Knimrod
10-06-2005, 04:01 PM
House votes to place Second Amendment plaque on Capitol grounds
10/5/2005, 6:18 p.m. ET
By DAVID EGGERT
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A plaque honoring the right to bear arms would be placed near the state Capitol under legislation approved Wednesday by the state House.
The House voted 108-0 to send the Senate a bill that would require the Michigan Capitol Park Commission to place the plaque near the Capitol or in the adjacent mall area. The plaque would be installed once enough private money is collected for a foundation to which it could be attached.
The plaque, which was created by the Iosco County-based gun rights group Brass Roots, is made of more than 18,000 empty shells collected at a 1994 rally at the Capitol. It measures 4 feet by 6 feet and is inscribed with the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment and a similar provision in the state constitution.
Rep. Leon Drolet, a Republican from Macomb County's Clinton Township who sponsored the bill, said the intent is for the monument to be funded completely with private dollars.
"They built this beautiful plaque and monument and they have been searching for a home for it," he said.
On the Brass Roots Web site, the groups says it is a "nonpartisan organization dedicated to the political defeat of elected officials who offer or support any rule, legislation, or judgment that denies the people of Michigan the exercise of their inalienable right to Keep and Bear Arms."
Before passing the bill, the House amended it to require the park commission — once sufficient funds are available — to place plaques near the Capitol honoring the First, 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments or any other combination of amendments to the U.S. Constitution or Article I of the state constitution.
Reps. John Garfield, R-Rochester, and Clarence Phillips, D-Pontiac, were absent and did not vote.
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The gun plaque bill is House Bill 4962.
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10/5/2005, 6:18 p.m. ET
By DAVID EGGERT
http://www.migunowners.org/images/ap.gif
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A plaque honoring the right to bear arms would be placed near the state Capitol under legislation approved Wednesday by the state House.
The House voted 108-0 to send the Senate a bill that would require the Michigan Capitol Park Commission to place the plaque near the Capitol or in the adjacent mall area. The plaque would be installed once enough private money is collected for a foundation to which it could be attached.
The plaque, which was created by the Iosco County-based gun rights group Brass Roots, is made of more than 18,000 empty shells collected at a 1994 rally at the Capitol. It measures 4 feet by 6 feet and is inscribed with the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment and a similar provision in the state constitution.
Rep. Leon Drolet, a Republican from Macomb County's Clinton Township who sponsored the bill, said the intent is for the monument to be funded completely with private dollars.
"They built this beautiful plaque and monument and they have been searching for a home for it," he said.
On the Brass Roots Web site, the groups says it is a "nonpartisan organization dedicated to the political defeat of elected officials who offer or support any rule, legislation, or judgment that denies the people of Michigan the exercise of their inalienable right to Keep and Bear Arms."
Before passing the bill, the House amended it to require the park commission — once sufficient funds are available — to place plaques near the Capitol honoring the First, 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments or any other combination of amendments to the U.S. Constitution or Article I of the state constitution.
Reps. John Garfield, R-Rochester, and Clarence Phillips, D-Pontiac, were absent and did not vote.
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The gun plaque bill is House Bill 4962.
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