Capital District Region Shooter's Committee on Political Education
Lately every time I try to contact Chuck Schumer by phone or by email, I get a message his mailbox is full. This has been going on for months. What a lousy representative.
Actually, I did hear from him when I contacted him about a year ago. I got a form reply letter dated about 6 months after I contacted him.
P.S. Mitch McConnell’s office picked up the phone right away when I called right after calling Schumer. Among other things, I told them to give Schumer a hard time for not being available.
This is what is wrong with the system. Who let him go three times, DA Soares? Do you think this will be referred to the federal court system so he can go away for a federal crime? Of course this criminal gets logged into the gun violence archive (https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1322828) as a victim of gun violence, thus misleading the public into thinking this was a crime that happened to a law-abiding citizen.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Albany-man-charged-with-weapons-possession-for-14300946.php
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/albany-police-man-arrested-for-4th-time-on-weapons-charge
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday proposed new legislation to require the FBI to sign off on body armor sales to civilians.
In New York it’s a felony punishable by up to four years if the culprit is wearing a bulletproof vest while carrying a firearm or committing a violent crime.
Schumer said he’ll submit the new proposed law when congress reconvenes in September.
Please call or email him and tell him not to regulate another way to protect yourself!
https://nypost.com/2019/08/11/schumer-wants-fbi-to-sign-off-on-body-armor-sales/
Video was taken down by others as of 8/12
Starting with racist Sullivan laws at the beginning of the last century to downstate politicians making life difficult for everyone who lives north of Westchester. NYC has gone out of it’s way to abuse gun owners and discourage gun ownership. Now that one of NYC most outrageous dictums is finally being challenged in an unbiased court, they are trying to escape judgement.
Here is the letter NYC sent asking the Supreme Court to ignore their abuse.
From The Record:
The City of Troy, Troy Police Department, Rensselaer County District Attorney’s Office, Troy African American Pastoral Alliance, President/Dr. Bishop Norman R. Macklin (New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church) and Reverend Charles Burkes (United Ordained Church) are co-hosting a gun buyback event in the Collar City on Thursday, May 30.
The purpose of the event is to reduce the amount of illegally possessed firearms available in the community, officials noted.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., guns may be turned in anonymously at the Troy Department of Public Works parking lot, located at 40 Orr Street.
Cash rewards will be handed out for the guns, including $200 for any working handgun (pistol or revolver), $50 for any working rifle/shotgun, $40 for any non-working, actual handgun (does not include BB/pellet, Airsoft, blank, replica, etc.).
Officials said the guns must be unregistered to receive a reward. Registered guns that are no longer wanted can be turned in for safekeeping.
Police also ask to make sure the gun is unloaded and brought in a container, bag, box, etc.
Article here: more
Please review this list of anti gun legislation. Due to the makeup of the Assembly and the Senate, any of these bills can be passed at any time in the next 4 years. This list is not complete! There are more added every day. You need to be a thorn in the side of the anti gun legislators. If there are any bills that you feel strongly about (many should), please contact your assemblyperson, your state senator, the chair of the committee the bill was assigned to, and each committee member. The contact information for the various committee members can be found on the respective NYS Assembly and NYS Senate web sites.
Calls are effective, letters are effective, and postcards can be effective if they are hand written. I’m told pre-printed postcards are not as effective, so write by hand if you can. Clubs, bring a stack of 3 x 5 cards to your meetings along with an address of a Senator or Assemblyman and tell members to bring a stamp. Have members fill out cards while you meet.
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• A00153 (S02415) Includes attachments to electronic devices within the meaning of the
term “imitation weapon”
01/09/2019 referred to consumer affairs and protection
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a153
• A00293 (S02097) Establishes a municipal gun tip hotline program and municipal gun tip hotline fund
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a293
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00425 Enacts the “children’s weapon accident prevention act”
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a425
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00450 Prohibit weapon promotion and sale on public property
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a450
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00503 (S01764) Nicholas’s law. To provide regulations for safe storage of firearms in order to prevent injury and death, particularly of children, by unintentional access, discharge and use of weapons.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a503
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00506 Safe storage of rifles, shotguns, and firearms. Requiring gun owners to safely store their rifles, shotguns and other firearms when not in the owner’s immediate possession or control.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a506
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00625 (S00446) Establishes the safe homes act authorizing law enforcement to remove firearms found on the premises where there has been a report of domestic violence.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a625
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00716 Relates to eliminating the default “proceed” firearm loophole. If no determination can be made at the end of three business days after a NICS check, under federal law it is within the discretion of the federal firearms licensee to complete a sale and transfer a weapon, even if the result of the national instant background check is a “delay.”
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a716
01/09/2019 referred to codes
• A00794 (S02938) Relates to the offenses of rape in the first, second and third degrees; repealer. This bill removes the penetration requirement from the rape statutes, redefines rape to include oral and anal sexual conduct within the definition of rape and makes conforming changes throughout various areas of law.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a794/amendment/original
02/15/2019 amend and recommit to codes
• A00859 Relates to a temporary permit to carry or possess a firearm. Creates a process for the issuance of a temporary permit to carry or possess a firearm for persons who are not residents of the state of New York; provides an affirmative defense to possession of a loaded firearm by certain persons and provides reciprocity for persons licensed in other states.
01/11/2019 referred to codes
• A00890 Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person. This bill would impose a mandatory ten-day waiting period before an individual can take possession of a firearm
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a890
01/14/2019 referred to codes
• A01007 This bill would increase student safety by prohibiting public schools from offering marksmanship programs or other programs that allow students to possess and discharge firearms.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1007
01/14/2019 referred to education
• A01054 Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1054
01/14/2019 referred to economic development
• A01064 This bill requires all schools to include age appropriate instruction on anti-gun violence as part of the education curriculum provided in regular classrooms.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1064
01/14/2019 referred to education
• A01247 Prohibits entry to gun shows to anyone under twelve years of age
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1247
01/14/2019 referred to economic development
• A01251 (S02277) Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1251
01/14/2019 referred to codes
• A01461 Relates to establishing the Beacon School Pilot Program in New York city schools
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1461
01/15/2019 referred to education
• A01697 (S00686) Requires that no applications, or the literature given therewith, shall be approved, distributed or used in any capacity if they contain an explicit written warning regarding ownership or use of a firearm. To prevent municipalities from the distribution of literature containing explicit warnings regarding the ownership or use of a firearm. Requiring this information to be distributed is nothing but scare tactics being used to try and scare an individual away from having a firearm.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1697
01/16/2019 referred to codes
• A01701 Provides that a license to possess a pistol or revolver shall permit the licensee to carry such weapon concealed.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1701
01/16/2019 referred to codes
• A01707 (S00848) Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools; provides that the program is to be developed by the department of education in conjunction with other state agencies and educational organizations and is to be made available to schools for use in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade; provides for a report to the governor and the legislature on the program; enacts the “gun violence prevention act”.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1707
01/16/2019 referred to education
• A01724 This bill would limit the sale of ammunition designed for use in assault weapons to twice the capacity of such weapon(s) to those authorized to possess said weapon(s) within a one hundred twenty day period.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a1724
01/16/2019 referred to codes
• A02005 (S01505) Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2019-2020 state fiscal year.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2005/amendment/original
03/31/2019 PASSED SENATE
03/31/2019 passed assembly
04/01/2019 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• A02132 (S01174) Relates to establishing the civil rights restoration act and amends provisions of law regarding firearm licenses; repealer
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2132
01/22/2019 referred to judiciary
• A02441 Implements the effective background check act of 2019; requires background checks for employees who would be authorized to possess or transfer firearms. The purpose of this legislation is to increase the effectiveness of the criminal background check system require that all employees of gunsmiths or dealers whose duties include handling, selling, or otherwise disposing of firearms, rifles, or shotguns pass a background check.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2441
01/22/2019 referred to codes
• A02495 Provides for the use of electronic dart guns or electronic stun guns on school grounds by school safety agents. This bill would allow authorized, trained school employees to possess Tasers in schools, a safer alternative to guns.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2495
01/23/2019 referred to codes
• A02538 An act to amend the penal law, in relation to defining and prohibiting
an accessory to accelerate the firing rate of a semiautomatic weapon, to prevent the modification of a weapon to effectively make it an automatic weapon or machine gun.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2538
01/23/2019 referred to codes
• A02645 (S03984) An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the related use of a lethal or explosive device; To impose a sentence of seven years consecutive to whatever sentence is imposed on the underlying offense when the defendant possesses a lethal device such as a machine gun, pistol, revolver, shotgun, rifle, assault weapon, electric dart, stun gun, explosive device, bomb, grenade, rocket, missile or mine.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2645
01/24/2019 referred to codes
• A02684 (S02448) An act to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the possession, manufacture, transport and disposition of rapid-fire modification devices; to prohibit the possession, manufacture, transportation, shipment and sale of items that accelerate the firing rate of firearms, rifles, or shotguns.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2684
01/29/2019 passed senate
01/29/2019 passed assembly
• A02685 (S02449) An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the municipal gun buyback program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the municipal gun buyback program fund. This bill directs the Division of State Police to administer a statewide municipal gun buyback program and promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of such program.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2685
01/29/2019 passed senate
01/29/2019 passed assembly
• A02686 (S02450) This legislation would provide for criminal penalties for any person who resides with a child under the age of 16 and who stores or otherwise leaves a rifle, shotgun or firearm out of his or her immediate possession or control without having first securely locked such rifle, shotgun or firearm in an appropriate safe storage depository or rendered it incapable of being fired by using an appropriate gun locking device.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2686/amendment/original
03/04/2019 passed senate
03/04/2019 passed assembly
• A02689 (S02451) This bill would prevent individuals determined by a court to be likely to engage in conduct that would result in serious harm to themselves or others from purchasing, possessing, or attempting to purchase or possess a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2689
01/29/2019 PASSED SENATE
01/29/2019 passed assembly
02/22/2019 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
02/25/2019 SIGNED CHAP.19
• A02690 (S02374) Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person; requires either the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its successor has issued a “proceed” response to the licensee, or thirty calendar days have elapsed since the date the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be denied.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a2690
01/29/2019 PASSED SENATE
01/29/2019 passed assembly
• A03152 Establishes a legal procedure to obtain a serial number or other mark of identification from the division of state police prior to the assembly of firearms, and provides for the creation of the dealers’ record of sale account to which the applicant pays $350, to fund such activities by the division of state police and the gun violence family relief fund to provide assistance to the victims of gun violence and their families.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a3152
01/28/2019 referred to codes
• A03258 Enacts the “handgun trigger safety act” which creates a fund with funding to be provided by the legislature, to develop personalized (“smart gun”) handgun technology by requiring key-like items or a biometric match before a weapon can fire; requires that all handguns all handguns manufactured for sale in the state of New York have personalized handgun technology within five years and all handguns be retrofitted within ten years.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a3258
01/29/2019 referred to codes
• A03677 (S00538) Removes restrictions related to the maximum peak draw weight and minimum limb width; establishes parity in relation to the minimum distance with which a crossbow could be discharged from an occupied structure consistent with that of a longbow; clarifies use of a crossbow in relation to the hunter safety course be presented as part of the bow hunter education course; and permits the use of a crossbow by youth hunters 12 and 13 years of age.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a3677
01/30/2019 referred to environmental conservation
• A03763 This legislation would clarify existing law to clearly state that the mentioned provisions shall also apply to school functions whether on or off the traditional definition of “school property.”
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a3763
01/31/2019 referred to education
• A03779 (S02902) Relates to requiring manufacturers to use a coding system on all handgun and assault weapon ammunition. Establishes a statewide database to maintain and track coded ammunition; establishes penalties for individuals who violate such provisions; also establishes the ammunition coding system database fund. To establishing a statewide database to maintain and track coded ammunition and establishing penalties for individuals who violate such provisions; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the ammunition coding system database fund.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a3779
01/31/2019 referred to codes
• A04067 (S01038) Relates to the restriction of the sale of ammunition to only individuals authorized to possess such weapon; creates the no-gun database under the division of criminal justice services. The purpose of the bill is to prevent the purchase of firearm ammunition by individuals not allowed to own or possess the weapon for which the ammo is used for, pursuant to state and local law. Any person selling firearm ammunition within the state will be permitted to cross-reference the database with the potential buyer of ammunition’s identifying information. This bill would be similar to the restrictions placed on handgun ammunition purchases, in that if you are authorized to own the
weapon, you may purchase its corresponding ammunition. This database would then be made accessible for a cursory search by ammunition sellers, in order to ensure only authorized individuals are purchasing the ammunition.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a4067
02/01/2019 referred to codes
• A04271 This bill establishes statewide guidelines for the use of electronic control weapons by law enforcement.
02/01/2019 referred to codes
• A04304 Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a4304
02/04/2019 referred to codes
• A04380 (S03771) This bill would have all firearm background checks to be processed by the NYS State Police background check unit (a new unit) via telephone or web based, who will do the actual NICS background check with a fee charge in addition to the buyer filling out an ATF 4473. The purchasing of ammunition could also be done through this proposed new system (and a fee charge for that also). [The cost of the fees aren’t defined and left vague]
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a4380
02/04/2019 referred to governmental operations
• A04496 This bill seeks to amend or repeal those sections of the NY SAFE Act that are of questionable legality or which present practical problems for mental health officials or law enforcement and those sections that impose an unfunded mandate on local governments.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a4496
02/04/2019 referred to codes
• A04816 (S04202) To prohibit the manufacture, transportation, shipment and possession of
an undetectable knife as defined. This legislation is modeled after a provision in California’s “Dangerous Weapons Control Law.” [What about household use (food preparation)?
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a4816
02/05/2019 referred to codes
• A05087 (S00862) The purpose of this bill is to amend the SAFE Act through a series of
reforms, providing relief for law-abiding citizens against its most devastating provisions.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a5087
02/07/2019 referred to codes
• A05303 (S00539) Expands the definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a5303
02/08/2019 referred to codes
• A05376 (S02614) An act to repeal chapter 1 of the laws of 2013 (“NY SAFE Act”), amending the criminal procedure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of the disposal of firearms licenses; private sale or disposal of firearms, rifles or shotguns and establishing a minimum age to possess a firearm relating to gun control. The entirety of chapter 1 would be repealed.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a5376
02/11/2019 referred to codes
• A05758 (S00266) This bill seeks to reestablish the rights of law abiding citizens’ in rural and suburban areas of the state by limiting the application of the SAFE Act to Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York, and the Bronx.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a5758
02/14/2019 referred to codes
• S00035 Clarifies the definition of imitation weapon. “Imitation weapon” means any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet gun, or “B-B” gun; unless such imitation weapon is colored [other than black, blue, silver or aluminum,] on the entire exterior surface or as the predominant color in combination with other colors in any pattern.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s35
03/04/2019 PASSED SENATE
03/04/2019 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/04/2019 referred to consumer affairs and protection
• S00536 Relates to gun buy back programs; requires entities operating such programs to check the serial number of all firearms obtained against the NYSPIN records and to obtain the express permission of the lawful owner of any firearm found to be stolen before the destruction thereof.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s536
01/09/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S00670Prohibits the possession of weapons by persons under the ages of seventeen and eighteen
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s670
01/09/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S01009 Relates to the offenses of criminal possession of various types of weapon in the third and fourth degrees includiing possession of three or more firearms.
(see bill for list of the numerous types of weapons.)
01/10/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S01337 Relates to the possession, manufacture or sale of a trigger crank, a bump-fire device or other firing accelerators
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s1337
01/14/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S01906Relates to permitting hunting by means of an air gun or air bow
01/17/2019 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• S02143 Relates to the manufacture, assembly, possession, license and disposal of ghost guns, the establishment of the offense of unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon and the sentencing for certain offenses regarding ghost guns; relates to the suspension and revocation of certain licenses or registrations; adds the offense of unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon to the list of designated offenses for the purpose of obtaining eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; and includes the offense of unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon in the definition of violent or serious crime.Relates to the manufacture, assembly, possession, license and disposal of ghost guns.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s2143
01/22/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S02240 Relates to limiting the acquisition of a rifle or shotgun to one per ninety-day period
01/23/2019 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
• S02280 Establishes the offense of unlawful possession of firearms by persons under twenty-one.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one to possess any rifle, shotgun, or firearm or any gun or any instrument or weapon in or upon which any loaded or blank cartridges may be used, or any loaded or blank cartridges or ammunition therefor, provided that the possession of a
rifle or shotgun or ammunition therefor by the holder of a hunting license or permit issued pursuant to article eleven of the environmental conservation law and used in accordance with said law shall not be governed by this section.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s2280
01/23/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S02437 Relates to prohibiting the possession of centerfire 50 caliber or larger firearms.
“50 Caliber Threat Reduction Act”. Relates to prohibiting the possession of certain 50 caliber firearms; directs the division of state police to embark on a program whereby persons currently in lawful possession of such weapons must register said firearm or may be reimbursed for the fair market value thereof upon turning in such weapons to a designated officer.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s2437
01/24/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S02968 Relates to lowering the age for universal hunting licenses from 14 years old to 12 years old.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s2968
01/31/2019 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• S03565 Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines “child operated firearm” to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s3565
02/08/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S03898 Removes references of gravity knives as a dangerous weapon from certain provisions of the penal law relating to firearms and other dangerous weapons.
02/20/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
03/11/2019 RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
• S03931 Provides that restrictions regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and licenses therefor shall be by statute only.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s3931
02/21/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
• S04067 Establishes the safe homes act. Establishes the safe homes act authorizing law enforcement to remove firearms found on the premises where there has been a report of domestic violence.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s4067
02/27/2019 REFERRED TO CODES
This is summarized from our friends at the NYSRPA, all credit is to NYSRPA:
Weeks ago, Congresswoman Stefanik introduced a clean re-authorization of a current law – the Violence Against Women Act of 2013. Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose not to reauthorize this bill, but instead saw it as an opportunity to pass her extremist agenda and ban guns. Despite Congresswoman Stefanik’s attempts to reauthorize the current law without the extraneous and unconstitutional gun provisions, the Democrat bill passed the House this week.
Here are the facts: This is yet another ploy by Democrats to quietly slip gun bans into legislation masquerading as a protection. This bill institutes a lifetime gun ban for misdemeanor offenses. This bill uses the legitimate and serious issue of domestic violence as a smokescreen for its real goal — banning firearms ownership.
Thank you, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, for continuing to stand up for the 2nd Amendment. Below is the YouTube link:
Rensselaer County just passed a resolution relating to the second amendment as follows (taken from the press release):
The Legislature passed a resolution reaffirming their support of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and opposing any further infringements on the constitutional right to bear arms. The resolution opposes long gun registration, the requirement of obtaining a hunting permit before purchasing a firearm, social media background checks, and opposition to the “Red Flag” law. The legislation passed 10-5 with the Democrats in the minority voting against it.
“We cannot sit back idly and let the State chip away at our constitutional rights”, said Legislator Todd Tesman.”