Jim March
Member
Folks,
Earlier this year, Senator Jackie Speir pondered sponsoring a gun show ban. Apparantly this was spurred in large part by complaints from people living near the Cow Palace - people coming out of the gun shows have been targetted for robbery for their ammo and "the community" has "concerns about violence".
(Gee, maybe the cure is LETTING PEOPLE DEFEND THEMSELVES!?)
Anyways. The good news is, per one of her staffers today, she is NOT going to sponsor any such bill.
The bad news: one or two assembly members are pondering it. The staffer wasn't certain which ones so refused to speculate on who.
I've dropped a few queries around trying to find out (I have a couple contacts on the Dem side). The goal is to gently and quietly try and talk 'em out of it before introduction...the deadline for which is Feb. 20th.
Action items: you might try calling your legislator (esp. if they're grabbers) and asking if they're pondering a gun show ban - state at the same time that you have concerns about such a bill ("mildly opposed"). It would help if we can stop 'em before they're filed.
There's been a LOT of agitation for such among the cities and counties, the same pattern of activity and local ordinances that ended with the "junk gun" and "assault weapon" bans
. So it's definately possible such could get introduced.
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If it does, the "soundbite" is:
"Private sales are fully regulated in this state, so there's no possible "loophole". Law enforcement (incl. the state DOJ Firearms Division) is against the ban. With no public safety issue in play, the real goal is to limit the ability of pro-self-defense types to do petitions, initiatives, recalls and referendums. Such grassroots politics are common at gun shows, and petitions to recall Davis were popular last year. This bill is an attempt to limit the political speech of a non-Democrat voting block."
Earlier this year, Senator Jackie Speir pondered sponsoring a gun show ban. Apparantly this was spurred in large part by complaints from people living near the Cow Palace - people coming out of the gun shows have been targetted for robbery for their ammo and "the community" has "concerns about violence".
(Gee, maybe the cure is LETTING PEOPLE DEFEND THEMSELVES!?)
Anyways. The good news is, per one of her staffers today, she is NOT going to sponsor any such bill.
The bad news: one or two assembly members are pondering it. The staffer wasn't certain which ones so refused to speculate on who.
I've dropped a few queries around trying to find out (I have a couple contacts on the Dem side). The goal is to gently and quietly try and talk 'em out of it before introduction...the deadline for which is Feb. 20th.
Action items: you might try calling your legislator (esp. if they're grabbers) and asking if they're pondering a gun show ban - state at the same time that you have concerns about such a bill ("mildly opposed"). It would help if we can stop 'em before they're filed.
There's been a LOT of agitation for such among the cities and counties, the same pattern of activity and local ordinances that ended with the "junk gun" and "assault weapon" bans
. So it's definately possible such could get introduced.-----------------
If it does, the "soundbite" is:
"Private sales are fully regulated in this state, so there's no possible "loophole". Law enforcement (incl. the state DOJ Firearms Division) is against the ban. With no public safety issue in play, the real goal is to limit the ability of pro-self-defense types to do petitions, initiatives, recalls and referendums. Such grassroots politics are common at gun shows, and petitions to recall Davis were popular last year. This bill is an attempt to limit the political speech of a non-Democrat voting block."