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We are close to reasonable legislation. Success with Indiana bills HB 1068 and HB 1065

Indiana State Senator, Johnny Nugent, State Senate District 43, has introduced SB 25. The bill will allow law-abiding citizens to have a lawfully possessed firearm in their vehicle at their place of employment. The law will also relieve employers of liaibility. http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=13267

Indiana State Representative Mike Murphy, State House District 90, will introduce legislation to protect the personal information of law-abiding citizens licensed to carry a concealed handgun http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/49522.htm

On November 17, 2009, Vote 00349 was held in the US Senate. The vote was whether or not to invoke cloture on the nomination of Davis F. Hamilton as a circuit judge in the US 7th circuit. Hamilton is reported to be an activist judge who does not support the 2nd Amendment http://www.gunowners.org/a111209.htm
Given the current make-up of the Senate, a vote for cloture was a vote for Hamilton's confirmation. Cloture was invoked: Yea - 70; Nay - 29; NV - 1 Indiana Senators voted:

Bayh - Yea [due for re-election in 2010]
Lugar - Yea [due for re-election in 2012]

On July 22, 2009, Vote No. 00237 was held in the US Senate on Senators Thune and Vitter's Aamendment 1618 to S 1390. The amendment required a 3/5th majority to pass. The amendment which would have required recriprocity between the states regarding concealed firarms carry license/permits failed Yea - 58; Nay - 39; Not Voting - 3. Indiana Senators voted:

Senator Bayh - Yea
Senator Lugar - Nay

On May 20, 2009, a vote was held in the US House of Representatives on HR 627. The bill contained a Senate Amendment by Senator Coburn to allow law-abiding citizens to carry firearms for self-protection in our National parks. This had been done by policy in the Bush administration but was reversed in the Obama administration. The bill passed, 279 - Yea; 147 - Nay; not voting - 7. Indiana representatives voted:

Burton - Yea
Buyer - Yea
Carson - Nay
Donnelly - Yea
Ellsworth - Yea
Hill - Yea
Pence - Yea
Souder - Yea
Visclosky - Nay

On May 12, 2009, a vote 00188 was held in the US Senate on Senator Coburn's amendment to HR 627. The amendment would allow licensed persons to carry concealed firearms in National Park located in States that allow such in state parks. The measure passed 76- Yea; 29 - Nay; Not Voting - 3. Both Senators Bayh and Lugar voted in favor of the amendment.

April 26, 2009
Attacks are coming upon us from all and assundry. Do Read and Become Educated

On February 26, 2009, a vote was held in the US Senate relative to S Amdt 575 to S 160. S 160 was to allow voting representatives from the District of Columbia. The constutionality of the underlying bill may be questionable. The amendment, however, was authored by Senator Ensign to restore 2nd Amendment rights to the residents of the District. The amendment passed: Yea - 62; Nay - 36. Indiana Senators voted:

Bayh - Yea
Lugar - Nay
[Bayh's vote does not surprise the webmaster. He got the memo that the amendment would pass, with or without his vote Blowing in the wind ] I think is is well past time supporters of the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms ask Senator Lugar if he intends to run for another stint in the senate!!!

On January 6, 2009, HR 45, Firearms Licensing and Record of Sale Act 2009, was intoduced by Representative Bobby Rush (D), Illinois Congressional District 01. So far, it has no co-sponsors. The bill has been refered to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill would require national licensing of any handgun and any semi-automatic firearm that can accept a detachable ammunition feeding device. If accepted, this legislation would require licensing for identified firearms purchased after its passage and allow two years for owners of identified firearms who purchased them before passage to comply. Photo IDs and the whole national data base will happen. Read the whole bill at House Website
Choose the Thomas link and search for hr45. Be prepared for a shock!!! Also see NRA-ILA Alert This has been tried before. But, now we must not sdit on our backsides. Letters, phone calls and e-mail. Do it now or loose your rights!!!

January 28, 2009

On January 6, 2009, HR 197 was introduced by US Representative Stearns (R- FL District 6) and co-sponsored by Representative Boucher (D-VA District 9). The bill would require reciprosity between the states as relates to licensed or permitted law-abiding citizens to bear a concealed handgun for self-protection. The text of the bill can be found at US House of Representatives Use the Thomas link and search by bill number.

January 14, 2009

There are several pro-lawabiding gunowner bills introduced in the current session of the Indiana Legislature:

HB 1011 Representative Koch (R) House District 65
HB 1113 Represnetatives Koch and Ruppel (R) House District 22
SB 11 Senator Nugent (R) Senate District 43
SB 12 Senator Nugent
SB 361 senator Stutzman (R) Senate district 13

More on these proposals may be found at Access Indiana and choosing the legislature tab. Like legislation died in committie (see below) in the last session. Only our support and encouragement of our representatives and senators will allow success. Get involved and get active or loose your rights.

November 10, 2008
It is hard to find on the Indiana government websites; but it may be found on State Representative Crawford's, Indiana House District 98, site.
House Bill 1260!! Restrict ammunition sales and ban semi-automatic weapons under the guise of "assualt weapons." And, by the way, handguns are assualt weapons. HB 1260 may be re-introduced in the next session. Hang fire and keep close. More will come.

June 26, 2008
Senator Vitter has introduced S 3207, Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Recroprocity Act. The Bill has 4 co-sponsors: Senators Burr (NC), Demint (SC), Ensign (NV) and Stevens (AK). The Bill has been refered to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Chairman of the committee is Senator Leahy (D ). The ranking member is Senator Specter (R). Thus far, the Indiana senators, Lugar and Bayh, are not co-sponsors. Both may be contacted by visiting http://www.senate.gov. The text of the Bill may be found through the same website.

June 21, 2008
Another so called "assualt weapons" bill has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. Surpisingly, or perhaps not, HR 6257 is authored and co-sponsored by Republicans. If anything good can be said about their effort, at least the title of the bill does indicated that they are attempting to regulate semi-automatic weapons. I will be interested in learning how a side by side shotgun can be defined as an assualt weapon. The following reprersentatives may be contacted through their websites at http://www.house.gov Some have referred to these as RINOs. One may review their voting record at the afore mentioned website. Indiana representatives may also be contacted through the site. The bill may be reviewed there, also.

Kirk (R IL-10)
Castle (R DE-At Large)
Ros-Lehtinen (R FL-18)
Ferguson (R NJ-7)
Shays (R CT-4)

May 9 2008
Well what a deal!!! Those of you who get the NRA-PVF endorsements and grades are now aware that all of the yelling at the organization brought to its attention that sometimes one has to get of the dime. Endorsement were done for the last Indiana Primary Election for some offices. All, save one, of the endorsed candidates were chosen. See what happens when the membership makes a little noise? Just consider what can be accomplished if you read down this page and yell at representatives who have not supported the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.

One of our staunce supporters of the 2nd Amendment asked a question: "What does the NRA say about the Republican candidates for Commander-in-Chief, seemingly left in the hunt. " The NRA does not do primary elections, said I." That response got your webmaster several comments from several sources. The most benign was, "no guts, no Air Medal." As to some of the others, I warrant my Mom and Dad were married. My best research finds the following grades done over the years:

Huckabee = A+
McCain = C
Paul = B

This is no endorsement; you asked- you got.

Last session of the Indiana General Assembly, several bills affecting the right to keep and bear arms were introduced (scroll down to review). All died in committee. The following bills have been introduced this session, 2008. Contact information is provided here, so we can encourage that they be brought to the floor for a vote. The full text of the bills may be found at the "General Assembly" tab at Access Indiana

SB 65/356 would remove arbitrary restrictions on the right of law-abiding, licensed to be armed on public property, with reasonable exceptions. [Failed January 29, 2008; Y-25, Nay-23, for a lack of constitutional majority]

SB 66 would prohibit law-abiding citizens being denied the right to, lawfully, store a firearm in their locked vehicle on personal real property, with reasonable exceptions. Some employers have prohibited such for fear of litigation instilled by anti-gun organizations. This bill relieves the employers of this fear.

HB 1043 would prohibit seizure of firearms from law-abiding citizens during time of declared emergency, such as happened in New Orleans. A Federal Law prohibiting such seizure has been passed and signed. This bill would make Indiana law the same. [Died in committee. Perhaps the Committee Chairman could tell you why. His e-mail address may be found, below]

Senate Bills 65 and 66 have been referred to the Judiciary Committee. The chairman of the committee is Senator Richard Bray (SD-37), 800-382-9467, 317 232-9400, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204.

HB 1043 has been referred to the Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation. The chairman of the committee is Representative Earl Harris, (HD-2), 800-383-9842, 200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204, E-MAIL

On September 6, 2007, Vote NO. 00321, Senator Vitter Amdt to HR 2764, Department of State, Foreign Operations, Etc. The amendment disallowed any funds from being used to advance registration or taxing of firearms owned by US citizens. The Amendment was agreed to: Yea - 81; Nay - 10; Not Voting - 9. Some votes were:

Lugar - Yea
Bayh - Yea
Clinton - NV
McCain - NV
Obama - NV
Kennedy - Nay
Kerry - Nay

[The United Nations seems to be leading the Anti-Gun International. I wonder how our congress hopes to enforce this prohibition once the UN gets its cut?]

Several bills of consequence are pending.

I) H.R. 96, introduced by Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), would effectively ban gun shows as we know them, by allowing the federal government to delay background checks until after the gun show is concluded. No Indiana co-sponsors. 02/02/07 referred to the House sub-committee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security. Chairman: Scott (D) VA; Ranking Member: Forbes (R) VA [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

2) S. 804, introduced by Senator Hillary Clinton (D- N.Y.), would over-ride state laws and reinstate voting privileges for convicted felons once they complete their prison sentences and/or parole. This bill could effectively cancel out the votes of millions of law- abiding gun owners, by allowing convicted violent gun criminals to vote. No Indiana Co-sponsors. 03/07/07 referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration Chairman: Feinstein (D), CA; Ranking Member: Bennet (R) UT [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

3) Last year, Congress voted overwhelmingly to prohibit gun confiscations in times of emergency like we saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. However, by voting against this bill, gun- ban Senators like Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) made it clear that they believe you have no right to use a firearm for self-protection.

4) H.R. 1022, introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), would reinstate and expand the Clinton Gun Ban that expired in 1994. Millions of additional firearms would be banned under this legislation, and this ban would be made permanent. No Indiana co-sponsors. 03/19/07 referred to the House sub-committee re H.R. 96, above. [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

5) H.R. 1874, introduced by Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.), would require all guns manufactured or imported into the United States be able to "microstamp" unique characters onto every cartridge fired by that gun. This legislation would effectively ban every firearm sold in America today, and would be useless in fighting crime. No Indiana co-sponsors. 06/25/07 referred to the sub-committee re H.R 96, above. [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

6) H.R. 256, introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D- Tex.), could send you to prison for three years if a criminal steals your gun and then uses it in a crime. No Indiana co-sponsors. 02/02/07 referred to the sub-committee re H.R 96, above. [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

7) H.R. 1895, introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D- N.Y.), would hand over confidential crime investigation records to anti-gun city mayors and trial lawyers seeking to bankrupt American firearms businesses through lawsuit harassment. State and federal police officials have stated clearly that this proposal would compromise ongoing criminal investigations. No Indiana co-sponsors. 05/04/07 referred to the sub-committee re H.R 96, above. [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

8) Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) have proposed banning all ammunition that will penetrate soft body armor. Because virtually all centerfire rifle ammunition meets this definition, hunting would effectively be outlawed by this ammunition ban.

9) H.R. 2666, introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), would require all American handgun owners, as well as millions of rifle and shotgun owners, to be photographed, fingerprinted, licensed, tested, and investigated by the federal government, or else turn in their guns. No Indiana co-sponsors. 06/11/07 referred to the sub-committee re H.R 96, above [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

10) S. 1237, introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D- N.J.), would give any U.S. Attorney General the power to place any American on a secret government list and deny that citizen his or her Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms. No Indiana co-sponsors. 04/26/07 referred to the the Senate Judiciary committee. Chairman Leahy (D), VT; Ranking Member Specter (R), PA [Dec 01, 2007 - Status remains the same.]

All representatives and senators may be found at either US House or US Senate. If you find you do not agree with any positions taken by these leaders our if you wish to instruct your representatives, take a stand.

Break-Break
Going to Indiana Laws

Saturday, January 13, 2007
As the new session of the Indiana General Assembly begins, several Bills affecting the rights of law-abiding citizens will be presented:

HB 1089: David Orentlicher (D-86) would gut Indiana's firearm preemption statute and provide Marion County with the authority to establish its own regulations regarding the sale, transport, transfer and carrying of firearms, thus creating a patchwork of laws that could make a criminal out of otherwise law-abiding gun owners. [Died in committee]

HB 1090: David Orientlicher (D-86) seeks to redefine gun shows, firearms dealers and to limit the purchase of a handgun by law-abiding citizens of Indiana. [Died in committee]

HB 1011: Eric Koch (R-65) seeks to make clear that neither the State nor any sub-division thereof can strip law-abiding citizens of their rights during any declared emergency or disaster and was done in New Orleans. [Died in committee]

HB 1118: Jerry Denbo (D-62) seeks to protect the right of a law-abiding citizen to store a firearm in his or her locked vehicle when parked in most public parking areas. [A nation-wide scare program by the Brady Bunch has resulted in employers restricting their employees from keeping a firearm in their vehicle while parked at work.] [Died in committee]

Monday, November 27, 2006
Here we are again. A county judge issues a ruling that a law passed by both houses of congress and signed into law by the president is unconstitutional. A county judge's ruling has no effect outside of his county. See the entry below re unsportsmanlike. On this date, Section B, Metro&State of The Indianapolis Star made a great deal of the ruling with bold headline. Major headline "Gun makers appeal Hoosier's ruling." Little headline, "Court Finds Federal Shield Against Lawsuits Unconstitutional." It is well past time that our major metropolitan area had another choice of newspaper. [This article was brought to my attention for treatment by George M who asked to be added to my list of supporters of the 2nd Amendment]

The anti-2nd Amendment folks are so predictable it is almost unsportsmanlike conduct to take advantage of them. When policy and leadership fail, fall back on the old standby - the gun did it. Saturday, October 28, 2006, The Indianapolis Star did not disappoint. The position in their editorial was "City and State leaders should join the national campaign against traffic in illegal firearms." Sounds great. Of course the editor fails to make the difference between legal and illegal firearms. It would be interesting to learn which of the murders adding to the increasing crime rate was committed with an "illegal" firearm. I wonder if the editorial might have been less misleading if it had placed more emphasis on controlling criminals rather than firearms. None of the crimes involving firearms were done with an "illegal" firearm. Best that can be learned, no fully automatic firearm, a sawed off shotgun nor any other illegal weapon was used in any of the homicides. The editorial speaks about, "the open market in lethal tools." Again, taking advantage of these folks is just like shooting ducks on the water. The tool is not lethal if it is used as a paperweight. Think hammers and baseball bats. The editorial does point out that Mayor Peterson has not signed on, a fact that the editorial seems aimed to change. The new organization the editorial touts can be found at Mayors Against Guns. Read carefully and draw your own conclusions.

If you want to get ahead of this potential problem, remember that any city/county attempt must go through the Council. One may identify the Councillors at Who to Contact

The editorial appears below with proper attribution for those of you who may not subscribe. It is interesting to note that the editor laments that, "it is not sufficient to count on congress, where the current trend is to weaken restrictions on the flow of weapons to criminals." I, personally, am offended not just because the editor seems to think that we who have put "congress" in power are stupid, but because he misrepresents the laws that have been passed at the national and state levels. The laws do not put guns in the hands of criminals, they remove restrictions on the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves.

Indianapolis Star, October 28, 2006

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