rushcreek2
Regular Member
I still believe that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is the one State official who can help facilitate the repeal of 46.035a during the 2013 session. He knows that inane provision of the Texas Penal Code cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny in the courts under either the Texas Constitution, or the 2A per Heller/McDonald.
If the mail volume begins to pile up high enough in the AG's inbox I believe some impetus would be forthcoming to stimulate action on this much needed "code cleanup" measure.
The same political dynamics apply to the concealed carry on campus effort. Amplifying the decibels of any controversial legislative effort in Texas is counter-intuitive because the State has "....a long way to go, and a short time to get there" legislative reality.
Unfortunately,I believe Texans will have to live with LICENSED OC for some time, but at least that is progress.
Unlike Colorado - Texas still bears the scars of being on the losing side of the Civil War. You would think that after 147 years Texas could push past the Reconstruction mentality . Missouri by contrast was a Union state , and is today an open carry state . I remember being a kid in Missouri during the 1940's when the KKK would put on its annual "Veiled Prophet's Parade" in downtown St. Louis.
Governor Perry was touting the every- other- year Texas Legislature as a model for the U.S. Congress during his GOP primary campaign. That needs to change. Texas is too big, too populated, and too culturally diverse to be governed by a part-time legislature.
If the mail volume begins to pile up high enough in the AG's inbox I believe some impetus would be forthcoming to stimulate action on this much needed "code cleanup" measure.
The same political dynamics apply to the concealed carry on campus effort. Amplifying the decibels of any controversial legislative effort in Texas is counter-intuitive because the State has "....a long way to go, and a short time to get there" legislative reality.
Unfortunately,I believe Texans will have to live with LICENSED OC for some time, but at least that is progress.
Unlike Colorado - Texas still bears the scars of being on the losing side of the Civil War. You would think that after 147 years Texas could push past the Reconstruction mentality . Missouri by contrast was a Union state , and is today an open carry state . I remember being a kid in Missouri during the 1940's when the KKK would put on its annual "Veiled Prophet's Parade" in downtown St. Louis.
Governor Perry was touting the every- other- year Texas Legislature as a model for the U.S. Congress during his GOP primary campaign. That needs to change. Texas is too big, too populated, and too culturally diverse to be governed by a part-time legislature.
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