John Hostettler: “Though they represent different law enforcement agencies, these officers all have one thing in common, they all carry…”

once again I would like to thank the committee for the legislation that is before us and that we are moving in the right way. The amendment that I offer at this time strikes the language in this bill that gives preferential treatment to…

I would simply call to point that this is a very passionate debate that has taken place tonight, and that is exactly what the framers of the Constitution intended to happen. They intended to have passionate debate on issues relating to…

However, I would like to address some of the issues talked about during this debate, and one of the issues that is a discussion of where we are with regard to other countries, it was suggested earlier, and we heard it in the last person's…

I felt it necessary to clarify the discussion somewhat in that, as I have heard the discussion, it has focused on some issues that the bill does not cover, as well as does not discuss some of the issues that the bill is attempting to…