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PRO GUN BILL TO GET HEARING

04.04.13

In a move that has surprised many, the House Committee On Higher Education and Workforce Development has scheduled a hearing on HB 3009.

This bill, sponsored by House Rep Sal Esquivel, specifically protects CHL holders on the property of colleges and universities. The bill is scheduled to be heard on April 8th at 8:30 am in Hearing Room D at the Capitol.

Given the toxic anti-gun environment  in Salem, it’s odd that a bill of this type would receive the courtesy of a hearing. The new House Speaker, Tina Kotek, has not been known to be friendly to bills sponsored by Republicans.

The problem is, the committee that is hearing the bill is chaired by Michael Dembrow who is a co-sponosor of the notorious HB 3200, a bill that would have outlawed virtually all modern firearms and allowed for warrantless searches of your home.

The sponsor of HB 3200, Mitch Greenlick is also on this committee. So it is not likely this bill will be allowed out of committee in its original form.  They can either hear it and take no action on it, or they can strip every word out of it and turn it into an extreme anti-gun bill unless you act.

If you can be at this hearing to testify in favor of the bill, please consider doing so. If not, please contact the members of the committee and urge them to pass the bill with NO anti-gun amendments.The pro-gun members are marked with an *

Michael Dembrow, Chair 503-986-1445 rep.michaeldembrow@state.or.us

Chris Harker, Vice-Chair  503-986-1434  rep.chrisharker@state.or.us

*John Huffman, Vice-Chair 503-986-1459  rep.johnhuffman@state.or.us

Joe Gallegos 503-986-1430 rep.joegallegos@state.or.us

*Vic Gilliam 503-986-1418 rep.vicgilliam@state.or.us

Chris Gorsek 503-986-1449  rep.chrisgorsek@state.or.us

Mitch Greenlick 503-986-1433  rep.mitchgreenlick@state.or.us

*Mark Johnson 503-986-1452 rep.markjohnson@state.or.us

*Gene Whisnant 503-986-1453  rep.genewhisnant@state.or.us

And remember, tomorrow is the hearing on 4 anti-gun bills in Senate Judiciary.

We have just been informed that people who are allowed to testify will be limited to 3 minutes. Not all will be allowed.

While those bills will be “heard”, no action will be taken on them until April 10. That means there is still plenty of time to make your voice heard. The swing vote on that committee is Senator Arnie Roblan who is a reliable pro-gun vote, but who is being pummeled by his Democrat colleagues to vote for more gun restrictions.  A note to him could make all the difference in this battle.

Sen.ArnieRoblan@state.or.us
503-986-1705