House Bill 315 by Representative Mike Horner (R) has ALSO been scheduled to be heard on the House floor Tuesday March 16, 2010 HB-315 is a bill to STOP Florida adoption agencies from forcing potential adoptive parents to register their firearms with the agency as a condition of adoption. Further, it will stop agencies from forcing these parents to follow gun control regulations regarding storage of firearms and ammunition created by the agency.This outrageous behavior has been going on too long and it is time to stop it once and for all.Representative Mike Horner's bill will stop this gun registration and regulation.You must act quickly. URGENT! The House Must Hear From You!PLEASE IMMEDIATELY EMAIL THESE Members of the Florida House
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On March 12, the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety agreed to table LD1817; legislation which would have allowed law enforcement officers to seize firearms for various charges related to domestic violence disputes even if a firearm was not allegedly used (or threatened to be used) in the altercation. If enacted, someone’s firearms could have been confiscated without the opportunity to participate in the judicial process.
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Due to a legislative reporting error, H 4220 was not heard on Thursday, as originally intended. H 4220, introduced by Representative Mike Pitts (R-14), would permanently establish the tax holiday on firearms sales on the weekend following Thanksgiving, which is known as the Second Amendment Weekend. This bill should be taken up in two weeks, due to the General Assembly focusing its attention on the state budget next week. We also hope that the House Judiciary General Laws Sub-Committee will be able to take up H 3994. H 3994, introduced by Representative Garry R. Smith (R-27), would prohibit the establishment of any rules that would forbid the storing of firearms in a locked vehicle in parking lots.
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House Bill 484, a bill that had the potential to ban the sale and use of virtually all ammunition in Vermont by requiring that the Secretary of Natural Resources to set up a program to identify and ban the distribution of certain toxic chemicals, was defeated in the House Fish, Wildlife & Water Resources Committee. Due in part to an outpouring of opposition from sportsmen, the original far-reaching bill was replaced with a resolution asking Congress to take action to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 to require broader testing and regulation of chemicals. Please continue checking your e-mail and www.NRAILA.org for updates on other pending legislative issues.
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HB 243 passed out of the Committee on Ways and Means and could be brought up as early as next week for a vote on the House Floor.
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H.R. 4289, sponsored by Representative Diane DeGette (D-01), would designate 850,000 acres of additional land in Colorado as Wilderness Area. In light of the fact that all mechanized means of transportation, including bicycles and game carts, are prohibited in Wilderness, this would dramatically curtail hunter access to these vast areas. In addition, Wilderness designation ends virtually all active wildlife and habitat management methods employed by state and federal biologists on all other lands. This could not come at a worse time for Colorado with the forest devastation being caused by the pine beetle. Wildlife officials must retain all means necessary to combat invasive species and actively manage for wildlife and forest health.
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House Bill 2, legislation that would repeal the section of the Alabama statute that prohibits the possession, sale, receipt, or use of short barreled rifles and shotguns, and Senate Bill 360, a bill that would permit a law-abiding individual to store firearms in a locked motor vehicle while parked on a publicly accessible parking lot controlled by an employer or a business that he or she frequents, are currently awaiting action in Montgomery.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service has released a plan to guide management actions for the next 15 years on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, a 10,000 acre refuge spread across Aransas, Calhoun, and Refugio Counties. The plan proposes two management alternatives to the current management plan (Alternative A). Although Alternative B is the Service's choice, Alternative C calls for significantly expanding all priority public uses, including hunting.
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