GOP Leadership Kills Gun Bill

GUN OWNERS CIVIL RIGHTS ALLIANCE

We have received word that the Republican leadership in the Minnesota Senate has decided to kill The Defense of Dwelling and Person Act by not bringing it to the Senate floor for a vote.

The Senate leadership did not sacrifice SF 1357 for other priorities. They made a deliberate, political decision to refuse to put the bill on Governor Dayton's desk.

The Senate leadership was not forced into this retreat by the DFL or anti-gun groups. They decided, unilaterally, to give up on this important civil rights legslation.
The Senate leadership did not run out of time. The Senate doesn't have to finish before Monday at midnight. They could still hear the bill if the leadership does their job.

Please call and email the Senate leadership NOW, and respectfully demand that the bill get an immediate hearing.
You might also want to email and call your own senator, especially if he/she is a Republican, with the same message.
Tell them that Minnesota gun owners vote -- and that they have very long memories.
Here is the Senate leadership:

Majority Leader Amy Koch
(651) 296-5981
sen.amy.koch@senate.mn

Deputy Majority Leader Geoff Michel
(651) 296-6238
sen.geoff.michel@senate.mn

Assistant Majority Leader David Hann
(651) 296-1749
http://www.senate.mn/members/member_emailform.php?mem_id=1016
You might want to mention to Senator Hann that forcing correspondents to use a web form is NOT very convenient or service-oriented)

Assistant Majority Leader Doug Magnus
(651) 296-5650
sen.doug.magnus@senate.mn

Assistant Majority Leader David Senjem
(651) 296-3903
sen.david.senjem@senate.mn

Assistant Majority Leader Dave Thompson
(651) 296-5252
sen.dave.thompson@senate.mn

Majority Whip Chris Gerlach
(651) 296-4120
sen.chris.gerlach@senate.mn

President of the Senate Michelle Fischbach
(651) 296-2084
sen.michelle.fischbach@senate.mn

President Pro Tem Gen Olson
(651) 296-1282
sen.gen.olson@senate.mn

All at once (except for Hann):
sen.amy.koch@senate.mn, sen.geoff.michel@senate.mn, sen.doug.magnus@senate.mn, sen.david.senjem@senate.mn, sen.dave.thompson@senate.mn, sen.chris.gerlach@senate.mn, sen.michelle.fischbach@senate.mn, sen.gen.olson@senate.mn

Or with semicolons (except for Hann):
sen.amy.koch@senate.mn; sen.geoff.michel@senate.mn; sen.doug.magnus@senate.mn; sen.david.senjem@senate.mn; sen.dave.thompson@senate.mn; sen.chris.gerlach@senate.mn; sen.michelle.fischbach@senate.mn; sen.gen.olson@senate.mn