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HB 1415 Designed to Register Gun Owners
[Analysis] HB 1415, "Gun Owner Registration Act", was scheduled for a 2nd reading today and is scheduled for a 3rd reading tomorrow, Tuesday, August 22. It had the original intention of simply reporting back to the home county sheriff if a person was denied a pistol purchase permit in a different county. As bills involving guns tend to do, this one has been amended beyond recognition. In its present form, it now will register anyone who is denied a permit in a DATABASE with the State Bureau of Investigation.
The House has attempted to pull one over on you by amending and fast tracking this bill in order to avoid constituent input. In its present form, HB 1415 is unnecessarily obtrusive and is opposed by GRNC.
MAKING A BAD BILL WORSE
To add insult to injury, WILMA SHERRILL (R - Buncombe) has introduced an amendment to include people under protective orders to this database. People under protective orders have not been convicted of anything and in fact may not have even had an opportunity to defend themselves in court.
Rep. Sherrill would do well to remember another Republican named Don Munford. Munford, as you may recall crossed gun owners as the sponsor of the "Homicide Prevention Act" which seizes the firearms of anyone who is the subject of a protective order. Domestic Homicides have jumped dramatically since that passed into law.
As a result of this slap to gun owners, GRNC ran radio spots against Munford during a hotly contested primary, which he narrowly eked out the nomination. Munford went on to lose to his opponent in the general election.
SHERIFFS' DESCRETION BROAD IN DENIALS
In the matter of Pistol Purchase Permits, a county sheriff's discretion in issuing a denial is broad. The reasons are too numerous to fully quantify her, but for instance a sheriff is allowed to set the number of permits he will grant in any given period. So if the sheriff decides that he will only issue three permits a year and you apply for a fourth one that would be grounds for denial. In that case you would then be registered in an SBI DATABASE!
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
- Email AND CALL the following people:
Rep. Wilma M. Sherrill
305 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Phone: 919-715-3026
[email protected]
Speaker Jim Black
2304 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919-733-3451
[email protected]
Sponsor
Rep. Ronnie Sutton
1321 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919-715-0875
[email protected]
- Email and call your own representative:
http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm
- Email ALL NC House Representatives by using this one email address: [email protected]
DELIVER THIS MESSAGE
Dear Representative:
I am OPPOSED to HB 1415, "The Gun Owners Registration Act." I urge you to vote against this act and use all of your influence to prevent it from becoming law.
As it now stands, this bill is obtrusive and Orwellian. The reasons for denial of a pistol purchase permit are broad and sometimes arbitrary; hardly a sound reason to register gun owners in a permanent SBI database. In addition to this, the Sherrill amendment would register a gun owner in a case where he is "Guilty until proven Innocent."
HB 1415 is a bad bill and any vote for it will be counted as an anti-gun vote by GRNC. I will be monitoring the progress of this matter. Please vote AGAINST HB 1415.
Sincerely,
A Concerned North Carolina Voter
[Analysis] HB 1415, "Gun Owner Registration Act", was scheduled for a 2nd reading today and is scheduled for a 3rd reading tomorrow, Tuesday, August 22. It had the original intention of simply reporting back to the home county sheriff if a person was denied a pistol purchase permit in a different county. As bills involving guns tend to do, this one has been amended beyond recognition. In its present form, it now will register anyone who is denied a permit in a DATABASE with the State Bureau of Investigation.
The House has attempted to pull one over on you by amending and fast tracking this bill in order to avoid constituent input. In its present form, HB 1415 is unnecessarily obtrusive and is opposed by GRNC.
MAKING A BAD BILL WORSE
To add insult to injury, WILMA SHERRILL (R - Buncombe) has introduced an amendment to include people under protective orders to this database. People under protective orders have not been convicted of anything and in fact may not have even had an opportunity to defend themselves in court.
Rep. Sherrill would do well to remember another Republican named Don Munford. Munford, as you may recall crossed gun owners as the sponsor of the "Homicide Prevention Act" which seizes the firearms of anyone who is the subject of a protective order. Domestic Homicides have jumped dramatically since that passed into law.
As a result of this slap to gun owners, GRNC ran radio spots against Munford during a hotly contested primary, which he narrowly eked out the nomination. Munford went on to lose to his opponent in the general election.
SHERIFFS' DESCRETION BROAD IN DENIALS
In the matter of Pistol Purchase Permits, a county sheriff's discretion in issuing a denial is broad. The reasons are too numerous to fully quantify her, but for instance a sheriff is allowed to set the number of permits he will grant in any given period. So if the sheriff decides that he will only issue three permits a year and you apply for a fourth one that would be grounds for denial. In that case you would then be registered in an SBI DATABASE!
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
- Email AND CALL the following people:
Rep. Wilma M. Sherrill
305 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Phone: 919-715-3026
[email protected]
Speaker Jim Black
2304 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919-733-3451
[email protected]
Sponsor
Rep. Ronnie Sutton
1321 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919-715-0875
[email protected]
- Email and call your own representative:
http://www.grnc.org/contact_reps.htm
- Email ALL NC House Representatives by using this one email address: [email protected]
DELIVER THIS MESSAGE
Dear Representative:
I am OPPOSED to HB 1415, "The Gun Owners Registration Act." I urge you to vote against this act and use all of your influence to prevent it from becoming law.
As it now stands, this bill is obtrusive and Orwellian. The reasons for denial of a pistol purchase permit are broad and sometimes arbitrary; hardly a sound reason to register gun owners in a permanent SBI database. In addition to this, the Sherrill amendment would register a gun owner in a case where he is "Guilty until proven Innocent."
HB 1415 is a bad bill and any vote for it will be counted as an anti-gun vote by GRNC. I will be monitoring the progress of this matter. Please vote AGAINST HB 1415.
Sincerely,
A Concerned North Carolina Voter
Where does it go next? Anyone know?
