Posted on 12/07/2014 2:26:10 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Repeal those, too!!!
State or Federal Constitutionality???
This bill is a longshot to get though all the different committees needing to have their hands in it before it is even considered to be put on the calendar for a final reading and vote on the floor next year...
Also, Joe Strauss will never let this bill on the calendar for that part of the process...He is known for not allowing bills like this to advance...
Dan Patrick is also a bit wishy-washy on Second Amendment issues...
That’s two strikes right there...
For this to happen as well would entail too many changes to the Texas Penal code as is now...It may negate a lot of what we have now on the books that have been fairly successful since 1995...
Strike three...
Now, before anyone assumes I am not supportive of an expansion, or better yet a reduction/removal of any and all restrictions and infringements still keeping us in the state of Texas from a Constitutional carry status...I’ll tell you right now you would be wrong...Period...
I believe Texas is in good shape as far as Second Amendment issues are concerned...Sure, some tweeks could be made, and there are some coming down the pipe this next session...This is an interesting bill, and will be given some scrutiny...Who knows, it may get some steam up and make a splash...You never know...But I have seen some others, like this, being kicked around over the last 15 some odd years, and those committees, and the leadership have been known to squash bills like this regularly, despite the promising “public (special group) interest” nature of the potential outcome...
We shall see...
Bingo...
Somehow I wonder about those folks in the San Antonio area that think that guy is the greatest thing since sliced bread...
Too bad the Texas GOP leadership doesn’t seem to be able to divorce themselves from this schmup...Try to get someone else in that district to pony up and challenge him for that seat...
Give someone else (a real conservative) a chance to run the show...
But hey, all those folks in S.A. and Austin have to do is sit back and watch...
There is plenty of room around the Capitol building to setup a cage, and have a few MMA bouts for some of the leadership positions...Would be very entertaining IMO...
For later...
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