[Vision2020] Idaho Senate approves bill on concealed carry permits

[Darrell Keim]

Surely you saw the sarcasm (and winky faced emoticon).

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
wrote:

> Or there may have been more bodies to clean up.
>
> Why, do you think, that so many chiefs of police are so sternly against
> this bill . . . including Moscow's own David Duke?
>
> I anxiously await your answer.
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
> On Mar 17, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> But, Tom, if someone had been nearby with a gun they could've SAVED
> LIVES!  ;)
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It has been barely 14 months since three of Moscow's own were gunned
>> down, and this is what we have to look forward to.
>>
>> *F*CK*, Idaho legislature!  The only thing missing is *YOU*.
>>
>> Courtesy of today's (March 17, 2016) Spokesman-Review.
>>
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>> Idaho Senate approves bill on concealed carry permits
>>
>> BOISE – A bill that essentially makes concealed-weapons permits optional
>> in Idaho passed the state Senate on Wednesday.
>>
>> The legislation now heads to the Idaho House, and if it passes there and
>> receives the governor’s signature, it would take effect July 1.
>>
>> The bill says Idahoans age 21 or over wouldn’t need a permit to carry a
>> concealed gun inside city limits in the state.
>>
>> It specifies that people who aren’t legally qualified to carry a gun, for
>> reasons including severe mental illness, drug use and felony convictions,
>> couldn’t take advantage of the new law, but unlike the state’s current
>> permit system, there are no background checks to determine that.
>>
>> nstitution does give us the right to regulate concealed carry, and we
>> certainly still do that,” said Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens.
>>
>> “Even with the passing of this law we have many regulations on concealed
>> carry. But this corrects, in my opinion, what was a wrong infringement on
>> individuals’ rights and I’m proud to support this.”
>>
>> But Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, said Idahoans
>> don’t want the change, noting that current rules require basic gun training
>> to have a concealed-carry permit.
>>
>> “Why should we not require some basic gun training?” Stennett said. “The
>> current concealed gun laws work,” she said.
>>
>> Several Idaho chiefs of police are opposed to the bill, but the Idaho
>> Sheriffs Association voted to support it.
>>
>> The bill, backed by the National Rifle Association, has 22 legislative
>> co-sponsors, all Republicans, including House Speaker Scott Bedke and House
>> Majority Leader Mike Moyle.
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> Senate Bill 1389, Permit-less Concealed Carry
>>
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com/Idaho_Legislature/SB1389_Concealed_Weapons.htm
>> <http://www.moscowcares.com/Idaho_Legislature/SB1389_Concealed_Weapons.htm>
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> State Senator Dan Schmidt debates SB1389 on the Senate floor (March 16,
>> 2016)
>>
>> http://youtu.be/OCuirKl20Jw
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>
>> - John Lennon
>>
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