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Sen. Brandon Shippey introduces RS 33200 to clarify when displaying a firearm is allowed
Summary
Sen. Brandon Shippey told the Senate State Affairs Committee RS 33200 would tweak law to clarify when a person may display a firearm while threatened; the committee voted to send the draft to print by voice vote.
Sen. Brandon Shippey introduced RS 33200 at a Senate State Affairs print hearing, saying the draft would make "slight tweaks in the existing law regarding resistance to a threatened party" to clarify what an individual may do when displaying a firearm while threatened.
Shippey, who identified himself as senator for District 9, said he brought the measure as a print hearing item and that sponsors would be prepared to answer more detailed questions at a full hearing. "This legislation really just seeks to clarify what an individual may do in essentially displaying a firearm in a situation where he or she is being threatened and in a defensive posture," he said.
The committee took no substantive debate on the measure at the print hearing and approved a motion to send RS 33200 to print (motion moved by Senator Harris, seconded by Senator Taves) by a voice vote; no recorded nays were announced.
Next steps: the measure was sent to print and, if pursued, sponsors said they would provide fuller exposition and answers at a subsequent full hearing.
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