House Bills 1143, 1234 and 1240 have all passed the Senate Law & Justice Committee and could be heard on the floor at any time. Please use our Take Action button to email your state Senator asking them to OPPOSE HB 1143, HB 1234 and HB 1240.
House Bill 1143 requires a permit to purchase a firearm and institutes a 10-day waiting period before a person can take possession of their legally purchased firearm, or longer if the state fails to complete the background check within 10 days. The state police will also maintain a “registry” of gun owners.
House Bill 1234 requires an accused pet owner to fund 30 days of the cost of care for any animal seized and to continue posting additional bonds until the charges have been adjudicated. Failure to pay the cost of care, before proven guilty, would result in the forfeiture of the animal. And even if the charges are dropped or if the accused is found not guilty, a person might get a refund of their cost of care money and they might have the animal returned.
House Bill 1240 bans a provided list of rifles, including many used by millions of Americans for self-defense and hunting, and also goes the additional step of adding “features” of firearms that expand the list to hundreds more.
On the House side, the Democratic majority is marching Senate Bill 5078 quickly through the legislative process. It is scheduled to be heard in the Appropriations Committee tomorrow, March 31, and we expect it to pass. This is why we are asking you to use our Take Action button below to email your state Representatives now and urge them to OPPOSE SB 5078. Please use BOTH Take Action buttons to ensure both your state Senator and Representative receive your respective email urging them to OPPOSE these gun control bills.
Senate Bill 5078 creates a special cause of action for individual victims to sue firearms manufacturers for the violent acts of third parties.
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