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Savick is on House committee at center of gun control debate
Published 9:22am Wednesday, February 6, 2013District 27A Rep. Shannon Savick said she is keeping an open mind as she listens to testimony this week at a series of hearings about gun control.
Savick, DFL-Wells, is a member of the House Public Safety Committee that kicked off three days of hearings Tuesday on new proposed limits on firearm ownership.
- Shannon Savick
“I’ve been getting lots of emails from all over the country on this issue,” she said. “It’s a very emotional issue on both sides of the aisle.”
On Tuesday, the hearings were standing-room only, as police chiefs, gun control supporters, National Rifle Association representatives, mental health advocates and reporters filed into the room.
Each proposed bill was discussed for about an hour — with 20 minutes to present the bill including witnesses in favor, 20 minutes for people to testify against the bill and 20 minutes for other people in the audience to testify.
Testimony Tuesday came from police chiefs and sheriffs who argued the state wasn’t doing enough to protect against gun violence, stating they backed background checks for all gun purchases.
Representatives from the National Rifle Association opposed the bills.
“I think we need to do a better job of the database for background checks,” Savick said. “A lot of people who have had emotional or mental health problems, they’re not in that database.”
She said it is also difficult to get a complete background check on someone who has just moved into the state.
The hearings went for two hours Tuesday morning and had been slated to start again at 6 p.m. They continue today and Thursday.
I was there for HF241 in the overflow she didn’t stay for the hearing she stayed for half of it, WHY DID SHE LEAVE EARLY?
Is the hearing a joke to her and other committe members that also left half way through or did they hear all the wanted to hear in the first part of the hearing. I was disgusted at committe members leaving we are talking about infringing on enumerated rights of people this law as written will make felons out of law abiding citizens.
Link for the missing lawmakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TqUXDD-KI1c
HF 241 if passed does have a confiscation aspect.
Language of HF 241
10.1 (c) Registered assault weapons may not be purchased or transferred, except for
10.2 transfer to the appropriate law enforcement agency for the purpose of surrendering the
10.3 weapon for destruction.
There is a story here but will it be reported?
yea the video has been removed……the gun grabbers dont have a clue,and im sick and tired of hearing so called assault weapons not used for hunting…..the second amendment IS NOT ABOUT HUNTING.