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4:02 p.m. October 10, 2005

AUSTIN, Texas – Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, who once owned a .45-caliber revolver, is not licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Texas. State officials refused Monday to reveal whether she has ever been licensed.

Miers' brother gave her the Smith & Wesson handgun when he was worried about her living alone in Dallas. Judge Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court, a longtime friend of Miers', has said she kept the gun for a long time.

State law requires the release of information about license holders but not former license holders, said Pamela Smith, assistant general counsel for the agency.

A person in Texas can own a gun without a concealed handgun license. Texas is one of 43 states that allow concealed weapons, and more than 230,000 residents are registered under the law.

The Texas state archives on Monday released thousands of pages of documents related to Miers' days as chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission, from 1995 to 2000, and her correspondence with then-Gov. George W. Bush.

A transcript of her confirmation hearing before the state Senate in 1995 indicated that senators asked Miers only a few questions and that her nomination by Bush was generally unopposed.

On the issue of licensing charitable bingo groups, Miers was asked if the Ku Klux Klan could qualify to run a bingo operation. "Well, I would certainly hope not," she replied.

The records indicated that the Anti-Defamation League presented her its jurisprudence award in 1996 for her devotion to the "principles enshrined in the Constitution."

Miers and Bush exchanged several birthday notes and general well-wishes during her lottery tenure. Bush told Miers in a birthday note in 2000, "Have a great life!"

In an October 1997 note to Bush, Miers wrote that she hopes the Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara, recognize that their parents are "cool."

ETA: chanaged owns to owned in title

That's comforting, but W screwed the pooch with this last nomination. He traded our best selection for the proverbial bowl of porridge.

We had the chance to kick the dem's square in the nuts and set this country straight for the next 20 years and he blew it.

Quoted: That's comforting, but W screwed the pooch with this last nomination. He traded our best selection for the proverbial bowl of porridge. We had the chance to kick the dem's square in the nuts and set this country straight for the next 20 years and he blew it.

Yeah, nomination isn't over, I don't support Miers though, bring on a right wing radical!

Quoted: www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20051010-1602-miers-handgun.html 4:02 p.m. October 10, 2005 AUSTIN, Texas – Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, who once owned a .45-caliber revolver, is not licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Texas. State officials refused Monday to reveal whether she has ever been licensed. Miers' brother gave her the Smith & Wesson handgun when he was worried about her living alone in Dallas. Judge Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court, a longtime friend of Miers', has said she kept the gun for a long time. State law requires the release of information about license holders but not former license holders, said Pamela Smith, assistant general counsel for the agency. A person in Texas can own a gun without a concealed handgun license. Texas is one of 43 states that allow concealed weapons, and more than 230,000 residents are registered under the law. The Texas state archives on Monday released thousands of pages of documents related to Miers' days as chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission, from 1995 to 2000, and her correspondence with then-Gov. George W. Bush. A transcript of her confirmation hearing before the state Senate in 1995 indicated that senators asked Miers only a few questions and that her nomination by Bush was generally unopposed. On the issue of licensing charitable bingo groups, Miers was asked if the Ku Klux Klan could qualify to run a bingo operation. "Well, I would certainly hope not," she replied. The records indicated that the Anti-Defamation League presented her its jurisprudence award in 1996 for her devotion to the "principles enshrined in the Constitution." Miers and Bush exchanged several birthday notes and general well-wishes during her lottery tenure. Bush told Miers in a birthday note in 2000, "Have a great life!" In an October 1997 note to Bush, Miers wrote that she hopes the Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara, recognize that their parents are "cool." ETA: chanaged owns to owned in title

 She only owned one gun, and she didn't even buy it??

man, the only way i'd buy into miers as pro-2a is if she placed in the sof 3-gun shoot...

Quoted: man, the only way i'd buy into miers as pro-2a is if she placed in the sof 3-gun shoot...

From some of her previous statements she seems to be.

Okay.  That means fuck all.

So San Diego has a problem with people owning guns but not carrying them?

Imagine one of the top tier ARFCOM members being nominated for a high public government position:

"So and so owned 25 assault rifles and over 30,000 rounds of ammunition at one time!"

Unless my sister had Karl Malone hands - just about the last gun I'd give her would be a N frame Smith.

Sure, it'd top the list over a Desert Eagle in .50AE or a Marlin bolt action goose gun in 10 - but, really - that's just borderline crazy.  

Probably just showed her how to load and unload the thing, "OK, there.  Now you'll be safe.  Off you got to Dallas now!"

Quoted: That's comforting

How is that comforting?  Is knowing that Diane Feinstein owned and carried a gun comforting too?

Big deal. She was living in Texas. Guns come in cereal boxes there.

Quoted: Quoted: That's comforting How is that comforting?  Is knowing that Diane Feinstein owned and carried a gun comforting too?

But hey she needed to protect her self from all of us crazys.