There is a meeting at the capitol tomorrow to discuss the UofU ban. I'm going to try to make it, but I may have a job interview, and if that happens I won't be able to. For those of you who can though, lets slap down the U. 
Here are the details from the USSC, I'm just passing this along:
CORRECTED USSC URGENT ACTION ALERT February 5, 2004
FOR ALL UTAH SHOOTING SPORTS COUNCIL MEMBERS & SUPPORTERS
DISREGARD EARLIER ALERT- IT ATTACHED 2003 INFO. CORRECT INFORMATION
FOLLOWS...( WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR AND WILL FLOG THE ALERT WRITER)
---URGENT ACTION REQUIRED- Pass SB 48 "Uniform Firearm Laws"
---Legislative Session update
---USSC Website
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED - HELP STOP THE UNIVERSITY'S BAN ON LEGAL SELF
DEFENSE!
SUPPORT SB 48 "Uniform Firearm Laws" AT HEARING FRIDAY AT 2:00 PM
Text of bill: http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2004/bills/sbillint/sb0048.htm
This is a necessary bill and must be passed to stop the protracted
lawsuits that activist anti-gun judges may decide against us!
The University is telling all their faculty to contact committee
members, so your calls, faxes and email are especially important.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VICTIM OF A SERIOUS CRIME OR THREAT ON
CAMPUS- PLEASE CONTACT US SO WE CAN PROVIDE EXAMPLES TO THE COMMITTEE.
THREE ACTION STEPS YOU NEED TO DO IMMEDIATELY:
1. Phone, FAX or email the Committee members below. They are busy,
and don't need a long discussion, just a brief comment "Please vote FOR
SB 48 "Uniform Firearm Laws" and one or two of the reasons in the
suggested email below. Be polite. Phone calls are best, FAX is good, and
emails least effective, but they all count. Do all three if you can, to
as many members as you can.
2. Make a special effort to attend the meeting at 2:00 PM Friday
February 6th in room 414 at the Capitol. You won't need to testify or
anything, Just nod your heads at the appropriate times, and raise your hands
when they ask who wants to testify FOR the bill. Be polite, and dress
appropriately- coat and tie or business casual. A lot of University
faculty will be there too.
3. Pass this alert to all your friends interested in gun rights. Tell
them to visit the USSC website (address below) and sign up to get a
copy directly.
Suggested Email: (cut and paste into your email form)
*****************
Subject: VOTE FOR SB 48 (Uniform Firearm Laws)
Dear Senator- Please vote for Senator Waddoups' SB 48 because:
(1) The University of Utah is not a separate kingdom, and is subject to
the laws and funding of the Legislature.
(2) A policy that provides defenseless victims is wrong! Serious
crimes do occur on campus, like the murder at Weber State, and many rapes
and assaults. Mass murderer Ted Bundy was a student at the U of U.
Criminals ignore the University's gun ban.
(3) Uniform laws allowing legal self defense are essential throughout
the sate, not different rules for every municipality or state entity.
(4) Hysterical scare stories about permit holders being a danger to
others or stifling academic freedom lack any factual foundation. If
anything, students are intimidated by faculty pushing extremist liberal
views.
Please vote for Senator Waddoups' SB 68.
Thank you.
[your name]
*******************
Send to members of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal
Justice Committee:
Gregory S. Bell, Chairman (R - 22) 801-971-2001, [email protected]
Patrice Arent (D - 4) 801-272-1956, [email protected]
Chris Buttars (R - 10) 801-561-0535, [email protected]
Mike Dmitrich (D - 27) 435-637-0426, [email protected]
James Evans (R - 1) 801-322-3452, [email protected]
David Gladwell (R - 19) 801-782-4130, [email protected]
Lyle Hillyard (R - 25) 435-753-0043, [email protected]
Al Mansell (R - 9) 801-942-6019, fax: 563-7848, [email protected]
FAX Numbers:
Senate Fax (for all Republican Senators): (801)538-1414
Senate Fax (for all Democratic Senators): (801)538-1449
LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE
The first three weeks are nearly over, but three more remain.
Besides the urgent action above, be prepared to act on short notice to
defeat two bad anti-gun bills:
*** HB 342 (Daniels) Gun Show Background checks- yet another attempt to
get their foot in the door for a de facto registration system for all
firearms transfers. Studies prove that less than 1% of criminals (0.6%
or 0.7% in 1991 and 1997) get guns from gun shows. This is not about
crime, it is about pushing the gun ban agenda.
*** SB 227 (Hale) Concealed Firearms Amendments- probably another
attempt to ban legal self defense weapons in schools and churches.
We need to work hard to get three good bills passed:
*** SB 48 (Waddoups Uniform Firearm Laws) discussed above to ensure
that legal self defense is not outlawed by idiotic policy that makes
University of Utah a defenseless victim zone attractive to thugs and
terrorists.
*** HB 294 (Ferrin) Firearms Purchase Amendments- minor technical
changes to fix discrepancies between federal and state details.
*** HB295 (Ferrin) Concealed Firearm Permits Amendments- technical
changes to eliminate wasted effort sending stuff that BCI does not need.
USSC WEBSITE-
http://UtahShootingSports.com includes frequent updates of gun related
news stories from Utah and around the nation. There are daily updates
on gun related bills during the Legislative Session. You can sign up for
our Alerts, or remove your name, or change your email address (add the
new one and delete the old one).
Here are the details from the USSC, I'm just passing this along:
CORRECTED USSC URGENT ACTION ALERT February 5, 2004
FOR ALL UTAH SHOOTING SPORTS COUNCIL MEMBERS & SUPPORTERS
DISREGARD EARLIER ALERT- IT ATTACHED 2003 INFO. CORRECT INFORMATION
FOLLOWS...( WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE ERROR AND WILL FLOG THE ALERT WRITER)
---URGENT ACTION REQUIRED- Pass SB 48 "Uniform Firearm Laws"
---Legislative Session update
---USSC Website
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED - HELP STOP THE UNIVERSITY'S BAN ON LEGAL SELF
DEFENSE!
SUPPORT SB 48 "Uniform Firearm Laws" AT HEARING FRIDAY AT 2:00 PM
Text of bill: http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2004/bills/sbillint/sb0048.htm
This is a necessary bill and must be passed to stop the protracted
lawsuits that activist anti-gun judges may decide against us!
The University is telling all their faculty to contact committee
members, so your calls, faxes and email are especially important.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VICTIM OF A SERIOUS CRIME OR THREAT ON
CAMPUS- PLEASE CONTACT US SO WE CAN PROVIDE EXAMPLES TO THE COMMITTEE.
THREE ACTION STEPS YOU NEED TO DO IMMEDIATELY:
1. Phone, FAX or email the Committee members below. They are busy,
and don't need a long discussion, just a brief comment "Please vote FOR
SB 48 "Uniform Firearm Laws" and one or two of the reasons in the
suggested email below. Be polite. Phone calls are best, FAX is good, and
emails least effective, but they all count. Do all three if you can, to
as many members as you can.
2. Make a special effort to attend the meeting at 2:00 PM Friday
February 6th in room 414 at the Capitol. You won't need to testify or
anything, Just nod your heads at the appropriate times, and raise your hands
when they ask who wants to testify FOR the bill. Be polite, and dress
appropriately- coat and tie or business casual. A lot of University
faculty will be there too.
3. Pass this alert to all your friends interested in gun rights. Tell
them to visit the USSC website (address below) and sign up to get a
copy directly.
Suggested Email: (cut and paste into your email form)
*****************
Subject: VOTE FOR SB 48 (Uniform Firearm Laws)
Dear Senator- Please vote for Senator Waddoups' SB 48 because:
(1) The University of Utah is not a separate kingdom, and is subject to
the laws and funding of the Legislature.
(2) A policy that provides defenseless victims is wrong! Serious
crimes do occur on campus, like the murder at Weber State, and many rapes
and assaults. Mass murderer Ted Bundy was a student at the U of U.
Criminals ignore the University's gun ban.
(3) Uniform laws allowing legal self defense are essential throughout
the sate, not different rules for every municipality or state entity.
(4) Hysterical scare stories about permit holders being a danger to
others or stifling academic freedom lack any factual foundation. If
anything, students are intimidated by faculty pushing extremist liberal
views.
Please vote for Senator Waddoups' SB 68.
Thank you.
[your name]
*******************
Send to members of the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal
Justice Committee:
Gregory S. Bell, Chairman (R - 22) 801-971-2001, [email protected]
Patrice Arent (D - 4) 801-272-1956, [email protected]
Chris Buttars (R - 10) 801-561-0535, [email protected]
Mike Dmitrich (D - 27) 435-637-0426, [email protected]
James Evans (R - 1) 801-322-3452, [email protected]
David Gladwell (R - 19) 801-782-4130, [email protected]
Lyle Hillyard (R - 25) 435-753-0043, [email protected]
Al Mansell (R - 9) 801-942-6019, fax: 563-7848, [email protected]
FAX Numbers:
Senate Fax (for all Republican Senators): (801)538-1414
Senate Fax (for all Democratic Senators): (801)538-1449
LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE
The first three weeks are nearly over, but three more remain.
Besides the urgent action above, be prepared to act on short notice to
defeat two bad anti-gun bills:
*** HB 342 (Daniels) Gun Show Background checks- yet another attempt to
get their foot in the door for a de facto registration system for all
firearms transfers. Studies prove that less than 1% of criminals (0.6%
or 0.7% in 1991 and 1997) get guns from gun shows. This is not about
crime, it is about pushing the gun ban agenda.
*** SB 227 (Hale) Concealed Firearms Amendments- probably another
attempt to ban legal self defense weapons in schools and churches.
We need to work hard to get three good bills passed:
*** SB 48 (Waddoups Uniform Firearm Laws) discussed above to ensure
that legal self defense is not outlawed by idiotic policy that makes
University of Utah a defenseless victim zone attractive to thugs and
terrorists.
*** HB 294 (Ferrin) Firearms Purchase Amendments- minor technical
changes to fix discrepancies between federal and state details.
*** HB295 (Ferrin) Concealed Firearm Permits Amendments- technical
changes to eliminate wasted effort sending stuff that BCI does not need.
USSC WEBSITE-
http://UtahShootingSports.com includes frequent updates of gun related
news stories from Utah and around the nation. There are daily updates
on gun related bills during the Legislative Session. You can sign up for
our Alerts, or remove your name, or change your email address (add the
new one and delete the old one).
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