{"id":847,"date":"2010-02-16T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=847"},"modified":"2010-02-16T11:34:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T16:34:28","slug":"where-bills-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"Where bills come from"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good AP story on where a lot of bills originate from, “Legislation templates make proposing bills easy<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“For state legislators across the country, sponsoring bills can be as easy as filling in the blanks. Groups from both ends of the political spectrum offer lawmakers model legislation requiring a minimal amount of tailoring from state to state … “<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, not exactly. \u00a0The template needs to be translated to conform to state law and that does require some lawyering.<\/p>\n

“… The model legislation often intersects with the legislative goals of advocacy groups … The guns-in-cars measure has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association<\/a>, and similar laws have been enacted Arizona, Louisiana and Utah …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course the antis do the same. \u00a0Much of their stuff comes from the Legal Community Against Violence<\/a> which has a section on their website “Model Laws<\/a>” that has templates for semi-auto bans, .50 cal bans, dealer liability, etc. \u00a0Compare their templates to current antigun bills in Albany.<\/p>\n