Sport Utility Rifle ban dies in Senate

Pilot article

In a bipartisan vote of 10 to 5, HB961 was passed by for the year, and considering that 2021 is an election year for the House and Statewide offices, that is as dead as it can get.

It can best be thought of as a mercy killing, as with all the amendments added to an already obtuse bill, no one, including the Patron, could really say what it banned or who was exempt. It was a bad idea, badly executed, and mercifully put to rest.