jshuberg wrote:Hmac wrote:If Brian Johnson told you that, sounds like maybe the republicans have already blinked. Hope I'm wrong...made my calls, wrote emails, called Dayton, sent another $25 to GOCRA, but I suspect the suppressor bill is toast.
The suppressor provision was added to both omnibus bills with overwhelming majorities, and both omnibus bills passed their respective houses with overwhelming majorities. This is simply *not* a partisan issue that the Dems want to kill. Could there be political shenanigans in conference committee? Possibly, but unlikely with the gun stuff. There simply isn't any significant opposition to any of the pro-gun policy changes - except that Gov Dayton has threatened a veto. He's the one we need to be focused on.
Are there Republicans who would be willing to throw out suppressors (or anything else) to get rid of the restoration of voting rights for felons on probation or parole? Yes, I'm sure there are. The real question is, is the leadership in the Senate willing to take felon voting rights out of the bill if the Republicans sacrifice suppressors? Every indication is simply no. Killing suppressors is simply not important to them, as evidenced by the collective voting record of their caucus. If the Dems decide to pull voting for felons, it's going to be in exchange for something that they actually care about. Suppressors just aint it.
Right now the only person that needs to be flooded with calls is Gov Dayton.
Boy, I hope you're right - I respect your read on the subject. I'd have a suppressor on my SBR's as soon as ATF could stamp me.
