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The Monthly National Legislation Reporthttp://mnlreport.typepad.com/Page 162 of 3307/5/2010STATE ROUNDUP (Please note the only items listed below are those that have had recent action. For other updates on state legislation, please go to the statelegislation section at www.NRAILA.org, and check each week’s issue of the Grassroots Alert.”)CALIFORNIA: Ammo Registration Ordinance Passes in Carson! On July 21, the City of Carson passed an ordinance that requires theregistration of all ammunition sales. The ordinance also requires all ammunition vendors to obtain a license from the City, and will additionally require that allammunition sales transactions to be conducted via a face-to-face transaction, effectively banning mail order and Internet purchases of ammunition. The ordinance isnow waiting on the desk of Mayor Jim Dear for his consideration. The ordinance does not require his signature to become law, and as such it will go into effect August20, 2009.Gun Show Ban Remains on the Assembly Floor On July 15, the Assembly Appropriations Committee passed Senate Bill 585. The bill now heads to the Assembly floor.SB585 would prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition on the property or inside the buildings that comprise the Cow Palace in Daly City. In short, SB585 is astepping-stone to banning gun shows on all publicly-owned property in California. Please contact your Assemblymember TODAY and respectfully urge them to opposeSB585. Contact information for your Assemblymember can be found here.Fish and Wildlife Service Management Plan Includes Hunting in the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a management plan forthe 7000-acre Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, located southeast of Alturas, California. The draft plan evaluates four alternatives for managing the refuge over the next15 years. Common to all the alternatives is the implementation of a hunting and fishing program. Comments on the plan are being accepted until Friday, July 30 andcan be submitted by email to Jackie_Ferrier@fws.gov. The plan can be viewed online at http://www.fws.gov/modoc. For additional information please call 530-233-3572. It is important for the Service to receive support for maintaining and enhancing hunting opportunities on national wildlife refuges, especially in light of continuingefforts by animal “rights” extremists to close refuges to hunting. Please take a few minutes to review the draft plan and submit comments.ILLINOIS: Continue To Contact Governor Quinn To Sign Pro-Gun Bill Anti-gun groups are urging the Governor to veto HB182. This important pro-gun reform bill, wouldsimply change the “Unlawful Use of Weapons (UUW)” law, adding "dwelling" and "dwelling of another" where a person has been invited with permission to possess afirearm, to the list of exemptions in which a law-abiding citizen is currently restricted from carrying a firearm. Please continue to contact Governor Quinn TODAY andrespectfully urge him to sign this critical reform. To contact the Governor, please call 312-814-2121 or click hereto send an email.NEBRASKA: Omaha City Council Passes Ordinance Requiring Fingerprinting for Firearm Sales! Last week, the Omaha City Council approved an ordinance that wouldrequire individuals who wish to sell firearms to "secondhand stores," such as Scheels, Guns Unlimited, and other places (which are notpawnbrokers), to be fingerprinted before the transaction can occur. The approved ordinance now heads to the desk of Mayor Jim Suttle (D) for his consideration. Pleasecontinue to contact Mayor Suttle TODAY and respectfully urge him to veto this ordinance. The Mayor can be reached by phone at (402) 444-5000 or visithttp://www.co.douglas.ne.us/omaha/mayor/contact-us to send an email. Also, please continue to contact the members of the City Council who voted for the ordinanceand respectfully voice your disapproval with their passage of this attack on our Second Amendment freedoms. Contact information can be found here.NEW YORK: Micro-Stamping Could Be Heard At Any Time as Balance of Power Changes Once Again The impasse in the New York Senate has ended with one of theoriginal defectors returning to the Democratic caucus in exchange for the top leadership post – Senate Majority Leader. This change returns the balance of power backto the Democrats who surely will focus their efforts on passing Senate Bill 6005, (“micro-stamping” legislation). Even though S6005 contains an amendment removingthe requirement that in-state manufacturers could only produce micro-stamp equipped semi-automatic handguns, the bill must be defeated at all costs. It is likely that avote on S6005 could come at any time. Please continue contacting your State Senators and respectfully urge them to oppose S6005 when it comes before them for avote. Contact information for your State Senator can be found by clicking here.Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education Inc. (S.A.F.E.) presents the 2009 Firearm Civil Rights Conference: Please join the Sportsmen’s Association for FirearmsEducation Inc. (S.A.F.E.) for its “2009 Firearm Civil Rights Conference”Sunday, September 13th,1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (doors open at 12:00 noon)Sheraton Long Island Hotel110 Vanderbilt Motor ParkwaySmithtown, NY 11788(631) 231-1100(on Motor Parkway on the North side of LIE between exits 53 & 55)Special guests include Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President; Ron Schmeits, NRA President; Dick Anthony Heller, plaintiff in the landmark Heller-v-WashingtonDC, case; Ginny Simone, NRA investigative reporter on firearms issues, and radio show host; and John L. Cushman, S.A.F.E. President and Founder, and NRA BoardMember.Attendees will have the opportunity to learn the latest information about firearm Civil Rights both nationally and locally, as well as meeting and networking with fellowsportsmen and women concerned about their civil rights and how to protect them. Valuable prizes in drawings will be awarded to attendees. Admission and parking arefree, and the event is open to your family and friends.NORTH CAROLINA: “Castle Doctrine” Self-Defense Bill Remains Stalled in Raleigh The “Castle Doctrine” self-defense bill, Senate Bill 928, remains stuck in the HouseJudiciary I Committee. That committee is chaired by anti-gun State Representative Deborah Ross (D-38), and she appears to be unwilling to set a date for a hearing.Please contact Representative Ross and urge her to allow this critical legislation—which received overwhelming, bi-partisan support in the Senate in May—to be heard.Representative Ross can be reached by phone at 919-733-5773 or e-mail Deborah.Ross@ncleg.net. Also, please contact the members of the House DemocraticLeadership team, who have histories of supporting our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Contact information for them can be found here.
The Monthly National Legislation Reporthttp://mnlreport.typepad.com/Page 163 of 3307/5/2010Anti-Hunting Legislation Remains Viable in Raleigh! Even as the 2009 Legislative Session begins to wind down, anti-hunting extremists are still hoping to push theiragenda in Raleigh. Senate Bill 460 is the first step in a process that is ultimately intended to put dog breeders and kennel owners out of business by institutingprohibitively expensive and burdensome regulations. The radical proponents of the bill will continually return to the Legislature until all owners of intact dogs -- eventhose who do not intend to breed their dogs -- are subject to these onerous regulations. SB 460 currently remains in the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations, butcould be quickly brought back to the floor. Please help stop the radical HSUS agenda by taking the time to contact your State Senator and urge her or him to opposeSenate Bill 460! Contact information for your State Senator can be found by clicking here.Right-to-Carry Reform Legislation Signed in North Carolina On Friday, July 17, Governor Bev Perdue (D) signed the Right-to-Carry permit renewal improvement bill intolaw (House Bill 1132). Please contact Governor Perdue and thank her for signing this necessary Right-to-Carry reform bill. The Governor can be reached by phone at(919) 733-4240 or via e-mail by clicking here. For detailed information on the bill, please click here.OREGON: Opportunity to Expand Hunting Programs in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hasannounced that it will begin to draft a plan for the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that will guide refuge management for the next 15 years. The 187,000-acre refugelocated in Harney County is one of the largest freshwater marshes in the country. Waterfowl hunting is available on approximately half of Malheur Lake and upland birdhunting is available on approximately one quarter of the refuge. One of the issues that the Service will be addressing is the adequacy of access and facilities for all ofthe wildlife dependent uses, like hunting and fishing, and opportunities to expand these programs. The Service is inviting comments from the public to gathersuggestions and information on the scope of the issues to consider during the planning process. Comments are due by October 15 and can be emailed toFW1PlanningComments@fws.gov. Include "Malheur CCP" in the subject line of the message. Public meetings will be held and announced on the refuge's website athttp://www.fws.gov/malheur. For further information you may call 541-493-2612. It is important that those who hunt and fish in the refuge to become activeparticipants in the planning process to ensure that sportsmen's interests are well represented in the plan that will be drafted.PENNSLYVANIA: Erie City Council to Consider “Lost or Stolen” Proposal!On August 5, the Erie City Council will consider a proposal to establish a requirement for gun owners to report all lost or stolen firearms with in 72 hours tolaw enforcement. This proposal not only violates the state preemption laws but could very well turn law-abiding victims into criminals. Please make plans toattend the meeting. Please also contact your City Council members and urge them to oppose any proposal that favors the criminal over legal gun owners.Contact information for the City Council:ErieCity Council:Joseph Schember, Council President814-455-9621jschember@erie.pa.usCurtis Jones, Jr.814-456-0497c_jonesjr@yahoo.comRubye Jenkins-Husband814-899-0776RubyeHusband@erie.pa.usJames N. Thompson814-454-5211jthompson@erie.pa.usPatrick Cappabianca814-864-4229backpat@verizon.netJessica Horan-Kunco814-454-0587jkunco@erie.pa.usMark Aleksandrowicz814-455-8611markaleks@erie.pa.usTENNESSEE: Updated List of Localities Opting Out of Park Carry Several Tennessee counties and municipalities have started the process to opt out of the new parkcarry law before its effective date (Tuesday, September 1). We have compiled a list of cities and counties that are considering opting out or have scheduled hearings onthe issue. Please make your voice heard on this issue. The best way to get your opinion through to your local officials is to contact them immediately. Pleaserespectfully urge them to oppose any proposal or resolution that would prohibit law-abiding permit holders from protecting themselves in local parks. The list ofmunicipalities and their contact information can be located here.VIRGINIA: This November, Virginia's elections will be ground zero for the enemies of freedom to try and turn the tide against our gun rights in the Commonwealth,serving as a launching pad for their national gun ban crusade. Our opponents will be pulling out all the stops as a run-up to the 2010 elections. All eyes will be on us! Toensure we are prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities we will face this election season, NRA-ILA will be hosting a series of free volunteer kick-off meetingsthroughout the Commonwealth. At these meetings, we will lay out our plans for our grassroots election activities in your area and show you how you can help. You willalso get to meet and begin working with your NRA-ILA Campaign Field Representative-- an NRA-ILA staff person who will be living in your area, coordinating ourvolunteer activities right through Election Day, Nov. 3! The meetings are absolutely free and beverages and light snacks will be served. These events will run only about
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