MI House committee considers purchase permit repeal IN 2 WEEKS!!!

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Nice. I'm glad it hadn't stalled and is moving forward. Keeping my fingers crossed that the state senate handles this like the house did.

Hopefully Gov. Snyder will sign it and we can rid of that pointless registration.
 
Michigan House Votes to repeal purchase permit/registration!!!

Michigan House Votes Overwhelmingly to Repeal Permit-to-Purchase and Registration​

Yesterday, the Michigan House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to repeal the state handgun “permit-to-purchase” and registration requirements. House Bill 5225 passed in the state House by a 74 to 36 vote. HB 5225 would repeal the bureaucratic state “permit-to-purchase” handguns and instead utilize the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. House Bill 5498 and House Bill 5499 also passed in the state House along with HB 5225. These three bills now go to the state Senate where they will be assigned to the appropriate committees.

HB 5225, sponsored by state Representative Paul Opsommer (R-93), which became obsolete when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) took effect in 1998. Under the current state process, gun buyers must apply with their local law enforcement agency and pass a written test before being authorized to buy a handgun. This “permit” is valid for only one gun and it expires after ten days. Since 1998, federal law has required a national criminal records check for the purchase of any firearm, from any gun dealer, in every state.

Some of the key points of HB 5225 as amended are:

Repeal the state requirement to seek police permission to purchase a firearm by traveling to a local police station and obtaining a permit to purchase.

Repeal the requirement to register a completely legally purchased and owned firearm by a law-abiding citizen to be registered with the government through the police (all records currently on file with law enforcement, with the exception of those held as evidence in criminal cases, must be destroyed within six months of final passage of the bill - added)

Adopt the use of the federally-funded National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Default to the federal standard of prohibited persons and each purchase would still require a background check.

Cut Michigan’s costs by using the federally-administered national instant background check system and eliminate wasted man-hours of tracking lawful gun owners in Michigan.

The NRA has been working diligently to repeal this antiquated, costly and unnecessary obstacle for gun owners and has coordinated with several state Representatives to produce the new language for HB 5225. HB 5498, sponsored by state Representative Richard LeBlanc (D-18), provides for the legal penalties relating to firearms and other weapons. HB 5499, sponsored by state Representative Ray Franz (R-101), clarifies the regulations regarding the sale of firearms to “prohibited persons” and makes them consistent with federal standards.
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From NRA/ILA bulletin received on 6/14/12.

Now it's on to the state senate!!! Each of our state senators need to be contacted to urge their support of these bills. If you need to find the contact information for the senator from your district, this link will take you to the web site of the Michigan Legislature: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(p2f2g255prucvceyyxxbx155))/mileg.aspx?page=legislators

Our work is just beginning. It is unknown if Gov. Snyder will sign these bills once they are passed in the state senate, so he needs to understand how much support there is for these bills.

We also need to bring pressure on the senate to vote on and pass SB 59, which would do away with pistol free zones in Michigan for concealed carriers. At this time, Sen. Richardville (http://www.misenategop.com/senators/Richardville.asp?District=17), the senate majority leader, refuses to schedule this measure for a vote. It was approved in committee and brought to the full senate nearly three months ago. I don't agree with the requirements it adds to CCers if they wish to carry in pistol free zones (9 more hours of class time, nearly two more boxes of rounds, and a written request for permission to CC in pistol free zones), so now is the time to contact all of our state senators in Lansing to urge them to amend the bill to remove the additional requirements, and to put pressure on Sen. Richardville to schedule it for a vote.
 
Well now sadness is creeping in...:( I will only be back in Michigan during a certain limited window.
 
hey guys

I haven't posted here in forever, mostly on MGO and arfcom michigan.

In case you didn't already know these bills passed the House and are now in the Judiciary committee.

I created a mailer system for the House committee and full House votes. If you want to see how well we did check out the House Judiciary committee's testimony page with 200+ emails sent via my mailer.

If you want to help out try out the email sender located here:
http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/Co5e23UTgh7
Share it with friends and family. So far we're at ~120 emails sent in favor of these bills.

Any questions email me using my address which is located on the mailer form.
 
the web says

5225 Passed house /senate favorably recommended to take immediate effect....then......9/12/12......another vote? one more step to it becoming law? looks like a green light on the entire bill package.......they have to slip in some other clause.....or provision :)
 
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5225 Passed house /senate favorably recommended to take immediate effect....then......9/12/12......another vote? one more step to it becoming law? looks like a green light on the entire bill package.......they have to slip in some other clause.....or provision
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Yep one more vote then onto Snyder.

I haven't been posting this over here because I've been following it on Michigan specific forums but here is an easy link to email your reps if you live in Michigan.

http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/6td0y3ALb8JfIaY63Mr

And here is a page showing how many emails we've sent so far:

https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/reports/W1LkmczCpB8oddjIRa7q

We got 300+ for the Senate Judiciary Committee version.
 
Very important!!!

It is out of the Senate judiciary committee and needs to be scheduled for a vote. See this thread:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=673526

folks -- we need to be pulling out all the stops to get these bills passed, especially by contacting Sen Majority Leader Richardville, the man who is responsible for scheduling the vote. My other posting covers this.
 
Looking good gentlemen!

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(kj...2012/Journal/Senate/pdf/2012-SJ-09-11-063.pdf

The Committee on Judiciary reported
House Bill No. 5225, entitled
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled “An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending sections 2b, 6, and 14a (MCL 28.422b, 28.426, and 28.434a), section 2b as amended by 2001 PA 199, section 6 as added by 2005 PA 242, and section 14a as added by 2010 PA 295, and by adding section 2c; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Rick Jones
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Jones, Schuitmaker and Rocca
Nays: Senator Bieda
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
 

Hijacking a thread is rude.

Hijacking a thread with a non firearms topic is against the rules of THR that you promised to uphold and this forum.

STAY ON THE TOPIC AND OFF MOTORCYCLE OR OTHER NON FIREARMS TOPICS.
 
The senate needs to vote on it, then if approved Snyder needs to sign it. So far it seems to have cruised through both houses it just needs to be voted on but I believe theres a small window that its eligible to be voted on.
 
the gov snyder,has refused to sign hb 5225,

The anti gun coalition pressured snyder into not signing hb5225 while lying to all by saying the bill would allow mentaly ill,and criminals to leagally buy handguns,now the senate has enough votes to override snyders veto,no votes for snyder from me or mine ever .
 
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Sent an email to Senator Rick Jones, and will call his office tomorrow.

Hope Snyder enjoys his last two years in the mansion, I won't be voting for him again.
 
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