| Bernard -- Today is "Crossover", the day that is designated as the deadline for a bill to make it out of either the House or Senate so that it might become a law this session after being voted on in the other body. There can be exceptions made to Crossover, but generally speaking: If a bill does not make crossover, it cannot become law this year, but is still in play for the next year (2nd year of the 2-year biennium). As of right now, there is no F&W bill or any firearm bill that we oppose that will make "crossover", despite there being a number of bills in play that we were concerned about. On the F&W side, the House Environment Committee took up H.132 (Banning the taking of furbearers over bait), which we opposed (our testimony is here) along with the Fish & Wildlife Department. That bill is currently on the wall, and does not appear to have the support needed to move it out of the House Environment committee. On the Firearm side, there are a number of bills of concern to us, with a short list being: - H.45 - Ban on guns where alcohol is served
- H.368 - Ban on guns in government buildings
- H.381 - Ban on semi-automatic firearms
- H.392 - Ban on guns in State buildings and lands
- H.418 - 11% excise tax on guns and ammo
Of course there are several other bills of concern we are watching (check the website for Current Bills in Play), but again - none of these are currently positioned to become law this year due to not making crossover. The legislature does however have some wiggle room when it come to handling bills - but we are watching and will be ready should anything start to move. On other fronts: Please note that the Lamoille Valley Sportsman's Show is this next weekend (3/22 & 23), we hope to see you there! Also - we are running our annual 30 gun / 30 day / $40 raffle and we have tickets still available. You can purchase these at the Lamoille Gun Show, or thru the website at this page, and we have an Operation Game Thief gun raffle at this page. Our lawsuit (both the Temporary Restraining Order in the 2nd Circuit and our case in Vermont Federal District Court) are both on hold for now, and we are all patiently waiting for SCOTUS to grant Certiorari on Snope v Brown (AWB challenge) and Ocean State Tactical v RI (magazine ban challenge). We however DO expect them to grant Cert soon (perhaps today?). We will continue to fight for our rights - failure is just not an option - and we thank you for your continued support of our efforts. If you like what you read and what we do: Please consider giving us a donation - Help US Help YOU! Yours in Freedom and Liberty -
Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
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