Posted: 3/12/2013 11:49:31 AM EDT
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Don't "hope" it passes. Now is the time to let your reps be heard. Call now. Bills are being heard this week. Oh yeah, and 30.07 trespassing is coming.
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Quoted: Quoted: Don't "hope" it passes. Now is the time to let your reps be heard. Call now. Bills are being heard this week. Oh yeah, and 30.07 trespassing is coming. can you elaborate on 30.07? Any? Fear OC would result in 30.06 signs going up. Thus 30.06 will address CC only, 30.07 will address OC only. Ban both will require 2 signs. |
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Don't "hope" it passes. Now is the time to let your reps be heard. Call now. Bills are being heard this week. Oh yeah, and 30.07 trespassing is coming. can you elaborate on 30.07? Any? Fear OC would result in 30.06 signs going up. Thus 30.06 will address CC only, 30.07 will address OC only. Ban both will require 2 signs. Gotcha, I thought they were going to expand 30.06 to cover that issue. Thanks |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't "hope" it passes. Now is the time to let your reps be heard. Call now. Bills are being heard this week. Oh yeah, and 30.07 trespassing is coming. can you elaborate on 30.07? Any? Fear OC would result in 30.06 signs going up. Thus 30.06 will address CC only, 30.07 will address OC only. Ban both will require 2 signs. Gotcha, I thought they were going to expand 30.06 to cover that issue. Thanks Subject to change of course, but that is the plan being floated this week. |
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http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_8_8/517442_Action_Needed_March_14_2013___Texas_Legislator_Public_Hearing_Notices_Firearms_Related.html I'm headed to Austin Thursday to attend the public hearings. There doesn't seem to be much action\ interest on this from shooters. Campus Carry is also being addressed Thursday. |
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Dear TSRA Members, Family and Friends:
This Thursday, March 14th, several important pieces of legislation will be considered in House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety. A word of thanks to House Committee Chairman Joe Pickett (D-El Paso). Campus Carry and Open Carry are being heard earlier in committee this session than in previous ones, always a good sign for gun-owners. Bills on the list to be heard in HSPS Committee include: HB 972 by Rep. Allen Fletcher (R-Tomball) contains language hammered-out over two previous sessions and during one interim study by the Legislature. It would allow adult students, faculty and staff with a concealed handgun license the option of carrying during their day to day activities including while on campus. Two other bills, HB 1077 and HB 1078 filed by Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt (R-Lexington), work toward this end and all are supported by TSRA. These three bills must move through the committee process. Another pro-gun bill of special interest to Texans is HB 700 by Rep. George Lavender (R-Texarkana) to allow those with a concealed handgun license the option of open carry. A major concern has been for a resurgence of PC 30.06 postings on private property targeting those who carry openly but impacting all with a license. This is being addressed by a committee substitute which would create a PC 30.07 sign restricting only licensed open carry. Texas is following Oklahoma's passage of licensed open carry. The Mississippi Legislature is in the final stages toward passing "unlicensed open carry". Note: Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee meets at 8:00 a.m. in E2.010. It is the intention of the chair to hear bills other than those listed above between 8 and 10 a.m. and then adjourn for floor session. Those listed above and several others are expected to be heard when the committee reconvenes. Those wishing to attend should be concerned about parking and understand bills are not always heard in order of posting. This committee hearing may be monitored online at Texas Legislature On Lines. Follow and Monitor the Legislature on Line Visit Texas Legislature On Line to discover who represents you, to read Texas law, to search for or to track filed legislation or for House or Senate contact information. This site also provides live and archived video broadcasts. Save this link for future reference. Committees often Vote on issues the following week! Please contact all the members of Homeland Security and Public Safety by phone or by email. Please be polite and respectful and urge them to support a quick bill passage. Urge the vote "for" our bills and request "reporting" be done promptly. These are the next two stages toward bill passage. Committee Members: Chairman Rep. Joe Pickett (Thank the chairman, please) VC Rep. Allen Fletcher (Author of HB 972 campus) Rep. Philip Cortez Rep. Tony Dale Rep. Dan Flynn Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt (Author of HB 1077 and 1078) Rep. George Lavender (Author of HB 700 Open Carry) Rep. Kenneth Sheets Rep. Ron Simmons |
Already contacted my rep's will do again hope it passes
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These gun haters are hard to watch. Lib chick just said "children are our future" then "we were all children once" followed by "my 13 year old brother is an old soul and loves guns". It's embarrassing. |
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These gun haters are hard to watch. Lib chick just said "children are our future" then "we were all children once" followed by "my 13 year old brother is an old soul and loves guns". It's embarrassing. Yeah, I couldn't help but mute them out. HB700 is being heard now. 1st witness is for it. I'm glad the committee substitute removed the "level 2 holster" requirement and made the 30.06 only for CC, and would make a 30.07 for OC. |
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I had to down load Real Player to make this work... Even so, it's not too clear and pretty pixelated, is that the way it is? |
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I had to down load Real Player to make this work... Even so, it's not too clear and pretty pixelated, is that the way it is? Yes. It's not the best quality. |
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Snibbits from the words of the third witness (the 1st against the bill BTW)"
"How are the children going to know whether a person carrying is a good person or a bad person? Is it based on how they are dressed? Will people forget their CHLs and fire at each other? Somehow the border ties into this as well." She's a member of "Occupy the NRA" What a baffoon. ETA: On a bright side, it seems the pro-gun folks have so far been more articulate than the anti-gunners. |
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Next witness up:
Older gentleman in a wheelchair now speaking strongly in favor. "The Constitution states we have a right to keep and bear arms, not keep and hide arms" "I've OC'ed in Arizona with no license. There was no problem." ETA: 3 or 4 more witnesses later (all in support of the bill), Alice Tripp is now up speaking for TSRA in support of the bill, referencing how we once had the right and lost it when reconstruction occurred, and how CHL holders are law-abiding citizens. ETA 2: One committee member just asked Mrs. Tripp if we have any problems with people carrying long guns in an irresponsible manner today, to which she replied that we do not. The representative seemed to know the answer and only asked it to help her case. |
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HB 700 discussion closed. The bill is left pending. Out of all the witnesses (it must have been almost a dozen that spoke), only one spoke against it, and with a poorly thought-out argument at that. So what does "left pending" mean? The bill remains in committee, open for further discussion and input/changes from the committee members. FWIW, every bill I heard discussed today was left pending by the chairman. |
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HB 700 discussion closed. The bill is left pending. Out of all the witnesses (it must have been almost a dozen that spoke), only one spoke against it, and with a poorly thought-out argument at that. So what does "left pending" mean? The bill remains in committee, open for further discussion and input/changes from the committee members. FWIW, every bill I heard discussed today was left pending by the chairman. Which means these bills aren't moving forward. 
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I wouldn't say that. The committee's comments seemed positive overall on many of these bills, OC included.
ETA: Also, the committee may desire to add further amendments to the bills after holding the public hearing today. Disclaimer: This is the first legislative session I have ever paid attention to, so others may be more qualified to answer on this. |
