GA Anti-Gun SB1 Trigger Lock Bill Dead For This Year

Citizens For Safe Government ^ | 4/26/03 | CSG email alert

[from occupied ga]

(Atlanta, Saturday, April 26) -- The SB1 Stealth Triggerlock bill ran out of gas yesterday before it reached the finish line. Coming to the floor early in the afternoon, the measure was tabled after House Pro-Gun Leader Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta) and others began piling up amendments on it and debate became chaotic.

Then a beefed-up team of CSG legislative volunteers moved into action in the House lobby, calling out uncommitted Reps. one after the other, and leaning on them to support the Self-Defense amendment. The volunteers kept the heat on for hours, knowing the bosses would want to wait until the pressure eased off before moving to take up the bill again.

The moment never came, and when Gov. Sonny Perdue headed up the aisle before midnight to herald the end of the session, everybody knew time had run out. Now the session's over, and SB1 is dead until next year.

If you were one of the many, many activists who helped fight the Stealth Triggerlock bills SB1 and HB197 this session, you can savor the sweetness of victory--it belongs to you.

Stay tuned: we'll be back in a few days with full details on the final showdown, and where things go from here.

Citizens for Safe Government, Inc.

P.O. Box 813764

Smyrna, GA 30081

csg@arms.org

[from occupied ga]

thanks - nice to know all those letters, e-mails, and phone calls actually have an effect now and then.

Just about fell over myself when I heard it failed. I was expecting the bureaucrats to ram this one through

[from occupied ga]

please add me to it. thanks.

Gladly!

[demosthenes the elder]

victory can be such a shock, eh?

[demosthenes the elder]

thanks again.

[LTCJ]

Glad to hear this. I put in a fair amount of time on this I really didn't have to spare - but I'm tired of all the "moderate" compromises that add up to a slow sellout.

Maybe there's some hope for the Republic and the State yet.

[from occupied ga]

I put in a fair amount of time on this I really didn't have to spare

It's that sort of work that wins the legislative battles. Many thanks for your time. Most Georgians didn't even know that they were in danger. We all owe George Hills, Ronnie Farr and Bill Phillips a vote of thanks too. These are the volunteer CSG lobbyists who gave up their time to spend days getting after the legislators.