It's back! Gun Control Bill To Be reintroduced

[NMRMN]

"If you looked at the polling data, 75, 80 percent of Minnesotans supported background checks, as did law enforcement," Paymar said. "Yet, we didn't even get a hearing on the House floor. We didn't even get a vote on the House floor."

But he said gun-control supporters shouldn't give up. He notes that it took supporters of another controversial issue -- same-sex marriage -- two years to gain influence with citizens and lawmakers.

Advocates for extended background checks and other gun laws, Paymar said, will have to keep working to gain supporters and come back to the Capitol next year.

read more: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/displa ... und-checks

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"If you looked at the polling data, 75, 80 percent of Minnesotans supported background checks, as did law enforcement," Paymar said. "Yet, we didn't even get a hearing on the House floor. We didn't even get a vote on the House floor."

But he said gun-control supporters shouldn't give up. He notes that it took supporters of another controversial issue -- same-sex marriage -- two years to gain influence with citizens and lawmakers.

Advocates for extended background checks and other gun laws, Paymar said, will have to keep working to gain supporters and come back to the Capitol next year.

read more: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/displa ... und-checks

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

attributed to Thomas Jefferson

[RobD]

I'd love for them to try in an election year.

[XDM45]

I am also very grateful to the GOCRA volunteers who spearheaded the efforts to fight back the AWB this year. I don't presume to speak for them, but it seems to me that defense is the best you can hope for when facing both houses and the governor stacked against you. I realize that there are democrats that support 2a, but as long as Ds control the majority, the critical committee chairs will not be in our favor. I think the timing of a suppressor bill needs to be in conjunction with a session in which it has a chance to even be heard, let alone passed. This was not the year that it could happen.

Wow... common sense.

Emphasis added by me for hkrada's sake.

+1 on both user's comments.

I hope hkrada doesn't have a PTC. After all, they wouldn't want to use the MPPA of 2003 which GOCRA is largely responsible for since GOCRA is bad (based on hkrada's opinion anyway.)

[hkrada]

I hope hkrada doesn't have a PTC. After all, they wouldn't want to use the MPPA of 2003 which GOCRA is largely responsible for since GOCRA is bad (based on hkrada's opinion anyway.)


seems to be a lot of that progressive liberal logic around this forum.

[Heffay]

seems to be a lot of that progressive liberal logic around this forum.

Haven't you heard? This is the liberal gun talk board. If you want the conservative ones, you have to go to mngunsite.com.

[XDM45]

I hope hkrada doesn't have a PTC. After all, they wouldn't want to use the MPPA of 2003 which GOCRA is largely responsible for since GOCRA is bad (based on hkrada's opinion anyway.)

seems to be a lot of that progressive liberal logic around this forum.

Well, if you really hate GOCRA, why would you want to benefit from them or have anything to do with them in any way, shape, and/or form whatsoever? Having a PTC in MN is a large part of GOCRA's past, present, and continued success.