[ARCHIVED THREAD] - GOAL Legislation update

Posted: 3/7/2005 4:30:06 PM EDT

The House Finance Committee ended a marathon public hearing/executive
session a short time ago. HB 2211 (excise tax on lead shot) was NOT
brought up. End-of-business today is the cut-off for legislative fiscal
committee action on bills. This is another important hurdle that
blocked an extremist gun control bill (the power to tax is the power to
destroy).

Lest anyone think all these gun bills were just smokescreen and "they
never would have passed..." All of the right conditions were in place
for a repeat of the 1993-94 legislative session, when several gun
control measures passed the legislature and were signed by then-Governor
Mike "Where have YOUR hands been today?" Lowry. Democrats control the
House, the Senate and the Governor's desk. The urban Democrat caucus is
firmly in charge of the agenda. Just look at some of the other bills
still moving, liberal to the core.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the gun control fest. Several
rural Democrat legislators were given a history lesson of what happened
in the 1994 elections. Just a few words whispered in the right ears.
And then the 25 January hearing on gun bills in the Senate Judiciary
Committee, where hundreds of gun rights advocates gave meaning to the
whispered history lesson. That was enough to rattle cages and encourage
rural Dems to encourage THEIR leaders to back away from gun control.
For now.

The session is by no means over. The next important hurdle will come
next Wednesday (16 March) when all bills must pass their original
chamber. That makes resurrecting and acting on any of thes ebills even
harder. But it can happen.

And remember that our legislature works a biennium -- TWO year cycles.
All bills filed this year may be considered next year as well.

Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

Posted: 3/7/2005 5:53:35 PM EDT

[#1]

excellent news...lets keep up the fight! A flood of emails, letters, and phone calls to remind them about wed would be in order.

Posted: 3/7/2005 7:31:03 PM EDT

[#2]

Thanks for the reports, Phil.

Good stuff.

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