Smokeout on HB1015 concealed carry this afternoon? Val Rausch making up rules?

From an email from the National Association for Gun Rights sent yesterday afternoon, as Rep. Betty Olson got her HB1248 passed out of House Judiciary:

It appears that anti-gun RINO (Republican In Name Only) Speaker Val Rausch has hit a new low.

As I’ve reported, the National Association for Gun Rights has been working with South Dakota Gun Owners to pass Constitutional Carry in South Dakota (HB 1015).

But Republican leadership, specifically Speaker Pro Tem Brian Gosch, quickly stonewalled the bill in committee.

As Speaker Pro Tem (Assistant Speaker of the House), Gosch works closely with RINO Speaker Val Rausch, and is apparently picking up his anti-gun tendencies.

After the bill was blocked in committee, I worked closely with pro-gun legislators and South Dakota Gun Owners to bring the bill to a vote in the House with a maneuver called a “smokeout.” Led by pro-gun champions Rep. Don Kopp and Rep. Phil Jensen, the bill was brought to the floor yesterday.

But when Rep. Jensen made the appropriate “roll call” motion to bring Constitutional Carry to the House floor for a vote, Speaker Rausch summarily ruled him out of order!

The state Constitution requires in Article III, Section 13, that the Speaker conduct a standard roll-call vote “on any question,” as long as twelve legislators will stand with the sponsor. Even the Speaker must agree that Constitutional Carry had support from twelve pro-gun Representatives.

But the last thing anti-gun RINOs like Rausch want to do is go on record killing a pro-gun bill. They prefer stonewalling them in committee. That way it’s more difficult for gun owners like you to hold the RINOs accountable on Election Day.

I need your help to turn up the heat on Speaker Raush and his anti-gun pals, right now.

Please contact Speaker Rausch and demand that he stop breaking the rules! Demand that he respect the rules and allow a Constitutional Carry “roll call” vote on the House floor!

Tell him you want a fair floor vote on HB 1015 -- your Constitutional Carry bill.

You can leave a message for him at the Capitol tomorrow (605) 773-3851 or feel free to call him at home over the weekend at (605) 862-8635.

You can also email Speaker Rausch: valrausch@hotmail.com

Comments

[grudznick]

Mr. Sibby.

I fear the black forces are looming. I, nay we, need you to go to Pierre and thump the morons. There are morons you do not see, sir, morons that cannot blog with the new reality.