SB174 - Microstamping on handguns bill - PUBLIC HEARING on December 1

Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing PUBLIC HEARING

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

11:00 AM - or immediately following the executive session, whichever is later.

411 South - State Capitol
SB 174

Senate Bill 174 - Relating to: creating a microstamping requirement for certain handguns, certification of compliance with the microstamping requirement, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing penalties.

By Senators Coggs and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Young, A. Williams, Turner, Berceau, Grigsby, Colon, Richards, Kessler, Sinicki and Pasch. 

From the NRA-ILA:

Problems with "Micro-Stamping"

• "Micro-stamping" has repeatedly failed in tests.
•  "Micro-stampings" are easily removed.
• Most gun crimes cannot be solved by "micro-stamping," or do not require "micro-stamping" to be solved.  
• Most criminals get guns through unregulated channels.
• "Micro-stamping" would increase gun thefts, home invasions and burglaries, and expand the black market in guns..
• Most guns do not automatically eject fired cartridge cases.
• Only a small percentage of guns would be "micro-stamped."
• Most violent crimes don't involve guns. According to the FBI, 3/4 of violent crimes, including 1/3 of murders and 3/5 of robberies, are committed without guns.⁹
• "Micro-stamping" would waste money better spent on traditional crime-fighting and crime-solving efforts.
• "Micro-stamping" would expose police departments to lawsuits if officers fired "unsafe handguns."

Contact your State Senator and let them know you are against the bill.

Who will protect YOUR daughter? Granddaughter?

West Bend Mayor member of "Mayors Against Illegal Guns"

Mayor Kristine Deiss proudly wears the badge.

FROM NRA-ILA:

Friday, August 21, 2009

Since its creation, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) has signed up a large number of committed anti-gun politicians to its ranks. It has also signed up some politicians who failed to realize the true anti-gun nature of MAIG. A number of those mayors have resigned their membership when they learned the truth.

This past week, yet another mayor, Village of Walton Hills, Ohio Mayor Marlene Anielski (R), has resigned her membership. Mayor Anielski informed the Buckeye Firearms Association of her decision, reporting that she had not realized the real agenda of MAIG. In fact, she reported, she and her husband are NRA life members!

With the ongoing effort by MAIG to mislead the public and even its own members on its true agenda, it is no surprise that some mayors are choosing to leave the group. How many more mayors don't know what MAIG is really all about?

All NRA members should ask: Is my mayor a member of MAIG? If you do not know, check the list here.

If your mayor is on the list, contact his or her office and politely let him or her know you are opposed to his or her membership in Mayor Bloomberg's radical anti-gun organization.


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HERE ARE SOME MORE ANTI-GUN MAYORS IN WISCONSIN:

Mayor Edward Monroe - Ashland, WI
Mayor Tom Kennedy - Beaver Dam, WI
Mayor Jeff R. Speaker - Brookfield, WI
Mayor Thomas M. Taylor - Franklin, WI
Mayor James Schmitt - Green Bay, WI
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz - Madison, WI
Mayor Tom Barrett - Milwaukee, WI
Mayor Thomas Ratzlaff - Park Falls, WI
Mayor Richard Johns - Rhinelander, WI (WAH?!?!?)
Mayor Al Richards - Saint Francis, WI
Mayor Andrew Halverson - Stevens Point, WI
Mayor Dave Ross - Superior, WI
Mayor Ronald J. Kruegerm - Watertown, WI
Mayor Larry Nelson - Waukesha, WI
Mayor Kristine M. Deiss - West Bend, WI