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1. Bills to heard in the General Assembly this week (so far)
2. We need to hit the State Forest comment site harder on open carry - NRA only asking for concealed carry
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1. Bills to heard in the General Assembly this week (so far)
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The following bills are going to be heard Wednesday, February 24th, at 2 PM in Senate Room A by the Senate Courts of Justice Committee:
HB 8, Delegate Carrico, clarifies that a CHP renewal can be done through the mail - STRONGLY SUPPORT
HB 871, Delegate Cline, clarifies that a new CHP applicant has the right to an ore tenus hearing if denied - STRONGLY SUPPORT
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The following bills are going to be heard Thursday, February 25th, at 5 PM in the 4th Floor West Conference Room by the Militia, Police, and Public Safety subcommittee #1:
SB 334, Senator Hanger, restaurant ban repeal - STRONGLY SUPPORT
SB 408, Senator Vogel, non-CHP holders can have a loaded handgun in a vehicle or boat if in a locked container or glovebox - STRONGLY SUPPORT
SB 580, Senator Marsden, makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if someone under 18 has an airsoft gun without "toy" markings on K-12 school property and that gun fires a BB at over 250 feet-per-second - OPPOSE. We oppose for two reasons - 1) how does a person determine the speed of a BB out of an airsoft gun? and 2) a Class 1 misdemeanor is too severe a penalty for such an offense.
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2. We need to hit the State Forest comment site harder on open carry - NRA only asking for concealed carry
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Unfortunately when the NRA put out its alert on the State Forest comments, it didn't mention also pushing for unlicensed open carry.
So those of you who have NOT yet commented, please do so. We need to drown out those requesting only concealed carry.
Suggested title: "Please allow both open carry without a license and concealed carry"
Suggested text: "I support the proposed regulation, but it should also include unlicensed open carry."
Here is the link:
Let's roll!