GUN OWNERS CIVIL RIGHTS ALLIANCE/GOCRA –announcement
The short version: gun control has taken a beating, but it isn’t dead yet. Keep calling and emailing, and come to the Capitol tonight for a Public Safety committee hearing. More below:
Battles won; war not over
Thanks to your spectacular efforts, Rep. Michael Paymar’s Punish Gun Owners Act, HF237, died in the House Public Safety committee on Tuesday. And if that weren’t enough reason to celebrate, Sen. Ron Latz pulled his equally bad SF458 from the Senate rules committee,
The fight isn’t over–Fierce opposition by MN constituents in spite of their baloney polls. –Voters vow to unseat them in the next election cycle.
Tonight (Thursday night), the House Public Safety committee will hear Rep. Lesch’s HF285. To discourage you from coming to show your opposition, Rep. Paymar has not yet set a time for the evening hearing.
We will let you know as soon as the hearing is scheduled. Typically, evening hearings start at 6 or 7, unless the committee chair elects to keep us waiting for over an hour — again.
Universal registration still a threat.
Rep. Paymar has been flooding the media with conflicting information on the universal registration plans. Rep. Paymar apparently couldn’t go even 24 hours before breaking the agreement he reportedly struck with Rep. Debra Hilstrom to get a gun bill — any gun bill — out of committee.
Rep. Hilstrom has assured us that she has taken measures necessary to prevent any universal registration from making it’s way into a bill this session, but Rep. Paymar’s doublespeak gives us cause for concern.
Victory goes to those who show up!
The House DFL strategy seems to be to try to wear us out with endless, meaningless hearings — canceling bills at the last minute, delaying votes for hours, and other last-minute scheduling changes.
They underestimate our commitment, don’t they?
Please show up Thursday night wearing your maroon shirt (or better yet, a GOCRA shirt) and stand strong against universal registration and any other infringements on law-abiding citizens.
House Public Safety Committee Meeting (members)
Thursday, March 21
State Office Building, Room 10 (directions)
??? o’clock p.m. (schedule)
Contact these House Public Safety committee members TODAY, and let them know that attacking the rights of law-abiding gun owners is a non-starter:
Sending the email is easy! Clicking on the email links below will give you a complete email, ready to edit or send.
Representative John Ward (DFL)
651-296-4333
E-mail: rep.john.ward@house.mn
Thank Rep. Ward for his past support of your gun rights and encourage him to resist pressure from metro gun banners.
Representative Shannon Savick (DFL)
651-296-8216
E-mail: rep.shannon.savick@house.mn
Rep. Savick is a rural DFLer who needs to be reminded that her constituents will not tolerate new gun control.
Representative Steve Simon (DFL)
651-296-9889
E-mail: steve.simon@house.mn
Rep. Simon is a smart, principled lawyer. Remind him that the Supreme Court has affirmed the right to keep and bear arms as an individual right, and that stripping due process doesn’t make us more free or more safe.
Then, call and email your OWN senator and representative and give them the same message.
LET THEM KNOW that you are a GOCRA member, and we are scoring their votes.
See you tonight at the SOB!
