I heard just enough on the radio today to make me nervous.    The dems want to raise our taxes and chase the rich out of the state.  Ala NY  but they also have proposed new gun regs that will make my ruger mark III mags illegal again ala NY.

Hey St. Paul, has any one heard of and understands what unintended consequences are? 

-MD

Sadly, I think those are the intended consequences.

You aren't going to like this folks!!!

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0241.0.html&session=ls88

Like so many, I never thought it could happen here. Goodbye Minnesota.

Here's more.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0237.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0238.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0239.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0240.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0241.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0242.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0243.0.html&session=ls88
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0244.0.html&session=ls88

I don't know why these won't hyperlink. You can either copy and paste, or with Windows7 you can highlight them then instead of copying you can use the "Open Link" option.

Or as I just learned, you can hit reply "to this post". When you do you will see my post above the reply box. Those links are active. You can click on them from there and they work.

At lease some Democrats agree with us.  I got the following from Representative David Dill

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Representative Dill,

 

Some of the proposed legislation  has me concerned.  MN already requires background checks by county sheriffs to purchase hand guns and “assault riffles”.  I would suggest better funding for the background checks and enforcement laws against felons possessing firearms.

 

One proposal would ban 10 round magazines in semiautomatic guns.  A double action revolver is a semiautomatic weapon.  It is not uncommon for 22 caliber revolvers to hold 10 rounds.

 

A true assault riffle is fully automatic.  These types of weapons have been banned from the general public for 80 years.

 

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On the good new HF 241(assult weapon ban) and 242(high capacity mag ban) have been shot down for advancement this legislative session, they couldn't get enough support on the state level, but of course they are hoping similar bills get through on the national level.

Common sense prevails, for now

http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2947782.shtml?cat=1

http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2947782.shtml?cat=1

Is there such a thing as common sense from ANY politician!!

Kaycee,

Are you from MN? What region of the state?

-MD

Mark, I'm not sure of the region, but from reading other posts it would seem as though Kaycee is from MN. had moved to FL. and has now moved back to MN.

Kaycee, in light of recent events both in the MN. legislature, as well as the U.S. Senate I would have too say that there is at least some hope of some common sense.

However I do wish that the MN. legislature could come up with an original thought instead of trying to clone the laws of states like NY, or CA.

LD, gud luck wid that!!!
It took us Tennesseans almost 150 years after "Reconstruction" to elect conservative majorities in both State Senate and House and a Con Guv at same time!

Tom, it's impossible to ever figure out what the heck we're going to get here in MN. 

At one point the people voted for a conservative State House, and Senate... In the same election they voted in a liberal Governor who in the past had been the worst U.S. Senator this state has had in recent history... I mean WTH???

Today we have a liberal majority in both the State House, and Senate, as well as a liberal Governor.

As I've said before, at this point in time I do not have one State, or U.S. Senator or Representative that I voted for, nor do I have a Governor, or President that I voted for.