After a month of barbering and nattering about dim-bulb gun-grab bills, there’s a chance at returning to sanity at hand.<\/p>\n
Over the noon hour, Representative Deb Hillstrom – a DFLer from Brooklyn Park and a prosecutor by trade – introduced a new bill. \u00a0And this bill has the potential – unlike all of Hausman, Paymar and Simonson’s vacuous, time-wasting, copied-and-pasted twaddle – to actually do some good.<\/p>\n
Hillstrom’s bill treats law-abiding citizens like law-abiding citizens, and punishes criminals for committing crimes. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s been submitted three times –\u00a0one<\/a>,\u00a0two\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0three<\/a>\u00a0– although all three are identical. \u00a0This, according to a second-hand source, is a way to get around the maximum number of authors.<\/p>\n To summarize; the bill:<\/p>\n The bill also provides a due process for people who’ve been civilly committed to get their firearm rights back.<\/p>\n The bill is a huge step in the right direction; it actually punishes criminals<\/em>, rather than law-abiding citizens\u00a0<\/strong>(as Paymar, Simonson and Hausman’s bills do).<\/p>\n Rep. Hillstrom – a metro DFLer – is to be complimented for introducing it.<\/p>\n Of course, it needs to get through committee. \u00a0The members of the Public Safety Finance Committee (names and numbers are below the jump) need to get\u00a0flooded\u00a0<\/em>with phone calls supporting the Hillstrom bill.<\/p>\n No, I mean\u00a0flooded<\/em>. \u00a0And get your representatives, too, whatever side they’re on.<\/p>\n Committee members below the jump.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Michael Paymar\u00a0(DFL) \u2013 Chairman<\/strong> <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Paul Rosenthal\u00a0(DFL) \u2013 Vice Chairman<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-7803<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.paul.rosenthal@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Rosenthal\u00a0authored\u00a0<\/em>HF294, which would\u00a0<\/em>gut the\u00a0civil\u00a0rights protections\u00a0of Minnesota\u2019s Permit to Carry Law by allowing sheriffs to deny permits on the weakest of grounds. Tell him he should be working to\u00a0punish criminals, not law-abiding citizens.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Tony Cornish\u00a0(R) \u2013 Republican Lead<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4240<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.tony.cornish@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Give Rep. Cornish a big\u00a0THANK YOU\u00a0for his strong support of your rights!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Debra Hilstrom\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-3709<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.debra.hilstrom@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Thank Rep. Hilstrom\u00a0for her strong\u00a0rejection of registration schemes, as well as magazine and rifle bans, and\u00a0thank her for supporting the alternate bill.\u00a0(One newspaper has reported that she will be the alternate bill\u2019s chief author!)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Brian Johnson\u00a0(R)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4346<\/a><\/p>\n e-mail:\u00a0rep.brian.johnson@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Johnson is new at the legislature this year, and will be\u00a0under a lot of pressure\u00a0to cave to gun control. Tell him to\u00a0stand firm for our rights.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Tim Kelly\u00a0(R)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-8635<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.tim.kelly@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Thank Rep. Kelly for his\u00a0consistent votes\u00a0for gun rights.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Andrea Kieffer\u00a0(R)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-1147<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.andrea.kieffer@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Kieffer has been\u00a0a strong voice\u00a0in the fight for your rights, and deserves your\u00a0thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0John Lesch\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4224<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.john.lesch@house.mn<\/a> <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Kathy Lohmer\u00a0(R)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4244<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.kathy.lohmer@house.mn<\/a> <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Joe Mullery\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4262<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.joe.mullery@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Mullery has been an opponent of gun rights for a long time. Remind him that if we work together, we can improve mental health and conviction reporting, and make our\u00a0existing laws work better.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Jim Newberger\u00a0(R)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-2451<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.jim.newberger@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Newberger is a\u00a0strong supporter\u00a0of your gun rights. Thank him for staying strong.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Shannon Savick\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-8216<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.shannon.savick@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Savick is a rural DFLer who needs to be reminded that her constituents will not tolerate\u00a0new gun control.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Representative\u00a0Dan Schoen\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4342<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.dan.schoen@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Remind Rep. Schoen that\u00a0as a police officer, he\u00a0knows who the real bad guys are: they\u2019re not the law-abiding Minnesota gun\u00a0owners, and they won\u2019t follow new gun control laws any more than they follow the existing ones.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Steve Simon\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-9889<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.steve.simon@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Simon is a smart, principled lawyer: he knows that the Supreme Court has affirmed\u00a0the right to keep and bear arms as an\u00a0individual right.\u00a0He also knows that\u00a0stripping due processdoesn\u2019t make us more free or more safe. But you can remind him anyway!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Erik Simonson\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-4246<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.erik.simonson@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Simonson is a new representative. Remind him that\u00a0gun control is DFL Kryptonite: it has cost the House its DFL majority before, and it will again.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Linda Slocum\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-7158<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.linda.slocum@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Representative Slocum is a\u00a0co-author on several gun control bills\u00a0this session. \u00a0Tell her that\u00a0focusing on the bad guys, not law-abiding gun\u00a0owners, is the place to start.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0Mark Uglem\u00a0(R)<\/strong><\/p>\n 651-296-5513<\/a><\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0rep.mark.uglem@house.mn<\/a><\/p>\n Remind Rep. Uglem that the Second Amendment is\u00a0not about hunting\u00a0\u2013 it is a fundamental human,\u00a0civil\u00a0and Constitutional right, worthy of the strongest protection.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Representative\u00a0John Ward\u00a0(DFL)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Messinger<\/del> Dayton vetoed it last year. \u00a0The bill also cleans up the time lag in Minnesota’s reporting of such data.<\/li>\n
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\nE-mail:\u00a0rep.michael.paymar@house.mn<\/a>
\nYou can suggest that Rep. Paymar simply scrap his bill and sign on to the alternate bill.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRemind Rep. Lesch that \u201cequal protection\u201d means just that \u2014 city folks have the\u00a0same\u00a0civil\u00a0rights\u00a0as country folks.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPlease thank Rep. Lohmer for her\u00a0strong support of your rights!<\/em><\/p>\n