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LB430 UPDATE 5/13/09: LB430 Passes 45-3; thank the Senators
PhilK:
Thank you to everyone from NFOA and the public in general who made the effort to travel to Lincoln and express their opinions on LB430.
I listened and watched the hearing as best I could from work. Great job! The only one I thought that was a bit confused was the guy who didn't know that Elkhorn had been annexed by Omaha. He was obviously not one of NFOA's guys.
The gentlemen from the military stationed at Offutt put a reasoned and responsible face on CHP holders and I thank them for their testimony. Hopefully someone got some NFOA information in their hands. :)
The frightening thing was that, by appearances and questions, many of the members of the Judiciary Committee had little knowledge of the very subject that they are responsible for legislating.
ranger04:
Philk, I had the same impression with the members of the judicary. Overall, I thought it went very well. It was great to see such a good turn out . I believe that I counted like 47 proponets and 3 against. I beleive that the bill will progress to the floor. It even seemed like Ashford was interested in some of the mucked up rules. Council spent most of the time in the powder room, I think guns gets her irregular. Again it was good to see such a good turn out and meet some fellow members of the NFOA. The little get togather with Christensen out in the hall after the hearing kind of boosted my hopefulness on this bill. Next step is to put as many gun owners on the steps of the capitol as possible when this goes to the floor.
minnowmaker:
Thanks for the reports. I am in "Greater Ne." and appreciate all that you guys do who are closer to Lincoln. If I can ever be of help, please let me know how.
FarmerRick:
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--- Quote from: Wymore Wrangler on March 12, 2009, 08:48:37 AM ---The lack of information on this subject is disturbing. As an important issue as this is to all of this on the forum, someone that went should be posting their impressions of the senators, questions asked, etc.. An organization such as this one only grows and becomes powerful if it provides the information to its members in a timely manner, sorry rant mode off...
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Sorry, I took the day off work yesterday so that I could drive to Lincoln and sit through the whole afternoon of testimonies, and testify myself. The hearing did not get over until 5:30 pm. By the time I drove back home, met my wife for dinner, and got back to the house it was late and I did not feel like typing. I had to get up and be at work early in the morning this morning and now I am faced with the work I missed yesterday and don't even really have time to be typing this.
I apologize for having a job, but I will post my views tonight after work. I'm sorry that the next night after the event is the earliest that I can post something.
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Same here.
The members that were in attendance yesterday did so because we were able to take all or part of the day off from our jobs, drive to Lincoln, and sit through the hearings for 4 other bills in order to participate in the hearing for LB430 which did not start until 4pm. You may want to remember, we are volunteering our time for NFOA and are not paid in any way. The only reason I was even able to make it yesterday is because my Mother, who is on medical leave from work with a breathing condition, was able to sit at my house all day with my daughter who had a 102* fever. She knew that attending the hearing was important to me, so she drove the 20 miles to my house at 7am yesterday morning so that I could attend. After getting home from Lincoln around 6:30 pm, helping my other 2 kids with their homework, eating some dinner, getting my kids in the shower, folding 2 loads of laundry, and putting them in bed...I was ready to sit down and relax for about 20 minutes before I got ready for bed. I'm very sorry that taking care of my family was my priority when I got home, and my lack of "providing the information to its members in a timely manner" has "disturbed" you.
I guess that I just need to try harder.
EDIT: Thanks to Jim(who had his very well behaved daughter with him at the hearing ;) ) for posting his summary of the hearing. Well done, and I concur with all of it.
Jay:
Am I seeing this correctly, did Sen. Fulton just make LB 430 his priority bill????????
Sen Christensen seemed to elude to something like this after the hearing last night...
I don't have time to investigate further right now (can't afford to get fired!) but this looks like great news!
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