A mad house today. It looks like, you know, shopping day after thanksgiving. Our business has been exponential amount of growth. Theres been a lot more interest in personal protection. Since theres been a couple of national tragedies, theres also been a lot more interest with the possibility of legislation and people concerned that theyre not going to be able to get access to the things that they used to be able to have access to the Oregon Legislatures considering for really bad bills, they would take away peoples right to carry guns in various places, including one of them would limit your ability to carry in a school. If the janitor, its Sandy Hook, elementary, had carried a pistol and he heard the shooting down the hallway and people screaming and then saw a young man not in a Police Uniform running at him with an a r 15 and had shouted to the guys, stop and then pulled his and shot Adam Lanza would that have been a good thing or a bad thing. The folks like Jenny Burdick and those, you know, those net which, why would they think it would be a bad thing for people, legitimate law, body people to carry a pistol in school . So rally started today. Ill be thing a few words and then introducing other legislators who are coming with you heard anything about protests, we expect to counter protest. Now you guys have a little sleeves really. Were going down to salem, be seats fires, holding a rally, and were gonna go show them theyre not going to get away from what theyre getting. I dont use the safety of our citizens, of our families, of our children. If theyre the only way we are more than a 1000 or more than 90000. 00 citizens get british. Were taking years, there wouldnt be a United States today. We are, you know, so thank you all for coming. You guys are going to make a difference. You really are. The 2nd amendment was created to keep me and i think government in check the government not to tell. I think that people should be able to be able to target what they but they do not need a weapon. I always hear what you say. Its ok, you know, you just shout me down so youre not, youre not reasonable if you want us to respect your opinion, but you wont respect ours. These legislation provide common Sense Gun Control and youre gonna kill the massacres. Children, im anti guns that have that are, you have known then we would have a lot less mass occurring more than a good guy and a gun in the hands of a good. Its not a bad today. Got, i got it. I handle the bad person on the lobby. I what were going to do is were going to do a series of panels. You know, encourage all the got on as you talk to, to come. What, when the time comes. Im finding that people are pretty tempest because these people have never stood up to the opposite show you, you have years of experience. Youre used to kind of intimidation. You are about the here to serve. Very angry voicemail from someone out there. You stupid. More guns and you can count never give them up. You received me 8 and 10. I think from one to save. Hitler and stalin would be so proud of you. You guys are pathetic. You are a waste of the oxygen i breathe. Its just too bad that you, people were a star from the nipple, or maybe you guys would have all your brain shells. Lynching is an extra judicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake. And signs are again called gun ad, but kids are intimidating law may cause with threatening emails and video surveillance. Joining me out, Oregon State senator jenny bird, dick, you cancelled the Town Hall Meeting and then what did they do . I did, and i, when i cancelled the Town Hall Meeting, i didnt want to say anything inflammatory. So i just said the standard scheduling conflict. Well, they showed up at my house and they stayed. They stayed in front of my house for 2 and a half hours taping. Everything i did and then they put it on the web and my address and they ran very threatening comments about it. Is that all right . You are good. Oh, i didnt know any of that was going on. My goodness. Yeah. Watching you take out your direct. It was really creepy. Im not happy about them coming into the camp of my team and i provided physical security for senator bertie. Probably 3 or 4 occasions in the portal area. People had confronted her and one case she was walking to her Car And Somebody jumped out of the brush. Certainly, we really took this quite seriously. When Congresswoman Difference was shot in tucson, arizona. You know, how do you know something like thats gonna happen . So we believe the Dad Point that she had a legitimate right to be concerned about her welfare. Me. Shes a public figure. People understand that public figures dont really have privacy. I think Jenny Burdick some bitch she had whats coming to her, having issues that scared, sat down, she should just get over it and move on and quit her job. Nobody lecture im not bitter at all by the way. Oh, show you this. This one with my, for your, for such as myself, its the heritage that they have a lot of families from michelle. This me makers plan marathon public hearing on for bills. They include a ban on guns in schools and criminal background checks for private con sales. So we should be there by so this is telling me 730 i mean, hopefully this will be a good forum and people will be open to Everyones Message on all sides of the issue. None of us can replace steve, but we can try to make things better. I back in january, my friend invited me janice, Community Meeting about can safety a literally to stood out there and said hey, this is who i am. My mom was Count Town Center and silent room by just standing up and saying that i made a real for everyone. I realize that that moment i do have a voice. Maybe i can make an impact. Me. I want people to remember. I dont want people to forget that people were murdered and how they were murdered and that we need to change a cycle of violence seems to be going on our communities, me day me politicians back down just because they dont want to take the harassment and that is what results in no change and i just refused to be intimidated because i cant in good conscience. After newtown, back down i i this issue is very simple to members in the public. Somehow when you get into the charge, the environment in this building, it becomes more difficult. Good morning everyone. Thank you for being here. Im going to open up the Senate Committee on judiciary this morning. We have 4 bills that are before us, that were going to be taking public testimony. Each of these bills have amendments that will change the actual purpose of the bills. In conducting todays hearing, i ask that everyone be respectful to the speakers and their views, even though you may disagree with those positions. I think its very important that we have this Hearing Today to decide on what if anything will be moving forward. Senate bill 700. 00 would finish closing the loop holes require background checks for all gun sales. The bills will do Nothing But Target law abiding citizens. They are not going to affect the criminals. They dont solve any of the problems that weve had. The fact that this state continues to allow the private sale of guns without background checks is reckless here, responsible and downright dangerous. None of these bills will keep the guns out of the hands of a single criminal or madman. If more people had been killed oclock in this town center, we would have a more comprehensive law. Were legislating your reaction to a tragedy that wont prevent it is true. Criminals will always get guns, but lets make it harder for them for women and those with disabilities. Guns are the great equalizer bill. 347. 00 would allow the School District rather than one Advocacy Group or another to decide what really is a safe school. There is no place in our schools, but guns again, free zones might as well be advertised as potential killing zones. Students were almost unanimous in their opinion, that their sense of security would not be enhanced with additional weapons on site. You need somebody at the school to stop that person, the laws we have and assistance we have in place, do not work. The enter re, can spread their money around it and their influence. But its only you folks, the legislators that can write and pass the was, but we all live by the i thank you very much. Ah. When i was wrong, when i was just dont i mean you get to fill out the thing because the kid an engagement equals the trail. When so many find themselves . Well, the part we choose to look for common ground in this is your media. A reflection of reality the in a world transformed what will make you feel safer. Type relation to community. You going the right way . Where are you being somewhere . Which direction . What is true, what is in a world corrupted. You need to defend the join us in the depths will remain in the shallows, i oh right now. There are 2000000000 people who are overweight or. Busy obese, its profitable to sell food that is fatty and sugary and faulty and addicted. Not at the individual level, its not individual willpower. And if we go on believing that will never change as Obesity Epidemic, that industry has been influencing very deeply. The medical and scientific establishment, ah, whats driving the Obesity Epidemic . Its corporate. Me and our next and all these come forward none of these bills would have stopped the shooter that killed my mother, a cart miss tom center. Still, it is an important action for this legislature to demonstrate that they are serious about making our communities safer. Redo, same Gun Violence is a complicated issue, but that is not an excuse for inaction. Im here Today And Host holding a Dialogue And Gun safety. We dont make the same as somebody to please this couldnt happen to me that could easily have been your wife. Your husband, your daughter or your son. Or remember katrina. You remember 911. What happened . Overnight and nothing mattered. Politics didnt matter where you were from, didnt matter. People do anything to help the people. Thats never happened since this terrible tragedy. And it didnt happen. And i knew when it didnt happen. I mean, if you slaughtered children the way they were slaughtered and you slaughters 6 students, 6 teachers who are trying to defend their bodies and defend them the way they were slaughter. And that can bring us together instantly. There my friend, this thing will never come together. Me the me ah, there are now 6 state associations and 262 individual sheriffs are on record opposing any new Gun Control legislation this week. The sheriffs of 5 Oregon County sent out letters that they would not support laws passed by congress. That trump, the liberties of citizens in addressed to Vice President joe biden. I will not tolerate, nor will i permit any federal incursion within the exterior boundaries of grant county, oregon, or any type of Gun Control legislation, aimed at disarming law abiding citizens is a goal or objective share for grant county. I to a publicly state that we refuse to participate or stand idly by while people i represent are made into criminals duty or unconstitutional actions. This is my basic police class. Back in the late eightys when i went to the police academy, things are happening. Our country right now that 4050 years ago, it was unthinkable about people, the mass casualties and killings in the bombings and i dont like it either, but i think the people need to take responsibility into their own hands and be prepared. I heard one Talk Show one time they were talking about what our government has nukes. Do you propose that you have nukes . And my thought was, if theyre gonna use a nuke against me, i would like to have a new to level the playing field. You know its, its a little unrealistic, but lets, lets be realistic that if our Government Or Anybody else is going to use a tank against us, it would be nice to know that i have the same ability of protect the people who have elected me in the office that i could step to that same level. I dont anticipate ever wanting or having to have a Tank Or Use for one, but if somebody was to use one against me, it would be in our, in our best interest to be able to defend ourselves. And thats what 2nd amendments all about me. Im not in the camp of anti government, but i think less Government Intervention into our lives would be a good thing. And i think theres a big divide there between what we call western oregon or the valley, the Portland Area and rural oregon. A lot of what we get from the politicians is a need your reaction. I dont have a tremendous amount of ease in how they do things. And i think the, the Gun Control, whatever you want to call it, is a very good example of that killed that blancos me. I dont know the solutions to lessen the chance of a sandy Hood Type Incident is going to come from Gun Control. I think its much deeper than that. Do i know what the answer is . No, because theres i think its a very complicated, very complex problem. Guns were part of it. We have to decide what were willing to accept on both sides of the fence. You know, are we willing to accept what happened . You know, in these different instances . If not, then what are we willing to accept, you know, laws and rules to lessen the potential of that happening . Again. My name is frances wheeler. My husband david. We live in Sandy Hook, connecticut. David and i have 2 sons. Our older son, nate, soon to be 10 years old, is a 4th grader at Sandy Hook elementary school. I understand 6, what you murdered in his 1st Grade Classroom on december 14th, exactly 4 months ago this weekend. Ive heard people say that the tidal wave of anguish i country felt on 1214 has received it. But not for us to us. It feels as if it happened just yesterday. Please help us do something before our tragedy because your tragedy. We have to convince the senate to come together and pass common sense gone, responsibility, reforms that will make our communities safer and prevent more tragedies like the one we never thought. What happened to us helped us be the moment when real change begins me i talk about making a difference going through your mind watching that pain the pain and how she was able to arise above her own painter tried to keep others from having to experienced pain more than 3000 people had died since Sandy Hook in every single one of them had families who are experiencing that pain. And shes trying to do something about it. Even though she is in desperate pain herself. Really admire her feel watching her standard like that. So publicly, well, it certainly certainly drives me. You know, i, im a legislator and i havent had some kind of loss in my family knock on wood. But people are in, depending on me and my colleagues to keep them safe and to have reasonable done laws. So that is kind of thing. What happened again, and i need to find the kleenex. I i tell ya, flipping both the they couldnt believe it. I got the sure. Lets do it. A few months ago, Kevin Respond tragedies. This country took up the cause of protecting more of our people from a few minutes ago, a minority in the United States Senate decided it wasnt more than we had a democrat and they were both got us with the right to write a common sense, compromise, background, sense, in fact, even began all right, used to support, expand the background checks, but instead of supporting this compromise, the Gun Lobby and its allies wilfully lied about the bill. Goes why i got that. I didnt Sense Minority got office and that in turn, intimidated a lot of centers after i saw the boat didnt pass, i just was absolutely crushed and thought that all the senators, the entire senate should be ashamed of itself. If those kind of weapons were less available or harder to get, we wouldnt have a lot of shootings and we certainly wouldnt have the number of death. Im convinced that me who you know, i could im, i was presented sky and he gave me an update on whats going on. Yeah. So basically what this move means is the Senate President has actually taken the bills and referred them to the Rules Committee without sending him to the Floor 1st because he thinks that they wont pass. Right. He doesnt think they have the votes. I disagree. We are talking about people who are going to be running for reelection. So, you know, its one thing for the republicans because the republicans know that the president does not like to bring against vision. Cars bring bills to the floor without the votes to pass. So naturally theyre going to say, were not going to vote for it, hoping to keep it off the floor altogether. Okay . Because if they dont have to vote, they can hide from the issue. I checked. Seems like a no brainer to me. I dont know why were even like, i mean yeah, i mean we were disappointed, but there werent like stronger bel enable. So the fact that be really honestly theyre really weak Bill Cant Pass that they cant get past me. 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