From: WIENER.GCS@pc.gcs.litton.com (WIENER, DAN  WH:3708)
To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com (wiener)
Subject: CA: More on SB933
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 95 16:09


     This is getting tiresome, but SB933 (the bill to ban Saturday
Night Specials and many/most other handguns) is scheduled for
another vote in the California Assembly's Public Safety Committee
on Tuesday, June 27th.  Last time it was bottled up on a 4-4 party-
line vote.  Since that time Chairwoman Paula Boland has been kicked
off the committee by "Republican" Assembly Speaker Doris Allen, as
part of the bitter bloodletting.  But it still requires five votes
to get a bill out of committee.

     There may not actually be a vote on Tuesday, since Republicans
are planning to boycott the committee meeting and prevent a quorum.

     If there is a vote, there is considerable concern that Richard
Rainey (the Republican from Walnut Creek) may squish.  I called his
office and was told categorically that Rainey will vote "No" on
SB933, so that's encouraging.  But on the other hand I keep hearing
rumors that Rainey will cut a deal.  This possibility is bolstered
by Rainey's remarks after the last vote (as quoted in the Los
Angeles Times): He was not nearly as concerned about banning
Saturday Night Specials as he was with the fact that the current
language would even outlaw his own gun (he was in law enforcement
for 30 years).

     The other question mark is why the proponents of SB933 would
ask for reconsideration at this time unless they had worked out a
backroom compromise and had the votes in hand.

     So it may be useful again to call Rainey's office in
Sacramento (916-445-6161) or Walnut Creek (510-933-9196), or fax
his office (916-327-5297), and urge him to remain firm.

-- Dan Wiener (wiener@pc.gcs.litton.com  or  dpwiener@aol.com)