has reciprocity with the following 26 states that recognize our current concealed carry permit: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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I pilfered this from Dusty Johnson’s Facebook, like most parents are doing with photos of their kids as they arrived home from Teenage Republican Camp this weekend.

It’s a pic of our current Republican Congresswoman… and a potential future one, twenty or so years from now. Kristi was nice enough to shoot a photo with my daughter Sydney, who is the new TAR vice chair for the statewide group.

From all reports, it was a great week, and I’m tremendously proud of my daughter for winning her office, as well as my son, Pat Jr., who is in his second year of attending.

I’ve had 4 kids attend camp so far, and I think they’ve all found the experience to be fun, educational, and valuable.

If you have a teenaged son or daughter, it’s well worth getting them in touch with the TAR organization who has more fun events coming up. The TARS have a booth at the GOP Building at this years’ State Fair, or you can find out more by visiting their website at sdtars.com.

After dropping the hammer and traveling over 1000 miles yesterday, I’m happy to say that I am between Omaha and Sioux City right now.

I’m certainly glad to be heading to home territory, and will have the columns up for our representatives in Washington and South Dakota sometime this evening.

I’m hoping to fit in a quick trip down to Madison to see my brand-new college student who is starting classes early DSU. She went to college yesterday, and mom was a little upset that she wasn’t there to send her off. So, my traveling this weekend isn’t quite over when I hit the front door in Brookings.

Stu Whitney’s column in the Argus Leader this morning features former state representative and current city councilor Christine Erickson, Who, in an understated way, seems to keep capturing everyone’s attention and rises in popularity.

“She’s a refreshing new voice, and she’s got moxie,” says fellow council member and former Sioux Falls mayoral candidate Greg Jamison. “Because of her experience in the legislature, she understands the technique of debate and communication. Some of us get involved in personal issues and egos, but she sees it as issue-based and doesn’t let that stuff get out of hand.”

and…

The non-partisan nature of the job hasn’t stopped Erickson from dipping her toes in larger political waters. She was approached by the staff of U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds last October to emcee a Sioux Falls rally featuring Rounds and former presidential contender Mike Huckabee, an event that helped right the ship for Rounds’ eventual victory.

Read it all here.

  

I just heard from my daughter that she might’ve been elected vice chair of the South Dakota Teenage Republican Organization.

(Soon our takeover might be complete! Bwahahaha!)

just kidding! She’s a good kid and she certainly did it all on her own moxie and competitive spirit. Congratulations!

I caught this today, where a group of Democrats aren’t 100% that pro-tax and pro- abortion candidate Paula Hawks is going to call herself a Democrat in a challenge to congresswoman Kristi Noem:

…..the current State Chair, Ann Tornberg, announced that the current interim Executive Director, Zack Nistler, has resigned and will begin working for Paula Hawks’s yet to be announced campaign for the US House seat currently held by Kristi Noem. 

The fact Paula will employ the Democratic State Party’s former Interim Executive Director, increases the odds she will run, initially, as a Democrat. 

https://dakotawarcollege.com/up-dropping-last-minute-postcards-to-confuse…

Read it here.

Since when is it in doubt and they talk about odds that a liberal Democrats going to run as a liberal Democrat? 

Although, if I were Hawks, I’d want to hide the Democrat label too.

  
While I’m sitting here at Disney, where I just arrived, The Minnehaha County Republican Party just sent out a notice inviting people to attend a digital seminar on July 30. 

Please check out the flyer about an RSVP if it could be useful for you.

The Minnehaha County has out-of-state talent coming in to help do digital training. They’re hearing this to young GOPers looking to make their content matter. 

IRS Commissioner tells Noem IRS audit process remains at risk for abuse and targeting

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, questioned IRS Commissioner John Koskinen yesterday on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that detailed flaws in the IRS audit selection process that could lead to targeting of organizations based on their political beliefs and other First Amendment protected views. The GAO is the nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress.

In the wake of the Lois Lerner scandal—which revealed the IRS targeted conservative groups – the House Ways and Means Committee asked the GAO to look into the IRS audit process for tax-exempt organizations. Noem and the committee were concerned the IRS could use its vast auditing power to target groups the same way. These fears were confirmed in the GAO’s report and Noem’s line of questioning.

GAO’s final report shows the current audit process is ripe for improper targeting. According to the GAO, “the control deficiencies GAO found increase the risk that EO (Exempt Organizations unit) could select organizations for examination in an unfair manner—for example, based on an organization’s religious, educational, political, or other views.”

The GAO report’s supporting findings include:

· IRS’s audit procedures are not sufficiently documented or followed, and in some instances, GAO found that even the IRS did not have a record of why certain cases were selected for audit.

· The same small group of people have been reviewing audit referrals, which are essentially third-party complaints made to IRS, for years without sufficient review or oversight of their decisions.

· Management within IRS does not consistently monitor selection decisions, which could allow people with bias to unfairly select organizations for audit.

The full report can be read here.

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