77zach
Regular Member
I uderstand but Texas Carry and the NRA have said HB 910 will carry over the Senate version. I'm sure this was discussed among Senators before the House did what they did.
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HB 910 - Licensed Open Carry - Officially Passed Out of Texas House of Representative
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I uderstand but Texas Carry and the NRA have said HB 910 will carry over the Senate version. I'm sure this was discussed among Senators before the House did what they did.
Ian
Lone Star Veteran
Are Texas Carry and the NRA infallible?
Regardless of what they have said, the legislature has their process laid out quite clearly. Everything has to be done officially and the fact of the matter is that the House added amendments that SB17 did not have. It has to be voted on by the Senate on the floor.
77zach
Regular Member
No, but the NRA has come out in support of the bill as passed in the House. They're very cowardly when it comes to open carry, they wouldn't be so vocal if there were serious doubts. Texas is very anti gun, legally speaking, and the republicans don't believe in the right to bear arms, but I still feel good about it.
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mustangkiller
Regular Member
Ian
Lone Star Veteran
I hate to break it to you, but if you guys are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for things to happen right now, you're going to be disappointed. I've been following this all since January and the best piece of advice I have is to subscribe to both bills on the Texas legislature website and then just try and forget about it until you get an email update. Every time something happens with the bill, it notifies me by email almost immediately.
The following recommended reading will help to understand exactly what is now going on and is one of the reasons for my own above post:
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/22/analysis-ignoring-legislative-partners-stepping-to/
acmariner99
Regular Member
When does the Texas legislature adjourn? Reading the above story only adds to my skepticism that Texans will get any form of OC with politicians in Austin playing games. I'll be happy to eat crow if I am proven wrong, but I will believe TX will get OC when I see it.
Ian
Lone Star Veteran
But there is a possibility of the Governor calling another special session again this year. So if the two bodies do play games it then becomes a question of how badly the Governor wants this (and anything else) to get to his desk.
And I see that the NRA is now apparently concerned enough to have issued a CTA for all Texas members, specifically mentioning the end of session date closing in and that there is concern about whether one of the two versions can make it through committee and then the body vote in time.
I do want to believe but this is exactly why it is called politics.
I do want to believe but this is exactly why it is called politics.
SteveInCO
Regular Member
This is one of those times when it's useful to have some knowledge of Greek and Latin. You can gain a deeper understanding of the English language thereby.
Take the word "politics." It derives from the Greek. "Poly" means "many" and "tics" are blood sucking bugs.
F350
Regular Member
I'd invite you to Wyoming where we have full constitutional carry AND an accepting culture..... but I doubt your thin southern blood could take it :lol:
qednick
Regular Member
Full Constitutional Carry?? Isn't it just for Wyoming residents? Or has that changed now?
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And does it apply to 18-year-olds like other Constitutional rights? Be careful with the word "full." "Constitutional carry" is a misnomer in most states, including Wyoming, which is not to say it's not better than the alternatives, except for Vermont, the only state with true full Constitutional carry.
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Good one. Now if you can just get the redundancy of 'attorney' in there you've got something.[emoji108]
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Glock 1st fan
Regular Member
I wish we had a good org in Oklahoma that would fight for constitutional rights. There was one that appeared to be and it was a larger group but it faltered.
qednick
Regular Member
So what's happening with this now? Seems to have come to a screeching halt.
KBCraig
Regular Member
Vermont isn't true CC either, because certain hearing-saving attachments are banned from the entire state, and some "public property" places are off limits for carry.