After wasting a solid two weeks of the legislature’s time with a raft of gun grab bills that had no business seeing the light of day, the DFL is back at it.<\/p>\n
Michael Paymar is pushing a rights-crushing omnibus gun bill so obnoxious it needs to be handled with tongs<\/a>\u00a0– a bill that punishes the law-abiding first, and worries about criminals…uh, they’ll get back to you on that.<\/p>\n In the meantime, the House GOP will be announcing an alternative bill later today – one that goes after criminals, and leaves the rights of the law-abiding citizen where they belong.<\/p>\n There’s work to be done, of course.<\/strong><\/p>\n Call your representative<\/a> – yep, again – and tell ’em Paymar bill bad, GOP bill good.<\/p>\n And call the members of the House Public Safety Finance Committee and tell them that the Paymar bill isn’t fit to wipe the hindquarters of a sick goat on a 100 degree day.<\/p>\n Via GOCRA, here’s the contact info for the committee, along with some commentary on each individual committee member:<\/p>\n Let’s show Rep. Paymar’s that\u00a0Minnesotans oppose his assault\u00a0on our rights by\u00a0defeating his bill in his own committee. Ask them to\u00a0SAY NO to the Paymar bill\u00a0(HF237) and\u00a0SAY YES to the GOCRA-approved alternate bill.<\/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’s 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’s 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’re not the law-abiding Minnesota gun\u00a0owners, and they won’t 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’t 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— 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
\n651-296-4199<\/a>
\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 “equal protection” means just that — 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