ND Lawmakers Drafting Gun Protection Laws (To the Feds to Get Lost)

kxnews ^ | Jan 11, 2013 3:23 PM | Donnell Preskey, Assistant News Director

[Red Steel]

Bismarck, ND -

Several states have adopted laws and others have introduced legislation to protect gun owners from any potential firearm ban.

North Dakota lawmakers are also ready to draft gun protection legislation.

In a state where hunting plays a large role in recreation, the talk of gun control is especially upsetting.

Just days into the legislative session, it's a topic North Dakotan's are telling their lawmakers to take action on.

Minot Representative Roscoe Streyle is drafting a bill to submit next week.

"We can't stop the feds from doing what they're going to do but what we can do is say that local officials can't help in anyway, investigate, prosecute, therefore the ATF will have to enforce the new law," says Streyle.

Representative Bette Grande of Fargo says, "It's very timely because of discussion on federal level, federal government try to tell us as citizens how they want guns regulated. We as states have those scissions made in our own constitutions. We want to see our constitutional rights upheld."

Representative Keith Kempenich is also drafting a bill that would make every North Dakotan's that has a drivers license a concealed weapon permit holder.

"If you are going to have people pushing extremes on one side, you push extremes on the other side," says Kempenich.

Several states have already adopted laws to protect gun owners, and 21 states have introduced similar legislation.

"ND always been a gun right state. This is how we've always felt, gun ownership is an inalienable right," says Grande.

Rep. Streyle says, "It's not guns that kill people, it's people that kill people, and I strongly don't believe with taking gun rights away from people."

Wyoming is the latest state to propose gun protection legislation, Representative Streyle says he expects this will be a trend nationwide.

The three lawmakers say the bills are being drafted based on what they heard from their constituents.

Grande and Streyle are both NRA members.

[Terry Mross]

I consider all of this knee jerk reactions. When a state passes a law in response to what the feds MIGHT do, that state is admitting the feds have to power to do whatever the hell they want.

If a state really wants to make a difference, vote to seceed BEFORE the feds try anymore crap.

[bmwcyle]

Your statement and your tagline is such bull crap. Your ego is way too big.

[Terry Mross]

How do you know if my tagline is true. Apparently you’re one of those I’m talking about in my tagline so you prove my statement. hee hee Finally,you should also read the rules....no personal attacks.

[Chuckster]

Well this thread is off to a flying start.

[familyop]

"In a state where hunting plays a large role in recreation, the talk of gun control is especially upsetting."

While the Colorado legislature moves to outlaw semi-automatic rifles, online/mail ordering of magazines and other equipment. Colorado is the special focus, during this round of hysteria, of some of the wealthiest anti-Second-Amendment folks and organizations in our country.

I wonder if hunters, skiers and other vacationers will remember that. Well, that and the relatively unobstructed I-80 highway that runs through southern Wyoming.

[Red Steel]

So far in Colorado, no details and no movement about the Gun grab bills:

Updated 01/11/13

RMGO Oppose  or Support	Bill Number	Sponsors	Subject (check bill for official full title)	Location (where is the bill, as of update)	Status
Strongly Support	SB 9	Sen. Scott Renfroe/Sen. Ted Harvey/Rep. Lori Saine	Authorization for Concealed Carry in Public K-12 Schools	Senate Judiciary Comm.	In committee
Strongly Oppose	HB 1043	Rep. Mike Foote	Definition of a Deadly Weapon	House Judiciary Comm.	In committee
Strongly Support	HB 1048	Rep. Justin Everett/Sen. Kevin Grantham	Use of Deadly Force in a Place of Business(expansion of "castle doctrine")	State, Veterans & Military Affairs Comm.	In committee
Strongly Support		Sen. Greg Brophy/Rep. Steve Humphrey	Brady Bypass for Permit Holders	Introduction Pending	Sponsor yet to introduce but currently working on it
Strongly Support		Rep. Chris Holbert/Sen. Owen Hill	Constitutional Carry	Introduction Pending	Sponsor yet to introduce but currently working on it
Strongly Oppose		Rep. Rhonda Fields	"Assault Weapons" Ban	No Details	Sponsor yet to introduce but reportedly working on it
Strongly Oppose		Rep. Rhonda Fields	"High Capacity Magazine" Ban	No Details	Sponsor yet to introduce but reportedly working on it
Strongly Oppose		Rep. Claire Levy	Campus Carry Ban	No Details	Sponsor yet to introduce but reportedly working on it
Strongly Oppose			Online Magazine Sales Ban	No Details	Sponsor yet to introduce but reportedly working on it	strong http://www.rmgo.org/political/gun-laws/billwatchtext-align: center;tdtd style=/a

[familyop]

Thanks! We’ll see if the RMGO info is kept up to date. ;-)

http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersAll?OpenFrameSet