More updates!!!!!
email I received last night.
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Dear fellow gun owner:
This evening, in a surprisingly short two-hour debate, the Wisconsin
State
Senate passed SB403, the Personal Protection Act shall-issue concealed
carry
bill.
Five Senate Democrats voted for the bill: Senator Russ Decker
(Schofield),
Senator Julie Lassa (Stevens Point), Senator Bob Wirch (Pleasant
Prairie),
Senator Roger Breske (Eland), and Senator Jeff Plale (Milwaukee/South
Milwaukee/Cudahy/Oak Creek).
Eighteen of the nineteen Senate Republicans voted for the bill. The
only
Republican to vote against the bill was Senator Luther Olsen (Ripon).
It should be noted, though, that Senator Olsen voted for the override
of
Governor Doyle's veto last year, even after voting against it on the
first
go-round in the Senate.
Today's vote is one more than is needed to override Governor Doyle's
promised veto. If Senator Olsen votes to override, that means we have
two
more votes than necessary to override. We need 22 votes to override.
There were many objectionable amendments to the bill that had been
added in
committee that were voted upon today and tabled (defeated). For more
details
on these amendments, check out Senator Zien's website at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen23/news/.
There were some attempts to change the bill radically, which were also
defeated. A suggestion that the bill contain fingerprinting
provisions--a
provision that some have mistakenly said the NRA was pushing for--was
offered by Senator Fred Risser, and roundly rejected. Another of
Senator
Risser's suggestions, one that would have required recurrent training
and
instruction, also was rejected.
Our next battle is in the Assembly next week, where we there are as
many as
three more votes than required to override the governor's veto. Of
course,
without your action, we could lose by as little as one vote.
As soon as the Assembly calendar is set in stone, we'll let you know
the
date and time.
Many who receive these emails think we can't win. Those folks are
wrong.
Our chances this year are actually better than last year. We can win.
Please contact your senators who voted for the bill and thank them for
their
support. You can find your state senator by going to
http://165.189.139.210/waml/ and entering your address.
The Personal Protection Act was authored over a decade ago. For years
it
went nowhere. The last six years have brought us progressively closer
to
passage. Last year, we only missed by one vote on the veto override.
We have the momentum to win.
Please do not give up, or give in.
Thanks,
The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association
Ti.