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I exchanged a couple of emails with Rep. Post regarding HB 2251. I shared my proposed amendment ideas with him which he said would not change his intent to vote "No" on the bill if it is raised in committee (my intent was not to change anybody's mind). The way he described "IF this bill reaches committee" led me to believe he has some doubt about whether it will be put to a vote in the committee. In my view it's hard to imagine that it would not be but Rep. Post is there and I am here and I respect his assessment of the situation. He indicated that there is at least one Democrat on the committee that he is pretty confident would be a "no" vote on HB 2251. The committee has 11 members. Four are Republicans 7 are Democrats. Assuming his assumption is right and one Democrat is a "no" vote, we could defeat HB 2251 by flipping one more Democrat to a "no" vote.
The more letters and communications we can send to the Democrats in the committee the better chance we have at either flipping another vote or getting
Chair Rep. Williamson to shelve the bill all together. Both options seem like long shots but Rep Post seems to think it's a possibility.
I plan to attack the bill from the stand point that it is very ambiguous and could apply to every semi-auto rifle ever made and to rimfire rifles as well. It could even apply to manual loading rifles depending on how you interpret the language. I'll throw in my typical complaints about how it will only punish honest responsible gun owners for the acts of a few criminals. I am going be polite and concise as possible and send it to all 7 Democrats on the committee. If it ends up making it out of committee I will rinse and repeat by sending similar letters to the remainder of the Democrats in the House and any Rhino type Republicans. Here are the links to the Democrat Legislators on the house Judiciary Committee:
(Head Honcha has power to shelve bill if she wants too) Chair House Democratic Leader Jennifer Williamson
(former LEO) Vice-Chair Representative Chris Gorsek
Member Representative Jeff Barker
Member Representative Janelle Bynum
Member Representative Mitch Greenlick
(former police chief Gresham) Member Representative Carla Piluso
Member Representative Karin Power
The more letters and communications we can send to the Democrats in the committee the better chance we have at either flipping another vote or getting
Chair Rep. Williamson to shelve the bill all together. Both options seem like long shots but Rep Post seems to think it's a possibility.
I plan to attack the bill from the stand point that it is very ambiguous and could apply to every semi-auto rifle ever made and to rimfire rifles as well. It could even apply to manual loading rifles depending on how you interpret the language. I'll throw in my typical complaints about how it will only punish honest responsible gun owners for the acts of a few criminals. I am going be polite and concise as possible and send it to all 7 Democrats on the committee. If it ends up making it out of committee I will rinse and repeat by sending similar letters to the remainder of the Democrats in the House and any Rhino type Republicans. Here are the links to the Democrat Legislators on the house Judiciary Committee:
(Head Honcha has power to shelve bill if she wants too) Chair House Democratic Leader Jennifer Williamson
(former LEO) Vice-Chair Representative Chris Gorsek
Member Representative Jeff Barker
Member Representative Janelle Bynum
Member Representative Mitch Greenlick
(former police chief Gresham) Member Representative Carla Piluso
Member Representative Karin Power
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