BREAKING: In the dead of night
@MIHouseDems
pass 2 pieces of gun control legislation:
HB-4127) Bans OPEN carry at polling places*
HB-4128) Bans ANY carry at an "absent voter counting place"**
*From my amateur legal knowledge this bill de-facto bans ALL carry at polling places…
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@MIHouseDems
This legislation is the quintessential example of a solution in search of a problem.
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@MIHouseDems
Good recap here:
HB 4127, the polling place gun ban bill, passed the Michigan House last night on a party line vote. The bill prohibits possession of a firearm within 100 feet of a polling place, within 100 feet of an early voting place while early voting is taking place, within 100 feet of a…
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@MIHouseDems
My assessment was correct.
@MIHouseDems
can’t write bills correctly.
@avsterbone
It will likely be corrected in Senate committee. HB 4127 originally didn't have the concealed carry exemption. So as introduced, it would not have had a conflict with HB 4128. Now that the late night H-4 floor substitute passed, there's a problem. House Dems are sloppy.
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@MIHouseDems
After further investigation it appears
@VoteMcFall
Mike McFall (Dem 8th District) was responsible for the CPL exemption being included.
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@MIHouseDems
@VoteMcFall
Update: I called
@VoteMcFall
office and brought to his attention a few issues and possible unintended consequences of the bill (many of which raised above) and the staffer was extremely receptive to my feedback and said he’d raise the issue with the Rep and legal counsel.
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@VoteMcFall
UPDATE:
@GunOwners
has been able to confirm the reason the Senate didn’t try to pass the polling place gun ban is due to the incompetency of the
@MIHouseDems
and their inability to write bills correctly.
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@avsterbone
@DolioJ
@MIHouseDems
While open carry should be legal, and these bands should be thrown out in court, simply ignore the law and carry concealed. These laws are immoral, Michigan’s government is illegitimate, and you have no obligation to obey the law. Your safety comes first.
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@avsterbone
@MIHouseDems
This kind of bad legislation is what happens when gun control lobbyists write bills
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@avsterbone
@MIHouseDems
Mhm, just wait till the laws don't work AGAIN. Then more calls for useless gun laws and words on paper to follow.
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