I called.
What a worthless expenditure of 2 minutes.
Got 3 women in the space of 45 seconds, not one of whom had a clue what H 4552 was, even after I told them it was the bill protecting the rights of target shooters. The last woman told me to call the clerk's office because that's where bills are filed.
I told her it was ALREADY filed, that it was in committee and that, therefore, it was under the Senate President's jurisdiction. She agreed - and repeated her mindless asssertion about needing to call the clerk's office.
![[rolleyes]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/042.gif "Roll Eyes [rolleyes]")
I thought a better use of my time would be to e-mail Travaglini, not that his secretaries would have any better comprehension of the subject. Here's my missive:
Dear Senate President Travaglini:
I write to urge your support for H 4552, which has been bottled up in committee for several months now. This bill would assist the many Mass. residents who compete in formal target shooting competitions and who have been denied access to proper firearms and components by the Attorney General's regulations.
The bill's primary purpose is to place in the MGL the EXACT SAME LANGUAGE already set forth in the AG's regulations at 940 CMR 16.01, the reference to "formal target shooting competition." This fact alone should render any objections specious.
The type of guns affected are expensive, full-sized and made to exacting tolerances; hardly the "Saturday Night Specials" that the anti-gun elements rail against. Any such objections are similarly inaccurate.
This bill would have no effect on "public safety;" rather, it would simply allow those Mass. citizens who enjoy handgun competitions to engage in their chosen sport with competitive firearms they are now prevented from owning by the AG's "consumer safety" regulations conflicting with the MGL. As such, the bill warrants the vote it is now denied from receiving by being bottled up in committee.
Your support in this matter would be noted and greatly appreciated.
