http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/michigan_house_speaker_jase_bo.html"This is a very emotional issue...I expect that if it comes over from the Senate, the House will need to have its own fact finding and really delve into the facts of these cases...” MI House Speaker Jase Bolger.
The issue has already been studied to death, and Michigan law already allows for open carry in many of the places designated as "gun free" or "carry free" zones in Michigan, but Speaker Bolger insists that the Michigan House of Representatives waste more time and money before approving SB 59 if it is passed by the Senate.
The facts are clear. According to the Michigan State Police, since increased access to CCW was enacted in 2001, violent crime has decreased 14% across the state - even while legal gun ownership is increasing. That have been no events in "gun free zones" involving legal firearms carriers, and Michigan law already allows OC in these areas. Simply put, there is no logical reason why Speaker Bolger should continue to stand in the way of the free exercise of our Second Amendment and Michigan Constitution (Article 1 Section 6) right to carry -- especially in light of the recent federal district court decision stating that 1) the only reason one needs to justify carry is the existence of the right in the Second Amendment and 2) one needs to be able to defend one's self anywhere one happens to be.
We need to flood Speaker Bolger's office with calls, emails, and faxes encouraging him to fast track this legislation once it is passed in the Senate. This issue isn't about emotions, as he states in the article; it is about a civil and legal right that is guaranteed by both the Second Amendment and the Michigan Constitution, and upheld in the recent federal district court decision. Here is his contact information:
House Speaker James "Jase" Bolger
1-877-BOLGER-1 (office)
517-373-9119 (fax)
[email protected]
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