At this point I am desparately in need again to know why we should be carrying Mr. Cornish literally around the room on our shoulders.

The writer of the e mail saying that the un cased gun bill sets a bad precedent and has unintentional consequences is wrong. They are getting far more than they are losing. (they are losing nothing, by the way.)

I lobbied for the NRA, was author of the PPA and the Castle Doctrine would never form a gun bill that sets a bad precendent. This is a good bill, HF 1238

Tony Cornish

Jason

I appreciate your consideration of intentions that may go wrong.

Below is some information given to me. What might be your thoughts on this.

Currently you cannot carry an uncased gun in the 7 county metro area. The metro area never had these rights.

The Author and Co Author of this bill tell me that we are gaining far more than we are losing, which is nothing. The 7 county metro area was exempted from the law to get it thru committee and onto the floor because this exemption is currently in place so no net loss. The authors said that it was a deal they made to keep the bill on track and the overall benefits for sportsmen and women are far greater than letting it die. They do not believe this sets a precedent or degrades the preemption statute.

The authors both say that they are very pro gun. Matter of fact, Rep. Cornish was a past lobbyist for the NRA and was the author of both the Personal Protection Act, Guns on Campus and the Castle Doctrine. He states this is a good bill and people are mis-understanding the content of this bill and what it does. To be clear, the exemption is current law. This bill moves us forward with no loss of rights from what we have currently and instead gives us a great gain.

If the bill passes before us now, you would be able to carry an uncased gun on shooting preserves and on shooting ranges within the metro area and also, as soon as you leave the metro, you would also be able to.

I hope this is helpful. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thank you for writing.

Mary

Me thinks Joel was agreeing with you.

I'd be fine if Tony would just freaking RESPOND to emails rather than being snippy and short. That's uncalled for, I don't give a shit what your voting record is.

That said, I think that this is going to be opposed from folks on both sides -- the folks over at Citizens for a Supine "Safer" Minnesota[/url] seem to have taken note of it:

I think there may be some attempt to get this right - you may want to e-mail Rep. Buesgens as he's the GOP Lead on Finance.

mjs

From Mary Kiffmeyer:

I dont' understand where Ms. Kiffmeyer gets the idea that it's any more or less illegal to carry uncased in Washington County than it is in Itasca or any other county. Does anyone know where this idea comes from?