Indianapolis, IN –-(Ammoland.com)- This month marks the one-year anniversary of SB 292, the Indiana pre-emption law.
For those who may not know, that is the law that now prevents any local government in Indiana from enacting gun laws of their own. Not only does it stop them from that practice, but it removed all the laws that they had accumulated since recorded history.
Now citizens with a valid handgun license can carry their firearms in places they were prohibited from in the past by local political subdivisions and their vast amount of laws.
Do you think we could pass a law like that now? I’m not sure we could. Even though I was the author of that bill it took a lot of good people’s help to make it law. There were many legislators who stayed on board the entire time. Some came on after asking me many questions and believing in my answers. Many of the legislators were coming under enormous pressure from their local officials in their districts to vote against the bill.
It also took a lot of participation from the citizens to make calls and write letters to support the measure. I think we hit it at just the right time, it was timing and a lot of work that made it happen.
Speaking of time, times have changed. It’s like 1994 all over again. Has the worm turned? The fur is flying about guns and ammunition and how easy it is for folks to buy them. Also, we know that every time something happens it will just keep this controversy hot. And we have the usual troops from the federal level that never let us down on seizing the moment.
Right now it’s hard to say what we might expect in the next Indiana General Assembly; I will certainly speak about it at our Patriot meeting Saturday. I hope all of you will try to attend. I know that commitments come up and can’t be avoided and there are priorities, but it certainly helps Margie and me to have our friends join us each month and in particular, in the climate we find ourselves in now.
We look forward to seeing you Saturday,
Jim and Margie2nd Amendment Patriots
STAY UNITED
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The Second Amendment Patriots are a local group of citizens dedicated to preserving the rights, freedoms, and civil liberties of every American by educating the American public of the founding and history of this country and its founding fathers by explaining the role, functions, and purpose of the U.S. Government; and by teaching the need and importance of an armed American public, in order to allow for a more prosperous and respectful country consisting of American citizens with a pledge of allegiance to their country and who will at the same time, voice their demand to take back the present overwhelming power of the U.S. Government and deliver it into the hands of the people to which it belongs. Visit: www.2ndamendmentpatriots.org
