yukonjasper wrote:bstrawse wrote:Jackpine Savage wrote:One quibble/question. What's stopping them from just hearing some pro-gun bills?
Nothing.
Sometimes a good defense is a vigorous offense. Why can't we tie up the Left with Pro-2A legislation to keep them back on their on their heels.
With Cornish gone in disgrace, who are our Champions?
In the House, where the DFL has control, the DFL gets to decide what bills get called up for a hearing.
Therefore no pro-gun bills will have hearings.
Our allies have introduced every pro-gun bill one would ever want in the House: Constitutional Carry, Stand your Ground, a RKBA Amendment for the MN State Constitution, and more -- see
http://gunowners.mn/tracker for more.
The same applies to the Senate, but there the GOP has control. To date, the Senate has not heard any anti-gun bills - or any pro-gun bills.
Either way, the DFL calls the shots in the House - we can't keep them tied up with pro-gun legislation as they can simply ignore it - like they've done all session.
Now, what we can do, is when these bills come to the floor, is try and amend the hell out of them -- but again, the DFL has the majority and should be able to swat all of that away.
But do they actually have the votes? We'll see.
All that said, even if the Senate has hearings, the GOP Is not going to pass gun control.
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