Holy smokes was this a brawl. I am still wondering how they managed to get the house bill up for the vote past Joe Straus, the nominally-Republican-only Democrat speaker of the house.
Also, I wonder how soon it will be before gun liberty advocates in Texas can push for the state to go “full Arizona” in its gun laws. Arizona’s savings by having gun liberty must already be in the millions of dollars, just at the state level. Perhaps double that at the county and city level.
Even statists have a hard time ignoring the largest social movement in Texas history since Civil Rights.
There have been over 2,500 open carry marches in Texas in the last 18 months.
This was an issue pushed by genuine grass roots from the bottom up, and this bill is the minimum that could be pushed through the legislature and allow most members not to face primary opposition.
I expect primary opposition to Joan Huffman after her performance yesterday.