I "think" that this was planned from the beginning of HB 1424. We were writing asking for a hearing on HB 1022, Constitutional Carry. The powers that be wrote another bill. Adding just enough changes to raise the ire of some and have others state that it wasn't anything to get upset about. All the while having the amendment waiting in the wings to slip in at the last minute.
Earlier the term submarine was used.
If they applied as much effort into beating the opposition as they did their own constituency, they could probably accomplish great things.