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Major NEW threat!
VICTORY!! Beattie's schools, churches bills DEAD!
Committee hearings Wed.
Today's actions (partial)
Volunteers needed!
MAJOR NEW THREAT!
HB 363 - Gun Restrictions Amendments (G.
Cox)
Anti-gun fanatic Gary Cox has taken the WORST of this year's crop of
gun control bills and combined it all into the Mother of Rights Revocations
bills. HB 363 includes:
LIFETIME REVOCATION OF RIGHTS for MISDEMEANORS!
Unconstitutional "ex post facto" revocation of rights for juveniles
- NO jury trial, and some MISDEMEANORS are included
LIFETIME REVOCATION OF RIGHTS for anyone who has EVER been committed
to a mental institution - even wrongful commitments!
LIFETIME REVOCATION OF RIGHTS for possession of a marijuana seed or
a single "illegal" pain pill.
LIFETIME REVOCATION OF RIGHTS for those (like Michael New) dishonorably
discharged for political reasons.
HB 363 will be heard WEDNESDAY FEB. 23, 4 PM,
Rm. 223, House Judiciary Committee
Please plan to attend! Please contact members of the committee
and insist that they OPPOSE HB 363!
A. Lamont Tyler, Chair <atyler@le.state.ut.us> 801-272-1218
Glenn L. Way, Vice Chair <gway@le.state.ut.us> 801-798-2295
John Swallow <law@silversage.com> 801-572-8201
Katherine Bryson <kbryson@le.state.ut.us> 801-226-2061
Martin Stephens <mstephen@le.state.ut.us> 801-731-5346
Bill Hickman <bhickman@le.state.ut.us> 435-673-2671
Chad Bennion <cbennion@le.state.ut.us> 801-281-1607
Greg Curtis <gcurtis@le.state.ut.us> 801-943-3091
Patrice Arent <parent@le.state.ut.us> 801-272-1956
Neal Hendrickson <nhendric@le.state.ut.us> 801-969-8920
Gary Cox <gcox@le.state.ut.us> 801-967-6790
BEATTIE'S BILLS KILLED!
Thanks to YOUR EFFORTS, Senate President Lane Beattie called a press
conference today to announce that he would kill SB 161S1 (Hall passes for
gun owners) and SB 162S2 (Government-mandated persecution of gun owners
by churches). According to Sen. Valentine, he and Sen. Hellewell
(both of whom voted FOR these bad bills in committee!) got so much negative
feedback from YOU that they met with Sen. Beattie and asked him to kill
the bills. What we're doing WORKS! Today's press conference
was eerily reminiscent of Beattie's similar press conference two years
ago when he killed a similar bill banning guns in schools and churches.
All of you deserve credit for this victory! THANK YOU!! UTGuns
hopes that this time, Sen. Beattie will learn from experience.
MORE COMMITTEE HEARING WEDNESDAY!
Senate Judiciary, 8 AM, Rm. 416
HB 161 - Background Checks for Weapons
Purchase (Tyler) This is JUVENILE BRADY, and open juvenile records
to BCI for background checks. It is an unconstitutional ex post facto
law, and violates the principle that rights may not be revoked except by
a jury trial.
Senate Transportation and Public Safety, 8 AM,
Rm 403
HB 245 - Hysteria in Public Schools (Wright)
This bill would require the parents of students who bring a toy or
pretend gun to school to meet with school administrators to discuss possible
expulsion. It would NOT apply to students who commit actual violent
crimes such as rape or assault, so long as no firearm is involved.
Do we really want to teach our kids that violent crime is less serious
than possession of a water pistol?! The real purpose of the bill,
according to sponsor Rep. Bill Wright, is getting federal funds.
SB 32 - Marksmanship Tests for Concealed
Carry (R. Allen)
This bill would require an annual marksmanship test to get or keep
a concealed carry permit. It would also require registration of each
gun that you carry or might carry. Estimated costs are $50-$100 per
year, per gun, for a concealed carry permit! And how many innocent
people have been killed or injured by concealed carry permittees who didn't
pass a marksmanship test? ZERO!! The real point is to return
to the days where only the wealthy elite were "permitted" to carry a gun,
NOT to "increase public safety".
House Judiciary Committee, 4 PM, Rm. 223
HB 363 - Revocation of Rights (G. Cox)
See above!
TODAY'S ACTIONS
SB 200 - Mental Health Commitments (Montgomery)
passed the Senate and has been introduced in the House.
HB 296 - Prevention of Retaliatory Lawsuits
(Lockhart) passed the House with a unanimous vote (71-0-4) and is now in
the Senate.
HB 173 - Computer forfeiture (Buckner)
passed the Senate Human Services committee today (3-0-2) and will now go
to the Senate floor for its final votes.
HB 124 - Asset forfeiture revisions (Wright)
Still in committee, so no word yet!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
As you can tell from the above, there are THREE gun bills being heard
at 8 AM tomorrow. If you can attend one of these hearings, (or the
4 PM hearing on HB 363), please let me know. We need pro-gun people
at EACH of these hearings!
You can reach me by email or at 801-566-1067.
NOTE: Thursday is the LAST day for committee hearings.
After that, bills are voted on WITHOUT public comment. We expect
major attacks on our rights during the final days of the session, so please
keep YOUR legislators' contact information handy. Also, make sure
House and Senate leadership know that you expect them to protect our rights!
Contact information is available at http://www.utguns.freeservers.com/contact.html.
DELEGATES NEEDED!!
We need to organize to elect pro-gun, pro-Constitution people to serve
as our elected officials! Many of you have written to ask what YOU
can do to help! The UTGuns delegate information and recruitment
pages are now up and working! Please go to http://www.utguns.freeservers.com/volunteer.html
and sign up to volunteer! Please forward this information to your
pro-rights friends, neighbors and relatives. We need as many people
as possible working to elect good people!
With YOUR help, the next legislative session will see far fewer attacks on our rights! With YOUR help, we can have a Governor who will VETO unconstitutional, anti-gun bills! With YOUR help, we can have pro-gun Congressmen and Senators in Washington. With YOUR help, we can have an attorney general who supports the Constitutions of Utah and the US as written!
Without YOUR help, next year will be worse. PLEASE VOLUNTEER!
Thanks!
Sarah
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