OK, AG just came through. I now have some good contact info, and a probable date on the Assembly Safety Committee hearing, June 12th at 9:00am. I'll be monitoring that! Expect updates here and in new threads posted to the Politics and Main forums.
Cool. We've got enough time to do this, barely.
(Lesson for those taking notes: this is why you don't rip into an allied org, even when you disagree with 'em on a particular issue: that org probably has resources, contact info and information that you're liable to NEED. That's one reason you don't attack allies. There are LOTS of others!)
Next up: I have to make an appointment with the CDAA staff dealing with this. I have a clue who it might be. Getting in to see them this week is critical. The plan is to take some modest mid to high-end folders in, get them to understand that these aren't the problem, and then show why the new rules would ban them. Then offer an alternative.
Last, it's my opinion that we're only going to get one shot at this. We can't offer a less-restrictive alternative (that would legalize switchblades for the honest, fr'instance) and then switch back to "bare minimum acceptable" if that doesn't work. We could do that if we had two months and a pro lobbyist...instead, we've got two weeks and a single half-crazed computer tech
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So that means keeping PC653k in it's CURRENT entirety, plus adding in the carry restrictions based on priors in order to solve this supposed "armed gangbanger" problem without screwing US. Also known as the "graft option" because we graft the new code onto the old.
Now, if somebody else thinks otherwise, cool, sing out
. 'Cuz without question, I ain't no expert at this.
What else...I gotta see if Mike Turber will let me act as a "BF representative"
. Note to self, call him tomorrow. And before the actual committee hearing date, we're going to have to organize a *bombardment* of every committee member with faxes, phone calls and letter. That's borrowed straight out of the California NRA Member's Council playbook...highly effective. Hang tight on that, timing is critical, y'all will get detailed contact method info when the time is right.
Jim