"I won't vote for anything associated with the South Dakota Gun Owners," said Abdallah, of Sioux Falls.
Gosch, of Rapid City, said, "The merit of the bill is something I support, but I can't support this bill because one backer is the South Dakota Gun Owners."
The House Judiciary Committee voted the bill down 7-5.
Both Gibson and Abdallah say they have an A-plus rating from the National Rifle Association, which gives grades to lawmakers according to their support for the right to bear arms. [More]
But they'll ignore their oaths of office, vote against a bill that expands those rights and let it tank regardless of its merit because they don't like one group of constituents promoting it? And make sure they publicly disparage a smaller competitor group to their patrons in the process?
I wonder what kind of points they earned for that? It sounds more to me like someone didn't want the bill to pass for reasons of their own...
"the permit requirement is in place to keep criminals and mentally ill people from carrying concealed loaded weapons.".
ReplyDeleteIt's magic, a permit will keep criminals from carrying. Who would have thought.
"Maj. Randy Hartley of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety called the bill an "open invitation" for bikers with Hells Angels or Bandidos to be armed at rallies.".
Unless they have been convicted of a crime they have as much right as anyone else. As we were taught in boot camp and it applies to any group, there's always that 10% that screw things up for everyone.
I wonder if the voters will remember this come election time.
"But she said the permit requirement is in place to keep criminals and mentally ill people from carrying concealed loaded weapons."
ReplyDeleteIt is REALLY hard to believe that anyone who can feed themselves actually thinks this has any rational basis.
I've challenged people who say this, and I have yet to get any sort of logical response. Amazing...
She must have come from somewhere else.
OK, SD Gun Owners; follow thru and run these slugs out of town. Never threaten, just promise and then deliver.
ReplyDeleteSouth Dakota's Republican legislators had the opportunity to prove that they were not just another band of pusillanimous lickspittles of the ilk that infest Washington DC. Instead, rather than live up to the ideals expressed by the Founding Fathers by eliminating the licensing requirement for South Dakotans to carry a concealed handgun, they instead chose to take the safe and politically correct route of killing HB 1015. Their reason? They disapproved of one of the backers of the bill. This act of blatant discrimination illustrates just how narrow-minded our legislators have become; rather than act as our representatives and do the right thing, they instead act out like petulant children and ruin the chance to enact Constitutional Carry in South Dakota because one of the backers didn't play nice. Perhaps it's time to remove them all and repopulate our legislative branch with people with thicker skin who wish to the job properly.
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