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SB 59 pulled?

Big Gay Al

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[h=5]SB 59 UPDATE AND ACTION ALERT: Committee Chair Frank Foster has pulled SB 59 from the agenda of tomorrow's House Natural Resources Committee meeting. With just over a week left in the legislative session, this has the serious potential to kill the bill. Please e-mail Rep. Foster at FrankFoster@house.mi.gov and politely ask him to consider and pass SB 59 tomorrow.[/h]
Just out of curiosity, did anyone email Frank Foster (Other than me)? And if you did, did you receive a reply?
 

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Just out of curiosity, did anyone email Frank Foster (Other than me)? And if you did, did you receive a reply?

I did and I received no reply. I also emailed my rep who apparently has a CPL. She didn't seem to be in favor of the bill by what she said but didn't really say either way.
 

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I called and left a voicemail, no callback. This is the latest update from MCRGO-

SB 59 UPDATE: Senate Bill 59 will be scheduled for testimony and a vote in next week's House Natural Resources Committee. We expect it to be voted on by the full House later next week. The House will be in session all next week.
 

xmanhockey7

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I called and left a voicemail, no callback. This is the latest update from MCRGO-

SB 59 UPDATE: Senate Bill 59 will be scheduled for testimony and a vote in next week's House Natural Resources Committee. We expect it to be voted on by the full House later next week. The House will be in session all next week.

I don't see this bill becoming law. Why the heck else would they move it back another week?
 

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I don't see this bill becoming law. Why the heck else would they move it back another week?

they moved it back a week so that snyder could pocket veto it, like he will HB5225. i have no proof to back up that claim, but that is my personal belief.

personally i think there is a 99% chance this bill is dead. I know that will make some happy, but now that the OC in a PFZ exemption has been exposed to the masses I can see them closing it, and us losing all forms of carry in those PFZ's.
 

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they moved it back a week so that snyder could pocket veto it, like he will HB5225. i have no proof to back up that claim, but that is my personal belief.

personally i think there is a 99% chance this bill is dead. I know that will make some happy, but now that the OC in a PFZ exemption has been exposed to the masses I can see them closing it, and us losing all forms of carry in those PFZ's.

Yeah it's too bad we can't get gun owners on the same page to support bills like this. So many think unless the bill allows for constitutional carry anywhere and everywhere it's garbage and we shouldn't allow it to pass. Oh to live in a fantasy world......
 

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they moved it back a week so that snyder could pocket veto it, like he will HB5225. i have no proof to back up that claim, but that is my personal belief.

personally i think there is a 99% chance this bill is dead. I know that will make some happy, but now that the OC in a PFZ exemption has been exposed to the masses I can see them closing it, and us losing all forms of carry in those PFZ's.

Nah, remember that was just a gray area
 

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personally i think there is a 99% chance this bill is dead. I know that will make some happy, but now that the OC in a PFZ exemption has been exposed to the masses I can see them closing it, and us losing all forms of carry in those PFZ's.

I welcome a straight-up fight with anti-gunners over OC in PFZs, versus the detestable act of compromising it away. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.
 

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It WAS/IS a gray area, if they change the wording and the law, then it will more likely be black and white.

I don't see it as a gray area, but I will say this if some think it is:

While I don't like gray areas, I'll take your gray area that does not explicitly ban OC over your black and white that does explicitly ban OC.

At least with the gray area, *I* get to assess whether the risk is low or high and choose whether or not I OC.
 
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I welcome a straight-up fight with anti-gunners over OC in PFZs, versus the detestable act of compromising it away. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.

Some of us can't afford that fight, so will you provide our legal expenses if we are arrested for OC'ing in a PFZ?
 
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I don't see it as a gray area, but I will say this if some think it is:

While I don't like gray areas, I'll take your gray area that does not explicitly ban OC over your black and white that does explicitly ban OC.

At least with the gray area, *I* get to assess whether the risk is low or high and choose whether or not I OC.

I agree.
 

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Some of us can afford that fight, so will you provide our legal expenses if we are arrested for OC'ing in a PFZ?

I'll reiterate:

I don't see it as a gray area, but I will say this if some think it is:

While I don't like gray areas, I'll take your gray area that does not explicitly ban OC over your black and white that does explicitly ban OC.

At least with the gray area, *I* get to assess whether the risk is low or high and choose whether or not I OC.

By all means, if you assess the risk as high then don't OC in a PFZ. But shouldn't someone who assesses the risk as low or none be free to do so, rather than there be an outright black-and-white ban on OC in PFZ? Which is worse?
 

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Yeah it's too bad we can't get gun owners on the same page to support bills like this. So many think unless the bill allows for constitutional carry anywhere and everywhere it's garbage and we shouldn't allow it to pass. Oh to live in a fantasy world......

I don't recall all the details but there was a major debate/argument here not long ago where advocates of OC were becoming divided over the quest of ConCarry versus the elimination of PFZ's (?). I was taken back quite a bit at the time that some folks could not see the removal of PFZ's as being the "Baby Steps" to ConCarry. It was, without a doubt, an all or nothing mentality that plagued this forum as it does to this day.
 

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Yeah it's too bad we can't get gun owners on the same page to support bills like this. So many think unless the bill allows for constitutional carry anywhere and everywhere it's garbage and we shouldn't allow it to pass. Oh to live in a fantasy world......

The problem with SB59 is not that it doesn't go far enough forward with OC, it's that it goes BACKWARD with OC.
 

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Yeah it's too bad we can't get gun owners on the same page to support bills like this. So many think unless the bill allows for constitutional carry anywhere and everywhere it's garbage and we shouldn't allow it to pass. Oh to live in a fantasy world......

That's because some people can't see past the end of their noses and it's all ME ME ME.... what's in it for ME?!?!? THey can't take a small hit that will most likely be temporary (5 years) on something they probably don't do anyways in order to ensure that more of us can SAFELY carry in these areas. They can't see the big picture...




I don't recall all the details but there was a major debate/argument here not long ago where advocates of OC were becoming divided over the quest of ConCarry versus the elimination of PFZ's (?). I was taken back quite a bit at the time that some folks could not see the removal of PFZ's as being the "Baby Steps" to ConCarry. It was, without a doubt, an all or nothing mentality that plagued this forum as it does to this day.

Yep... fantasy world indeed... "I get exactly what I want or I'm going to throw a tantrum and get nothing"... bunch of pissy pants cry babies.
 
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I don't recall all the details but there was a major debate/argument here not long ago where advocates of OC were becoming divided over the quest of ConCarry versus the elimination of PFZ's (?). I was taken back quite a bit at the time that some folks could not see the removal of PFZ's as being the "Baby Steps" to ConCarry. It was, without a doubt, an all or nothing mentality that plagued this forum as it does to this day.

The problem with SB59 is not whether it takes baby steps or giant steps forward with OC, it's that it takes BACKWARD steps with OC.
 

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The problem with SB59 is not whether it takes baby steps or giant steps forward with OC, it's that it takes BACKWARD steps with OC.

In my previous comment, I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with the Bill. Really all I was saying is that:

Thread Created: Discussion SB59-Take (1):

Person "A": I support SB59 and hope it passes, because...
Person "B": I don't support SB59 and hope it dies, because...

Person "A": You're an idiot...
Person "B": No, you're an idiot...

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Thread Created: Discussion SB59-Take (2):

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Each and everyone of us here, and elsewhere, may have reasons for agreeing or disagreeing on certain issues. i.e. Person "A" opinion(s) carries no more weight than Person "B" opinion(s).

I will admit, I do not support SB 59. However, it's not for reasons many may think. My reason(s) for not supporting the Bill are mine and mine alone. But just for reference, I don't have a serious problem if I needed, or was required, to CC in a PFZ. Do I think, in my opinion, the requirement to CC is beyond retarded? Yes I do.
 
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