Senate Bill 1064 will most likely be on the Senate Floor tomorrow.
The few pro-gun Democrats are taking tremendous pressure to support it.
SB 1064 reverses the gains we made in fixing an error in Oregon law.
The new, corrected law has been in effect for less than two months,
and already the anti-gun majority is working overtime to overturn it.
Of course, no one has articulated a single problem with the current
law. The scare tactics of the Department of Justice have been working
though and the hysteria that felons will walk out of prison and be
handed guns has been taking its toll.
All the current law does is allow a person with felony convictions to
REQUEST approval of firearms rights restoration.
Under SB 1064, a person who gave a gun to a family member in another state and was then convicted of a FELONY for that transfer, can NEVER request
firearms rights restoration.
SB 1064 is a dreadful step backwards. We must do everything we can to
stop it. If it passes on the Senate floor tomorrow, it will go
quickly to a House Committee, either Rules or Ways and Means. That
means we need to contact both Senate AND House members as soon as
possible.
Things are happening so fast now, it’s very possible that whatever House Committee the bill is assigned to will hear it tomorrow, should
it pass on the floor.
Please, as quickly as possible, Contact your Senator and House Rep
with the simple message, NO ON SB 1064.
Thank you for your continued activism on such short notice,
Use this link to contact your reps.
ADDED LATE:
OFF ALERT 02.22.10 (A)
SB 1064 PASSES IN EVENING SESSION
The Oregon Senate suspended its own rules and voted on SB 1064
tonight shortly after 7PM.
There was NO discussion on the bill, and NO notice to the public. As
of the time this alert is being written, the legislative website
still shows no notice that the bill was to be heard.
The vote was almost party line. One Democrat was excused, (Bill
Morrisette) and one Democrat voted for gun rights and sanity. (Betsy
Johnson)
Otherwise it was right down party lines.
All Republicans voted for a rational law and all Democrats except
Betsy Johnson voted to return Oregon law to a totally unintelligible
mess.
The bill now goes to the House where it will end up in either Rules
or Ways and Means. Don’t give up.
The majority of Democrats went with the political winds instead of
common sense. But while things are moving at lightning speed, it’s
not over.
If you have not contacted your House rep, do so now. Message… “NO
ON 1064.”