H4003 was allowed to be debated and passed without any requests for debate from Representatives Davenport, Hawkins, or Robinson. Representatives Hawkins and Robinson voted to bring down the flag. The same Hawkins and Robinson who killed H4797 by putting H4797 on the contested calendar and used the excuse of protecting the flag as justification for killing H4797. It passed by a vote of 92 to 0. This vote is worthless for determining who really supports H4797 because the vote does not matter.
Actions speak louder than words.
A legislator s support of legislation that he has already killed is nothing more than political posturing. The best way to know how a legislator really feels about pro self defense legislation is to look at how he worked and voted when the legislation still had a chance to be made into law, not how he voted on the legislation after he already killed it. All of the legislators mentioned above who played a role in killing H4797 when H4797 had a chance to become law, voted to pass H4797 after it had no chance of becoming law. When their votes and actions could have passed H4797, they opted to kill H4797 instead. When their votes meant nothing because H4797 was already dead, they claim to support H4797.