SB
1064, the bill we warned you about in our earlier alert today,
was rammed through the Senate Rules Committee today. Many
of you who received our last alert may have written to the committee
AFTER the bill was heard. Notice given that the bill was going
to be heard? 1 Hour.
Clearly scheduling bills to be heard in Committee with one hour's
notice is not conducive to constituent input. And that's, no
doubt, the plan.
The hearing was held at 2pm today and passed out of Committee
on a party line vote. Republicans Atkinson and Ferrioli voted
"no" with Ferrioli giving notice that he may substitute
a "minority report." All three Democrats voted
"yes."
OFF was the only organization testifying in opposition, although
we were able to deliver testimony on behalf of the NRA's Oregon
lobbyist who was unable to attend but also opposed the bill.
In favor? Floyd Prozanski and "Oregon
Gun Owners."
Long time members may recall that "Oregon Gun Owners"
was the group that drafted legislation to outlaw private transfers
of firearms at gun shows and in some cases your own home.
When OFF defeated that bill in 1999, "Oregon Gun Owners"
attempted to put a measure
on the ballot to outlaw private firearms transfers at gun shows.
That failed as well, but a competing measure sponsored by Ginny
Burdick passed. "Oregon Gun Owners" once attempted
to hijack
OFF's domain names until threatened with legal action.
We can only speculate as to why OGO
has come out of the woodwork to promote another anti-gun bill.
They played NO part in the bill they are seeking to overturn
and had no position on the basic issue of whether Oregon gun
laws should make any sense.
What they HAVE done is give cover to the anti-gun politicians
who can now say that a "gun group" supports overturning
the progress we made with your help last year.
At this pace it is impossible to say when this bill will be
on the floor. But it is possible that it may be there as early
as tomorrow.
Please use this link
to find your Senator. There is no time for any message except
"NO ON SB 1064"
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