SB174 - Microstamping on handguns bill - PUBLIC HEARING on December 1

SB174 - Microstamping on handguns bill - PUBLIC HEARING on December 1

Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing PUBLIC HEARING

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

11:00 AM - or immediately following the executive session, whichever is later.

411 South - State Capitol

Senate Bill 174 - Relating to: creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.

By Senators Coggs and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Young, A. Williams, Turner, Berceau, Grigsby, Colon, Richards, Kessler, Sinicki and Pasch.

From the NRA-ILA:

Problems with "Micro-Stamping"

• "Micro-stamping" has repeatedly failed in tests.
• "Micro-stampings" are easily removed.
• Most gun crimes cannot be solved by "micro-stamping," or do not require "micro-stamping" to be solved.
• Most criminals get guns through unregulated channels.
• "Micro-stamping" would increase gun thefts, home invasions and burglaries, and expand the black market in guns..
• Most guns do not automatically eject fired cartridge cases.
• Only a small percentage of guns would be "micro-stamped."
• Most violent crimes don't involve guns. According to the FBI, 3/4 of violent crimes, including 1/3 of murders and 3/5 of robberies, are committed without guns.⁹
• "Micro-stamping" would waste money better spent on traditional crime-fighting and crime-solving efforts.
• "Micro-stamping" would expose police departments to lawsuits if officers fired "unsafe handguns."

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
1. Testify or Register against SB174 at the Public Hearing on December 1st. (Official notice below)
2. If you can't make it to the public hearing, submit your testimony to Sen. Lena Taylor the Judiciary Committee Chairman and 'CC' all the Committee Members. Specifically ask that your testimony and position be part of the official committee record.
3. Contact your State Senator and let them know you are against the bill!
4. Pass this information along to friends and family.

Hartford SCHOOL BOARD meets TONIGHT

HARTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

TONIGHT

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23

7 P.M.

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CONFERENCE ROOM

READ AGENDA HERE

City of Hartford COMMON COUNCIL meets TUESDAY

City of Hartford

COMMON COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY

7 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers

READ AGENDA HERE

West Bend School Board Meeting EARLY tomorrow night

Regular Board of Education Meeting

West Bend West High School - Library

1305 E. Decorah Road

West Bend WI 53095 November 23, 2009

5:30 p.m.

READ AGENDA HERE

Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on Cloture

Eagle Forum Urges an Unconditional NO Vote on the Cloture Motion to Proceed to the Anti-Life Senate Health Care Bill

Washington, DC - Last evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled his 2,074-page health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. Not only is less strict, less-than-Stupak abortion funding language contained in Reid's bill, but there is still nothing in place to remedy the problem that is the underlying mechanism for carrying out single-payer, government-run health care — the rationing of life-saving medical treatments and placing the most intimate health decisions of every American in the hands of Washington bureaucrats.

Eagle Forum urges the U.S. Senate to cast an unconditional NO vote on the cloture vote on the motion to proceed, which requires a 60-vote threshold and will likely occur sometime on Saturday, November 21^st.

"This bill in its entirety is an attack on life at all stages," said Eagle Forum president and founder Phyllis Schlafly. "The presence of the end-of-life counseling provisions in this bill and the Democrats' rejection of all offered amendments to ban the practice of rationing is not a fluke. It is the foundation around which this legislation has been written."

"Regardless of any tweaks made to the abortion language in the bill, one thing is for sure. A YEA vote for cloture on the motion to proceed is not only a vote in favor of government-run health care, but it is also a vote for government-sanctioned euthanasia," said Schlafly. "Just think 'Terry Schiavo' on a massive scale."

Defending life has been a top priority for Eagle Forum since Mrs. Schlafly began battling the radical pro-abortion feminists in the 1970s.

"We all know that being pro-life is more than just being anti-abortion," said Schlafly. "This week, the pro-life community must unite to defend not only the unborn, but the lives of those who rose up all across America in town hall meetings and revealed this bill for what it really is — anti-American socialism."

"There is no cleaning up this bill. Supporting cloture and just hoping for the best is not an acceptable strategy," concluded Schlafly. "The American people's overwhelming opposition deserves to be recognized, and they'll be watching as their Senators cast their votes this week. I urge every Senator who values the will of their constituents to vote NO on this motion."

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About the Cloture Motion to Proceed: Some "on the fence" Senators have recently released statements trying to frame the cloture vote on the motion to proceed as merely procedural and technical and that this vote does not amount to an endorsement of the bill or of government-run health care. When you make your calls, some staffers may give you this excuse — Do not accept it. Here is some background information for you to use while discussing this topic:

According to an analysis conducted for this office by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), between the 106th and 110th Congress, there were 41 cases in which the Senate approved the motion to proceed to a bill that the Senate eventually held a vote on final passage. Of those 41, 40 of the bills received Senate approval (S. 1805 in the 108th Congress was the lone exception). Based on these numbers, when the Senate votes to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to a bill, that bill has a 97.6 percent chance of inevitably passing the Senate.

TAKE ACTION!

As we wade through all of the details of the new legislation for you, please begin taking action right now by calling your Senators and urging them to vote NO on the cloture motion to proceed.

Please call (phone calls are best!) both their district offices and Capitol Hill office.

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

TOWN HALL MEETINGS - MENOMONEE FALLS/CEDARBURG

Topic: Town Hall

Official: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI 5th)

When: 11/15/2009

Starts: 07:00 PM

Where: Cedarburg Police Department

W75N444 Wauwatosa Road

Cedarburg, WI 53012

Topic: Town Hall

Official: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI 5th)

When: 11/14/2009

Starts: 01:00 PM

Where: Menomonee Falls Village Hall

Council Chambers

W156 N8480 Pilgrim Road

Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

AFA calls for 2-month BOYCOTT of Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic

These clothing giants are eliminating Christmas from all advertising.

The American Family Association (AFA) is calling for a boycott of Gap stores.

This week, AFA announced a two-month boycott of Gap stores and the company’s other store brands, Old Navy and Banana Republic. The boycott is based on the store’s refusal to use the term “Christmas” in its advertising campaigns during the last few years. AFA encourages concerned consumers to boycott all three of the clothing retail chains.

Email GAP to express your views: custserv@gap.com