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LB430 UPDATE 5/13/09: LB430 Passes 45-3; thank the Senators
Dan W:
Be prepared to send mail more than once, and again right before the hearing takes place.
Back up your words with a written letter for the file if you have the time
Aldo:
I'm waiting upon a return response from Senator Christensen re the date/time of the Judiciary Committee's hearing of LB430....and will keep ya'll posted.
In the meantime, the NE legislature website posts each committee's agendas and upcoming LB hearings. So far, through January 30, the Judiciary Committee does not have LB430 listed yet.
Soooooo, there's still time for contacting that committee's senators. I concur with the others who have advocated both e-mail and written snail mail.
Important to contact all committee members; jury still out on Rogert, Coash, McGill, and Lathrop. Getting LB430 out of committee and onto the floor of the whole senate could very well hinge on how those four vote in committee...since Ashford and Council will go anti- and Cristensen and Lautenburgh will go pro-. Probably wouldn't hurt to contact any other non-committee senators who are definitely pro-gun so that maybe they can nudge the Judiciary Committee senators to get the debate out onto the floor so that ALL of the state's senators can speak for the people.
tonopah:
I called all of the judiciary Senators offices this morning. Positive feedback from Senator Lautenbaughs office. His assistant said the Senator fully supported LB430. All the rest said they would pass my request along.
Aldo:
I have finally heard back from my district's senator (McGill) who sits on the Judiciary Committee.
My e-mail to her:
* Senator McGill,
Thanks for taking the time to respond to my earlier e-mail.
Now that Senator Christiansen has introduced LB430, and you are on the Judiciary Committee, what is your opinion about the proposed legislation? Have you been hearing from others in District 26 about this issue?
Also, would you keep me abreast of when the public hearing is scheduled?
Regards,
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Her response today to me:
* I will have my staff make a note of your request and inform you when the hearing has been set. You can always check out the upcoming agenda?s on the Nebraskalegislature.gov as the hearings are set one week in advance.
I will be honest with you that I am not generally in favor of conceal-carry, but I am not adamantly opposed either. I certainly think that anyone with a legal permit should be allowed to drive through the cities that do not allow conceal-carry without having to jump through extra hoops like locking their guns in their trunk. I look forward to the public hearing and listening to both sides of this issue.
Amanda McGill
District 26
402-471-2610
So, I am still not sure how to completely interpret her position. But it seems that at least she will listen and perhaps even consider allowing LB430 to get out of committee to the larger audience of the senate floor. ???
Dtrain323i:
In addition to emailing the members of the Judiciary Committee, we should also email the members of the rules committee. Every session in Illinois, a Concealed Carry bill is introduced. It makes it to it's 3rd reading before the legislature then gets shuffled to the rules comittee where it dies. I would hate to see that happen here.
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