{"id":313,"date":"2012-06-20T00:52:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/index.php\/2012\/06\/20\/grnc-alert-6-19-12-senator-apodaca-thumbs-nose-at-gun-owners\/"},"modified":"2012-06-20T00:52:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:52:12","slug":"grnc-alert-6-19-12-senator-apodaca-thumbs-nose-at-gun-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2012\/06\/grnc-alert-6-19-12-senator-apodaca-thumbs-nose-at-gun-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"GRNC Alert 6-19-12: Senator Apodaca Thumbs Nose At Gun Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Senator Tom Apodaca tells GRNC member that HB111 is a dead issue and will not see a vote
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Now he pulls procedural trick to prevent a vote
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Senate Rules Chair Tom Apodaca<\/a>\u2019s disturbing conversation with a GRNC member will be detailed shortly, but first things first, here is what he has just pulled to prevent Restaurant Carry\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Senator Doug Berger<\/a> (D, GRNC ****) attempted a discharge petition to force HB 111<\/a> out of the Finance Committee for a vote on the floor of the NC Senate.\u00a0 Bravo!\u00a0 But, wait!\u00a0 Senator Apodaca (delivering on his angry words to a member) will have none of that and has pulled a procedural trick to block this.\u00a0 By re-referring it to the Commerce Committee, Apodaca resets the clock on HB 111 and it cannot be brought out via a discharge petition for at least 10 days.\u00a0 This move essentially assures that the clock will run out on HB 111, effectively thumbing his nose at your wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the details of a conversation with a GRNC member yesterday and you will see the depth of his resolve to prevent you from protecting yourself from Restaurant Homicide.\u00a0 Apodaca had some choice words for gun owners in North Carolina, GRNC President Paul Valone, and GRNC in general. In addition to his berating of GRNC and gun owners, his main message was this: HB 111 is a dead issue<\/span><\/em><\/strong> now and will NOT<\/span> <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>see a vote on the Senate floor!<\/p>\n

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Quoting directly from the conversation, Senator Apodaca reveals just where he stands:
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\u201cHe answered the phone himself. I asked if there was still time for HB 111 to come to a vote. His voice got rather loud, said “<\/strong>no! Its too late and it will not come to a vote<\/span><\/strong><\/em>“.\u00a0 Said he did not like the way he was being treated by GRNC in general, and you (P. Valone) by name and that I should get my money back from GRNC because you (P. Valone), again by name, were doing the gun owners of NC no service. With that, he hung up the phone.<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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While Senator Apodaca\u2019s memory is questionable concerning the history of HB 111, we feel it is necessary to remind gun owners in North Carolina that it was HIS<\/span><\/em><\/strong> actions, along with the actions of other Republican Senate leaders that caused this.\u00a0 All they had to do was bring it out for a vote and they had the perfect chance in the Senate Judiciary II Committee.\u00a0 Now Senator Apodaca plans to run the clock on your safety.\u00a0 Are you going to let him get away with this?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Immediate Action Required<\/p>\n

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