UPDATE: Editor’s Note: “Day-stripping” was the term used to describe Democrat Rep. Michael Day’s attempt to strip all gun and self-defense rights from legal gun owners, taxpayers, citizens, voters. His “ominibus” bill carries so many provisions and changes to so many things, while he focuses on one bit here, or one bit there, the full package is expected to have even the most entrenched Democrat crucified if the behemoth passes as the Day tripper, I mean Day Stripper, has attempted to ram it through.
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BRIEF
7/17/2023 – Gun Bill Considerations Aired By Reps At Private Meeting
Representatives asked a bevy of questions dealing with red flag laws and right-to-carry provisions during a closed-door meeting Monday that lasted more than 90 minutes on Rep. Michael Day’s omnibus gun reform bill.
Rep. Kay Khan, who attended the meeting, told the News Service that Day, the co-chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, gave a “nice” presentation to review the bill (HD 4420). Lawmakers had wide-ranging questions, the Newton Democrat said, including queries about Extreme Risk Protection Orders — which the Center for American Progress describes as “gun violence restraining orders” — from their constituents.
Half of House members gathered Monday, with another meeting slated for Tuesday.
House Speaker Ron Mariano attended the Monday meeting, an aide said. “I thought it was good to hear what people are concerned about, what their interests are,” Khan said. “I thought it was a really good meeting. I was pleased to be there.”
Day said last week the goal of the meetings was to clarify misconceptions and confusion surrounding the bill amid intense opposition from gun owner advocates. House Democrats want to push the bill to passage in that branch before the August break. But the path forward for Day’s bill is murky amid a procedural spat between the House and Senate.
It’s still unclear when the bill could be scheduled for a hearing, and in which committee. Speaker Pro Tempore Kate Hogan wouldn’t say whether the House could circumvent the joint committee hearing process to advance Day’s bill, telling the News Service, “That’s nothing I would be able to speak to right now.” Ahead of the meeting, Hogan said the House is “very hopeful” about the bill. “We always wait and see,” Hogan, a Stow Democrat, said. “We’ll just have to wait and see what happens as it plays out.”
Senate Democrats on Friday offered to have a hearing as early as this week on a range of gun bills before the Public Safety Committee. The House wants the Judiciary Committee to have the hearing on Day’s bill. – Alison Kuznitz/SHNS
