Update from the Anchorage 2nd Amendment Task Force

I received this via e-mail & am passing it along for my Alaskan readers:

Anchorage 2nd Amendment Task Force Newsletter

HB 186 is in committee and needs your support.

HB 186 is a bill pertaining to states rights regarding firearms.
Currently there are 33 states that have passed or are considering similar legislation.

The current Status of HB 186 is that it has had one hearing in the senate judiciary committee in which it was "Heard and held" there is going to be another hearing in the judiciary committee date unknown ... Derek Miller who is on Mike Kelly's Staff and is handling HB186 ... is hoping to have the senate judiciary committee hold another hearing on it within a week, after which it goes to the senate finance committee. So now would seem to be a good time to email all the committee members. It turns out that mike Kelly is the one who sponsored House amendment # 1 which changed sec 2 (d) line 18 from "Shall" to "May". [T]he reason he did that had something to do with executive power ... the idea is that this protects the AG from having to defend every Federal firearms law violator who claims HB 186 as his protection.

House amendment # 1 http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_jrn_page.asp?session=26&jrn=1033&hse=H&bill=HB186

All four versions of the bill http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_fulltext.asp?session=26&bill=HB186

The version that is in the senate judiciary committee http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0186D&session=26

Senate judiciary committee members:

Chairman

Email: Senator_Hollis_French@legis.state.ak.us
District M
Toll-Free: 866-465-3892

Vice Chair
Email: Senator_Bill_Wielechowski@legis.state.ak.us
District J
Toll-Free: 800-550-2435

Email: Senator_Dennis_Egan@legis.state.ak.us
District B

Phone: 465-4947

Email: Senator_Lesil_McGuire@legis.state.ak.us
District N
Toll-Free: 800-365-2995

907-465-2995


Email: Senator_John_Coghill@legis.state.ak.us
District F
Toll-Free: 877-465-3719

Finance committee members contact:

Senator Lyman Hoffman Chair

Email : Senator Lyman Hoffman

907-465-4453

Senator Bert Stedman Vice Chair

Email : Senator Bert Stedman

907-465-3873

Senator Dennis Egan
Email : Senator Dennis Egan
907-465-4947

Senator Johnny Ellis
Email : Senator Johnny Ellis
907-465-3704

Senator Charlie Huggins
Email : Senator Charlie Huggins
907-465-3878

Senator Donald Olson
Email : Senator Donald Olson
907-465-3707

Senator Joe Thomas
Email : Senator Joe Thomas
907-465-2327