Spoke to Rep. Thom Mcvea today about his bill. Nice fella! Rep. Mcvea was asked by a constituent in his district to sponsor this bill. The Constituent believes that the requirement to take the mandatory renewal training should be removed from the law. Rep. Mcvea agrees with him.
Rep. Mcvea believes that conscientious gun owners should not be required to take a renewal just because the government tells them so. He told me that those gun owners that have shown they are trained enough to get the permit are trained enough to renew the perimt. He sees renewal training as unecessary as having to relearn bike riding. He does believe that gun owners should be trained, but believes that is their own personal responsibility not govrnments.
Rep. Mcvea is very pro gun and pro 2nd Amendment though he is not a CC permitee. He is a gun owner and described himself as somewhat of a collector, he carries in his vehicle and his home. He is also NRA. He is very anti-criminal or "thug" as he described them. He has no patience for government restricting law abiding citizens from protecting themselves against the threat of violent offenders. Another point why he believes this provision needs to removed.
He has no support from any particular gun group or lobby at this time. He has fielded calls from the LSP about his bill and they have told him that if they have to testify they will side with public safety on the issue. He knows the LSP wants to keep it as a tool to collect fees. He doesn't fault them for that, but doesn't think this is the way to raise them either. Has heard little opposition to this so far.
I asked him if he had any support from his peers and he believes not only should he be able to get it out of committee, but he believes he has a very good chance to get it passed. He cited the other states that have removed the same requirement as his precedent. He did not see negative economic impact as a deterrent to this bills success.
Rep. Mcvea invited anyone that would like to discuss his bill to call him and asked that I list his personal cell phone for that purpose; 225-933-2060.
As of this post I have still not heard back from the NRA on what position they would take. I will not stop trying to get their take.
The bill is on the docket for the House Criminal Justice Committee, no date yet.
There it is folks. It is now time to let the process go to work. If you are for this, you need to do what you can to support it, if you are not you need to voice your opposition.
Since I am a member of the LSA and this forum, and since this bill lands squarely in the laps of gun owner issues, I think there needs to be a stance taken. If the powers that be have to poll the members to see what the majority favors, so be it.
Also, as a side note; after thinking about dzelenka's post about the protocol on how the AG gives opinions, I asked Rep. Mcvea if we ever needed him as an elected official to ask for an opinion from the AG for us, would he; and he said; "E-mail it to me, and I will ask."
Rep. Mcvea believes that conscientious gun owners should not be required to take a renewal just because the government tells them so. He told me that those gun owners that have shown they are trained enough to get the permit are trained enough to renew the perimt. He sees renewal training as unecessary as having to relearn bike riding. He does believe that gun owners should be trained, but believes that is their own personal responsibility not govrnments.
Rep. Mcvea is very pro gun and pro 2nd Amendment though he is not a CC permitee. He is a gun owner and described himself as somewhat of a collector, he carries in his vehicle and his home. He is also NRA. He is very anti-criminal or "thug" as he described them. He has no patience for government restricting law abiding citizens from protecting themselves against the threat of violent offenders. Another point why he believes this provision needs to removed.
He has no support from any particular gun group or lobby at this time. He has fielded calls from the LSP about his bill and they have told him that if they have to testify they will side with public safety on the issue. He knows the LSP wants to keep it as a tool to collect fees. He doesn't fault them for that, but doesn't think this is the way to raise them either. Has heard little opposition to this so far.
I asked him if he had any support from his peers and he believes not only should he be able to get it out of committee, but he believes he has a very good chance to get it passed. He cited the other states that have removed the same requirement as his precedent. He did not see negative economic impact as a deterrent to this bills success.
Rep. Mcvea invited anyone that would like to discuss his bill to call him and asked that I list his personal cell phone for that purpose; 225-933-2060.
As of this post I have still not heard back from the NRA on what position they would take. I will not stop trying to get their take.
The bill is on the docket for the House Criminal Justice Committee, no date yet.
There it is folks. It is now time to let the process go to work. If you are for this, you need to do what you can to support it, if you are not you need to voice your opposition.
Since I am a member of the LSA and this forum, and since this bill lands squarely in the laps of gun owner issues, I think there needs to be a stance taken. If the powers that be have to poll the members to see what the majority favors, so be it.
Also, as a side note; after thinking about dzelenka's post about the protocol on how the AG gives opinions, I asked Rep. Mcvea if we ever needed him as an elected official to ask for an opinion from the AG for us, would he; and he said; "E-mail it to me, and I will ask."
That's what he said.
