Kill These Bills!

Folks,

In tomorrow's House Judiciary Cmte.meeting two incredibly horrid bills are coming up for a vote.

The first one is HB175 by Rep. Steve Hurst which would outlaw the sale of stun guns and tasers to the public making them only available to law enforcement. I have written about this on my blog. Please go HERE
and read it.

The second one is HB723 by Rep. McLaughlin would include pregnant women in the chemical child endangerment act. After a baby is born the doctors test it for drugs without the parents permission.If the test is positive then the newborn infant is snatched away from its mother while the mother is sent to prison.

This is wrong on so many levels. It will ensure that vulnerable pregnant women do not seek prenatal care or go to medical facilities to give birth. This is bad for both mother and child and places them at greater risk. It is also unthinkable that the state would seek to separate a newborn and mother.That is a critical time for bonding.

If there are women who are addicted to drugs then the state should fund treatment centers where women can have their babies with them and learn parenting skills. Additionally such myths as 'crack babies' are unfounded. There is absolutely no scientific proof that such a thing exists. There is also no medical evidence that marijuana causes any sort of harm to a baby. This bill raises the issue of the state claiming ownership of a woman when she becomes pregnant. Next they will probably try and extend it to 'Any woman who may become pregnant.'

Here is what I need you to do. Contact every member of the judiciary committee listed HERE
When you click on their names their contact info will come up. Some have email addresses. Some don't. If they list a fax number I recommend using that method of contact. You can use some of the same wording in this post on HB175 to ask the members to vote NO on both of these bills.

Send this to everyone you know.





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Rep.Hurst seeks to ban sale of stun guns & tasers to public

So, I'm looking around the ALISON site at the upcoming Judiciary Cmte. meeting agenda for this week and I spot HB175 sponsored by Rep. Steve Hurst which would outlaw the sale of stun guns and tasers to the general public making them available only to law enforcement.

And there is absolutely no explanation given.

Under existing law, any manufacturer, distributor, or retailer may offer for sale to the general public an electroshock stun gun or taser.
This bill would prohibit the sale of electroshock stun guns or tasers except to an authorized representative of a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.
This bill would provide an exception for sales by a manufacturer or distributor to a retailer. This bill would provide penalties for violations.

Absolutely no explanation. The audacity!

Well, I want one. Why would someone seek to outlaw the sale of stun guns and tasers to the general public? We can have real guns, which have a greater chance of killing someone, so why not a stun gun or taser?

Why can only law enforcement have them? If someone is trying to rape me and I have to wait for the cops to get there and use their taser then the outcome probably would not be in my favor or in favor of any woman...or anyone being mugged, kidnapped and generally attacked for any reason.

Do I not have the right to defend myself? If so, do I not also have the right to decide what sort of defense I might deploy if forced to fight for my own life or for the lives of my family?

It really angers me that there is no explanation given for this bill. Is it just because he can? Really? He can just introduce any old bill he wants and not have to explain what the purpose of it is to the taxpaying public? Really?




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