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Texas Students for Concealed Carry Leader conducts uprovoked attack on open carry members in Texas.
Weird - I support his efforts as I'm sure most open carry.org members do as well.
Guzman's assessment is eroneous - of course the legislators can consider more than one good pro-gun bill.
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/38708642.html
http://tinyurl.com/bd6ebd
Tension between gun groups
By David S. Rauf - Austin bureau A couple of interesting things stood
out while researching today's story on proposed gun laws.
First: Gun control advocates appear to be doing little this session in
terms of pushing legislation they deem favorable.
Marsha McCartney, president of the North Texas Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence, said the group might not ask lawmakers to carry
two pieces of legislation -- one that would require background checks
for all firearm sales at gun shows and another that would limit
handgun purchases to one every 30 days -- that the gun control group
normally advocates.
"We haven't completely decided if we're going to ask for those bills
to be filed," said McCartney. "But probably not if we have the same
committee heads."
She added: "We know how things work in Texas and if you don't have the
backing, you don't go far."
For now, the Brady Campaign's top priority for the session, McCartney
said, will be trying to mount a good defense to the issue of concealed
carry on campus.
On that note, there appears to be some hostility brewing between the
group advocating for concealed carry on campus and the group backing
the push for licensed Texans to be allowed to openly tote their
pistols.
Michael Guzman, a senior at Texas State University and president of
the grassroots gun group called "Students for Concealed Carry on
Campus," is worried that the two issues will be "muddled" together by
the media once the respective bills are filed, causing confusion among
lawmakers and regular Texans.
Plus, there appears to be another element causing tension between the
members of SCCC and the Virginia-based group OpenCarry.org -- one of
competing interests.
"If these open carry guys get enough attention with the introduction
of their bill, it's going to knock off our bill," Guzman said. "Our
biggest obstacle is another gun rights group. It's ridiculous that two
gun rights groups are going to be canceling each other out."
The open carry folks say they understand the concerns, but argue that
both have their aim set on identical goals: broadening Second
Amendment rights for Texans.
"I think it's one and the same. We're both going for gun rights," said
Ian McCarthy, chairman of the Texas Open Carry work group. "They just
think people are afraid of open carry."
One last note: While the push to allow students and faculty to carry
concealed handguns on campus has garnered the support of the powerful
gun lobby, the open carry movement doesn't yet have the official
backing of the National Rifle Association or their state affiliate,
the Texas State Rifle Association.
"They're going about it the wrong way," Guzman said. "I hope their
bill dies quickly so we can move on to more substantive debates about
concealed carry on campus."
Texas Students for Concealed Carry Leader conducts uprovoked attack on open carry members in Texas.
Weird - I support his efforts as I'm sure most open carry.org members do as well.
Guzman's assessment is eroneous - of course the legislators can consider more than one good pro-gun bill.
---
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/38708642.html
http://tinyurl.com/bd6ebd
Tension between gun groups
By David S. Rauf - Austin bureau A couple of interesting things stood
out while researching today's story on proposed gun laws.
First: Gun control advocates appear to be doing little this session in
terms of pushing legislation they deem favorable.
Marsha McCartney, president of the North Texas Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence, said the group might not ask lawmakers to carry
two pieces of legislation -- one that would require background checks
for all firearm sales at gun shows and another that would limit
handgun purchases to one every 30 days -- that the gun control group
normally advocates.
"We haven't completely decided if we're going to ask for those bills
to be filed," said McCartney. "But probably not if we have the same
committee heads."
She added: "We know how things work in Texas and if you don't have the
backing, you don't go far."
For now, the Brady Campaign's top priority for the session, McCartney
said, will be trying to mount a good defense to the issue of concealed
carry on campus.
On that note, there appears to be some hostility brewing between the
group advocating for concealed carry on campus and the group backing
the push for licensed Texans to be allowed to openly tote their
pistols.
Michael Guzman, a senior at Texas State University and president of
the grassroots gun group called "Students for Concealed Carry on
Campus," is worried that the two issues will be "muddled" together by
the media once the respective bills are filed, causing confusion among
lawmakers and regular Texans.
Plus, there appears to be another element causing tension between the
members of SCCC and the Virginia-based group OpenCarry.org -- one of
competing interests.
"If these open carry guys get enough attention with the introduction
of their bill, it's going to knock off our bill," Guzman said. "Our
biggest obstacle is another gun rights group. It's ridiculous that two
gun rights groups are going to be canceling each other out."
The open carry folks say they understand the concerns, but argue that
both have their aim set on identical goals: broadening Second
Amendment rights for Texans.
"I think it's one and the same. We're both going for gun rights," said
Ian McCarthy, chairman of the Texas Open Carry work group. "They just
think people are afraid of open carry."
One last note: While the push to allow students and faculty to carry
concealed handguns on campus has garnered the support of the powerful
gun lobby, the open carry movement doesn't yet have the official
backing of the National Rifle Association or their state affiliate,
the Texas State Rifle Association.
"They're going about it the wrong way," Guzman said. "I hope their
bill dies quickly so we can move on to more substantive debates about
concealed carry on campus."