Geoff Metcalf has a great idea about using referendums to kill gun-grabber bills that Davis may pass. See also: www.calnews.com/archives/Metcalf14.htm
One detail he seems to have *missed* is that if you're going to go to the effort of collecting signatures, you can collect MORE THAN ONE from each person, for multiple initiatives.
In other words, there's little cost difference between doing ONE initiative and FIVE.
That in turn means that if, say, SB15 and AB17 both pass, we could do "kill 'em off" initiatives for both AND tack on a shall-issue CCW referendum at practically no extra cost. If possible, we should get the entire "slate" of pro-gun initiatives numbered sequentially and then advertise them more or less in a "solid block", saving big bux on ad costs.
Meaning, if anybody's going to do a shall-issue referendum it's be best to get the language sorted out BEFORE Davis gets to the point where he's signing bills into law. We'll only have 90 days from that point to collect 480,000 signatures, and if we're going to go to that effort, let's by ALL means throw shall-issue into the pot!!!
If AB17 gets signed by Davis, we MUST fight it using the referendum process. It's that or pack our bags.
Jim March
www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw
One detail he seems to have *missed* is that if you're going to go to the effort of collecting signatures, you can collect MORE THAN ONE from each person, for multiple initiatives.
In other words, there's little cost difference between doing ONE initiative and FIVE.
That in turn means that if, say, SB15 and AB17 both pass, we could do "kill 'em off" initiatives for both AND tack on a shall-issue CCW referendum at practically no extra cost. If possible, we should get the entire "slate" of pro-gun initiatives numbered sequentially and then advertise them more or less in a "solid block", saving big bux on ad costs.
Meaning, if anybody's going to do a shall-issue referendum it's be best to get the language sorted out BEFORE Davis gets to the point where he's signing bills into law. We'll only have 90 days from that point to collect 480,000 signatures, and if we're going to go to that effort, let's by ALL means throw shall-issue into the pot!!!
If AB17 gets signed by Davis, we MUST fight it using the referendum process. It's that or pack our bags.
Jim March
www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw