So it’s the final days of the legislature and our divided senate/house are NOW finally trying to get things done. I just despair at EVER expecting them to get things done earlier.
Some folk think the legislature is akin to your average high schooler who has two months to do a term paper but doesn’t start writing until the night before it’s due.
I DISAGREE.
The wait-until-the-end is a TACTIC and there is NO compelling reason for either side to abandon it.
So, after butting heads for a few days with little or no sleep will the result be “Oh, leave the gun control stuff in the Omnibus bill, we’ve got to compromise on SOMETHING.”
I’m afraid I just might admit there might be stuff more important to the legislature than gun rights. Like health care, taxes (including the gas tax), education funding etc.
Also the two things the anti-gun folk are pushing THIS session are seemingly innocuous. Universal background checks (UBC) and Red Flag laws.
Now although I’m new here I want everyone to realize that I agree these two items are pretty much worthless for reducing “gun violence” and after having listened to the excellent podcasts about the Minnesota gun situation at:
http://www.mngunreport.com/
I agree the “Red Flag” laws should be properly called the “Red Flag Gun Confiscation” laws and they are a very, very bad joke.
I am just wondering if our side will stand firm and what we can do to encourage them to do so. Will gun rights matter to somebody who has spent a couple days without sleep wrestling with an omnibus bill that has a LOT of things that MUST be passed or will we be thrown under the bus?