Liberty wrote:HB 560 didn't die because nobody cared. It got killed intentionally and deliberatly by people who didn't want it to see the light of day while in committee. The bill never went up for public discussion. Somebody killed it and what stinks is we don't know who and they aren't being held accountable. The folks on the committee know that any gun friendly bills that get put before an open vote before the legislature and the senate will pass. So the bill got killed through some underhanded method.
That is what is so aggravating is that popular bills like this can be killed so quietly and anonymously. Even the TSRA were quiet as this bill got silently squashed. Alice Tripp never acknowledged that HB 560 was dead. The Committee it died in gave us no explanation, and the particular people who had it killed aren't talking about it.
For the most part I agree that there seemed to be so little effort to even try to advance this bill, from the fact that so few signed on as co-sponsors to the lack of discussion in Committee. They all knew that 1911, would not pass, so it was put forward as a "sacrificial" bill to appease gun owners, so they could say, "well, we tried"
This entire session seemed to be bent on not doing anything that may cause controversy, either from fear of losing the upcoming elections, or just lack of will power to put up a fight. Even the Bills the Governor and LT Governor wanted passed, were not pushed through because of lack of backbone. The few bills that did pass for LTC holders, like reduced fees, were not ones, that would have much opposition.The Freedom Caucus, near the end of the session, showed some backbone, but by then it was too little, too late. All of my reps have been duly notified of my displeasure, but none have responded with anything, but lip service.
I will definitely be looking to find representatives to replace mine, if there are any who actually share my concerns. JMHO