I really hope you get video, in a non-tactical, non-sneaky way.

http://www.electkelley.com/

https://www.facebook.com/electkelleypage?ref=ts

this is all i could find.  i'll keep looking.

I found this nice article from a gun enthusiast democrat that I linked in my email to my state rep. I thought it was a well done article.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/11/05/405370/-A-Democrat-s-guide-to-why-firearm-sound-suppressors-silencers-should-be-made-easier-to-obtain#

I'll post the responses after I have both. I've already heard back from my senator.

As much as I despise the DailyKos garbage that article will definitely come in handy.

For my contribution I give you this SilencerCo YouTube clip. There's a million suppressor videos out there, but it seems like they all feature some backwoods bubba, someone shooting full auto, or no real comparison between suppressed and unsuppressed. This one is very straight forward and shows an exact db rating comparison.

I just wanted to drop in and thank you guys for keeping the ball rolling here.  I've been out-of-state for a few years, but still haven't moved forward with any suppressor/SBR stamps because of the potential loss with a move back there.  I'm ready to 'pull the trigger' on 1 or 2 of each as soon as you get this signed.  

 

Okay, so I finally have responses from both of my reps: Representative Todd Pritchard and Senator Mary Jo Wilhelm.

the crew was working their butts off all day into the night at the legislature last night.  

we're hammering out the bills and the little pieces of language here and there.  

do your last minutes flight checks, buckle in, and prepare for ignition folks...

When you get all motivating I get this tingling sensation.

Lists are up to date as of this post.


Confirmed Support:

House
4 of 98

Senate
7 of 50



Good work Battleshipgrey!

Be thankful it's not a burning sensation...

What are the bills that you see really having a chance in addition to the suppressor bill this time around?  Both my rep and senator are fully supportive of gun rights so I don't want to or need to continuously email them.  I'd just like to send one email hitting on a few key bills that actually have a chance this year.

Lefty-

I think these 4 house bills stand a decent chance. Some have better odds than others, but here's the run down of bills I've been following...

HF99 - Repealing the Youth Handgun Shooting Ban
HF45 - Emergency Powers (blocking Hurricane Katrina style confiscations)
HF59 - Strengthening the current preemption law
HF99 - Stand Your Ground

The suppressor bill hasn't been introduced YET. I think of all the ones listed the suppressor bill stands the best chances, and that's entirely because of all the hard work the guys on this forum did last year.

There's actually 3 Stand Your Ground bills (2 in the House, 1 in the Senate). The NRA/IFC version, HF99 is the only one that's seeing any kind of movement - it's been assigned to a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Not surprisingly, the other two IGO Stand Your Ground bills are seeing zero movement. Looks like they're chickens are coming home to roost. I genuinely hope HF99 continues to move forward, I'd really like to see SYG passed.

IFC has got a pretty good run down of the various bills, including the anti-gunners bills. IFC 2015 Iowa Legislative Session

I haven't heard anything today, so I'll assume it hasn't been filed and will be Friday?  Anyone in the know please keep us informed.  Sorry, I'm rather inpatient.

Rush- I was misinformed in my last post. Today is NOT the deadline to submit bills. I was working off this legislative calendar and got ahead of myself. Today is the last day to submit a bill to the "Legislative Services Agency" these are the guys who actually draft the bills and put them into their "official legal" form. As long as a bill has been submitted to them (and I've been told the suppressor bill has been), we're good to go.

Sorry I misinformed you, but the good news is there's still time for our guys to get this finalized and officially filed.

Great to see that you guys are still hitting this hard.  Owning suppressors is of great interest to me as well.  I did what I could last year in emailing and calling representatives.  I'll contribute when and where I can to help out.

dan sent me this:

"The 21st of February and 21st of March.  They are at Newton Hy-Vee."

i can't go on the 21st of Feb, but i can in march...

anyone want to go lean on Dan real hard?

I'm down for March

Any updates on this legislation?

I have seen anything yet.
I never bothered to get in the ifc forum. Are there updates in there?

Sign up for the IFC e-mail alert.  http://iowafc.org/ifc-updates-and-legislative-email-alerts-signup/

I get the emails, no mention of suppressors in the last 6 weeks.

I have been following this pretty closely.  The bill is written up it has not been submitted yet.  We are not at the funnel yet and they are allowing some other things to stew and get traction on their own legs things like stand your ground and importantly the right to keep and bear.  

When it drops we will know...there will be lots of info pushed out about it.  I think it will be soonish and I hope that everyone will be motivated to get behind it and do everything we can to get it done this year.  I will be a bit sad if Illinois gets it done this year and we don't.

I have been wondering when this will hit as well.  I ran into a Democratic rep from Des Moines a couple of weeks ago.  One of the guys I was with asked when they were going to get silencers approved in the legislature.  The rep corrected him and said suppressors and I laughed!  As far as Illinois, suppressors would be the easy part you would think since they already got SBR's through last year or the year before.  It makes you wonder if it wouldn't just be easier to remove the exclusions from our laws and have Iowa law defer to the NFA and get all of those items pushed through.

My thoughts exactly.  The whole group is already regulated enough, why complicate it further?  Kansas went from nothing to all NFA a couple years ago.  Different political climates = different paths to success I suppose.

code intertwines all over the place.  there are cases where hitting the 'erase' button actually works, but it is rare.  i'm glad you're all questioning what it going on, as you should be.  to that end, know it has been considered at great length and thoroughly regarding the method and vehicle we choose to advance legislation and shape code.

news is coming...  ;)

HSB201 - that's our bill

Suppressors and much more. I'll be updating the OP later tonight or tomorrow. In the mean time hit the link and get to work - first funnel is Friday.

Anything on getting SBR legalized?

not this go around.  We need to get our foot in the door with one NFA item to show that the process working here the same as it does in all the other 39 states they are already around.  

It is very important that we get THIS one locked down and set in stone and the other stuff will fall in line right behind it.

I emailed John Wills my new this year representative and he has already gotten back that he is excited about it and was supporting it.  He also shared that it could be tracked here <--click link

anyway its good to have reps that want what we want.  Let me know if anyone has a rep that isn't on board and that needs more people contacting them.

This was the response I received in reply to the automated IFC email I sent from Kraig Paulsen.

Matthew,
Thanks for your email.  I've supported some of those measures in the past and would be supportive again.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

A reply I received from Brian Best.

Robert:  Thank you for the  email.  I support HSB 201 and will vote in favor.  Have a good day.

Respectfully,

Rep. Brian Best
HD 12

Just updated the OP with the following information.



Major update - The Suppressor Bill is now about much more than suppressors.

House Study Bill 201 <-- that's our bill.

HSB201 does the following:
-Legalize suppressors and requires county sheriff's to sign off on applications.
-Adjusts retraining requirements for permit to carry holders (retraining required every 10 years rather the current 5 year requirement).
-Clarifies that online training is an acceptable form of training for permit to carry applicants.
-Gives a permit to carry holder the option to complete a "range re-qualification" rather than a full course if they so choose.
-Exempts veterans who've received small arms training in the military from having to go through training while applying for a permit to carry.
-Doubles the renewal period for permit to carry holders from 30 to 60 days.
-Makes getting a "permit to acquire" optional, and makes permits to acquire valid for 5 years rather than 1.
-Blocks the dissemination of all personal information for anyone who holds a permit to carry or permit to acquire.
-Repeals the ban on youth handgun shooting with proper adult supervision

The bill quite literally protects AND enhances our 2A rights.

How to take action
As expected the Iowa Firearms Coalition has made it easy to email your legislators.

I HIGHLY encourage you guys to send the IFC pre-written email, but also follow up with a personal note to your legislators. By hitting the pre-written emails you show that you're part of a large, organized movement, and then following up with a personal note (doesn't have to be anything big or fancy) proves that you're not just some spambot.

You can also call your legislators. Capitol switchboard number is – 515-281-3221. Just ask for your legislator (if you don't know who that is you'll have to tell them where you live).

HSB201 Timeline
Our first major deadline is THIS FRIDAY, March 6th. This is what's known as the first funnel. In order to advance any further a bill must advance out of it's first committee assignment by the first funnel.

Right now our bill has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee, it needs to pass a vote by this committee by the end of the day Friday. There is quite literally no time to waste.

If HSB201 passes out of committee it goes to a vote in the full House. This must be completed by the 2nd funnel on April 3rd. Then the bill goes to the Senate and the process repeats itself.

For a better idea of everything that needs to happen check out this How a bill becomes a law in Iowa page.

Who to contact
First and foremost: Contact your legislators! We need each lawmaker in Iowa to know their constituents want HSB201 passed.

Once that's done zero in on the members of the House Judiciary Committee.

House Judiciary Commitee
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Remember, be polite and act like an adult, but don't let them talk circles around you. We expect a YES Vote on HSB201. If you get a response, please post it and I'll keep a tally on where things stand. This ought to give us a better picture of who to contact and how things are looking.

I'm really pumped about this bill, it'd be a huge win for Iowa's firearms community, and I think we have a decent shot at getting it passed if we get active. Thanks guys!

Got it down. Thanks MattC!

Awesome to see Brian stepping up. Glad he got elected. Thanks for contacting him LoneWolfGun, it's on the list!

all in good time grasshopper.  patience my love...

I strongly support HSB 201.  A lot of the reforms in this bill are things that we have been trying to get for several years and are long needed.  I know there are some negotiations going on with the Senate, and I am hopeful that they will take up the bill this year.  Thank you for your input on this issue.

Sincerely,
Representative Dave Deyoe

He's on the list. Great work jrmustang!

PS- welcome! I can't think of a better way for a newcomer to get started here on ARFCOM.

Chaz Allen in the house is on board.

Justin,

Currently this bill is in the Judiciary Committee. I support the proposed legislation but will not have a chance to vote for it until it makes it to the floor.

Best,
Chaz

Is there any indication the dems will let this through?

Sen. Sodders (the new chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee) sponsored the Senate version. So yeah, it's looking a little more rosey than last year.

The main concern is making sure no one mucks this bill up with a poison pill amendment (looking at you Rick Bertrand & IGO) or waters it down. We need to make sure the legislators know that we want this bill passed un-amended!

Got him. Thanks Justin!

Sen. Amy Sinclair supports HSB201.

Excellent work Spart!! She's on the list. Thanks!

Rep. Joel Fry as well.  Not that there was any doubt in my mind...

My reply from senator Ken Rozenboom:

If given the chance, you can count on a yes vote from me.

Well I tried to do my part:










Meyer and Wolfe I can't quite tell where they stand.

Have one more sorry

From Representative Landon

Mary Wolfe is on our side from what I've seen.  Even though she has a D behind her name.

HSB201 passes out of House Judiciary Committee 19-2.

This is GREAT NEWS. The House version has officially survived the first funnel.

As mentioned in the link the Senate version is taking some serious flack. The word I'm getting is the mass media outlets in Iowa are coming after the Senate version hard. They really hate the idea that they may no longer be able to publicize our private information. There's also a small but vocal group of anti-gun Senators who're trying to block the repeal on supervised youth handgun shooting. They're specifically targeting the Senate bill (SSB1251) because they know they stand very little chance of pulling any shenanigans in the House, but the Senate is a little more, shall we say... spineless. If they succeed in watering down the Senate version they'll know they can do the same to House version if/when it gets passed to the Senate.

It'd certainly wouldn't hurt to drop an email to the Senate Judiciary Committee (particularly Sen. Sodders) telling them to support SSB1251 as it’s written and make sure their colleagues do the same. There's a great set of talking points in the IFC link Spart posted above.