As quick as this is coming up, it deserves its own thread. Unfortunately I'm out of town on the 5th.
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Bring the heat via email!! Call and leave a message!! I remember meeting you at the Statehouse, you spoke from the heart. I wish you could be there again. Wait, you can! There will be other committee hearings and other bills!
SB 143: Self Defense. Assigned to the Corrections and Criminal Law Committee. This was SB 199 last year, passed the Senate, didn't get called for a House Committee hearing (Guy was there ready to testify, so was I. We were ****ed the **** off this didn't get a hearing after passing the Senate.)
Committee is solid, important bill. Not ConC but if I can be there for this one I will be there.
Draft email below as is the link to the committee. Feel free to copy/paste/edit/change happy to glad/fix my English/etc.
Senator,
I am writing to encourage your support of SB 143, Self Defense. Authored by Senators Baldwin, Michael Young, and Garten, this bill corrects a longstanding problem that resulted from an Indiana Appeals Court decision.
SB 143 does not change when reasonable use of force includes deadly force. Likewise, SB 143 does not make it legal to point a firearm at someone without the imminent threat of unlawful force. What SB 143 does do is accurately define deadly force.
Over 20 years ago, the Indiana Appeals Court ruled in Nantz v State that the act of pointing a firearm was deadly force. Inference and possibility (the basis of the Nantz decision) are not the same as deadly force by any stretch of the imagination. SB 143 simply specifies that pointing a firearm is reasonable force in a self-defense or arrest situation, correcting over 20 years of judicial overreach.
SB 143 is a very short bill, changing very little in current Indiana Code. Better defining reasonable force will be of great help to Hoosiers in self-defense situations, and afterwards. I’m sure I can count on your support with this important legislation.
Thank you,
Name
Address
Phone Number
Email
Committee is solid, important bill. Not ConC but if I can be there for this one I will be there.
Draft email below as is the link to the committee. Feel free to copy/paste/edit/change happy to glad/fix my English/etc.
Senator,
I am writing to encourage your support of SB 143, Self Defense. Authored by Senators Baldwin, Michael Young, and Garten, this bill corrects a longstanding problem that resulted from an Indiana Appeals Court decision.
SB 143 does not change when reasonable use of force includes deadly force. Likewise, SB 143 does not make it legal to point a firearm at someone without the imminent threat of unlawful force. What SB 143 does do is accurately define deadly force.
Over 20 years ago, the Indiana Appeals Court ruled in Nantz v State that the act of pointing a firearm was deadly force. Inference and possibility (the basis of the Nantz decision) are not the same as deadly force by any stretch of the imagination. SB 143 simply specifies that pointing a firearm is reasonable force in a self-defense or arrest situation, correcting over 20 years of judicial overreach.
SB 143 is a very short bill, changing very little in current Indiana Code. Better defining reasonable force will be of great help to Hoosiers in self-defense situations, and afterwards. I’m sure I can count on your support with this important legislation.
Thank you,
Name
Address
Phone Number
HB 1077, Firearms Matters. Link to Public Policy Committee below. Lets light them up, hearing is 5 January.
Representative,
I am writing to urge your support of HB 1077, Firearms Matters. This bill was authored by Representative Smaltz and co-authored by Representative Lehman.
This bill codifies the lawful carry of handguns, and comes at a time when the essential right of self-defense has never been more important.
There are currently 21 States with permit-less/no license carry of handguns. Those who opposed such legislation predicted dire consequences, as they do for any bill remotely considered Pro-2nd Amendment and Pro-Article 1, Section 32 of the Indiana Constitution. Observation shows this is not the case, as does data from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. This is further proved by the fact that no State which has repealed its handgun licensing scheme, has re-instated it because it drove an increase in criminal activity. Put simply: the law-abiding don’t commit crimes. Criminals commit crimes and are undeterred by licensing schemes.
HB 1077 does not change the definition of “proper person” that currently exists, nor does it make it lawful to possess a firearm when an individual is currently a prohibited possessor.
Over the past decade Indiana has passed a number of Pro-2nd Amendment and Pro-Article 1, Section 32 bills into law. These include: the law forbidding the prohibition of firearms stored in vehicles in employer’s parking lots (2010), the firearms law preemption statute (2011), and the strengthening of the language and due process protections under the “Laird Law”, and “Church Carry” (2019). Again, the dire consequences predicted by those who oppose any law that supports the Right to Keep and Bear Arms simply did not happen.
Of the 21 States with Constitutional Carry of handguns, 20 previously had handgun licensing requirements. Zero States have reinstated the licensing requirement.
I’m sure I can count on your support with this vital legislation.
Thank you,
Name
Address
Phone Number
Email
Representative,
I am writing to urge your support of HB 1077, Firearms Matters. This bill was authored by Representative Smaltz and co-authored by Representative Lehman.
This bill codifies the lawful carry of handguns, and comes at a time when the essential right of self-defense has never been more important.
There are currently 21 States with permit-less/no license carry of handguns. Those who opposed such legislation predicted dire consequences, as they do for any bill remotely considered Pro-2nd Amendment and Pro-Article 1, Section 32 of the Indiana Constitution. Observation shows this is not the case, as does data from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. This is further proved by the fact that no State which has repealed its handgun licensing scheme, has re-instated it because it drove an increase in criminal activity. Put simply: the law-abiding don’t commit crimes. Criminals commit crimes and are undeterred by licensing schemes.
HB 1077 does not change the definition of “proper person” that currently exists, nor does it make it lawful to possess a firearm when an individual is currently a prohibited possessor.
Over the past decade Indiana has passed a number of Pro-2nd Amendment and Pro-Article 1, Section 32 bills into law. These include: the law forbidding the prohibition of firearms stored in vehicles in employer’s parking lots (2010), the firearms law preemption statute (2011), and the strengthening of the language and due process protections under the “Laird Law”, and “Church Carry” (2019). Again, the dire consequences predicted by those who oppose any law that supports the Right to Keep and Bear Arms simply did not happen.
Of the 21 States with Constitutional Carry of handguns, 20 previously had handgun licensing requirements. Zero States have reinstated the licensing requirement.
I’m sure I can count on your support with this vital legislation.
Thank you,
Name
Address
Phone Number
INGO call to action (BLARNT!! BLARNT!!) Operation Fill Their Inboxes is underway!
HB 1077 is up for hearing on 5 January.
Post #64 (above) has a sample email and the link to the Public Policy Committee (click members, the member's name, then send email.)
Committee members (at least the R's) and your Rep need their inboxes full when they get back on Monday
Also, The 2A Project will be sending out a call to action later today
HB 1077 is up for hearing on 5 January.
Post #64 (above) has a sample email and the link to the Public Policy Committee (click members, the member's name, then send email.)
Committee members (at least the R's) and your Rep need their inboxes full when they get back on Monday
Also, The 2A Project will be sending out a call to action later today
Done.
Sent to all Rs, with my embellishments and customizations. I am hopeful their Webmail server will be groaning by Tuesday morning.
Thank you for all your work on this KellyinAvon. It is appreciated and just continues your service to our Nation and State.
ETA: If you have non-INGO acquaintenances, send'em a link to posts 63 and 64. I am going to text those URLs to some of my friends with a gentle nudge to write their State Legicritters.
Constitutional Carry Reintroduced and Set for Hearing on Jan. 5
CALL TO ACTION!
The 2A Project has been working with legislators since the end of the 2021 session of the Indiana General Assembly to reintroduce and ultimately pass Constitutional Carry ("permitless carry") in Indiana. The inescapable logic behind this bill is that law-abiding Hoosiers should not have to beg permission from the government in order to exercise a Constitutionally-protected freedom. Those efforts took a major step forward this week when HB 1077, "Firearm Matters" was filed in the legislature for the 2022 session and assigned to the Public Policy Committee. HB1077 is authored by Rep. Ben Smaltz (chairman of the Public Policy Committee) and Rep. Matt Lehman. We expect several other pro-2A legislators to join the bill as co-authors as well.
Importantly, the bill has already been set for a hearing in the Public Policy Committee on Wednesday, January 5. The hearing will take place in Conference Room 404 in the Statehouse in Indianapolis at 1:30 pm. The 2A Project is asking for all of its members to make every effort to attend this hearing and wear your T2AP hats and shirts as a show of support. This type of involvement is exactly why we formed The 2A Project and your support is critical.
As always, excellent post, Kelly! My Rep (Jeffery Thompson), is very 2A friendly and has called me regarding emails I've sent...so I was able to send a very brief email as I know he's in support.
Share it far and wide fellas...
My The Second Amendment Project membership is money well spent!
Thank you Mr. Relford!
I’m a little confused by the comment in #65, “at least the R’s”. My rep (District 1) is one of the most anti America/Constitution representatives in Indiana IMO. Because he's not on the committee should I or should I not also email him? I’ve always been of the opinion that the D's need to hear from us as much if not more than the R's but will it do more harm than good at this point?
goldtrigger
Grandmaster
Zero,
I usually contact (regardless of party):
Each member of the committee
The leader of the Senate/house
The rep/senator for my district.
Emails will go out this weekend to the house, due to the speed of the bill. I will send postcards to the senators on Monday
I usually contact (regardless of party):
Each member of the committee
The leader of the Senate/house
The rep/senator for my district.
Emails will go out this weekend to the house, due to the speed of the bill. I will send postcards to the senators on Monday
Thanks!
goldtrigger beat me to it ZoB. This will pass committee I am sure. Last year's HB 1369 (referred to as Lawful Carry of handguns) passed the committee on party-line vote and the entire House 65-31 (one D voted for it, had a "D" grade from NRA-PVF so I figure it was the wrong button or a rules-thing to pull something later.)
Definitely send it to your Rep (Jackson? Has an "F" from NRA-PVF) I recommended the R's on committee also, but if you want to send it to the D's go for it. Justin Moed WAS endorsed by NRA-PVF until that No vote on HB 1369 last year. Vanessa Summmers is an enemy of our gun rights. Terri Austin will be a No vote. Blake Johnson replaced Dan Forestal, don't know about him/probably an anti.
My R Rep Aylesworth voted against it.
I was not amused. He gave some lame excuse about how his other constituents didn't want it. I am hoping someone runs against him in the primary
(A little on the lighter side before I bump the Operation Fill Their Inboxes post)
HB 1013: State fossil. Designates the mastodon as the official state fossil of Indiana.
The mastodon?? WTH?? Amend this bill and name State Senator Frank Mrvan (D, District 1) as the Indiana State Fossil.
The hills called, they said, "That dude is OLD!!"
HB 1013: State fossil. Designates the mastodon as the official state fossil of Indiana.
The mastodon?? WTH?? Amend this bill and name State Senator Frank Mrvan (D, District 1) as the Indiana State Fossil.
The hills called, they said, "That dude is OLD!!" Good use of time(A little on the lighter side before I bump the Operation Fill Their Inboxes post)
HB 1013: State fossil. Designates the mastodon as the official state fossil of Indiana.
The mastodon?? WTH?? Amend this bill and name State Senator Frank Mrvan (D, District 1) as the Indiana State Fossil.
Bumpa da thread! Operation Fill Their Inboxes is in full swing. See post #64 for sample email and link to the Public Policy Committee.
Let our elected officials know that we are out here and we are paying attention.
If you follow Guy Relford on Facebook you probably saw this. There is a hearing this coming Wednesday January 5th on concealed carry at the statehouse. I plan to attend.
https://fb.me/e/1hVLVDnZF
https://fb.me/e/1hVLVDnZF
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