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its those fucking doper liberaltarians fucking shit up again

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Really? They are in it for control, not to do what the people say. Doesn't matter what letter is next to their name. They're going to help themselves every time. How have more people not figured this out yet?

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Gee, two GOP controlled States with a strong gun culture is playing the classic game of killing Pro Gun bills in committee. The GOP is a hell of a lot fucking better than the Democrats but they aren't our friends. They use the 2nd Amendment as a carrot to attract votes. Nothing more and nothing less. I sure as hell don't want some Libertarian R____ Paul doper party idiot running the show but the GOP keeps losing me as a voter. My confidence in the party is growing weaker by the day. Don't forget that the GOP helped NYS pass the Safe Act.

The GOP makes backroom deals on who will take the fall and be the bad guy for the Legislative Session and usually it is someone that is safe in office and won't be at risk come reelection since by the time that rolls by, the voting public will have forgotten the transgression.

The GOP is really starting to get cocky with this shit.
 

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The Texas legislative session hasn't ended yet.  So you are a bit early on pronouncing those bills dead.  Whoever your source is, is also not very up on their Texas politics if they are blaming the Senate for the delay as the Senate sent both Open Carry and Campus Carry bills to the House back in March.

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If there wasn't an issuenof voter apathy then the people would be pressing hard on their elected officials. But since the majority doesn't gibe a rat's ass of whatever happens. Those in office make back room deals since the majority of the public.doesn't follow poltics.  

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We actually had a major gun bill pass our repub controlled house, go to the dem controlled senate where they stripped everything out but actually voted to allow suppressors FINALLY after all these years of trying but the house vetoed it and sent another full bill back up, and of course they are not even gonna touch it this time.  Made me almost literally cry. They finally gave us suppressors and I want one so freaking bad, then to have the repubs veto it

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Texas


In the House, HB910 (Licenses Open Carry) authored by Republican Rep. Larry Phillips passed floor vote. It’s been delivered to the Senate. It has not been referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee. No action has been taken on the bill since 4/21.  

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Gee, two GOP controlled States with a strong gun culture is playing the classic game of killing Pro Gun bills in committee. The GOP is a hell of a lot fucking better than the Democrats but they aren't our friends. They use the 2nd Amendment as a carrot to attract votes. Nothing more and nothing less. I sure as hell don't want some Libertarian R____ Paul doper party idiot running the show but the GOP keeps losing me as a voter. My confidence in the party is growing weaker by the day. Don't forget that the GOP helped NYS pass the Safe Act.

The GOP makes backroom deals on who will take the fall and be the bad guy for the Legislative Session and usually it is someone that is safe in office and won't be at risk come reelection since by the time that rolls by, the voting public will have forgotten the transgression.


The GOP is really starting to get cocky with this shit.


Texas


In the House, HB910 (Licenses Open Carry) authored by Republican Rep. Larry Phillips passed floor vote. It’s been delivered to the Senate. It has not been referred to the Senate State Affairs Committee. No action has been taken on the bill since 4/21. HB937 by Republican Rep. Allen Fletcher (Campus Carry) was voted out of committee and sent to the Calendars Committee, It has languished there without being scheduled for floor vote since 4/15.
In the Senate, SB11 (Campus Carry) by Birdwell passed the Senate floor vote and was sent to the house. And there it’s sat since 3/20 without being referred to the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, chaired by Rep Phillips. SB17 by Estes (Licensed Open Carry) has suffered a similar fate, since 3/18.


The TX Legislative Session ends in a month.
   

Here is a brief update of where things stand in the Legislative Session (84R for those who keep up with it).
You may have read that there are a number of bills from the House and Senate which have been passed and sent to the other chamber for action, but, as yet, have not been assigned to committee. There are some very high level policy decisions being taken. Texas Carry and Open Carry Texas will be meeting with staff tomorrow to try to get some of the stalled bills moving again. Fortunately, these are bill which can be considered in the last 30 days of the session, but they need to get moving soon. May 14th is the "drop dead" date by which bills must pass one house or the other to continue to be considered. If not, that is the end of a bill for the session. There probably will be a big rush to get bills passed by the 14th and after that the House and Senate are supposed to only consider bills sent to them by the other house. It is at that point that one might hope that the bills which have been stalled will get moving again.

Here's a brief recap of the major bills we have been working.

Senate Bills 11 & 17 were passed early in the session but have not had action in the House. Our most recent conversations with key staff lead us to believe that SB 11, Campus Carry, will see action in the House rather than the House companion, HB 937, which is pending in committee. If SB 11 passes the House without amendment, as expected, it can go to the Governor for signature. HB 910, the licensed open carry companion bill to SB 17, has several amendments. Some are more technical in nature to align the language with another statute. The amendments that are of benefit to license holders reduce the level of offense for going past a 30.06 sign from a class A misdemeanor to a class C misdemeanor (fine only). Failure to leave the premises when told to do so by a (owner/manager) person with authority will remain a class A misdemeanor (criminal trespass). The other important amendment makes clear that a peace officer should not stop a person merely because they see a person with a visible handgun in a belt or shoulder holster. These amendments improve on the language of the Senate bill and are changes we recommended.

We will be making the rounds to the remainder of the Senate staff to gain support for them. The reasons are that this is the law in jurisdictions which have had licensed carry before us. It is the law even if not included in the statute, but doing so provides clarity (guidance) to the law enforcement community. "What am I expected to do in this situation" is the number one question asked by our law enforcement contacts and was commented upon by Chairman Phillips during the floor debate. The amendment provides protection to license holders from being endlessly asked "papers please". Lastly, but not least importantly, it avoids a waste of precious law enforcement resources which can better be employed on other matters. It will help to make the transition in the law an orderly and uneventful process. In all actuality, all this amendment does is clarify the law as it currently stands with regards to constitutional detentions.
This is NOT, as suggested by some articles, an end run around licensing. If a police officer has other reason to stop an individual and that person is openly carrying (actually, carrying either openly or concealed) a handgun without benefit of a license, that individual will face some potentially very serious consequences.
Today, HB 905 which adds knives to the state pre-emption statute (Local Government Code Section 229) was passed by the House on the local and consent (uncontested) calendar. We hope to accomplish the same in the Senate. This is a significant change in the law because the statute provides a mechanism for the enforcement of Art. 1, Section 23 of our state Constitution to deal with ordinances enacted by cities such as Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and others no doubt.

We hope to get HB 4061 to the House floor for a vote. It strengthens the enforcement process, prohibits enforcement of these ordinances, and provides that individuals may bring a court action as well as the Attorney General. This is also an important bill.
We are continuing to work on HB 3884 by Rep. Dutton which will remove knives from the prohibited weapons list of Section 46 Penal Code. There is an amendment we anticipate may be made to the bill to clarify that knives are still prohibited in schools (there is Federal law involved here too). I hope that this excellent bill will come to a vote in committee tomorrow. We anticipate favorable consideration of it as well as Rep. James White's HB 92 which would remove the prohibition of "bowie" knives (the statute does not capitalize the name) from Section 46 PC. Although it is not as broad as Rep. Dutton's bill we testified in support of it and support it as well. We hope to get these two fine bills on their way soon.

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Random Friday night bump, for no reason whatsoever.

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The GOP is no friend to gun owners.  They are just more friendly than the Dems.  Marginally.

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But the GOP is going through a major issue of voter apathy.

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I sometimes wonder who is trying to piss the most on this country Ds or Rs?