02/04/2013 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

         SJR  6-OPPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON GUN CONTROL                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
2:46:53 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL  announced the  consideration of  SJR 6  and stated                                                               
his intention to hold the bill.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR DYSON, sponsor of SJR  6, stated that the school shooting                                                               
at  Newtown,  Connecticut  was a  tragedy  and  unfortunate,  but                                                               
following   the   usual   pattern  of   overreacting   was   also                                                               
unfortunate. He offered his belief  that the 23 executive actions                                                               
that President  Obama subsequently issued  were unconstitutional.                                                               
He  said that  SJR  6  informs the  Alaska  delegation and  other                                                               
relevant  officers   in  the  U.S.   Congress  that   the  Alaska                                                               
Legislature considers those actions  an unconstitutional and ill-                                                               
advised intrusion on the state's authority.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  COGHILL  summarized   that  the  resolution  fundamentally                                                               
challenges  the authority  of the  executive actions  in limiting                                                               
firearms.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
2:49:23 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR COGHILL  found no questions  and stated that he  would hold                                                               
SJR 6 in committee and take public testimony on Friday.