HB 1369 passed the House 65-31 today. Off to the Senate!
HB 1369 passed the House 65-31 today. Off to the Senate!
For any members in Indiana, you can use this link to easily contact your state senator to ask them to vote "yes" on HB 1369: https://www.nraila.org/articles/2021...-to-carry-bill
Thanks for the link Josh. It's about time to ARC LIGHT the phone lines and inboxes.Originally Posted by joshs
HB 1369 had it's first reading in the Senate and was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Any Hoosiers out here in PF land want to send an email/letter of support? Here's a draft.
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/c...judiciary_4200
Senator,
I am writing to urge your support of HB 1369, Firearms Matters. This bill was authored by Representative Ben Smaltz and co-authored by Representatives Lehman, Wesco, and Lucas. HB 1369 is sponsored by Senators Houchin, Messmer, and Koch, co-sponsored by Senators Freeman and Garten. This bill codifies the lawful carry of handguns, and comes at a time when the essential right of self-defense has never been more important.
There will soon be 18 States with permit-less/no license carry of handguns. Those who opposed such legislation predicted dire consequences, as they do for any bill remotely considered Pro-2nd Amendment and Pro-Article 1, Section 32 of the Indiana Constitution. Observation shows this is not the case, as does data from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting.
Over the past decade Indiana has passed a number of Pro-2nd Amendment and Pro-Article 1, Section 32 bills into law. These include: the law forbidding the prohibition of firearms stored in vehicles in employer’s parking lots (2010), the firearms law preemption statute (2011), and the strengthening of the language and due process protections under the “Laird Law” (2019). The dire consequences predicted by those who oppose any law that supports the Right to Keep and Bear Arms simply did not happen.
In 2019, no one saw the year 2020 coming. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation: our country gained 8.4 million new gun-owners in 2020. Early on citizens saw shortages of basic supplies and other things never before seen in this country due to the COVID pandemic. Police Departments were being depleted due to COVID exposure and subsequent quarantines. Later riots broke out across the country amidst calls to “defund and reimagine” the Police. People who would’ve depended on calling 911 in 2019 came to a horrific revelation in 2020: “You are on your own, no one is coming.”
As Hamilton County Sheriff Dennis Quakenbush stated in testimony supporting HB 1369, “Calling 911 shouldn’t be Plan A for your self-defense.” The essential right of self-defense does not stop at the property line. I’m sure I can count on your support with this vital legislation.
Thank you,
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This didn't go well. A couple Senators will be unemployed in the near future. The bill died without a hearing after passing 65-31 out of the House.
Assholes!
Sorry to hear that
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