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 05.31.11
HERE WE GO AGAIN |
Having
already eviscerated HB
2797 by turning a simple motorcycle carry bill into a ban
on self-defense in schools, Floyd Prozanski is now making another
colossal mess of HB
2792, a bill that would recognize other states' concealed
handgun licenses.
With these amendments,
any language that recognizes other state's CHL's is removed
and replaced by a bizarre mash up of other bills.
In these amendments the recognition language is gone and in
its place is much of the language that Prozanski stuffed into
2797 dealing with restricting felon's rights restoration, but
he has also included the language that clarifies lawful carry
on motorcycles, ATV's and snowmobiles! The motorcycle, ATV and
snowmobile corrections were already in HB 2797! All Prozanski
had to do was leave the bill alone. Confused yet?
Frankly, we cannot give you any clue to what Prozanski is thinking.
HB 2792 is scheduled for a work session tomorrow. Also scheduled
is HB
2787, a bill that would protect the privacy of CHL holders.
Strangely, Prozanski stuffed the privacy language from that
bill into the motorcycle bill where he also included a ban on
guns in schools. Never has the old saying about law and sausage
been more appropriate.
What amendments may be offered to the House CHL privacy bill
are anyone's guess, but given the astonishing mess Prozanski
has made out of the other two bills, he may well amend THAT
bill to ban guns in schools as well.
The Senate Judiciary Committee under Prozanski's chairmanship
has devolved into a dysfunctional graveyard for popular legislation,
The two Republican members have done what they can to maintain
some sanity, but frankly they are outnumbered.
Tomorrow's work session promises to be another exercise in confusion
and futility.
Please contact Senate President Peter Courtney and request that
he provide some adult supervision for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Contact info and sample message follow:
Senator Peter Courtney
503-986-1600
FAX:
503-986-1004
sen.petercourtney@state.or.us
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Dear Senator Courtney,
Bills that passed the House with overwhelming bi-partisan support
are being turned into unrecognizable and confusing nonsense
in the Senate Judiciary Committee. We've already seen House
Bill 2797 go from a simple clarification on firearms transport
to an all-out attack on personal protection on school grounds.
Now a bill that would have recognized other states' concealed
handgun licenses is being butchered as well. I urge you
to request Senator Prozanski to just move the gun bills that
have come from the House to his committee to the floor so Senators
can vote on them as they were written. The confusion that Senator
Prozanski is creating serves no one.
Yours,
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