FReeper Washi was there yesterday.
It was amazing to see.
I didn't see the crowd size outside, but inside the capitol building, hundreds upon hundreds of pro-2nd Amendment people lined up and crowded into rooms listening to testimony.
Most of us had signed up to testify, but since Morse scheduled debate on all 7 bills for the same day, and limited the discussion to 90 minutes each side/each bill, it was impossible for anyone to hear all of the debate, and most of us didn't get the chance to testify.
And Dudley Brown, the executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the state’s most strident gun rights group, was gaveled out of order by the committee chair after threatening to financially support whoever runs against Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Adams County, who voted in favor of the ban.
Ulibarri badgered Dudley Brown after his testimony to admit that RMGO had financially supported the two Republican members of the committee (is this a surprise?). Brown eventually shot back that "Yes, I will give money to your opposition".
Earlier in the day, Ulibarri bristled at the suggestion that the dem senators had been receiving pressure from the federal government (Obama and/or "Shotgun" Joe Biden). They wouldn't deny it, they just acted offended at the suggestion.
Very disappointed, but not really surprised that the bills were passed out of committee.
The biggest disappointment was in hearing the financial and employment impact of Magpul leaving the state. The dems are more concerned about forwarding Obama's enslaving agenda than about the lives and livelihoods of the people they supposedly represent.