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1.29.10 FIRST ANTI-GUN HEARING ANNOUNCED |
The
first hearing to reverse gains made in the 2009 session will
be held on February 2nd at 8am.
(The pre-session hearing on this bill was scheduled
for 8am. It was heard at 7.22 am before either Republican Senator
had arrived.)
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an "informational"
hearing on SB603.
(Invited testimony only, neither OFF nor NRA was "invited.")
SB 603 was actually a bill from 2009 which you may recall corrected
an error in Oregon law that allowed a person with a felony conviction
to petition to have his rights restored to BUY a gun, but then
was forbidden from owning it
Your efforts for months finally got this error fixed, but now
at the urging of the Department of Justice, Senator Floyd Prozanski
has introduced
SB 1008 to reverse the corrections he himself made in SB
603. What's so odd about this is that 603, which Prozanski rewrote
to correct the mistake mentioned above, passed out of his committee
with no opposition, passed the full Senate with no opposition,
passed the House Judiciary and the full House with no opposition
and then was re-passed by the Senate with no opposition.
Now Prozanski is claiming that a five page bill that was largely
his own work, was a "drafting mistake" and must be
overturned.
This is an amazing assertion. He claims he did not understand
the changes he himself made and that every other legislator
AND the Governor made the same "mistake."
(We strongly suggest you read both 603 and 1008. See if
you think the 43 page 1008 is easier to understand than the
5 page 603.)
(Please see this
link for the "rebuttal" Senator Prozanski asked
us to post.)
It's essential that you contact the members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee and urge them not to rush to overturn this bill in
a short "special" session. If they are, in fact,
that confused, a rush to replace this simple bill with a 45
page "correction" would be a tremendous mistake.
Contact info for the Committee members and a sample message
follow.
SENATE JUDICIARY.
Floyd Prozanski CHAIR
sen.floydprozanski@state.or.us
900 Court St. NE, S-417, Salem, OR, 97301
503-986 -1704
Brian Boquist Vice Chair
sen.brianboquist@state.or.us
900 Court St. NE., S-305, Salem, OR, 97301
503-986-1712
Susanne Bonamici
sen.suzannebonamici@state.or.us
900 Court St. NE., S-403, Salem, OR, 97301
503-986-1717
Jackie Dingfelder
sen.jackiedingfelder@state.or.us
900 Court St. NE., S-407, Salem, OR, 97301
503-986-1723
Doug Whitsett
sen.dougwhitsett@state.or.us
900 Court St. NE., S-303, Salem, OR, 97301
503-986-1728
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Dear Senator,
SB 603 passed out of your committee with no opposition. It passed
the Senate twice, with no opposition. Now it is being
called a "drafting error." SB 603 corrected
a major error in Oregon law, and was thoroughly discussed and
vetted. I strongly urge you not to reverse the gains made in
this bill in the short time you have in the February "special
session."
In spite of what's been said, SB 603 does NOT allow felons to
walk out of prison and get firearms. In fact, there remain substantial
hurdles to a restoration of firearms rights. Let's give this
law a chance to prove itself.
Sincerely,
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