SB249 reply from Assemblyman Logue - things to come

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Thank you for sharing your opposition to Senate Bill 249 (Yee) regarding assault weapons. I am very pleased to be able to inform you that this bill was not allowed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and, therefore, will not be enacted into law.

This bill would have changed the definition of detachable magazines in such a way as to make legally owned assault weapons in California illegal. Under SB 249, it would have been necessary to surrender guns with the prohibited features to law enforcement, sell them out of state, or have expensive and unwanted modifications made to legally keep them.

Although this unconstitutional bill has been killed, please stay vigilant. You and I both know the gun grabbers will not stop, and we can expect to see more bills of this nature pop up during the next legislative session.

Again, thanks for contacting me. I will continue to stand on the side of the Second Amendment and protecting our freedoms.

Sincerely,

Dan Logue
Assemblyman, 3rd District

This a reply from my assemblyman.

[blazeaglory]

You should write him back and correct him on the term "assault weapon" Either way hes got my vote

[DoomeD]

Not from Logue but from Senator Emmerson.

Below is the only email i received back that didnt appear to be an automatic reply.

Thank you for taking the time to contact my office regarding your opposition to Senate Bill 249. I appreciate hearing from you. As a strong proponent with a proven track record of supporting 2nd Amendment rights, I share your views and am opposed to SB 249.

SB 249 is an arguably unconstitutional proposal to ban certain devices and firearms. Specifically, SB 249 prohibits any person from importing, making, selling, loaning, transferring or possessing any conversion kit, as specified, designed to convert certain firearms with a fixed magazine into firearms with a detachable magazine. This bill is currently in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

As the Senate addresses difficult issues like SB 249, rest assured that I will keep your views clearly in mind when legislation such as this comes before me in the Senate. If you would like to track the process of this legislation, you may do so at http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ .

As always, it is an honor to represent you in the State Senate. If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact my office at (951) 680-6750 or email me at Senator.Emmerson@senate.ca.gov .

Sincerely,

BILL EMMERSON

Senator, 37th District

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I received it from Logue, sir, this morning.

Maybe, they are all using the same form letter.

[BlindRacer]

slightly off topic from this, but related...

All of the responses to my emails were automated except for two. I got one email back...don't remember who, but was pretty similar to these two.

The other one was snail mailed to me. Nice letterhead printed out letter, and was hand signed. Don't know if it was him, or an assistant. But I was definitely impressed. I don't remember his name right now, but it was my representative, stationed in Huntington Beach. I'll have to get his name. He was definitely one to support. Probably the only reason it was snail mailed was because I can actually vote for him But still, was against 249, and supports more than just that wrt 2A from what he said.

[njineermike]

I got 2 responses with my name in ink in hardcopy from my reps. We got definitely somebdy's attention on this issue.

[donw]

some encouraging replies...

[diginit]

some encouraging replies...

Yeah, I love getting kissed and never having sex with her... As long as she is happy and shows up for the dinner I am paying for, What do I care? SUCKER...

[bwiese]

So Dan Logue is one of the few Repubs we have in our legislature, and we're gonna risk "going below 1/3rd" very soon.

I am glad he says he's on our side and believe he's a reliable "No" vote.

But has he tried to drive any (incremental, achieveable) bills for us?
Does he have any 'juice' to carry such bills upward?

Probably not.

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Have the gun owners of this state taken any ideas for bills to him?

He's our elected official and his job is to represent us, not come up with ideas on his own. We're the ones that are to set the goals of our elected officials not the other way around.

Do you think Yee decided to take up noodle legislation on his own or did someone deliver it to him to push through the system?

I think the California should have a 2nd Amendment clause to it's constitution, but unless we ask for it, it's never going to happen.

[Wherryj]

This a reply from my assemblyman.

"Legally owned assault weapons"?

[bwiese]

Have the gun owners of this state taken any ideas for bills to him?

Yes, they're called the NRA and CRPA lobbyists. They're always in search of people to carry (incremental, achievable) gun bills.

However the Reeps are so weak/useless last year we ran SB610 thru some pro-gun Dems - and it got passed.

The CA GOP to run gun bills will have to do a 'volume' attack so maybe 1 or 2 slip thru.

Do you think Yee decided to take up noodle legislation on his own or did someone deliver it to him to push through the system?

Yee likes his name in the press. He wants to be SecState after he terms out. The combination of the KPIX TV hit piece and the idiot who created the MagMagnet triggered this.

I think the California should have a 2nd Amendment clause to it's constitution, but unless we ask for it, it's never going to happen.

Bullcrap. How would this remotely solve anything?

Heller vs DC and McDonald v Chicago case have put the 2A back in CA.

Why do you want a parallel interfering matter to increase our litigation load in CA and keep things in unfavorable CA courts?

Pre-Heller, there was a referendum attempt to do this back in 2004 but it failed miserably:
- CA propositions are field of big money politics (Indian gaming, insurance, union stuff, popular school stuff)
- it requires paid professional signature gatherers ($1-2Mil at least);
- it requires $60+ Million to even have a REMOTE CHANCE of winning;
- having a few guns have tables at gun shops, ranges and Coscto didn't cut it;
- many people didn't sign ballot petition because "they didn't wanna be on a list"
- at the time there was a huge risk that if it went up and lost to voters, we'd set ourselves way back AND screw up upcoming court cases.

Please get informed.

[interstellar]

I'm surprised we even get out of bed in the morning.

Thanks for the education.

Kris aka "Dumb****"

[Gapmaster]

Glad to see someone got a response. I sent out two handfuls of letters, and a gaggle of e-mails and got nothing. But really glad they have to answer some of them.

[oni.dori]

You should write him back and correct him on the term "assault weapon" Either way hes got my vote

This. As much as I am glad to see that he supports the 2A, and I support him for that, he needs to be educated to the fact that there really is no such thing as an "assault weapon" (or rifle for that matter); so that he may spread the information on to his colleagues, in the hopes that more of them becom educated, and stop voting for ineffective, complicated, and wasteful gun control laws.