God bless Texas!!
From the TEXAS Declaration of Independence from Mexico..
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/texdec.asp
“It has demanded us to deliver up our arms, which are essential to our defence, the rightful property of freemen, and formidable only to tyrannical governments.”
THE RIGHTFUL PROPERTY OF FREEMEN! Even Texas understood it!
Texas is a STRAUSS-HOUSE state. Many conservative fakers are falling to his charms.
Texas is a right to bear arms state & a right to tolerate invasion state.
Abbott will excite Texans with guns but let it be overun with IA’s.
He will forward a lukewarm E-Verify bill that will be applicable to gov entities only.Sanctuary maybe...it will probably be toothless.
Texas needs the Governor of Maine. THAT GUY ROCKS!
Convincing Democrats to empower citizens with liberty is a tall order, even if it means having to convince only one or two of them.
That's right. Most Southern anti-gun laws were enacted or maintained by Democrats and enforced selectively against blacks. For years, Texas was no different. Hopefully now with Republicans in charge it will change.
I prefer "The War of Northern Aggression" because it was all about shoving a bunch of tariffs down the South's throat that would have made the South little more than an economic colony of the North. Oh, and I grew up in NJ.
WRT the gun issue, we have the best chance in my lifetime to have Constitutional carry in this great state. Let's hope that the results of the election in both Texas and nationwide will get at least a few Dems to vote for a Constitutional Amendment that will forever take the legislature's discretion regarding our rights away...but in the meantime, Abbott will sign damned near anything that the legislature will put on his desk. So let's go for the temporary fix, followed immediately by a move to put the Amendment on the ballot in 2016.
I would also like to see a provision enabling ANY member of the Texas State Militia to acquire, keep and bear full auto weapons and so-called "destructive devices." Any citizen without a felony record and between the ages of 21 and 75 would automatically be a member of the TSM, though those older could waive in with a CHL or other demonstration of firearms proficiency, and those younger and in the U.S. military or Texas National Guard would also be part of the TSM. Such would get around the unconstitutional federal Section 922(o) restriction on new full autos, get Texans armed with several hundred thousand full autos and, as part of the bargain, make lieberals' heads explode in rage.
The State Penal Code, Chapter 46, Section 46.05 “Prohibited Weapons” needs to be either amended or stricken as well. Has the Texas Republican party announced intent to legalize NFA items within Texas?
So... Lubbock is looking really good right now...