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LEGISLATIVE UPDATES (VT,MA,MD,IL)
Josey1
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Vermont Legislative Update
SB.0275, the very weak sportsman bill dealing with the so-called "Champion Lands," originally passed the Senate in February and was amended and passed by the House last week by a vote of 90-47. This week the bill was designated for further action in a House/Senate conference committee. The members of the committee will be appointed in the coming days and should complete work on the bill by the end of this current legislative session. Please call your Legislators and ask them to support the strongest possible "Champion Lands" bill. The Senate can be reached at 802-828-2241, and the House at 802-828-2228.
http://www.nraila.org/LegislativeUpdate.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=344
Massachusetts Legislative Update
As gun owners and sportsmen are aware, your NRA-ILA and Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) have been working with the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Safety in an attempt to draft a bill that makes positive reforms to our gun laws. During the first week of April, a tentative agreement to release a modified version of the House Chairman's bill, H.1087, was made. Out of the 43 sections of this bill, 37 were favorable to the rights of law-abiding gun owners. During negotiations, pro-gun groups and activists asked that a bill be released with the agreed upon 37 sections. For unknown reasons, the House Chairman has now decided not to do so. GOAL, along with your NRA-ILA, is now asking every citizen of the Commonwealth to call Speaker of the House Tom Finneran (D) and Senate President Thomas Birmingham (D) and ask them why the committee will not release H.1087, an agreeable bill that will make 37 corrections to the law without adding further restrictions. Please contact the Speaker's office, as well as the Senate President's office, on a daily basis to ask for updates. Every day that the legislature delays passing this bill, law-abiding firearm owners continue to be unfairly targeted under current laws. Speaker Finneran can be contacted at 617-722-2500. President Birmingham can be contacted at 617-722-1500
http://www.nraila.org/LegislativeUpdate.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=343
Maryland Legislative Update
Maryland's 2002 Legislative Session ended Monday at midnight, and no anti-gun legislation passed this year! But the work is not over just yet. HB 9, which extends Maryland's deer hunting season to 21 days and includes limited Sunday hunting, is sitting on Governor Glendening's (D) desk. Please call the Governor's office at 410-974-3901 and ask him to sign HB9 into law. Also, call your Legislators to let them know you appreciate all their efforts to try to make this a productive legislative year. The Maryland General Assembly can be reached at 800-492-7122.
http://www.nraila.org/LegislativeUpdate.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=342
Illinois Legislative Update 4/12/02
The Des Plaines City Council will soon consider a "Mayor Daley-style" proposal which, if passed, would require Des Plaines residents to surrender many of their lawfully-owned firearms to the police or face jail time. Also, residents would be prohibited from purchasing or possessing many popular calibers of sporting and hunting ammunition. Another provision would post the names and addresses of Des Plaines gun owners, along with an inventory of their guns, to an Internet-style database. It is critical that Des Plaines citizens attend the City Council meeting and voice their opposition to this onerous measure. The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 15, in City Hall, located at Northwest Highway and Lee Street in downtown Des Plaines. If you are unable to attend this important meeting, please call your City Council Member at (847) 391-5300, and respectfully urge him to oppose this extreme anti-freedom measure.
http://www.nraila.org/LegislativeUpdate.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=341
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878