HB 700 - New Information

tejasx · Apr 17, 2013

This was posted on my Facebook by the Texas Firearms Assoc. I just made the contact:

Just got off the phone with the Homeland Security committee clerk, who said Pickett has his hands tied by people higher up - i.e., Speaker of the House Joe Straus. Straus is known for killing conservative bills and needs to hear from all of us, and thousands of our friends. On your mark, get set, GO!

Joe.Straus@house.state.tx.us
512-463-1000
https://www.facebook.com/SpeakerJoeStraus
... Twitter: @SpeakerStraus

Stay professional but state firmly that he needs to get Open Carry on the House floor for a vote immediately. While you're at it, tell him to support ALL the pro-gun legislation (HB 928, HB 627, HB 972, HB 1298, HB 3218, HB 47 & 48, HB 1304, HB 1531, etc.)See More

PrayingForWar · Apr 17, 2013

I've called Both Pickett and Speaker Straus today. I could hear other phones ringing in the background. A polite phone call doesn't take a lot of time, it might not hurt to remind them they can be primaried and challenged soon. It might not hurt too look up who their biggest sources of funds are, and ask them to call these offices.

Rogue Warrior · Apr 19, 2013

tejasx said:
This was posted on my Facebook by the Texas Firearms Assoc. I just made the contact:

Just got off the phone with the Homeland Security committee clerk, who said Pickett has his hands tied by people higher up - i.e., Speaker of the House Joe Straus. Straus is known for killing conservative bills and needs to hear from all of us, and thousands of our friends. On your mark, get set, GO!

Joe.Straus@house.state.tx.us
512-463-1000
https://www.facebook.com/SpeakerJoeStraus
... Twitter: @SpeakerStraus

Stay professional but state firmly that he needs to get Open Carry on the House floor for a vote immediately. While you're at it, tell him to support ALL the pro-gun legislation (HB 928, HB 627, HB 972, HB 1298, HB 3218, HB 47 & 48, HB 1304, HB 1531, etc.)See More

"Texas Firearms Association"? Just which group is this?

If this can be demonstrated to be accurate, Gov. Perry might be one of the few people able to persuade Mr. Straus to bring these matters to a vote, but it is unlikely that these bills would have time to work their way through the process prior to the end of the legislative session even if they were voted on today.

rushcreek2 · Apr 19, 2013

Doesn't the Lt. Governor have more "legislative" influence ? OOooops ! That would be David Dewhurst -never mind.

()pen(arry · Apr 20, 2013

I don't see OC in Texas's future, ever. Texas will be a blue state in 12 years, tops, and between now and then the Republicans in the Texas legislature, whose numbers will dwindle rapidly over the next several sessions, will be focused on panicking into trying to enact anti-anti-Republican legislation. They will have no time for, nor interest in, anything that has anything whatsoever to do with liberty, because they've never had time for, nor interest in, liberty in the history of Texas Republicans.

rushcreek2 · Apr 21, 2013

Until taxpayer funding of universities/colleges is made contingent upon EDUCATION - not SOCIALIST INDOCTRINATION- Texas will proceed towards the "progressive checkout".

zajones08 · Apr 23, 2013

Not gonna happen... based on comments from Charles Cotton over at TexasCHLforum, our "representatives" have decided to not support the bill because of some angry letters about open carry. I wish they would support a bill based on its merit rather than how nice the supporters are. Sign of the times I guess.

rushcreek2 · Apr 23, 2013

There is some evidence of some messages sent from Neanderthal Land - but I believe the primary REASON HB 700 is dead is that it conflicted with the effort to relax campus concealed carry.

Be that as it may there are some good bills still alive that move us in the right direction.

mustangkiller · Apr 23, 2013

what

What would they do if we wrote angry letters about the lack of congressional support? The hand full of pissed off people beat out the truck load of happy people? How does that work? My guess is that the only thing they understand is anger. Ok, the time for civility is over. I've written nice, well thought out letters to most involved with only one or two responses. Maybe, if I become belligerent, the powers that be will take notice.

()pen(arry · Apr 23, 2013

mustangkiller said:
What would they do if we wrote angry letters about the lack of congressional support? The hand full of pissed off people beat out the truck load of happy people? How does that work? My guess is that the only thing they understand is anger. Ok, the time for civility is over. I've written nice, well thought out letters to most involved with only one or two responses. Maybe, if I become belligerent, the powers that be will take notice.

Everything is about incentives. Republican legislators in Texas have zero incentive to pass pro-2A legislation. The people who put them in office will vote for them again no matter what they do with regard to 2A. This is not a problem with Republican legislators in Texas; this is a problem with Texas voters. Every nincompoop who votes for a Republican because he's not a Democrat is the whole reason we don't have open carry in Texas. GG, nincompoops.

stealthyeliminator · Apr 23, 2013

()pen(arry said:
Everything is about incentives. Republican legislators in Texas have zero incentive to pass pro-2A legislation. The people who put them in office will vote for them again no matter what they do with regard to 2A. This is not a problem with Republican legislators in Texas; this is a problem with Texas voters. Every nincompoop who votes for a Republican because he's not a Democrat is the whole reason we don't have open carry in Texas. GG, nincompoops.

Would the solution to this be to do more research and consider their voting record on firearm related bills before voting? Or be even more active than simply voting, perhaps by writing them and telling them that because they didn't support X bill you will no longer vote for them? Or unless they vote for X bill, they will not get your vote next election? What's the best way to correct the problem, in your opinion? <- genuinly curious

()pen(arry · Apr 24, 2013

stealthyeliminator said:
Would the solution to this be to do more research and consider their voting record on firearm related bills before voting? Or be even more active than simply voting, perhaps by writing them and telling them that because they didn't support X bill you will no longer vote for them? Or unless they vote for X bill, they will not get your vote next election? What's the best way to correct the problem, in your opinion? <- genuinly curious

Engage in healthy discussion with your friends and family about meaningful, important topics in order to disseminate your worldview, and in order for yours to be influenced by theirs. Divorce yourself from the false choice paradigm. Never vote for someone who doesn't genuinely represent you. Yes, know as thoroughly as feasible any candidate you might be inclined to vote for, and if there is no candidate in a particular election who genuinely represents you, then don't vote in that particular election. "Better than" is just as bad as the other guy. Telling candidates and elected officials what you require from them as their employer is never harmful.

rushcreek2 · Apr 24, 2013

We are told how difficult it is to get a House Bill out onto the floor of the House for a vote - right ?

I'm watching WFAA Channel 11 news last night - they reported that a majority of the House voted (yesterday ?) to end the Texas Lottery program. THAT QUICK !

Then someone from the Senate hurried over there to inform them that they just voted to cut $2 billion from public education budget - told them to " THINK AGAIN - and VOTE AGAIN!" THE house then reversed the earlier vote.

How does a nonsense bill like this get out onto the House floor for a vote - apparently it fell out of the blue sky right onto the House floor. What in the world is wrong with these Jack @$$'s ?

JKTex · Apr 24, 2013

rushcreek2 said:
We are told how difficult it is to get a House Bill out onto the floor of the House for a vote - right ?

I'm watching WFAA Channel 11 news last night - they reported that a majority of the House voted (yesterday ?) to end the Texas Lottery program. THAT QUICK !

Then someone from the Senate hurried over there to inform them that they just voted to cut $2 billion from public education budget - told them to " THINK AGAIN - and VOTE AGAIN!" THE house then reversed the earlier vote.

How does a nonsense bill like this get out onto the House floor for a vote - apparently it fell out of the blue sky right onto the House floor. What in the world is wrong with these Jack @$$'s ?

That's not quite what it was. Each session certain State entities are scrutinized and their existence needs to be justified for budgetary reasons. The vote sounds comical, like no one really knew what it was and voted the way it sounded right, or everyone else said they were voting. Then someone realize what they did and panicked.

Of course the media made a huge deal out of it making the house look kinda silly.

It's not hard to get a bill to the floor, it's just getting it through committee, then to calendars and actually put ON the calendar. That's the tricky part, especially for anything the Speaker doesn't like and has control over.

stealthyeliminator · Apr 26, 2013

()pen(arry said:
... "Better than" is just as bad as the other guy. ...

Oh man, preaching to the choir on that one man. I actually had to be convinced to vote at all this last election. "Voting for the lesser of the two evils is voting for evil" - Me

I do appreciate the other pointers. thanks

matt dillon · Apr 29, 2013

this is what Lavender had to say on facebook I was finally told today that Open Carry won't get a committee vote to move it out for a floor vote. I won't stop trying but it looks bad at this time. I'm very sorry. Thank you all for your support. I just feel like this bill has been sabotage how much do we know about Lavender has he going to talk to perry himself he give very little feed back

Douva · Apr 29, 2013

matt dillon said:
this is what Lavender had to say on facebook I was finally told today that Open Carry won't get a committee vote to move it out for a floor vote. I won't stop trying but it looks bad at this time. I'm very sorry. Thank you all for your support. I just feel like this bill has been sabotage how much do we know about Lavender has he going to talk to perry himself he give very little feed back

Is that English?

have gun will travel · Apr 30, 2013

matt dillon said:
this is what Lavender had to say on facebook I was finally told today that Open Carry won't get a committee vote to move it out for a floor vote. I won't stop trying but it looks bad at this time. I'm very sorry. Thank you all for your support. I just feel like this bill has been sabotage how much do we know about Lavender has he going to talk to perry himself he give very little feed back

Dillon make a good point

rushcreek2 · Apr 30, 2013

As another Texas legislative session settles into the horizon of the historical inbox - the Arkansas legislative delegation, and the Governor have accomplished a bit of " house- keeping" that ironically fits right into TPC 46.02/46.15.

www.thearkansasproject.com/the-greatest-untold-story-of-the-89th-general-assembly/

Arkansas' Act 746 defines the " journey" (traveling) exemption and clarifies that UNLAWFUL carry of a weapon actually MEANS UNLAWFUL carry of a weapon - not merely the LAWFUL exercise of the 2nd Amendment secured right.

It should not be necessary to enact such a law in order to address judicial misapplication of existing law.

" Traveling " in Texas is still TRAVELING - even though Texas judges have managed to muddy the waters enough to confuse the issue thoroughly. "Traveling" in Texas is still essentially something " that you know when you see it."

Problem is the prevailing ATTITUDE of law enforcement in Texas prefers to dismiss the " traveling" exemption as having been either supplanted by the CHL law , or defined by the MPA ( Motorist Protection Act of 2007). Neither is the case, because when "traveling" a person is excepted from 46.02 application which serves as the predicate condition for carrying under CHL authority as well as the authority for unlicensed vehicular carry of a handgun.

All the same - it sure would still be nice if the Texas legislative delegation could play a little catch-up with NM, OK, LA, and NOW ARKANSAS. Texas now wears a "mantle" of pro-2A states.............

It's already been said but it warrants repeating - Court action is probably going to be the path of resolution in Texas.

The Attorney General COULD exercise some law enforcement guidance on this "traveling", and "unlawful" carry issue.

sopranos27 · May 1, 2013

rushcreek2 said:
As another Texas legislative session settles into the horizon of the historical inbox - the Arkansas legislative delegation, and the Governor have accomplished a bit of " house- keeping" that ironically fits right into TPC 46.02/46.15.

www.thearkansasproject.com/the-greatest-untold-story-of-the-89th-general-assembly/

Arkansas' Act 746 defines the " journey" (traveling) exemption and clarifies that UNLAWFUL carry of a weapon actually MEANS UNLAWFUL carry of a weapon - not merely the LAWFUL exercise of the 2nd Amendment secured right.

It should not be necessary to enact such a law in order to address judicial misapplication of existing law.

" Traveling " in Texas is still TRAVELING - even though Texas judges have managed to muddy the waters enough to confuse the issue thoroughly. "Traveling" in Texas is still essentially something " that you know when you see it."

Problem is the prevailing ATTITUDE of law enforcement in Texas prefers to dismiss the " traveling" exemption as having been either supplanted by the CHL law , or defined by the MPA ( Motorist Protection Act of 2007). Neither is the case, because when "traveling" a person is excepted from 46.02 application which serves as the predicate condition for carrying under CHL authority as well as the authority for unlicensed vehicular carry of a handgun.

All the same - it sure would still be nice if the Texas legislative delegation could play a little catch-up with NM, OK, LA, and NOW ARKANSAS. Texas now wears a "mantle" of pro-2A states.............

It's already been said but it warrants repeating - Court action is probably going to be the path of resolution in Texas.

The Attorney General COULD exercise some law enforcement guidance on this "traveling", and "unlawful" carry issue.

I'm quite shocked myself that out of all the States in the Union that Texas does not have some type of Open Carry on the books... The recent bill that was signed into law (ACT 746) is a huge milestone for Arkansas but it would not have been done if not for our idiotic Gov and Director of the State Police because they do not care to actually read the bills they sign and or understand it if they do. Basically what happened was one of our Reps made the technical changes defining a "journey" and other key items and worked hand in hand with the Director of the State Police and at no time had a clue on what he was endorsing when he told the Gov. that the ASP, Sheriffs Association and Chiefs of Police all agreed and supported this bill.

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