HB 1193, a bill to STOP city gun bans, was introduced Thursday by SD State Representative Don Kopp (R-Rapid City).
City-level officials in Sioux Falls have banned guns on all city property, including parks, city buses and numerous other public places. They are enforcing this ban regardless of the concealed pistol permit. Unfortunately, Rapid City has also banned guns on some city property, and other towns in South Dakota will likely follow suit if the larger cities are allowed to get away with it.
State law already prohibits cities from creating a patchwork of so-called “gun free” zones that will ensnare law abiding gun owners. But these city bureaucrats and politicians are exploiting a loop-hole in the law to enforce their anti-gun policies. Let’s close this loophole that enables bureaucrats to clearly violate the spirit of South Dakota Law.
Experience has proven that “gun free” zones disarm only the law-abiding, while leaving gun toting thugs free to commit their atrocities. I urge you to take action to support this bill to defend the right to self-defense and end these city gun bans.
ACTION:
HB 1193, the bill to STOP city gun bans, will be up for its first vote in the House Local Government committee possibly as early as next Thursday, 2/3/2011. Please contact the committee members below and urge them to support the bill.
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You can call and leave a message for the committee members, Monday through Thursday (the session works on a four day week). The number is (605) 773-3851, and you can leave a message for up to two Representatives with each call. Your message can be as simple as “Please ask Representatives _________ to vote YES on HB 1193.”
Please note that Representatives Kloucek, Magstadt, Munsterman, Olson, Schrempp, Tulson and Venner have co-sponsored the bill. When you contact them, be sure to thank them for their support and encourage them to vote for the bill.
House Local Government Committee:
Rep. Justin Cronin – rep.cronin@state.sd.us
Rep. Bob Deelstra – rep.deelstra@state.sd.us
Rep. Dennis Feickert – rep.feickert@state.sd.us
Rep. Mark Kirkeby – rep.kirkeby@state.sd.us
Rep. Val Rausch – rep.rausch@state.sd.us
Rep. R. Shawn Tornow – rep.tornow@state.sd.us
Rep. Frank Kloucek – rep.kloucek@state.sd.us
Rep. Melissa Magstadt – rep.magstadt@state.sd.us
Rep. Scott Munsterman – rep.munsterman@state.sd.us
Rep. Betty Olson – rep.olson@state.sd.us
Rep. Dean Schrempp – rep.schrempp@state.sd.us
Rep. Burt Tulson – rep.tulson@state.sd.us
Rep. Mark Venner – rep.venner@state.sd.us
Editor’s Note: Thanks to South Dakota Gun Owners for their support of this bill and for getting the word out to us.
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