{"id":86993,"date":"2024-02-14T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86993"},"modified":"2024-02-14T08:17:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:17:55","slug":"and-so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=86993","title":{"rendered":"And So It Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Legislature is back in session.  And the DFL lost no time trying to extend last session&#8217;s jamdown.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun control?  Yep, they got it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;No one wants to take your guns&quot;<br><br>Except Rep. Maria Isa Prez-Vega, who has introduced HF 3628, which bans the possession, sale, and transfer of most commonly owned semi-automatic rifles, many shotguns, and some pistols and &quot;high capacity&quot; magazines.<br><br>If you want to keep them, you\u2026<\/p>&mdash; MN Gun Owners Caucus (@mnguncaucus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnguncaucus\/status\/1757523774365405520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Details <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1JLni0shrq\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the bill will get dissected in court, if it gets passed.  Best to make sure it doesn&#8217;t &#8211; which means if you&#8217;re not a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunowners.mn\">member of the MN Gun Owners Caucus, you should be<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Isa Perez-Vega may be a contender to pass Erin Maye-Quade as the most cloyingly annoying DFLer in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Possible<\/em> saving grace for this session?  It&#8217;s an even-numbered year &#8211; and DFLs from Greater Minnesota are getting nervous about how the Faerie Raenbow Agenda from last session is going to go over in Eveleth.   In this case, Sen. Hauschild &#8211; who currently occupies Tom Bakk&#8217;s old seat &#8211; and a clear case of nerves over making Minnesota a &#8220;sanctuary state&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Sanctuary State proposal is just that, a proposal. While every legislator has a right to introduce legislation, you need 34 votes in the senate to pass anything. I will not be supporting this legislation and it is very unlikely to become law <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnleg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mnleg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lumP16xCB6\">https:\/\/t.co\/lumP16xCB6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Grant Hauschild (@grant_hauschild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grant_hauschild\/status\/1756375725714571676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And with a one-vote majority in the Senate, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyprosperityblog.blogspot.com\/2024\/02\/north-star-act-dies-quick-quiet-death.html\">making a bit of a difference<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DFLers in Greater Minnesota have to be looking at&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joe Biden&#8217;s escalating unpopularity.  Trump doesn&#8217;t have to win the national election for them to still lose their seats in counties that are, or are drifting, red. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The disproportionate impact of DFL policy on rural Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and thinking it <em>just might <\/em>be time to reel in some of the worst excesses.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope Hauschild takes the hint on Isa Perez-Vega&#8217;s idiot bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.mn\/members\/member_bio.html?leg_id=15577\">phone calls and emails<\/a> might certainly help him make up his mind.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Legislature is back in session. And the DFL lost no time trying to extend last session&#8217;s jamdown. Gun control? Yep, they got it: Details here. Of course, the bill will get dissected in court, if it gets passed. Best to make sure it doesn&#8217;t &#8211; which means if you&#8217;re not a member of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mndfl","category-victim-disarmament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86996,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86993\/revisions\/86996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}