April 7 update – from Idaho Sportmens connection.
 

There has been a lot of activity at the capital this morning, with the House and Senate working through additional appropriation bills. The Senate finished there business, and adjourned sine die at about 12:30pm and are officially done for the 2011 legislative session. The House took recess just after the noon hour, and will return back to hear a few more appropriation bills looking to sine die early afternoon.

Important: There has also been an interesting turn of events regarding Domestic Cervidae at the capital. If you remember, the negotiated rules that were before the House were rejected, and then recently the Senate concurred with the rejected portions of the rule from the House. HCR024 was that concurrent resolution that rejected the negotiated rule, and has been sitting in the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee since March 18th. Now that the Senate has adjourned sine die, and this concurrent resolution was not presented to the full Senate, therefore not passed by the Senate, the rules that ISCAC had worked on for so long over the summer months and negotiated go into effect!

Important: Additionally, SB1085 was pushed down to the bottom of the third reading calendar over the past few days and the House adjourned sine die with the bill sitting on the third reading calendar. This means that SB1085 is dead, and cannot move forward nor can it carry over to the next legislative session.

Now that both houses have adjourned sine die, this will be the final post for the 2011 Legislative Session.

President Obama has tapped Andrew Traver, a committed ringleader in the gun-ban movement, to head up the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE).  Now, the U.S. Senate must decide whether to allow Traver to take over this crucial government post.

As a committed Second Amendment freedom fighter, you’re well aware that this agency has an enormous and direct impact on you and other gun owners nationwide.  And if Andrew Traver is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, it will turn back the clock all the way to the Clinton days when the full force of BATFE’s enormous powers were leveled against gun stores and gun owners on an almost daily basis.

That’s why I’m asking you to visit www.StopTraver.org today. 

Through this special website, you can send messages directly to your U.S. Senators and make your voice heard BEFORE the Senate considers this disastrous nomination.  This website also includes an important “Stop Traver” Fact Sheet with critical information you need to know about Andrew Traver.

Please understand, Traver is not just another run-of-the-mill anti-gun elitist, but a dedicated gun-ban zealot with the deepest possible ties to the national “gun control” movement. 

And now, President Barack Obama wants to put him in charge of BATFE where he can inflict almost unlimited and permanent damage to our rights. 

Please, visit www.StopTraver.org today and help us win this crucial battle — for yourself and for every American who cherishes our constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms.  Thanks in advance for your courageous help!

Sincerely,

Chris W. Cox
Executive Director
NRA Institute for Legislative Action

P.S.      Anti-gun ringleaders across the country are doing everything in their power to make sure that Andrew Traver is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next Director of BATFE.  You need to make your voice heard!  Please, click here to visit www.StopTraver.org and help defeat this disastrous Obama nomination today!

Brendan Gilfillan

gilfillan.brendan@epa.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 27, 2010

EPA Denies Petition Calling for Lead Ammunition Ban

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today denied a petition calling for a ban on the production and distribution of lead hunting ammunition. EPA sent a letter to the petitioners explaining the rejection – that letter can be found here:http://www.epa.gov/oppt/chemtest/pubs/sect21.html

Steve Owens, EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, issued the following statement on the agency’s decision:

“EPA today denied a petition submitted by several outside groups for the agency to implement a ban on the production and distribution of lead hunting ammunition. EPA reached this decision because the agency does not have the legal authority to regulate this type of product under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) – nor is the agency seeking such authority.

“This petition, which was submitted to EPA at the beginning of this month, is one of hundreds of petitions submitted to EPA by outside groups each year. This petition was filed under TSCA, which requires the agency to review and respond within 90 days.

“EPA is taking action on many fronts to address major sources of lead in our society, such as eliminating childhood exposures to lead; however, EPA was not and is not considering taking action on whether the lead content in hunting ammunition poses an undue threat to wildlife.

“As there are no similar jurisdictional issues relating to the agency’s authority over fishing sinkers, EPA – as required by law – will continue formally reviewing a second part the petition related to lead fishing sinkers.

“Those wishing to comment specifically on the fishing tackle issue can do so by visiting http://www.regulations.gov. EPA will consider comments that are submitted by September 15.”

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