Wyoming Gun Owners Stand Your Ground

2016, 2017, 2018, Wyoming

In 2016, Wyoming Gun Owners (WYGO) Executive Director Anthony Bouchard was elected to the Wyoming State Senate. Bouchard contacted his long time friend, Aaron Dorr, and asked him to take over the work of WYGO, just days before the start of the 2017 session.

WYGO was in some state of disarray at that time, and much of the 2017 legislative session was consumed with reorganizing the organizations paperwork with the IRS and the State of Wyoming.

But after having led the fight to pass Stand-Your-Ground law in Missouri (2016) and Iowa (2017,) and with Wyoming being the only western state without a Stand-Your-Ground law, Aaron was determined to pass this crucial legislation in Wyoming in 2018.

 

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2017 Session, Anthony Bouchard, Cheyenne, Drew Perkins, Gun-Free Zones, H.B. 137, H.B. 168, HB 137, HB 168, Matt Mead, Michael Bloomberg, S.F. 75, SF 75, Stand-Your-Ground, Tara Nethercott, Tim Salazar, WYGO, Wyoming Gun Owners

WYOMING GUN OWNERS FIX-NICS

2019, Wyoming

During the 2019 legislative session, Wyoming Gun Owners’ Aaron Dorr was told by a lobbyist with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) that they would be making a major push for FIX-NICS gun control during the 2019 interim committee process.

These summer committees serve as a vetting tool for the legislature.

Most times, if a bill dies in the interim committee process, it will not be filed, let alone advanced, during the upcoming legislative session. On the other hand, if the bill advances through the interim committee, it will likely move forward in the legislature.

The NSSF lobbyist, Nephi Cole, asked Aaron if he would approve of this legislation, or at least turn a blind eye to this legislation. Of course, speaking on behalf of WYGO, Aaron said, “Hell no, we’re not ok with it!”

FIX-NICS legislation would allow liberal judges to take guns away from Wyomingites before they have been convicted of a crime, usually based on the word of a so-called mental health professional who may find you ‘unstable’ just because they disagree with your politics.

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Bill Pownall, Cheyenne, Clark Smith, Dan Kirkbride, FIX-NICS, gun control, Mike Von Flatern, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Nephi Cole, NSSSF, Red Flag Gun Seizure, Stand-Your-Ground, WYGO, Wyoming Gun Owners