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I’m seeing a lot of people act like HB937 has been defeated. It’s not over. The legislature is still in session, and we’re still being told that the bill will be brought to the floor of the House for a concurrence vote.
Stop pouting, pick yourself up, make some phone calls, send some emails and send the message that we will not accept anything other than this bill being passed unchanged.
Harden the #$&! up and do it.
I can assure you that there are people in the know that are working their ever loving tails off to get this bill passed, but without the support of gun owners, and other lovers of liberty, it won’t.
Pick up the phone, and call Speaker Tillis’ office at (919) 733-3451. When the nice lady answers the phone tell her that you would like to leave a message for the Speaker, that HB937 needs to be brought up for a vote, and it needs to pass. Speaker Tillis has announced that he will be running for US Senate against Kay Hagen in 2014, and you cannot support him for that role unless HB937 is sent to the Governor unchanged.
If you haven’t been following this very closely, what is happening is that the NC Sheriff’s Assoc. has some well paid lobbyists that are trying to convince the Governor and the Republicans in the House that eliminating the NC Pistol Purchase Permit is a bad thing. Elected Officials (Sheriffs) don’t generally like to give up power once they have it, so they are working hard to keep their power of discretion over who can, and cannot have a pistol in NC.
After reading the most recent GRNC email, it sounds like there are some that are attempting to come to a “compromise” by shortening the length of time that a PPP is good for (currently good for 5 years). This is absolute hogwash, as it benefits nobody. It’s funny how we have never heard a peep from the NC Sheriffs Assoc. about the PPP being broken until the legislature is trying to get rid of it. For almost 100 years they have been totally fine with the prejudice PPP program, and only now are they coming out saying that it isn’t perfect, but better than the federal NICS program.
OK, finally got off my butt and called Tillis’s office. (It really is painless.) The lady told me that they are “excited about the bill” and they intend for it to come up for a vote before they adjourn for the summer.
There’s probably no point in me calling my representative; she voted against 937 originally, so I doubt she’ll support the Senate version.
At this point, frankly, I’m most worried about Governor McCrory.
I don’t think McCrory would dare to veto a piece of legislation passed overwhelmingly by Republicans. If he has any aspirations of taking his political career further than Governor, doing so would be political suicide, especially early in his first term. The biggest hurdle is getting the bill to his desk at this point.