Forum Focuses On Guns, Obamacare
Freshman Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, speaks to more than 100 people who gathered for a legislative forum at the Post Falls American Legion Post 143 Saturday. Other legislators in attendance were, from left, Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Coeur d'Alene, Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene, Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, Malek, and Rep. Ed More, R-Hayden. (Duane Rasmussen photo special for Huckleberries)
In the absence of active legislation in Boise, the conversation Saturday zeroed in on President Barack Obama's health-care reform legislation and a recent package of legislation and executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence. Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, said, "I'm sure most of you here are concerned about the two primary issues that we're dealing with, foisted upon us by the federal government - gun control and this state exchange." He said those are two of the most defining issues the Idaho Legislature will deal with in the next two years/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.
Question: Do you conside Obamacare and federal gun control laws to be the two most important issues before the Idaho Legislature this year?
