Monday, May 18, 2015

One Year Ago Vermont Gun Control Group Stated Agenda for 2015

 Saturday, May 16th the Vermont Legislature departed Montpelier. So, how did we do this year?
            
When you think of what the gun rights folks accomplished in 2015, remember well the Burlington Free Press 
article below from May 6, 2014.
 
"2015 will be the year," Ann Braden, president of Gun Sense Vermont, at a Statehouse news conference.
The group's singular focus next legislative session will be to pass a law requiring criminal background checks
for all gun transactions, she said.
 
"Universal background checks is our primary focus," she said.
 
For all of the hundreds of thousands of gun control dollars spent in Vermont, the Mandatory Background Check bill,
S.31, got dropped very quickly.  

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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Vermont Lawmakers Go For Gun Suppressors

          
Due to the hard work of Rep. Brennan and the efforts of many more a gun suppressor legalization
bill passed the legislature this year.  The Seven Days article describes what happened when it
seemed any suppressor legalization legislation would not happen this year. 
 
 
 
10 VSA § 5227. Sport shooting ranges; municipal and state authority
(a) "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designed and operated for the use of archery, rifles, shotguns, pistols, skeet, trap, black powder, or any other similar sport shooting.



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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Vermont Lead Ammo Ban hearing on Wednesday "No to H.296, H.297 and H. 460"


 
On Wednesday, the House F&W Committee is taking testimony on H.460 the bill to ban lead ammo for hunting.

The end of the legislative session is rapidly approaching. This is when the horse trading in the state house really picks up. 
A committee can pass out a bill this year so it is first in line for action next year.  If passed long do think it will stay just hunting?
 
NRA-ILA Alert H.460 and the other gun control battles in Vermont.  Click on link below.
 
Now is the time to contact the members of the House F&W Committee and politely say: "No to H.296, H.297 and H.460"
You can leave them a message with the Sgt-at-Arms at 802-828-2228, only Monday through Friday.
H. 460 was introduced by Rep. Willem Jewett of Ripton wjewett@leg.state.vt.us
The committee member E-mail addresses are below.
sbeyor@leg.state.vt.us, rkrebs@leg.state.vt.us, plefebvre@leg.state.vt.us, asheldon@leg.state.vt.us,
 
 
 House F&W Committee Members:

 

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Friday, May 1, 2015

Action Alert: Contact VT House F&W Committee on May 6, hearing on H.460

       
  On Wednesday, May 6, the House F&W Committe is having a hearing on H.460 the bill to ban lead ammo for hunting.
Now is the time to contact the members of the House F&W Committee politely say: "No to H.296, H.297 and H.460"
You can leave them a message with the Sgt-at-Arms at 802-828-2228, only Monday through Friday.
 
H. 460 was introduced by Rep. Willem Jewett of Ripton wjewett@leg.state.vt.us 
The committee member E-mail addresses are below.
sbeyor@leg.state.vt.us, rkrebs@leg.state.vt.us, plefebvre@leg.state.vt.us, asheldon@leg.state.vt.us,
                       
There are other serious anti-gun and anti-outdoors sporting bills assigned to the House Fish & Wildlife Committee.

H.296 would place Vermont's ranges under the control of municipal governments. 
H.297 would restrict the ownership and sale of ivory and rhino horn objects already owned by Vermonters.
H.460 would ban lead ammo for hunting.  At least only for hunting right now.

We all would like to think that these bills would not be going anywhere right but that is just not correct.
There is approximately a month left in the scheduled 2015 legislative year and the closer they get to
the final gavel the quicker the horse trading goes on in the state house. 

Now is the time to contact the members of the House F&W Committee politely say:  "No to H.296, H.297 and H.460"
You can leave them a message with the Sgt-at-Arms at 802-828-2228,  only Monday through Friday. 
 
House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources 

Members

Staff

 

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