Posted on 03/13/2022 3:50:12 AM PDT by marktwain
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-— On March 8, 2022, the Indiana legislature, on the last day of the session, after byzantine twists and turns of the legislative process, voted to pass Constitutional Carry legislation three hours before the session ended for the year.
Indiana Second Amendment activists have been working to pass similar legislation for years. In 2021, a Constitutional Carry (permitless) bill passed the House 64 to 31, before being killed in the Senate Judiciary Committee chaired by Liz Brown (R -15).
In 2022, Senator Brown worked hard to kill a new bill, and came very close to succeeding. In 2022, the Republican leadership in the Senate appears to have been educated about Constitutional Carry. They used legislative procedures to bring the bill to a vote in spite of the machinations of Senator Brown, who, it is rumored, was working with Republican Governor Holcomb to kill the bill.
The bill was brought to the rules committee after the debacle of the Judiciary Committee hearing chaired by Brown. The rules committee decided it was too late in the session for anything to be done. Then the bill language was substituted for another bill that had already passed the Senate.
This procedure (strike all) is sometimes used to work around a committee chair who blocks a popular bill.
Several other procedures were used before the bill finally came to a vote of the House as HB 1296 at about 5:30 p.m. on March 8th, 2022. It passed, 69 to 30. The full Senate debated, then passed HB 1296 at about 9 p.m.
The vote was 30 to 20. Senator Brown and eight other RINO Republicans voted against the bill. [Can you say House-Cleaning-Primary?] The bill would not have passed without the assistance of the Senate Republican leadership.
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He has his eye on a Senate seat. I think he is going to sit on it and since Indiana does not do pocket vetos, it will go into effect in a week or two.
Simple majority to override a veto. Even though he wants to veto it, it is a major political risk for him. He does not want his name on it either. Will take no action IMHO and just let it go into force.
8 RINOs need to be voted out.
WOW! It sounds like Indiana is going to pass Constitutional Carry this year. Excellent! Georgia and Ohio are on deck.
“...and since Indiana does not do pocket vetos,...(he) will take no action IMHO and just let it go into force.”
Best possible outcome for all concerned so I hope your crystal ball has this right. I live in a state with a pocket veto where a firearms bill went down this way after the legislature adjourned and it was a struggle to take back through the entire process.
69-30 vote in The Indiana House and
30-20 in the Senate is “ barley passed “?
I would say 11 or 12.
‘Pod
LOL! My thought exactly.
Media bias.
Best thing is Holcomb let’s it become law.
If he vetoes it he can lose any chance of further political career.
Byzantine - Nice adjective!
The crime statistics are helping pass such bills.
If Indiana passes Constitutional Carry, it will surely cause a major surge in shootings in Chicago. /sarc
It passed three hours before the end of the session, after numerous maneuvers to try to kill it.
Those maneuvers were nearly successful.
[snip] In 2022, the Republican leadership in the Senate appears to have been educated about Constitutional Carry. They used legislative procedures to bring the bill to a vote in spite of the machinations of Senator Brown, who, it is rumored, was working with Republican Governor Holcomb to kill the bill. [/snip]
He is a weak RINO squish as it is now.
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